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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
ORGANIZATION Work
For New Year Starts

The organization campaign work
for the new year has started.
The Organization Campaign Com
mittee met Tuesday evening at the
quarters in the Kurner building. A
preliminary meeting had been held
two weeks previously, but this was
but to rub the rust off, and this last
was the first real meeting since the
meetings were suspended for the
summer months, last June.
The delegates spent the evening in
informally discussing plans for the
fall and winter campaign. Nothing
definite was decided on, as the situa-
ton with regard to the Lewis disor-
ganizing methods has been such as to
make the next days step not clear,
but it was the general belief that this
matter could be soon adjusted and
that the campaign for the organiza-
ton of the unorganized workers can
proceed without hitch.
Many plans were talked Of, chief
among them being renewal of the
open social sessions which many I'M
ions held last fall, the idea being to
induce those unions which had not
heretofore responded to follow the ex-
ample. Following this, itw as sug-
gested, there might be meetings OF
the various departments, such as the
Building Trades. The delegates seem
ed to ebelieve that this would make
for understanding mutually and for
solidarity.
Definite plans are expected shortly
and all delegates are urged to attend
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17

That light weight scales took $4,000
a year from the people of Wheeling,
above the price of the articles they
bought, was the declaration made be-
fore the Trades Assembly by W.. H.
Smith, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Smith had been invited to ad-
dress the Assembly on the matter of
weights and measures, and food in
spection, he being the city official in
charge of that newly created office.
He was perfectly at home in the AS
,sembly, as he explained that he, as a
railroad te1egraphers helped to form
the first System Board fifteen years
ago.
81 have covered one-seventh Of the
city in my inspection Of scales" said
Mr.. Smith, and have found 179 bad
scales, IS giving below weight, and II
giving above. Thus SO scales gave be-
low weight, and taking the average
shortage, the average daily sales, and
fixing an arbitrary price of 20 cents a
pound, it will be seen that the dealers
took from the people by the scales be-
low weight $4,000 more than they
gave by the scales above weight.
81 have examined 571 measures,
found 118 giving short measure, and
not one giving above the correct meas
ure. The short ones averaged II
ounce to the quart.
"All men should caution their wives
about scales. The women do 90 per
cent of the buying, and, bless their
hearts, they don't know a scale when
they Sc cone, and you can't, teach
them in two. hours. They should be
urged to know that scale, when moth,
ing is being weighed on it, should
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80
Thrown
!. Back In Jail
(By Floyd P. Gibsons.)

Clinton, ILL.,, Sept. 1z.-(Specia1.) -
Anarchy is rafe in De Witt County,
Ill. 1t is the red high handed anarchy
of the dollar demon.
They have thrown Carl Person back
in Jail. Today / saw him locked up
in the same cell in De Witt County jail
where they had him for six months
on a murder charge until Chicago
judge ordered his release on bail.
The iron heel of the Illinois Central
has trampled justice beyond all re-
cognition in this corporation infested
community States Attorney Williams
has gone insane with madness; he
is serving the interest that is demand
ing the life of Carl Person.
Latest Outrage is Timed.
Williams and the Illinois Central
timed this latest outrage just when
Person and his Attorney, Frank Com
erford wer engaged in preparing the
labor editors defense on the murder
tion hopes to end Persons life on the
gallows. =
Several weeks ago Person printed In
the Strike Bulletin, the same paper
that has cost the Illinois Central mil
lions by it's fearless exposures the
name of man who was known to the
Union men of the Illinois Central, as
a strike breaker for the road. In the
Bulletin the man was called scab
so far it has not been denied that BIC
was a, scab. No one has ever ques
toned the rightfulness. of the name be
ing applied to Illinois Central hirel
ings who betray Union men by work
ing in their places during the Ions
strike of the shop men.
Flimsy Foundation for Charge.
This is a flimsy foundation for
lcharge of criminal libel on which Per
son was arrested in Clinton an,
thrown back In the dinky cell in tn,
iDe Witt county Jail.
/ States Attorney Williams know
that Persons trial on the charge 0
numbering Toney Mlsser. ex-chief Q
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
LIGHT WEIGHT SCALE TAKES
$4,000. A YEAR FROM PEOPLE

