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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-21

Virginia and settled there. For years
they and their descendants lived an
isolated life in the mountains.
They were the most Independent
people on earth. They planted corn
and kept pigs and chickens. They
grew tobacco but only enough for
their own personal needs. They did
not sell produce; they never saw
money and they had no need of it.
They lived from their own corn
patch and from what game the
mountain forests afforded.
Now when the coal industry was
opened into West Virginia it brought
about a change in the lives of the.
mountain people Many of them
went to work in the mines but they
did not become industrial slaves.
They were not entirely dependent
upon their employment for existence
because they had the necessities of
life in their back yard. These peo-
pie did not live in company houses
in the mining villages. They lived
in their old homes in mountain viii
lagos or on isolated hillsides where
ready food supply was always
available. They travelled back and
forth from the mines ON foot or on
horseback.
There is a second class of West
Virginia miners. These are later
product. They are the foreigners
and miners from other mining sec
tions of the country that inhabit
the company houses in the congested
mining villages.
Now it is very easy to see tina.
tyrannical operator could very
easily domineer over this second
class but when he came to deal with
the native mountaineer, he would
find a much different task on his
hands. Lockouts and dismissals
meant nothing to the mountaineer
for he could not be starved to death.
There are three reasons that make
armed conflict in West Virginia pos
sible.
These reasons are lack of incor-
porated communities, the nature of
the country, the character of the
people.
Very few West Virginia communi-
ties are towns and cities in the sense
that we know them elsewhere. They
are simply small groups of people
in houses. Some of these towns are
not even named. Naturally they
have no public officials and no po-
lice.
To the West Virginians the only
embodiment of authority is sheriff
possibly fifty miles away and the
sheriff may be in the pay of the
operators. So the West Virginian,
thus driven, quite naturally and
quite logically takes the law into
his own hands.
The lay of the land in West Vir-
ginia is admirably suited to snip
ing, and ambushes, a thing which
has made the operations of gunner
employed by operators all the easier.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-21
Every Citizen Group to Intensity
Popular Will for Disarmament

Washington, Oct. 15.-The Ad-
visory Committee on Armament Linn
itation, formed by Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, will hold it's initial
meeting in the ballroom of the La
Fayette Hotel, in Washington, at 10
o'clock the morning of Tuesday, Oc-
tober IS, 1921.
Mr.. Gompers' viewpoint, it was
announced at his offices, is the
same in relation to this advisory
committee as in relation to the great
program of Armistice Day demon
strations to be held throughout the
country. 1t is that labor takes the
initiative, inviting all elements of
American citizenship to participate,
the responsibility thereafter resting
jointly upon all who join jim the eff
fort.
In calling together the Advisory
Committee for it's initial meeting
Mr.. Gompers made the following
statement:
"The coming international confer
ence on limitation of ornaments and
Pacific problems will succeed if it
has adequate support from the pub
lie opinion of America and other
countries and in the absence of such
support will almost inevitably fail.
"The occasion presents an oppor-
tunity for the effective mobilization
of public opinion along American
lines. The American Federation of
Labor has steadily favored every
movement for world peace, the linn
itation of armament and the re-
moval of the causes of war. There
fore as President of the Federation,
have taken the initiative in calling
together this Advisory Committee
on Limitation of Armament. l
have endeavored to make the COM
mittee broadly representative OF
American democracy by inviting some
of the most active members of a
number of our leading organiza-
lions and social groups and other
well known humanitarian and public
spirited citizens. The object of the
committee is aid to crystalline pub
lie opinion on the great issues be-
fore the conference, and to con-
centrate and focus this opinion on
the conference in spirit that will
not obstruct it's labors. but will help
it to a successful conclusion, urging
with all possible power that its
sessions continue until some of the
menacing war clouds are removed
and radical reduction of ornaments
accomnlished
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-21
DISARMAMENT
JOINS IN PLAN FOR GREAT
DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST ARMAMENT

