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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18
New Mill Lodge
Joins Assembly


New delegates were welcomed to
Inc Assembly Sunday from Central
Lodge No. IA, West Virginia Amalga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers
This is the baby lodge of the Anal
samation, and the baby union of the
city OF Wheeling. 1t is composed of
employees of the LaBelle, and already
mas more than 200 members. 1t is
growing at rapid rate, and since, in
us nrst few weeks, practically all Of
the employees have Joined or are ar
ranging to join, its future is assured.
The delegates were gladly received
oy the representatives of the othe.'
unions present. They were: William
russell, John Weber. R, C. Cope and
v. E. Davis.
Other Business.
Aside from the Dayton matter, given
IN another column, there was no other
business transacted by the Assembly
OF public nature. though the meet.
ing was well attended and interest,
ing one, lasting until o'clock.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18

|, wick China Co., has been operating
better the last three weeks than for
the last year.
Stifel Calico Works are working
full, and, while not crowded. is max
ing their regular output.
Bottle House in North End work
ing good; almost every shop in oper'
alton.
Wheeling Mattress Co. working
steady.
Wheeling Corrugatins Co. working
in full.
The Hazel.Atlas plant in the East
End is operating in full. A new link
mill is being installed at this plant.
Riverside Tube Go. still idle, con
flicting reports being, circulated; In
dications are dt will remain idle for
some time.
Kalbitzer packing Co., while not
rushed, are getting their share OF the
business WI
Northwoed Glass Co. working about
four days q week.
Spears Axle Works working steady
the last, four weeks. The manufac-
ture wagon and buggy axles, and q
steady run. Is expected.
The Belmont mill is working every
day at present, but 4 suspension Of
work all next week is looked for.
At the B. Z o. freight station.
freight from the East 10 10 per cent
heavier than atsthis time last month
Friday Of last week the meme here
handled 1000 lbs Of freight more
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18
Assembly Will Keep !. !. Up
Judge Dayton. : Probe

That the Ohio Valley Trades and
Labor Assembly does not intend to
drop the Dayton charges was made
plain Sunday when that body by an
unanimous vote instructed the Iexecu-
tive board to submit a plan for con-
tinuing to carry on the campaign
against the injustice which Dayton
personifies on, the ,hench. y
At the next meeting of the Assem-.
bly,, in two weeks, there will be a re-
port from the executive board, and
the Assembly will then decide what
course to pursue.
1t is generally believed that this will
take the form OF publicity, and In ask
ing the aid of other organizations of
labor outside this valley for their as
sistance in bringing before all the
workers, everywhere, the exact truth
OF the matter. The daily papers have
shown tendency generally to ignore
or ,belittle' the proceedings against
Dayton, and it is the hope that by
this means the truth can be brought
before the people of the country.
That motion to impeach him will
again be made before congress on the
first day Of the new session is already
decided. Mr.. Raymond Hudson, one
If the attorneys for the prosecution.
vas in Wheeling last Saturday in con.
lection with the case, and returned
TO Washington that evening. ".
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18
Crescent Lodge Will Resist
Attempt AT Wage Cutting

On Saturday the members Of Cres-
cent Lodge No. 8 will meet in special
session to hear REPRESENTATIVES from
fve lodges OF the Amaigamated Al
sociation in the Mahoning Valley, urg.
ing agreement on submission to q
wage cut.
Crescent Lodge has twice voted
against the proposition, and there IL
no indication that the members will
change their attitude upon the arrival
Of the delegation from the lodges will
ing to stand for wage reduction. On
he contrary, it Is believed that the
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18

Wheeling unionasts win stand even
more sQnarsly eainst the proposed
.Feduction
. According to unofncial information
received the nve Mahoning Valley
lodges voted to accept the reduction
and at meeting which was attended
by the national officers, planned to
send. delegation to Wheeling, and
some other points where the opposi-
ton has been strong, to attempt to
urge them to- Reconsider their stand.
Wheeling mill men, interviewed By
q Majority man. have been unanimous
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18
Break In The Ranks Of Coal Operators
THREE COMPANIES HAVE SIGNED;
HALF THOUSAND men AT WORK

