Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-08-19
CAN WORKERS WIN STRIKE

Angeles, would meet with labor an
} make an effort to bring about an ad
justment that would bring about al
eight-hour day and a living wage.
/ In less than thirty days after tn,
fpIea of guilty, fifty eight additiona
indictments were brought against tina
many labor leaders. The bloody hant
of the Steel Trust was stretched gu
in nearly every important city in thu
country to choke and stifle the mill
tant members of the Iron Workers
and other international unions.
Let it be said to the everlasting
Fcredit of the members of the Iro1
Workers that they stood by their PEG
pie Loyalty and bravely to the very
last. And after the Imprisonment o.
their comrades, they so arranged
their affairs as to provide with bread
'the women and children who were de
pendent on these prisoners OF war.
Women Are Faithful.
During this entire fight the women
were brave and faithful, and not one
traitor could be found among them.
Mrs. Painters, of Omaha, Neb., lined
up the women in the corridor, after
the conviction in the trial at Indian
apolis, and with clenched fists went
to each one of them, saying, Don't
you cry. Put your tears in your mus
cles. And when our men go to pris-
on, we will take UP the fight" Some
day labor will understand
At the trial at Indianapolis, the
jurors were all farmers, far removed
from the industrial whirlpool, and un-
able to understand labor's suffering
and its consequent point of view The
defense had no chance to enl:ghten
the jury. Every charge against labor
was admitted into the record, and
every charge against the Steel Trust
was considered irrelevant, incompe-
tent and immaterial, on the ground
tIat the Steel Trust was not on trial.
Lincoln Stefens tells a story about
J. B. McNamara, when he approached
him in the county jail on Thanksgiv-
ing, and said, ~. B., the judge under
stands. He will not speak harshly,
and in passing judgment on you, the
Christian spirit will temper his Ian
guage with love and mercy"
J. B. just smiled and never uttered
a word.
And Steffens says he didn't under
stand that smile. But on the follow
ing day, after he pleaded guilty, and
threw his life in the balance, for the
state to do with it what it pleased.
Judge Bordwel1 denounced him bitter
ly giving full vent to his feelings of |
hate. And again J. B. looked over
at Steffens and smiled. It was then
that Steffens understood what J. B. !
meant:
Judges Favor Force.
You damn fool, Steffens; every
body believes in dynamite, including
Judge Bordwen."
These boys are today in their pris-
On cells, asking nothing from labor
Or from anyone else: Their faith and
spirit has not been broken.
And now for the final drama, which
IS about to be staged in Los Angeles
the trial of M. A. Schmidt, member
IF Carpenters Union, No. 1873, New
York City, and David Captain, member
If BARRIERS Union 1876, Seattle, Wash
ngto.n These. men we're arrested on
4 charge of murder growing out OF
he Times disaster, the former arrest
ed in New York City, the latter in
Seattle, after a lapse of four and
1alf years. They are both intelligent
men, with clear understanding of
he labor struggle. They ask no char
ty or pity from their friends, and no,
quarter from the enemy. The trial is
,et for September 1, 1915.
There has never been an opportun-
ty presented where the men and wo-
men who have some conviction, and
ire fighting for a better. social order,
o demonstrate their earnestness in
he fight, by helping these two men,
Ind 80 prepare the defense as shall
strong presentation Of the
purpose back of the prose
;ution and persecution of Labor.
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