"The Committee will neither re-
place any existing organization nor
attempt a federation or superorgan-
ization of any kind. 1t will work
to secure the better cooperation of
all the forces in the community that
have these objects in view. 1t will
also invite the cooperation of SIM
liar movements abroad since only in
ternational opinion and action can
bring about any solution of these es-
sentially international problems.
"The committee will make it's
declarations of policy and selection
of ways and means when it is as
sembled. But it is safe to say
from it's democratic and representa-
tive character that it will view
the work of the Washington Con-
ference in broad and liberal spirit,
looking to it to bring results not
only in the limitation of armament
but in measures for prevention of
war and removal of its causes. for
furthering international cooperation
and for securing to all peoples not
only just treatment but the fullest
possibilities of growth"
Everett Meeting
Last Saturday night a disarma-
ment meeting was held at the
Library Auditorium. w. j. Fortson
was elected permanent chairman. Mr..
Fortson is a we'll known unionist.
Rev. C. H. Bendick was elected per-
mament secretary. Mr.. Bindick is
pastor of the First Congregational
Church and President of the Snoho-
mish County Ministerial Associa-
ton. The following organizations
were represented at this meeting:
First Congregational Church.
Friendship Camp Royal Neighbors.
American Legion.
Farmer-Labor Party.
Building Laborers of Everett.
Snohomish County Woman's Fed.
Club.
Moulders Union of Everett.
Moose Lodge.
Prison Comfort Club.
Everett Central Labor Council.
The object of the newly formed
organization is to perfect plans for
celebration on Armistice day.
Meaning a demonstration for uni
versal disarmament, and to work in
conjunction with the American Lee
gion and the National Guard. The
interest and enthusiasm at this meet
ing was fine.
Next meeting will be held Friday,
October 81, 1921, at the Library
Auditorium. All civic, fraternal. COM
mercial, religious, veteran and labor
organizations are requested to be
IL
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-21
WHAT A NEWSPAPER REPORTER
SAW IN WEST VIRGINIA

cincts, so the operators set up a
loud howl to the effect that the
homes of Logan county people would
have to be protected against a
band of marauding anarchists and
insurrectionists."
With this war-cry, they assembled
enough men to hold the miners at
bay until the federal troops arrived.
Now the issues on both sides of
this armed conflict were clouded in
statements issued by leaders of both
sides. But the only real issue was
"shall Logan county be union or
non-union 2"
The hand of the operator in West
Virginia government is very easily
seen by any observer.
Don Chafin, sheriff of Logan
county, was generally considered the
leader of the force that kept the
Kanawha county union miners out
of Logan county.
AS a matter of fact, Chafin was
little more than a tool in the hands
of the Logan county coal operators
association. Officials of this organ
ization were to be found continually
in the apartment at the Aracoma
Hotel where Chafin directed his
military operations. They ordered
ammunition and supplies for the
troops and in general ran the whole
"war."
When Chafin gave out statements
to newspaper correspondents, he
usually had an official of the Logan
County Coal Operators Association
on either side to guard against his
saying anything indiscreet. They
whispered in his ear continually as
he talked.
On at least one occasion Chafin's
official statement was handed to
reporters, not by Chafin or by any
county official, but by an official of
the Logan County Coal Operators
Association.
The operators had so much power
in Logan county at the time of the
recent outbreak that they several
times very nearly succeeded in es-
tablishing actual censorship over out
going news dispatches, thing which
the United States Government did
not even do at the time of the World
War. One correspondent for a New
York newspaper, filed dispatch at
the Western Union office in Logan
reporting interviews he had had
with leaders of the union miners
Very naturally these remarks were
not flattering to the Logan county
coal operators. The Western Union
operator sent portion of the dis
patch and then referred it to county
officials and the coal operators. The
reporter was summoned to head
quarters and severely 'balled out"
4
There are two distinct classes of
miners in the West Virginia field
thing which most previous writers
have failed to point cut.
The first is the native mountaineer
His ancestors may have been bond
servants of Virginia noblemen, while
Virginia was the principal British
American colony. Many of these
bond servants fled to the mountain
Gus regions of what is now West
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-21

If all members of labor organ
izations would spend their earnings
only for goods bearing the union
label they would in a very short
time be able to obtain the condi-
tions they desire without being
forced to strike to secure justice.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-21
STATEMENT OF THE OWNER
SHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCU-
ATInN THrrC

OnII, MAN AUEh EN- i, SlRSO
LATION. ETC,
Required By the Act of Congress of
August "a. 1912.
of the Labor Journal, published
weekly at Everett, Wash, for Oc-
tober 1, 1921.
State of Westinghouse.
County of Snohomish.
Before me, a Notary Public in
and for the State and county afore-
said, personally appeared Margaret
Stauffer, who, having been duly
sworn according to law, deposes and
says that he is the Business Man
ager of the Labor Journal, and that
the following is, to the best of his
knowledge and belief, a true state
ment of the ownership, management
land if a daily paper, the circula-
ton, etc, of the aforesaid publica-
ton for the date shown in the above
caption, required by the Act of Au-
gust "a, 1912, embodied in section
443, Postal Laws and Regulations,
printed on the reverse of this form
to-wit:
l.. That the names and addresses
of the publisher, editor, managing
editor, and business managers are:
Publisher-Board of Control of
the Labor Journal, Everett, Wash.
Editor-Geo. higgins, Everett
Wash.
Managing Editor - Geo. Higgins,
Everett, Wash.
Business Manager Margaret
Stauffer, Everett, Wash.
2. That the owners are:
Jno Beck, President, Labor Temple,
Everett, Wash.
Jno, Moncur, Secretary, Labor
Temple, Everett, Wash.
Oscar Wefferling, Treasurer, La
Dor Temple, Everett, Wash.
Margaret Stauffer,
Business Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this Both day of Sept, 1921.
GEO. w. L0UTTIT,
Notary Public
Ny commission expires April 8
1923.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-21