The break in the ranks of the coal
. nine operators has become most de.
cided. Three mines have now signed
and are operating union after Sontinu.
ing the strike for eleven months. The
latest is the Blythe Coal company,
ooerating at Rush Run. The company
signed the Alnion contract with the Of
fcials of Sub4District 5 on Tuesday.
More than 100 men will be put to
work, the company agreeing to- pay
tbe union demand of Al cents per
ton for machine mined coal, run-of-
mine. q,
Last week the Morgan Coal COM
pany, operating at Bellaire, signed the
union scale.
Two weeks age the Pluto Coal COM
pany, operting at Connorsville, signed
for At cents.
In addition, number OF small
mines have been operating since April
lst4or shortly thereafter. With the
acessions, fully half a thousand men
WIFI be put to work. This explains
why the operators have been moving
every agency to get a compromise"
With employers signing all about
them, they can see the uselessness Of
longer claiming that the 47-cent rate
is discriminating, and that they are
unable to pay it. .:sg
-. Success Certain. ~
II there ever was doubt Of the until
mate success of the strike it no longer
exists. It has been removed by the
fact that the men have gone through
the winter successfully. and the still
more encouraging fact that these sew
eral mines have signed the scale.
The Force.
Too much cannot be said OF the
valiant force working in the sub-dis-
tlict for. the success of the strike. A
list of the brave spirits should include
the rank and file, or, at least, the local
union officers, for all have done their
work well, and have seen no sacrifice
in any duty. But special mention
must be given Vice President William
Roy. Secretary William Applegarth.
International Organizer Frank Ledvin-
ka, who has been acting in Secretary
Applgarth's place, during his illness,
Joe Angelo, Steve Popp, International
Organizer .Armando PeIizzari, Frank
Woody, Sidney Jones, Steve Herink,
> International Executive Board Mem
Der Andy Watkins, and President
Charles ]. Albasin, whose broad
shoulders have borne every burden,
who has been everywhere at once,
and who has made the fight with a
grim determination and resource
fitness that simply has to be reward
ed with victory in the end. -
The force has now been added to by
Mr Adams, who has come from Colo
rado to care for the publicity end.
His duty will be to see that the people
&are informed of the true situation.
Altogether. the prospects grow
brighter with each passing day.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18
BRICK WORKERS WIN IN
IN TORONTO AND VICINITY

The brick and terra Gotta workers
Of Toronto, o., and vicinity, who were
organized by the A. F. Of l., and aid
cd by the A. F. of L. in resisting .
cut of Is cents per day, have sown the
seed of trade unionism. as similar
locals are being formed in Wellsville,
salineville and Ackron, Ohio.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18

~ against acceptance, contending that
II the Mahoning men want to scab.
they win have to do it as scabs and
not as union men. n.
The reduction proposed by the man
agement Of the independent union
mills runs from s to IA percent. The
mill owners claim that it is necessary
to meet the competition of the Steel
Trust. which has reduced wages. The
men claim that there is no reason for
the reduction, with the products of the
mills selling at a higher price than
formerly.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18
EAST LIVERPOOL STREET
RAILWAY WORKERS WIN.

The Street Car strike in East Liver
pool ended successfully for the en-
ployes after . six day tie up Of the
traction system Of that city.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18
Plumbers. Affiliate

Local SO, Journeymen Plumbers.
has afaliated with the. Ohio Valley
Trades and Labor Assembly.
This local has grown steadily sincs
its reorganization recently. after a
period Of inaction following the strike
of seven years ago, and is betting
back splendidly into all the activities
of the local labor movement.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18
STREET RAILWAY MEN
CHANGE MEETING TIME.

Street car men have rearranged the
time Of their meeting. The meetings
were formerly held on the third Thurs
day-Executfve Board at 4 p. IN, the
local at 1880 p. m and 1870 a. m.
Hereafter the local will meet ct 10
m
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18
PACKERS ELECT SUCCESSOR
TO PRESIDENT De CANT.

