The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-12-25
UPLIFTING 4 PUTRID CARCASS.

noetinc Of the officers of the Virginia Guards bet
+e known As the yellow Legged Seal Herders held the
th G for the nufpose of devsng ways and to up
lift" the militia and make it more deSraole II s'lINes
organization of uniformed acAey* dese enog 10 @
tares serves the trouble with it is 1t has lost us
nass The military power has always been the ION list OF Tie
master class their last resort as strke,0ieAns se
during industrial conflicts What worrying the oncerS o. tn;
] and the interest they the fact that the working
class that compose rank and file of the ml as ooh as
they are are beginning to realize that they are neng Se
@ r. oct the interest the master class and to fight the
fellow workers. We have but review the records OF te u
formed vassas special privilege Tor the last Ie" 'S III
MOOT Of the above facts We do not have to go to Calumet on
Colorado example OF the uniformed psnleS uuh WIN
power usng rights of the people by setting ASIDE the
constitutions Of the state and naon ana OE sueG @ IN
btlarv power aboishng the civil courts ana ESTABLISHING III
their place an illegal dumhea co hs ,n the Paint and
Cabin Creek strike in West Virginia and 1t was suc5 oaSl0
and despotc acts as these that nro4Gm 'e M m the ev Of
liberty loving people that would take steam hoStel " ~
lift them again that they would be- noticeable, M e
ing officers Of the scab hererS one OF the speakers Saul
I'VE are trying to uplt the national guard Of the
United States and make it better organization than mas
ever been and that citizens VIII be glad TO 'e
belong to, rather than one Whlch goo" Peole e''' "
Join
We cannot speak for other but will say when the
officers Of the Virginia militia set themselves the TASK q
iftin that Dutrd of eried strike breakers ana UNI
formed scab hearders that decent setrespectlng ce
y,I want to ION it. they big JOB for themselves Itel
on IN his address the speaker makes the assertion that pres
emf All of the officers IN the West Virginia National Guards are
men Of high Standing. This may DE So as II IS IT
r3s Of the National Guards of the protect the i'll
lest and property big business interest and 1t Is only
natural that they business for officers The business
qualifications their officers shown by the TACT tL e
most them managed draw from two to three salaries tc
active duty and especially was that true OF te sie mouse
crowd VINO makes business of political pulls lew days ago
We article in the Charleston Mail along TINS same ne
evidently written by the press agent Tor the miua IN Wnc
the writer said effort would be made to get the cooperation
Of organized labor in recognizing the state mltla NO DOUBT
the official machine Of organized labor and especlalE le mine
workers will give Hatfield and his scaD hedelS all the as
ssant possible long that line for did not Hatfield keep nt"
Jaw several months the request OF aggertF anu inc OIL
fetal Machine? Glasscock said he declared martial Ia" at the
request Of the miners officials and lIaggey and others admit
ted that Hatfield several months 1T their request
it is only natural ggelty and Company to cooperate
with the yelovegs their efforts to revive TINS ofc2
ske-breakng agency The porty Dean would certainly ook
the part ConQuering hero dked out IN tie full agaa OF
the hees the color Of the uniform would haln9nze
beautifully with the yellow in his genea makeNp We beeYe
the working class are wise to be caught in the OF the
militia again they have found too dirty for decent people
to mix would advise the buSness men who officer
this aggregation ske-cakers enlist their fellow business
men the task Of uplifting the purrd
u that rotten organization that died Of its corruption