show the arrow pointing to zero ex-
actly splitting the o.. Then if they
will watch until the hand on the dial
stops swinging they can see whether
they are getting correct weight.
Liquid Measures.
"Solid measures have verticle sides
straight up and down. Liquid meas
ures are conical, tapering toward the
top. The law prohibits. their use for
solids. All measures tested by our de-
partment have stamp: VS. meaning
Wheeling Standard if they are cor
rect If they are not, we destroy
them. They should not be- dented.
Dents make short measure. 1 had one
case where a man brought six new
measures to the city building, had
them O.K.'d, and within an hour saw
him on his wagon, and every single
measure was denied. l found, through
him, seven other cases.
81 think our department is very
necessary one, and that it ought to
be improved. Our food inspection
should be made better. Now we can
say something about the arrangement
of store, but we can say nothing
about the impurity Of the goods he
sells, unless they are noticeably unfit
for eating. We ought to have shemical
and meteorological tests and stop the
sale of any goods anywhere harmful
to the people. At present the only
place the city has right to regulate
the sale of food properly is in the
Center market With that clause in
the general ordinance, and with $25
for printing explanatory circulars, !
believe we could make pure food a
real possibility in our city
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
MIGHTY PROTEST AGAINST WAR
WILL Be HELD |NxAUD|70R|UM

A mighty protest against war will
b evoiced in Wheeling on the after
noon of Sunday, September n it
will be held in the Market Auditor
ium hall. and the chief speakers will
be Janet Fenimore Korngold and
John w. Slayton. In addition there
will be speakers of the various ma
lions at war.
This last will be a distinctive feat
lure Of the meeting. It will prove, its
promoters clean, that there> is no
such thing as race hatred since from
the same platform members Of the
warning races will join as friends and
brothers in united protest. a ainst
their aces warning withoeach other.
.t Mrs. KorngoId.
Mrs. Korngold is one Of AmeHea's
most noted women speakers. She
las never before spoken in Wheeling,
but she is well known here by reputa-
ton, and hundreds will undoubtedly
want to hear her.
Mr.. UsIayton.
John W. Slayton has spoken here
several times and vastly increased
lis admirers with each appearance.
His first time in the city was in the
famous Carpenters Eight. hour strike
here, in which he. assisted. He was
for years active in the Carpenters
Brotherhood, is. a pioneer political
actionist, and was candidate for gov
ernor of Pennsylvania at the Mast
election. He is a powerful speaker,
and reasons logically and forcefully.
He will preside at the meeting, max
ing the opening address and intorduc-
ing the other speakers. The other
talks, except Mrs. Korngold's, will be
of but five minutes duration.
Appeal to Ministers and Workers.
Invitations have been mailed to all
Labor unions and to all ministers of
the gospel in the Wheeling district
to. attend the meeting, the. appeal be
ing headed: +'To all, Labor Unions.
Workingmen and all who favor Peace.
1t is expected that there will be a
large representation of the ministry
present, and that the workers will
turn out solidly. -
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
Eastern Ohio Miners
Get $4,000 A Week

Bridgeport Office, but the officials are
wishing that the business men would
send them in by mail instead OF
bringing them in person.
A Fake Meeting.
Other evidence of the enm1nity OF
the daily press was evidenced last
Saturday and Sunday when the News,
in particularly, run persistmg an
nouncements that there would be q
meeting of the mine workers at the
city hall, in Bellaire. The News
knew no meeting had been called,
bu tthe endeavor was. to make the
public believe that the officers were
trying to continue a strike which the
rank and file did not want. AS a mat
ter of fact it is the rank and file who
are demanding the AZ cents, and will
take nothing less. The officials are
but carrying But their orders. There
was no meeting, but the public was
fooled again by q lying capitalist
Ipreas.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
Locals Pledge To Stand
By Ohio Valley Assembly

Wheeling local unions are pledging
themselves to stand by the Ohio Val
ley Assembly against all attempts
from whatever source, at its disrup-
ton. Unsolicited letters were read
from number of organizations at the
Assembly meeting Sunday.
Potters No 46 said: Our local has
voted to stand loyal to the last ditch"
Potters No. 6, said; I'VE are still
affiliated and always will be"
Manchester lodge of the Amalga-
mated Association, said: eve will
stick to the finish" ~
Electrical Workers No AL, said ::
eve are with the Ohio Assembly and
have refused to rent out hall to the
dual central body Our name was I'm.
lawfully placed in the list Of the dual
central body by M. j. Snyder, sup
posedly acting as our delegate to the
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
They're Still Talking