Glass Paekers'zaocal VIII meet Fri
day evening" The most important
business win be tho election OF : sue
|cessor to the late President DeGant,
Who died since The date Of their last
nsat.Ds.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18
MILL MEN WILL MEET

All three lodges Of min men hold
important meetings Saturday - Cree
sent castEsl Az Msasatstse
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18
Stogie Workers Fight.
Non-Union Products

The Stogie Makers are still making
q strong Aght against the non-union
stogies sold in town. You can aid
them by smoking only union made
stogies. s ri
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18
ROLL CALL CORRECTION

On another page in this issue.
in the "RoA Call of Mine Work
ers Locals On the Arbitration
Propositions" Local No. 1852 Of
RobyviIIe is credited with a
resolution. ito accept" This is
a stenographie error, and should
read mot to accept"
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18
PoTTERs VOTE

The members Of the N. B. Of o. r.
By . referendum vote Of the trade. are
eleetiax thsiE aatioaal eAeeFs.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18

rha schenk Packing company is
uorI,ro f,,,l $50 men is employed
by this Arm. ~
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18

See that YOUR MERCHANT u 4
MAJORITY AnvuRyVaNR.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18
ONLY LABOR PAPER

IN the Ohio Valley--The
workshop of the world
catering to 1926, 900 Indus
trial Population. !,
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-03-18

of any Weekly or Monthly
Newspaper published in
Wheeling, the Ohio Valley
or WeHt virginia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-28

A. J Edgell is the youngest man yet
elected president of the International As
ISOLATION of Display Men He was chosen
by practically a unanimous vote of the
convention. Mr. Edgell is the display
service manager of the Society for Elec-
trical Development, and is one Of the trade
experts directing Electrical Prosperity
Week
Coincidental to that elevation in the
Display Men, Mr.. Edgell was awarded the
first prize of 81 600 in competition in
which leading business men throughout
America entered for the best letter on
making sales.
Mr. Edgel is 80 years old. He is a rec
ognized authority on lettering civic cen
tres, shopping sections of cities and the
display windows of Americas mercantile
houses. He is an author and writer of
note on business methods and system, be-
sides being an artist of no mean ability,
this latter qualification coming into play
in a weekly window display service which
is sent by the Society for Electrical De
yelopment to leading merchants in every
city in the country. His efforts are being
directed toward creating white ways in
/ American cities and decorating store fronts
| in connection with countrywide Eleetri
, cal Prosperity Week celebration from Nov
/ % to Dec. 4.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-28
Early Tricolors.

The Tricolor was officially adopted as
he national flag in 1889, but for many
years previously blue, white and red
lags were flown by French warships.
rhe National Gallery owns a remarka-
,ly fine picture by Joseph Vernet-who
lied shortly before the Revolution =
showing q French warship with the Tn
olor; whilst in the hall Of the official
residence Of the Admiral Superintendent
+ Dcvonport Backyard hangs a contem-
,orary painting OF a late seventeenth
u early eighteenth century naval battle
Il which one Of the French flies what
trikes the ordinary observer as a blue
white, and red flag.
Discussing this picture, however. Sil
John Laughton. our greatest authority
en- such subjects, says that "sthero i;
nothing at the masthcads that can prop
arly lie called flag. Vanes there are
bat these are indistinct.'' Still, ST
John goes on to say that 1.-The Tricolo
pcrvadcS the whole French naval his
tory, certainly from 1915. ''-Manche S
I ter Guardian.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-28

NANCEBOBO, Nc, August 2S.-The
second large shipment this month of gold
and securities from London to New York
passed through here today on a special
train.
1t was said here that it consisted of
bonds to the value of S25,000,000 and
S190O0,00 in gold.
The gold and securities are being for
warded to strengthen British credit in
this country and to arrest the decline in
value of the pound sterling.
They were loaded on the train at Hall
fax, where, it was understood, they had
arrived on a British battleship guarded by
convoy Of smaller craft. The train con-
sisted of six steel express ears, diner
and coach and was guarded by IS express
guards fully armed
The shipment was being forwarded by
the American Express company in practi
eally the same manner as was the first
consignment on August 10, when So,
0oo,0o0 in gold and securities was sent
from London and deposited in the sub
treasury in New York to the account OF
J. L. Morgan x Co., the fiscal agents oil
the British government
After a very brief stop here to change
engines the train left at 9 a. m. for Ban
| [or and Portland on its way to New York
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-28
BIRDS UNDER SHE'LL FIRE.
Soldiers Tell of Nests Made in Trench
es and on Guns.

