The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-19
ANSWER TO WILSON
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! AZ Pittsburgh Of representatives OF the
stool crafts for the purpose of dcviSlng
WAYS and mems Of conducting the
strike. YOUR communication through Mr..
Campers requesting the date Of the
strike be postponed was received
Your request for p"stnon"mcnt would
have been gladly Eral.rcd were II not for
the following faCis:
Il. MIR. Car has assorted that his
mon need II" trained representation in
their hrh"1r in presenting their griev-
anccs. NOW thetardirg that they can
neither economically. by lac Of means,
nor intcllrcntly. Ivy lack of schooling.
corr with him or his representatives.
80. That. ever since tho mon started
10 organize. a systematic persecution
vas instituted beginning with d scharge
and ending VIII murder. recalling 20 us
wildly the daye Of Homestead and the
reign Of dcrrotism IL Russia
IS. Through the efforts Of tho repre-
srntativcs Of the steel industry officials
in various localities have denied tho
mon. free assembly and free speech. In
stances are too numerous whore meet
inss have been suppressed. men arrest
cd tried on various unfounded charges.
excessive bail required and cruel pun
iShmcnt imposed. all without warrant in
law and justice.
a. AS one Of tho many example,
in tho city OF McK""sr,rt. n meeting
hold by tho mon within tloir CrnStitu-
t.unal rights was broken w and m"n
arrested and thrown into jlil. charged
with riot and he'd To the cXC">$rv" bail
OF $1,000 each. while On" IF tho hir,-
l;nES OF tho steel Industry. arrested FOR
The murder OF woman speaker at
EraCkcnrtdtc. Pennsylvania, is being
held under the hail Of bat S@.5n0. An
other patent example is Hammond. IN
diana, whcrc four dcfcnsclCsS union mon
wcrc charged upon and He'd by hired
Gctocfiv ives or The steel industry. and wit
nces s in their hchalf Of their survivors
have lrcu So iHtimid1tcd and maltrCat"d
that tho truth Of the killing was sup
pressed.
IS. Guns and cannon have been plant-
cd in mills. highly charged electric
wiros have been strung around thor
premises.
"6. Armed mon in lar:" numbers are
| going about intimda'ing. not only the
! workers. but everybody in many COM
munitics who show the slightest indi-
/ cation Of sympathy with the men.
~. Men have been DISCHARGED in in
! crcasingIy largo numbers day by day.
/ Threats ard intimidatiOnS arc rcSortcd
10 for he purpose Of putting he mon In
fear and prevent them from the cXcrCiS"
Of Their own free Will. Cocrc"d into sign
in:; statements that they arc not NOM
h"rs. nor will h"cnm" momhors Of any
J lnhnr organization and Threatened WI h
{ eviction blacklist. denial Of credit and
starvation.
rs. That n forced decline Of tho mar
fnt would DO imposed SO as I" wiz" out
Their holdings in stock. which they were
induced to purchase in years past.
Thrrats t. movc the mills and to close
them up indefinitely.
80 That m organized propaganda
fnr liliHcatiun If the American Fedora
tion If Labor. spreading runners that the
strike will be delayed and that such do
lay is only n S"ll-out.
10 Showing. no opposition TO the
mon JOHNNIE. dual organizations. As Il
result Of this propaganda. tn" |. W, w.
is mnl;ing rapid Roadway in some Of the
districts.
: III. That III" real reason for orros-
ition 20 urr#uiz"d labor representation
on behalf uf IN" men who have Cricv-
nnccs is that tn" steel industry is pro-
pairing TO cut wages and to lower tn"
turn t. Il rCndi'i"n that encouraged III"
p1drrno system. 50 prevalent in that
particular industry.
Mr. l'r... iIcmt. delay is no longer pos
sIh'". "" have tried t. find way hut
caunot. We fully understand
tho hrrdShirs rhat will follow. and The
rriEu Of terror tha; urt'rr onIl"ycrs
Will ins,liurr. tn" hU"'l n fills upon
Ia" mon. but tho greater '"Sr. visibility
therefor r".,r: urun tho other side
EIRMINGU : O.. A!r.. Sept. lS.-Tcn
thousand mcmhors or more of tho Uni
tcd Nine Workers Of America, employed
in the Birmingham district. will prob
ably JOIN tho threatened strike of steel
workers scheduled for Monday morning.
according to reports given out by labor
lenders here today.
Mo1nwh',c steel workers 81 ~" dis
triCr who arc organized. reiterated state
m"nie 1ha; they Will 10 able to tie up
tho steel industry III the district in case
4 strike is called Monday.