came upon a Russian woman
lust as | left the relief train today.
She was barefooted. Her clothing
consisted of dirty rags. Her face
was yellowish gray. Her body was
shrunken and her hands and feet
were like claws. The breath came
in fluttering feeble gasps. l of
fered her a piece of white bread.
She opened her eyes. but was so
weak she could not raise her hand.
| lifted her hand and placed the
bread within it, but the hand fell
back to earth and the bread rolled
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-21
MISS ANNA LOUISE STRONG WRITES FROM
SAHARA, RUSSIA

from it. l broke off a piece and
placed it in her mouth. The lips
opened feebly but she could not
chew. She was too weak.
What was the cause? War; Work
for disarmament.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-21
Smoke BLUE RIBBON Sc Cigar.

A girl can catch more mems eyes
with short skirts than with a large
bankroll
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-21

Smoke OLYMPIC CLUB 1Oc cigar.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-21

Does the teamster who delivers
your coal, ice, groceries and other
supplies carry a union card? Ask
to see it.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-07-05

In a slight accident last evening in
which no one was hurt. The bus left.
Lansing at $50 in charge ~ Traffic
Manager y. l.. Williams. who was driv-
ing for one Of the chauhcurs, and was
filled with Syrlans who has been at
tending a picnic.
One Of the boy; IN the crowd ms sted
In hanging out on the steps despite-th
efforts Of Mr.. Williams 10 get him TO
stay inside. .tt stop -. when tho bus
was passing an ice ":ehm wagon ME;
Williams saw that tia boy was ABOUT
to get hurt AMI mad" a grab for him. In
saving the boy. h" was forced TO let the
bus 20 Off the road into Il dltch: lhere
was no damage rxccpt that the bumper
Of the bus was slightly bent.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-07-05
Very Few Dropped Out

Tn" parade. after o":nS Formed on
t.h.al;nr and sixteenth street came west
20 Nfo-Lc, and marched up that street
~ \.~,n vh"-c Il went over ;" Main
crG town Man street :" Twenty
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-07-05
OUARRELS With WIFE,;
LANDS BEHIND BARS

After an argument with his wife la*'
night. Ear! Mostly IS alleged To hav"
assaulted her. The hSht became 50
heated that Policeman EaTtcls "a*
Called in t. >ettl" It. The only c"nclu-
sion tn" officer could reach VAS L"
r.kc Nnsby Ia police headquarters AMI
captain things.
THIS did not ayr" with Moshy and
W refused 10 accompany tho policeman.
m arEumtnt then started between the
~" hut ended in Mo%by being confined
behind n" bars on Il CharE" OF WI"
beating and resisting m officer. He
viii be- arraiEncd b"f"r" Judge 1"hu
:. Ritz In police court this morning
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-07-05

No matter what you want Il Will save
you time and money to use INTEL
WANT ADS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-07-05
SESSION OF
CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT

CITY council will meet IN regular ScS
sion tonight. TIL" meeting - 'Np'Ct,n
70 be short owing 10 the city clerk y
office berg CLOSED sunday and yHSter-
daE.
several ordinances will hH M for ma
passage. including on" that would con-
rrn all r:tr prisoners IN N" county JAN
undrr N. custody nt N" sheriff At 'h'
same rat" ~ pay aS n" no" receives
from, he stat" and government S"h
cr-,i ordinances Of littl" inH"r'anc" VIII
also DC VI.
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Streets Kept Gear OF Autos as march"
Pa,sed-Two Thousand in Limo
Great crowds watch from side"a4A-f0t
eign- born make good showing

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N'W NltN'N Z 'NNrl TlfV'.
Hard to Ask for Help,

I'rId" ,;irrir$ ON" It long VA! '.ln
"nnhl",- r'Inr i man and woman I" ~
i,.- uu',id pain Ind deprivation rhth' r
han appeal tn ANYONE" for aid Every
human hrinE r"S%"SSrd Of any "f tho
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for. thrt the l"nsi IT." mo-" f,-luuat''
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,h"S. - CRY day Tragedies happening al
,hout u. .tnh nv rmrl""inE both 'Lrt
.,nd kln,lliu"S>. -" thar help Is given
through thc proper agents.
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TOILET GOODS