Letters of English soldiers at the
battle front show that the birds of the
fields over which the fighting has been
almost constant during the past year
have ceased to fear the firing of the
guns and the consequent disturbances
of armies fighting all about them. Pri-
vate r. H. Pickering of the II A. c.
writes of a hlackbird which built its
nest in the mouth of field gun which
was not fired for several days. He
says:
There are five eggs in the nest and
the bird should start sitting soon, but
| don t know how it can. An -artil-
lery man told US that they did not fire
for about four days, during which TING
the nest was built and three eggs laid.
They have fired each Of the three days
since then and two moro eggs have
been laid.
9. He said that last night, when the
bird came back to her nest, they were
standing to and getting the gun ready
for action The bird sat on hough
above and waited till they had finished
It hardly seems credible, but the nest
| is there all right.
Another letter, published in an Eng
| fish daily, tells the story of a robin :
nest in a dug out.
" A resident of Clifton has received
a letter from ono of his sons, telling
striking story of pair of robins il
the trenches This venturesome coupl,
have elected to build their year $ mes
in a dug-out and have Matched fly,
| eggs. They further show their sym
pathy with the allies by fearlessly ac
eepting food from the hand. and, il
other ways, proving themselves yer,
much at home.
The same daily also publishes a por
ton of another letter from the front
: which says:
"Wc have favorite blackbird, VIII
sits up in the tree above us and AZ
swers when the men whistle to him, n
matter how heavy the firing may be.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-28
STRENGTH OF ARTILLERY STEEL
Almost Inconceivable Pressures t,
Which Big Cannon Are Subjected.

Modern high powered guns could
not be built without steel strong enough
to resist the enormous pressures 60
which they arc subjected. Few under.
stand how great these pressurcs are-al
most us far beyond ordinary eomprehen
sion as are the distances of the stars
or the number Of atoms III q glass OF
water An attempt to state the matter
in a form that will mean something to
the ordinary mind is made by a contrl,
butor TO Ia Nature in an article en-
titled Tho Strains Resisted by Gun
Metal = lie writes:-
"When the marvels Of modern artil.
! lcry are described, perhaps we direct
| cur admiration too exclusively to the
mechanicians who have combined to
construct It. We must not, however,
forgct-the metallurgist, fer it is owing
| to the astonishing qualities Of the metal
that the gun is Sc well able to resist
the enormous strain due to the detona
ton OF the explosive.
cit is interesting to cite here some
| figures published by Commandant Reg
nault At each discharge of gun, in
the case of Cur fieId-pieces, in less than
three-tenths Of & second the pressure cX
j ceeas twenty tons to the square inch,
and the speed OF tho proiectile leaving
i the muzzlc is more than $500 feet {
second.
''The energy developed may be put
at about half 4 million foot-pounds; IN
other words, considering the cannon as
!, motor working during an exceedingly
short time, we may place its rating al
about twenty million horsepower.
e mot only must the metal be able t.
- :. : I,,,-
to do so under unfavorable conditions
such as the high temperatures produced
by the cxplt sivcs. And not only mus
: the metal OF tho gun be as strong a.
this, but it is the same with that OF tn
: she'll The shell OF our seventy five
!, supports pressure estimated at seven
teen tons; the work of the device tina
/ takes up the rccoil reaches about twciv
s tens to the square inch, and the noun
} ncutraizes rs each discharge about tw
n tons.
I'm fact, these conditions arc realize
in quite a remarkable way It has bee
= possible to est in the machine shop til
Ie pieces of a battery that has fired sever
a al thousand shots and to show that the
have suffered not the slightest deform'
ton.
% .tThis IS why it is necessary 10 On
: ploy special steels. The use Of nickel,
: proportions of one per cent to two pt
~ cent, gives to steel special qualitie
This is one of the points where the eco
i omic blockade to which the German
m, are subjected is likely to cause the
rk great trouble when it becomes necessal
rs for them to renew their war materia
s., For nickel comes exclusively from Ne
Caledonia and Canada, that is to "a
M from French colony and British on
li3 When the Germans, therefore, ha
r. used up their stock, there will be
re- source from Whlch TO rcplehlsh IT.
M Tit Bits
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-28
ROSS GREAT SACHEM.
East Barre Man at Head of Great
Council of Red Men.

