Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-08-03
The Westinghouse Strikers
Defense Is Glass Defense

;t+sburgh. Aug. 2-(Special)-As to
.so 3afense of the men arrested ana
w ,,tctad in connection with the West
sSrto,,se strike, there seems to be
'As nal anathy that Is hard for those
IN close touch with the situation TO un-
derstand. If any portion OF the WORK
mo class is under. the impression tnat
ne defense concerns only those IN
a;yiduals who are convicted, 1t is only
+bAy who are; the master class has
,utf no room for doubt as to their posi-
ZION in this matter.
Many of those convicted had not
+respassed upon Steel Trust property,
which is the technical act of rioting
mon which the convictions were
hased The prosecuting attorney ad-
,,itted a desire to set an example for
other agitators and the heroic spirits
vere picked for prison terms.
comrades some of you think the
Socialist Party should keep clear of
al violence; but remember the vio-
ence was on the other SIDE Brum-
laugh, the governor of Pennsylvania
himself, said that the troops would
not have been sent to Braddock had
the sheriff Of Allegheny County not
been a calamity bowler. The troops
we're not called out to preserve order
but to break the Strike. And the So
rlalia Party at that time and since
has been denied permits to speak in
districts where there were strikes, on
inc ground that agitators would not
be permitted in those districts.
Even the hired thugs acquired their
masters instructive hatred of all things
evolutionary AM Illuminating ex-
ample of this occurred when Tipsik.
who is under sentence, was first ar
rested His room was searched apd the
red membership card of the. Socialist
Party found in his possession. why
do you have this damned thing?" he
was asked.
An appeal has been taken and the
men and women are being bailed out
pending action of the Superior Court
in October. This is your fight and
il you yield so easy a victory to the
master class, what can you expect
next? Are you willing that these men
should lie in prison for terms vary
Ing from six months to three and a
h4lf years for serving you?
Send your Contributions to Socialist
l4rty' Defense Committee for Westing-
h,ase Strikers. 205g Lyceum Building
Hsburgh, Pa. II
Released On BaaI.
y The Superaof curt Ssirtil4s at PhiIa4
delphia, has granted the writ of super
sedeas asked for by the, eight workers
convicted of riot in the recent West
nghouse strike case. This writ will
have the effect of suspending the SEN
fences of those convicted. provided
bail is secured, until the arguments on
the appeal are heard at the October
term Of court.
The bail for Fred Merrick was fixed
at $4,000; for Rudolph Blooms who Is
Secretary of Local Allegheny County,
$1,000. and $4,000 each for Steve Tip
sick, Mike Essick. Geo. G. Zeber, A.
Weston, W. H. Detweiler and Anna
Gutenberg.
In fixing the bail at these amounts
the Superior Court has handed re-
buke to the local authorities who ex-
ceeded their powers at every step in
the GD legal proceedings. While the
convicted workers were awaiting SEN
tence the bail for Merrick was fixed at
$4,000 and for the others, correspond
ingly high amounts. This action OF
the Superior Court offers the first ray
of hope that these workers may receive