The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-22
|AR0R LEADERS SAY MEN ARR.
WELL ORGANIZED AND READY

brated as the date OF the emancipation
of tho industrial workers Of America.
L. r. Sprouse.
7, +. Sprousc, national vice president
Of Stationary FIrcmcn. told inc men
that he intended TO set any doubts n
rest that might exist in their mlnds III
connection withe movement IN olher ois-
,ric,s In the Cleveland district, he
stated. practically every man in tha
iron and steel industry Is organized
as well as other trades; the same APP
plies also to the Chicago district To-
morrow morning" he told the audience
..ycry steel mill in those sections.
will be shut down and shut down tight.
He declared that the steel workers or
America arc IS per cent organized. he
further assured the mon that the organ
ization Of which he Is vice president
have announced their intention OF stand
inC back Of the steel workers and help
them in every way in their power even
TO the extent of assessing every mem
Der two days pay week 10 help finance
the strike.
r. l. Hall. Of the international Or
ganization Of Machinists. the next
speaker, went into detail of the alleged
effort of the National Committee repre-
sentinE the American Federation OF La
Dor to secure an audience with Judge
Gary. Tho only answer they got was
that Judge Gary would not meet the
committee; that they did not represent
moro than ten or fifteen percent OF the
workers: that he had always run an
open shcp and that he was going TO con-
tinue 10 run ono. That Afterwards the
President Of the United States endeaV-
Orcd to arrange n conference on ochal
Of the committee. which Cary refused 10
take any part in. because hc believes
himself to be bigger than tho president.
The speaker then dwclt at length on
tho efforts of tho officials of the steer
corporation 10 block the attempt or the
union TO organize tho workers in the
great industrial districts of the Key
stone state, which he called Penroscsyl-
vania."
You arc cmbarking on crisis" the
speaker continued. (which will be an
acid test Of whether or not you have Tho
same intelligence and the same stick-to-
itivcncss that other organized labor has,
who were granted tn" eight hour day
and tho Saturday half holiday years
ago. He told the men to be calm and
stay home and get acquainted with the
family"
Our Own Mike Mahoney.
Michael MahOncy. president Of the
Beech Bottom lodge. spoke OF tho dis
trcssng condition Of life Of the steel
! worker. He stated that IN" ray was
poor and the hours Of labor were SO long
and combining that anything in the way
Of pleasure. home life. church attend
ancc or recreation Is barred to the mill
10 k,.r
insisted. but work. cat and slccp-most-
! " work. TIL" union is only asking
sounrc deal for it's members. living
wages. shorter hours and decent work
| ing conditions. as long as this state
Of affairs exits" he said ''wc cannot
raise future American citizens.
The time has come" he continued,
| with evident f"clnE. that system
! which ErindS down the worker and pro-
hlb.ts hm from even complaining about
, tho conditions under which VIC works.
| must b" changed and changed quick The
| light between hidden autocracy and open
democracy is now on" He compared
the army Of labor with tho great army
! just now being dcmobl z"d. and stated
! that tomorrow Is the day when organ
! lied labor 'gorS over the top.
Tho mkt speaker cNh"rt"d tho work
csr to k.cp cool and avoid trouble. He
, was Walter Larkin. vice president Of the
/ sheet and TIN division Of tho AmalSa-
: mated Association Of Iron and Steel
, Workers "Erwar" Of the armed forces
Of grnmcn that may he on IN" job for
! your company. W" don't want any
! fl.htlnc. God knows there have been
enough people Killed in the last four
IA emma I n he Sai id.