About Labor Day. They say
The Painters made nifty showing
and that everybody was glad they
turned out.
Matt Greer bestrode his prancing
steed in the style Of a military con
queror, though he is an advocate OF
international peace.
The parade showed that men of
every nation can be brothers, and that
there is no such thing as race hatred
inheritance.
The old Ohio Valley Assembly is
strong ger than ever, and that there is
no such thing as Tri-City Trades
and Labor Council.
That what we need next year is a
section devoted exclusively to the girl
workers.
That the Organization Committee is
again on the job, after the summer
shut down.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
Miners Strike Settled

Vancouver, B. G., Sept 17.-The long
strike of the United Mine Workers at
Vancouver Island has been declared
of. The companies agreed to employ
all men in their employ at beginning
of the trouble without discrimination
and as rapidly as. physical conditions
of the mines will permit. The man
agement further agree that SO long
as the best interests of the proper
ties under their control may be fully
conserved they will not employ any
new men until all Of their former en-
ployes who desire work shall have
been reinstated.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17

Belmont Assembly, but he was not a
delegate from our local.. and has not
been sine eJune 3d.
Street Railway Men No 103, had
letter stating that they would affiliate
with no central that was not the
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assem-
bly, locals in a body
Many letters were received from,
other locals of the same tener, show
ing conclusively that the stand of the
Assembly in this important matter is
the stand of the rank and file, and as
nearly unanimous as anything in the
local Labor movement ever was.
Washington Report.
Delegate L. J. LaF'lam read the re-
port of the committee Of himself and
A. V. Fisher covering the trip to
Washington. It was unanimously &C
cepted.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
ASSEMBLY TRIES SETTLEMENT OF
STOG|E MAKERS CIGAR MAKERS DISPUTE

g The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Asamblv will make serious effort to
settle the jurisdictional dispute ex-
;s+;no for SO many years between
10 Cigar akers'2International Union
and the Stogie Makers. National Lea
ono Sunday THAT body. elected two
CONSERVATIVES to attend the confer
pnce of officials of the two bodies 10
omen in Cleveland Friday. l.. J. La
Flam and Walter b. Hilton were
elected.
The action is an outcome of the
nrasent serious situation. The Ameri-
Fan Federation of Labor has begun
move to place a new central body IN
Wheeling because the Ohio Valley AS
samhly is not affiliated with the A. F.
If I. So far the attempt has not
eliminated, and the Ohio Valley AS
Sembly believes the old body will al
wavs stay, but the injury that would
he worked to the workers of the dis
trict by two organizations, prompts
nat body to make every effort, con-
sistent with protection of the inter
ests of the Stogie Makers, to prevent
this.
4 L IaFlam and A. v. Fisher were
sent to Washington, August rs, to
urge President Gompers to not char
ter a dual central body here, and he
nromised to withhold a charter until
after the proposed conference OF the
two organizations. Many believe that
the presence of the Trades Assembly's
representatives will have the effect OF
bringing an adjustment nearer. They
will be in the capacity of witnesses.
The conference will be called at 10
ocloSk Friday morning. president
Gompers will preside. The Stog1e
Makers will be represented by Presi-
dent w. H. Riley, Vice President
Higgins and Secretary-Treasured Fred
w Sonderman They with the AS
sembly representatives, left Thursday
noon for Cleveland.
The Executive Board of the Asesm-
bly first considered the above action,
and wrote to the president of each
organization suggesting the presence
of Assembly representatives at the
conference in view Of the conflicting
reports of previous conferences, and
the deep interest the Assembly could
not help but have. The Stogie Max
ers accepted, President Gompers said
he had no authority to invite them,
and President Perkins of the Cigar
Makers did not approve of the plan,
but did not say positively that ne
would object.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17

Busy indeed is the scene at the
office of the Sub District Mine Work
ers in Bridgeport. The officials and
office help have been hustling for Two
days trying to take care of the crowds
OF miners and business men who have
thronged the Office.
We are as busy as the Germans"
said Frank Ledvinka, though we are
not yet retreating." Soon after this
they did though, having run out OF
checks.
The. chief reason for the rush was
the payment of benefits to the min
ers. Orders had been issued from
the state>office in Columbus, at the
rate of IS per man. These orders
We're cashed by business men, and
these business men thronged the of
nee with endorsed orders to cash
About $S5, 900 a week is being issued
and cashed. The orders Of each week
are cashed the following week 1t the
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
Make Steady Advances.