ST. JOHNSBURY, Aug. 2s. - The
10th annual convention of the great
council of Vermont, l. O. r. NJ, was
held with Algonquin tribe here yester-
lay.
At the morning session the following
officers were elected: Alex Ross of
East Barre, great sachem; f. c. Barrett
Of Montpelier, great senior sycamore;
Charles Brockington of Brattleboro,
great junior sycamore; A. +. Hum
ohrey of Lyndonville, great prophet
George f. Rock of East Barre, G. c.
of R.; f. L. Parker of Brattleboro, G.
K. of w
Great Sachem Ross made the follow
NJ appointments: Angus Macdonald OF
Barre, great sanap; Martin r. Carr OF
st. ,Johnsbury, G. NJ; l.. r. Farrar OF
I.yndonville, G. c. of w; FL. d. Spencer
Of Beechcr Falls, G. g. of S.
The chiefs were raised by A. ?. Cal
Ter of Mattapan, p. G. S, who repre-
| 5gnted f. O. Downes of Boston, grea
Incidence.
The next annual session viii be hell
Montpelier in 1916.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-28
Another Large Shipment of
Gold and Securities from
London to New York
BROUGHT TO HALIFAX
ON BIG BATTLESRIP

Special Train of Eight Cars Guarded
by 80 Armed Men - Shipment In
tended to Strengthen English Credit
in This Country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-28
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Cecil streeter and Fred Howard en-
listed in Company ! last evening.
The 10th annual baby meet will be
held on the common Tuesday after
noon. concert by the First Regiment
band will begin at 4.30.
The feature picture at Island park
tomorrow evening will be A Daughter
of the People, with Laura Sawyer,
Frederick De Bellevillo and Robert
BrOderick.
John Alexander St Louistein Of
West Springfield was arrested yester-
day while intoxicated on the property
of F. w. Holden in West Townshend.
He win have hearing this afternoon
in the municipal court here.
The mercury got down to 40 degrees
above zero last night. Many believed
this morning that there had been a
frost, but none was reported from Brat
tleboro or up the West River valley.
The music at the Centre Congregational
church tomorrow morning will include an
anthem, Hark, Hark, My Soul by Shelley;
a solo by Miss Butterfied, Consider and
| Hear Me. by Wooler, and Mr.. Adams will
sing | Hear Thy Voice, by Lang, The pas
| tor will preach A cordial invitation is
| extended to all.
The Eustis Lake Region. a weekly
| newspaper published in Eustis, Florida,
recently issued special souvenir OF
| 6S pages, fully illustrated. Two pages
were given over to the interests of
Apopka, Fla, and included a picture
| of Edward c. Harrington, editor and
manager of theApopka News, former
| ly employed by the Vermont Printing
| Co of this town. It also included an
article, Where Opportunities Are Call
| ing, by Mr.. Harrington and the opening
bars of a song written by him entitled
| Up the Ocklawaka River,
| Today's daily bulletin from the postof-
flee departemnt contains the following or
der, effective Sept. /: Fourth class
mail shall not be registered, but may be
insured against loss in an amount equiva-
lent to its actual value, but not to exceed
So in any one case, on payment of a fee
of three cents; not to exceed $50 on pay
ment of a fee of five cents; not to exceed
$50 on payment of a fee of 10 cents, or
not to exceed 800 on payment of a fee OF
% cents, in addition to the postage, both
to be prepaid by stamps affixed; but in
demnity will not he allowed in cases OF
loss of such mail addressed to the Philip
pine Islands, unless the loss occurred il
the postal service Of the United States >
Carnations, Boo doz; asters, pc. doz.:
at Dunham's Greenhouse, Linden St Tel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-28

Some time ago an elderly gentleman
was cycling down q narrow street IN
Waterford when dog suddenly rushed
out from a doorway and getting under
his wheel threw him on the ground in
a sitting position. The dog, seeming to
enjoy the situation, eircled round and
round, barking playfully. A boy, who
was passing at the time, stood staring
at the performance for a few minutes
and then asked in a quiet tone:
Did you fall, Mr.. D-?''
"Of course, / did, said Mr.. D
angrily, while getting up and brushing
the dust off his clothes.
"Oh, replied the boy, as he strolled
away, 81 thought you couldn t have sat
down just to play with the dog"