Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-02-04
Editor Wheeling Majority:

Men in the Tin and sheet mills are
dissatisfied with the rate of wages
paid them under the Cleveland scale
No wonder, fellow Workmen, that you
ire dissatisfied when you are reduced
Ill the way from Ia to 80 per cent on
your wages. I was told that roller
It the LaBelle tin mills said that he
rev last Saturday, as his first pay
inder the Cleveland scale, only $74.OO.
When he should have drawn $1,000,
$500 less in one pay. Nearly enough
to pay his dues in his lodge for three
years. Now if the roller lost $4,000
Of his pay, the heater also lost about
the same mount, for he draws within
a few cents of the roller. Only the
heater has to split his pay in two
with his prtneF< The doubler also
draws a couple of dollars less than
the heater. But has to. cut his pay
in two with his partner. You take
$500 out of the heaters pay of $500
and he has only $500 left. Less
han $500 per day, for burning his
brains out and working so that he
feel swhen he is through with his
days labor more like lying down to
rest tan wash. his face and hands be-
fore going home. When he reaches
home, he is down and out. Now this
is true the year round. But more so
in the hot summer days when good
many of our heaters and doublers
have to hire a third hand to help
them. Then what will become Of
their pay when divided into three
parts? A friend told me that he was
at Chester, w. Va, one day this week
and came in contact with some of the
mill men there. And was told by
them that they did not care whether
they would work any more or not
One of the men was roller, who said
that he only drew $4,000 when he
should have drawn for his pay $4,000,
94l.UU 1GSS III Iu1S 04oA pay
See this roller in Chester did not
fare as well with his pay as his fell
low roller at La Belle.
Now all the others that my friend
came in contact with told the same
story. They also said that they were
willing and ready to organize should
some one come along and lead them.
l was talking to some of the boys
from over the river in Martins Ferry.
Those That 1 talked to seem to be
under the impression that it is not
necessary for them to make a move
towards organizing until the time
will arrive when they will be short
$4,000 or $41.o0 in their pay envelopes.
Others say that they would never
organize while Walter Larkins and
Mike Tighe were officials of the or
ganization. ~ !
Probably if Christ himself was an
official of the organization, he would
not be able to satisfy some of those
people. My friends, You don't have to
haze some of the officials to come and
organize you. You should be able and
willing to- do that among yourselves.
/ There not man among you who
can go and talk to his fellow work
man and ask him to join you to de-
fend himself and help get others to do
likewise, and in that way get crowd
fyou together in some room and talk
the matter over?
+ + the only way to get the-feeling
of y~,,r. fellow workmen Now. this
hos heer done many times by one
s.n~le ron without the help Of any
oasci.ls here in Wheeling and other
niasnes outside of Wheeling. the vice
-nres'sant annaaring only to install Of
fcars Of the lodge.
Now Won can do the same thing a.
ms done ~ this man I refer to, Z