Los Angeles, Sejt. 17.-With the
signing up of another shop, the
Ladies' Tailors union is attracting the
agreements are the result Of practical
ly a 100 per cent organization, and
provide for the union shop, improve
ment Of working conditions, abolish
ment of piece work, the eight-hour
day, no Sunday work, increased wages
and the dividing up of work in slack
times, !.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
Tom Clifford
=
Speaks Here
H3E&6AUIHHANH UE
=

Tom Clifford, one of Oao,s most
prominent orators, and the Socialist
Party's candidate for governor, eight
years ago, will speak at Fourteenth
and Market streets, Saturday evening.
He has never spoken in Wheeling,
but his oratorical fame has filtered
here from those who heagd him on
the Ohio side, and at the famous Rock
Springs picnic three years ago, where
he was one of the chief speakers.
A large crowd will doubtless be in
attendance.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
Bed Workers Gain

New York, Sept. 17.-At a mass
meeting of muff bed workers it was
voted to strike unless better working
conditions were secured. One en-
ployer has granted the demands of
the union, and these female workers
will in the future receive Saturday
half holiday all the year round, ten
legal holidays with wages paid, a
weekly wage increase of 81 each, and
a 1minimum wage scale Of not less
than $40 week.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
Laundry Workers Organize

Buffalo, Sept. 17.-Laundry workers
in this city have organized. At the
preliminary meeting it was shown that
Increases have been made in the price
of laundry work the last few years,
but no wage increases have resulted
The employees are not in favor of the
laundrymen adding cent tax on
every bundle to meet the cost of the
oueration of the compensation law.
The workers charge that this is an
attempt to discredit the new measure.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
Amend Compensation Act

Grand Rapids, Mich, Sept. 17.-The
Trades and Labor Council has passed
a resolution calling on. the State Fed
Grafton of Labor to urge an amend
ment to the State compensation law
which will include workers incapacitat-
ed because of occupational illness. The
Michigan Supreme Court recently held
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
WHY LABOR UNIONS EXIST
g

Washington. b. G., Sept. I'm an
address inthis city, Representative
Heating, Of Colorado, member of
the labor group, declared the existence
of labor unions was necessary to curb
the aggressions of organized capital
and as means Of equalizing the
status of the wage Garner.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17

that the law, as it now stands; does
not permit the payment Of benefits to
those who have contracted disease in
the course of their employment.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
One Month Record OF
State Compensation Law

outside of he United States, $4S1.00.
Yours very truly,
Public Service Commission
Italy, $4,000. Grand total, dependents
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17

Ot these dependents the lOllOW1AS
were located outside of the United
States: -
Widows Children Parents Parents .un
Widows, $4,000 per month, England
l; Austria, s; Italy 9. Children under
IA, IS per month, England 1; Austria,
10; Italy, IS. Parents, at $26 per
month, Italy, l. Parents at $40 per
month, Italy, /. Total amount per
month, England $780,. Austria $4,000
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17

Charleston, W. Va, Sept. 17.-(Spe-
cial. THE State Public Service Com
mission has issued the following
list of the operation of the Workmen's
Compensation law:
The list Of permanent partial. per
manent total and fatal claims recent
ly prepared shows pensions were
being paid monthly as follows:
Per month
At permanent partial disability
claims, aggregating ..... 81 1882
II permanent total claims,
aggregating .............. zlS.4O
1853 widows, at $40 per month. S,l6O.VO
262 children with mothers at
$500 per month $3.50. -. l,SlO.OO
9 motherless children at $500
per month ...........-..... 45.vu
26 parents Of minors 1854
9parents of adults ..........s S2.91
other dependent ........... 2O.o0
$500. 90
of these dependents the following
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17

