The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-07

local iabot market % Is Z adgantage Of
both employer and enploye, arrange
fnerts are under way By the Central
Trades and Labor Coucil Of ClRrlSs.
burg, % open what Il Is to call Labor's
Bureau of Free. Employment and In
formation IN. rooms Is and &C. Of the
irwin building. corner Third and West
Pike street, IN that town, which have
already been rented for the purpose,
The object Of this bureau 70 an sup
MY efficient labor for all classes OF
employment and to inform those out Of
work Of the needs Of employers. It is
10 include unskilled Is well as skilled
labor, Whether.such labor Is affiliated
With trades unions or not and the ser
Vice Il to be absolutely free to every. !
body, both employer and employe, It
win embrace building and industrial
trades and professional and domestic
workers, The bureau will be estab.
lished. maintained and supported by
the Central Trades and Labor Council.
The greatest OF mountain fires, both |
in the wilderness and Springdale, in
the past week have surpassed anything |
Of the ike IN the history Of both places,
saws last weeks issue Of the Fayette
Tribune. The advantages the Wilder
ness had over springdale was the good
force OF men who at once were on the
scene, and succeeded In checking 1t,
while In springdale, the fire had gain
ed such headWay and few to fight 1t,
the result was great damage. l.. Low
ery was one Of the great losers, while
Pat TWohig suffered greater loss. Be-
sides timber, fences, cord wood, logs,
ETC., some buildings were damaged.
The fire ran over an area OF Sx3 miles,
from Youngs siding, Sims and Shau.
hers mountains, to the Lowery, ana
Rellahan lands near Springdale. The
hills are thoroughly black and charred.
Mrs. A. W. straub and Miss Anna
Kayanagh, who started to walk from
Cumberland, Nd, to New Martinsviile'
this state, finished strong as the tol.
lowing from the Wetzel Democrat, OF
New Martinsville, indicates: Tues
day at noon Mrs. A. w. Straub, of Cum
bertrand, Nd, and Miss Anna kayanagh
of this city, arrived in New Martins.
Vile from Cumberland. They walked
all the way from the last named city,
starting the previous Tuesday morn
ing, and travelling over the old cum
berland pike to Wheeling, from which
place they walked to New Martinsyn4e
on the B. & o. railroad tracks. They
were feeling fine upon their arrival
here. hut stated that twenty miles
walking on the railroad was equal to
At least forty miles on the pike, the
travel on the ties being very difficult.
The total distance Travelled was 9ust
about one hundred and seVenty'IlVe
miles, the walking Of which distance
by a woman, In one weeks time' Is
great accomplishment"
Fire was discovered in the fourth
story Of the capitol building Friday
which had 1t not been for the quick
work Of G. L. Topping might have done
q great deal Of damage, says the
Charleston Leader. An employe who
had been sent to the fourth floor on
an errand returned and reported mat
the building was on fire. Mr.. Topping
seized hand fire extinguisher and
rushed to the scene of the fire. When
he arriver there the blaze was four
feet high and gaining Roadway rapidly.
He tried his hand extinguisher before
turning in fire alarm. The fire was
soon extinguished. Some say dust, oil
and refuse matter had accumulater
around the motor which runs the ele-
vator and had ignited. The motor Is
boarded up on all sides with pine strips
which would have soon caught fire and
extended to other parts OF the build
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