The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-10
LOCAL LABOR,
RALLIES FINE
Two Largely Attended Meetings
Are Held In the Palace
Play House.
BIG PARADE With BAND
Addresses Made Along the
Lines of Organized Labor
Stir Two Audiences.

Organized labor In this city on NO
previous occasion attracted SO much
and SO favorable comment as II did
with Its rally. which began yester-
day afternoon at 1890 o'clock and
concluded with 1880 o'clock meet
ing In the Palace theater. Two large
ly attended meetings brought to the \
ranks OF labor In this city many new
adherents to unionism, which has for
several months made a bid to be one
OF the greatest union movements In
this state.
Promptly at 1880 o'clock, at the
appointed time, and from the union
labor hall. on West Pike street,
marching columns were formed and
with the Inspiration OF the union band
under tho leadership Of H. L. Greg
ory. headed by the organized police
force Of this city, parade started
that gathered recruits along It's way,
until 1t was several squares In
length, beginning.at South Fourth
and West Pike streets, marching
down West Pike street to South Sec
ond. through South Second to West
Main. and up West Main to South
Fourth and thence to the Palace thea
ter. The paraders and others filed
to standing capacity the theater,
which was donated to the use Of the
labor boys by the manager, George a.
Murray.
Cheering Music.
On the program for the afternoon {
were several prominent speakers, but
before they were introduced. the
chairman of the meetings was pre-
sented in the person Of T. r. Gilli-
gan, who, with well chosen words,
gave the credit for the splendid turn
out of the day to the tireless EFFORTS
OF the workers in the unions and the
delegates and the officers OF the
Clarksburg Central Labor and Trades
Council. Cheering music Of patriotic
selections by the band enlivehed ev-l
cry moment before the speaking bes
gan. The son sing by Mr.. Fin
" was excall6ntly rendered and the
singer was given great applause.
George w. Harbert, Hfattener,
employed at the Norwood window
glass plant, was the first speaker and
his mission seemed to be to show that
the struggle Of labor began IN the
twilight Of history, with the workers
being merely slaves Of brutal mas
ters, to be followed by another sys-
tenn, known Us feudalisni, and In that
order the workers were serfs, a little
better of than In their previous con
dition; and now into condition In
which labor has much improved Its
environments and the forces which
bind II. but that the struggle ~ COM
stant, and the efforts must be Of great
vigilance to retain that which has
been gained. In the quite recent
movement Of the organized forces
Of labor, the speaker said, there were
many spies and traitors, and he
warned the workers to beware Of
these. HIS speech was summed up
In the happy outlook for the future
under Frightening hopes for o more
solid formation Of the unions Of all
workers,
Strong Appeal Made.
A change in the program Of the ~
ternoon was made by the imperative
necessity OF Walter B. Hilton .one Of
the speakers, and who Is from Wheel.
ing, to leave on the evening intersir-
ban car for Fairmont and thence to
to his home. Nearly all Of the labor
union boys understood that the i'm.
perative urge was q little one two
weeks old in Editor Hilton's
household, In the form Of bright
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