LARGEST CIRCULATION |
of any Weekly or Monthly
Newspaper published in
Wheeling, the Ohio Valley |
Or. West Virginia.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
ONLY LABOR PAPER

In the Ohio valley--The
Workshop of the world
catering to l25, 900 Indus
trial Population.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-17
News Snapshots
Of the Week

kinds was at a standstill,
French army near Paris.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-11
1HtG AFT OF ACQUIRING
 PRETTY LASHES AND BROWS


 The woman does not i've who saorns Hong curling 1ashes and deIi- cately arched brows. This is just as |. should be, as pretty lashes and hrows do much to add to the beauty of the face.
 One way of pf0moting the health Of the brows and lashes is to. keep them free from dust and powder by brushing them once or twice daily with a tiny eyebrow brush. A half dozen Strokes upon each brow will suffice but it is generally necessary to devote a little more time to the toilet of the IasIes, because, after. they have been carefully brushed out until they look as silken as possible, the devotee of beauty must proceed to brush the ends of the Iashes up, as this will tend to make tFem curl, a s-ein not to be despised.
 Sometimes, when certain hairs of the brows persist in Standing right up in meetinsss ss in a most reprehen- sib1e manner. It is eynedienfsto moist en your brow brush with a Itttls fresh mucilaEe and pass it ever the unruly hairs. This treatment will reduce them to submission in no time at all.
 Now let me tell you, danes and daInsels alls of a good brush aod lash grcwer. It is effective. It is mex oeusfv 6. It can be easily obtained. Surely heart Of woman could ask no more. sstg sf5 SsE ]
 5,y1is magic beauty aid is nothing more than warm sweet almond oil 1gaSsaged nightly into the br5ws, and applied once every twenty-four hours to the outer edges cf cyclic rims, il will soon bring about gratifging otnn2e in lash and brow conditions,
 2 Z
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-11
ChocoIate Bavarian Cream.

A plain rice Bavarian cream is one of the best and most adaptable des- serts at any time of the year, and may be served either hot or chilled as desired. This is nourishing and wholesome and admits of many varia- tions- All kinds of fruit-fresh,t pre- served or candied, and nuts, rice, CO., coanut or chocolate may be used, in combination or singly, or a, compete or fruit sauce goes we'll with the rice cream.
 Take a quarter cupful of blanched rice, scant third teaspoonful of salt and one and one-half cups of milk. Cook in a. double boiler until the rice is tender.
 Now add one-half cupfuI of melted chocolate and half a box of softened gelatime, dissolved over boiling wa ter. Place in a pan of ice water and stir until the mixture begins to thick en, then mix in carefully about a cup fuI of cream, whipped dry and hard d. When the mixture will not flow from the spoon turn it into mould and set it into the ice chest to harden. Cold chocolate desserts are many and de- 1tcfous, and have the advantage of being nourishing, wholesome and as a rule greatly favored.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-11
GERMAN woMAN,s FEELINGS.
A Letter From the Wife of a High
 Officer of the German Judiciary.
tPrinted in New York sun.o

(Printed in New York Sun.
 You belong with your German heart, here now. You should be with us to be inspired, as we are, by the glorious nobility of our German soldiers.
 Could you but feel how our hearts fill with pride and confidence!
 Could you but live with us in this fever after fever of great news!
 Could you only see our wonderful boys as they prepare for war and have your own among them, for they too would not be left behind.
 Could you see the transport of our troops, so wonderfully ordered, so f1ll- .ed with unbounded inspiration!
 And above all, could you see our whole people, then you would be full of pride to call yourself a German
 Believe no other newspaper except the German. All others are false.
 Our foes for years and tens of years have been digging this ditch for us in lies and islanders All means tramped on.
 My husband says they want us ex- tirpated. But they will be fooled.
 No matter what the outcome will be, among all our enemies, England the ever false, will have burned her name at their head for all time. Not even a dog would take a bone from them.
 May God help us in our struggle and make true the proverb that he who digs a ditch falls into it!
 Our George is first torpedo officer of a battIeship in the North Sea Frederich is chief surgeon of hos pital ship. Ernie's hance is witt