The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-10
CH|EF THONP son
ANSWERS CRITICS


SO the Editor of the lni"Ihgr7''F:
: f.regret Chat the nature Of IN" state
: unents witch were made By Mr.. low
/. before stfse Ohio Valley Trade Labor
! Assembly, ON Sunday. are OF such ma
: ture that IL becomes my duty I" mo
: public to deny those statements and set
{ uuyself right
= Nv xrteTassce Is against my own p"o~
= ME some members OF the UNION. VINO
have treated me with the utmost un-
fairness MY complaint against the
/, Trades & Labor Assembly -. that win
: out Investigation. they took acti";L ~hicn
1 action am sure they VIII be "I!linS :"
. rcsctuds AFTER this public statement.
7 became identified with 'hc Wheeling
f., Fire Departmcnt nineteen years ago and
! served with them until about th'' mid
= die of October, 1917. when Mr. NAEI"
= then City Manager. called III" 10 MS
. office and said. Il want your rrSSna-
ton" l asked him 10 explain and MS
answer was that he would give II" rrl-
son and said TO me that ha would not
. discuss the matter. He told rag mat my
a.. nay was 10 go until the first OF the
+, month. but I was to get ouI oil the d.
, psrtrnent Immediately. Only two mat
, tiers were ever charged against me. so
= far rs ! was able TO leacn. one was thar
was a candidate two years ago Tor
Chief OF the FIRE Department and tnc
oS1,sP II that f1sed the stationery ~ tn"
ToeHardsation to write political i"'''r'
WIN respect 10 the first. ! hay" n"
saoolnGy or explanation. with r"Sp"Ii L"
] tho <seocnd. I did send n lc;t"r 10 IN"
: Wheeling Commercial ASSOCIATION upon
> Tia stationery OF the tity tfr"m"n
) pxuEscttve Association. under dat" OF
Il Mech II. 1877. calling attention '" tn'
>, Snce -{lsKS by operation OF the now caar-
:; a. our positions would be vacated ana
; nrned tfat Organization 70 support Us
- O body. .
srhae ke4terwas suggested by the fore-
!. NIT ieadef Of labor in the city OF
wneeRtna, and IS secretary or the
, union. ~aa directed TO send 1t 0y inc
!. SremA
|, wnh respect 70 the fact that I have
~ w., n member Of the Ffrerncns
Tfrtrn IN two years. I again call tho al
tentIon TO Hae fact that l was discharTed
from the service without protest oy
C-f,seP Rose and that II seems rather IN
-onrssSent that some OF the present Ttre-
men under cloak Of the Union sh'U1u
: now protest against my appofnet,ieIit'
: actuated solely by the motive OF uuiHh
: a rayor for Chief Rose. VINO ~ not a
= could not be. The union was ORGANIZE
D AT NV instance AS can be readily Ner-
. fled by Charles HIGGINS. present mem
y nor Of the Wheeling Police departments
who was a that time the r"preSfnN".'N'
. oP me American Federation or i-2n"F'
, and whom | .a'lled TO discuss VII" '''
boys the matter Of forming rAc uHi""'
: which was formed thereafter ana TINS
same union sent me :" Charleston TWO
D years ago J"."' p -, Tho
. them in the Stat" L. < ''h'"rc ~ ~
.gI,,a++er Of putting through iH' ttr"N'N
rension Bill.
A., ahScnrc from "a" ,''' 'Nnla'n'f
by oe'ns o,. II, (rI.Y- m. rrr,nd Of
states ,,tt..,.i No., ~..N ~. nj
the war, VI! .'vrr,,,,,~r,, W.; ."''I"".!
! ted oSa'cS Co.. I.,.,,r; ". N.>h'ir.
then rsprrS'n'TI' ~, nav ,.h..ris ann FROM
, government. ny I,'E r,.,,.I..,rf nf he
the Quart"r'naA',rS ~ ~ I.o.rr,s,l
United states 60 ,i,,,,,,..,, nr:,,r,.,
was not conSi8r..H - ,.',-,,,,,..r, am,
by the int 80 80 = was net
having en,'I'" ,. ,,,.,t.d ~. placed.
: Tor me l" - r',I,,t,,' ~ : >oI,iicr WI"
was IN a." ,I ohc, i ;hcm
took oroFrN anu w., 30. Information
rs 10 my ,r,i ~ ,'niof P"~o'S
1911, - rcrd.i ...n- and H." HEhr-
Thc CIV a. Whc-,r',. Tn" :-NN-
tnS ~ ~ ra,"d ~. p: ~. h"ad oc 80
e e rnc.i.r 0l3rr Nil"r. ~, hH@-
. hretheI - ~ ear -. n.,- tr.tn a
1 1rSS ~. La,. we'd social govern
. n~NtinS 10 ~. Ec-,',r ~ govern
, mert trnlnlnE "'', ,.,, ,rn, .rtion.
! rnent sem. ,,'r ,.,..rI,r,. on SUNDAY
, AZ tnC ,'' r;., ,,.mrcrs: r-"sent. four
there N'r' I'-' r.,,,,r Of car-yi,.
or whom oI0"N,' ,-,tcf hcFnrc thr
the appo!n' ,'CH - ard Ave- Of
Trades 10. -, ,tEor,,y favored
whom raN"r"r Il. ',,;r l., -er,cr.s
- calling meeting ~ ~ w.. tor,,v ~ sye
nrcaniEa'iN' "ht'n '''S '''''