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23c
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Savings on
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pair, l9c to SOC
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19c, 25c and 4Oc
SILK ELASTIC in all colors. per
yard. 35c, 4Oc and SOC
HICKORY WAISTS with sup.
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WIRE HAIR PINS. in all sizes.
15c
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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-04

strange pillars OF ebony. Bert Gran
stOn knelt In a brush covert, his rifle
loaded and ready In his lean. dark
hands.
No wolf that ran the ridges, no
cougar that waited on the deer trails
knew a wilder passion, more terrible
bloOd-lust than he. II showed In his
eyes, narrow and never resting from
their watch of the trail: # was in his
posture; and II revealed itself unms-
takably in the curl of his lips. Some
thing like hot steam was In his brain,
burring his sight and heating his
blood.
The pine needles hung wholly mo-
tionless above his head; but yet the
dead leaves on which he knelt crlnkled
and rustled under him. Only the keen
est ear could have heard the sound;
and possibly In his madness, CranstOn
himself was not aware of ii. And one
would have wondered long time as
10 what caused 1t. II was simply that
he was shivering all over with hate
and fury.
A twig cracked, far on the ridge
above him. He leaned forward. peer
ing. and the moonlight showed his
face in unSparing detail. II revealed
the deep lines, the terrible, drawn
lips, the ugly hair long over the dark
ears. His strong hands frightened
upon the breech Of the rifle. His wiry
figure grew tense.
OF course II wouldn't do to let his
prey come too close. Lnndy Hlldreth
was a good shot too, young as Gran
stOn, and of equal strength; and no
sporting chance could be taken in this
hunting. CranstOn had no intention
of giving his enemy even the slightest
chance to defend himself. If Hildreth
got down into the valley, his testi-
mony would make short work of the
arson ring. He had the goods; he had
been a member of the dlsreputable
crowd himself.
The mans steps were quite distinct
by now. Cranston heard him fighting
his way through the brush thickets,
and once a flock of grouse, frightened
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-04

from their perches by the approaching
figure, flew down the trail In front.
Cranston pressed back the hammer of
his rifle. The click sounded loud In
the silence. He had grown tense and
still. and the leaves no longer rustled.
His eyes we're Intent on little
clearing, possibly one hundred yards
up the trail. The trail itself went
straight through II. And in an In
slant more, Hildreth pushed through
the buckhrush and stood revealed In
the moonlight.
II there Is one quality that means
success in the mountains II Is con-
slant, unceasing self-contrOl. Gran
ston thought that he had It. But per-
haps he had waited too long for Hill
dreth TO come; and the strain had told
on him. He had sworn TO take no
false steps; that every, motion he
made should be cool and sure. He
didn't want to attract Hildreth's at
tention by any sudden movement. All
must be cautious and stealthy. But
in spite Of all these good resolutions,
cranston's gun simply leaped to his
shoulder In one convulslve motion at
the first glimpse OF his enemy as he
emerged into the moonlight.
The end Of the barrel struck a
branch OF the shrubbery as II went
up. II was only a soft sound; but In
the utter silence Il travelled far. The
gun barrel caught the moonlight as Il
leaped. and Hildreth saw Its CLINT In
the darkness.
He was looking for trouble He had
dreaded this long walk TO the settle
ments more than any experience of
his life. He didn't know why the let
ter he had written. asking for an
armed escort down to the courts, had
not brought results. But II was
wholly possible that Cranston would
have answered this questios FOR him.
This same letter had fallen into Ger.
tain soIled. deadly pair Of hands
which was the last place 10 the world
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-04
cRANsToN SEES RED,

Synopsis. Warned BY his physi.
clan that he has not more than SIX
months to live. Dan Failing sits
despondently on park bench. won
dering where he should spend those
six months. Memories Of his grand
father and "A deep love for all
things of the wild help him In
reaching decision 10 large
southern Oregon city he meets
people who had known and loved
his grandfather. famous from
tiersman. He makes his home with
Salas Iennox, typical westerner.
The only other members Of the
household are Lennoxs son, BILL"
and daughter, "Snowbird Their
abode Ia In the Umpqua divide, and
there Failing plans To live out the
short span of life which he sas
been told is his From the first
Failing's health shows a marked
improvement, and In the Compan-
ionship of Lennon and his son and
daughter he fits into the woods life
as If he had been born 10 H. By.
quick thinking and remarkable
display Of NERVE" he saves Len
nox's life and his own when they
are attacked by mad coyote.
Lennox declares he Is reincarna-
ton OF his grandfather, Dan Fall
ing /, whose fame as woodsman
is a household word. Dan learns
that an organized band Of outlaws,
OF which Bert Cranston Is the
leader, is setting forest Ares. Lam
dry Hlldreth. former member OF
the gang. has been induced to turn
states evidence.