The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-03
THE INDEPENDENT WORKER

NNE thing is working to the front constant
" Iy of late. and that the increasing approval
of the public for the men who are working the
non-union coal fields and sticking to their Jobs
in spite of threat and hostile demonstrations on
the part of the union.
The public wants coal, and the public is pro-
nouncedly sticking up for the man who. is doing
his best get mined It is safe to use the
word "scab" any either in conversation or
in public print The beneaned, denunciated tscab"
is becoming a respected, approved individual,
one with the public back of him. His persecution
=. by union men is making of him hero and already
the people king about his side of the case
when agreements finally reached, and things
get back again upon normal basis.
The Manufacturers Record has word to say
about this particular feature which will find a
warm response from many who are utterly sick
of affairs that calls for guards for men
at labor. This publication says:
1T is tremendously important that there shall
settlement of the railway, or the coal strike.
which does not recognize and protect every right
of the non-union independent men who have
remained at work. They are the men whom the
nation must honor safeguard, and protect They
the who have stood in the breach and held
the fort in spite Of personal danger bitter de-
nunciation. They are the real heroes of the ma
ton, who have risked their lives for Individual in
dependence and national safety. If they are not
granted priority rights in every respect IN any
strike settlement, the officials who fail to main
tain this position will prove fathless t. their duty
to these men, and false to the country"
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The death of Alexander Graham Bell removes
from the world one of the greatest contributors
to progress humanity ever possessed This @inyen-
did moreto anihilate space and save time than
any other genius working with similar am bition
So accustomed has the public become to the tele-
phone that the conducting of daily affairs without
it would hardly be possible Much business de-
ponds utterly upon the Dispatch and the absolute
certainty that telephone communication offers.
The business social life of the present is built
about telephone, in fact and people frequently
wonder how it possible to accomplish the
things which the past did accomplish with such un-
certain and slow means Of communication. The
debt owed to Alexander Graham Bell can never be
paid, but it viii never be forgotten The man
whose brain conceived and executed such a device
as the telephone will have his place among
the worlds greatest
The primary offered one or two surprises in the
round up this morning. particularly in the Demo
crS ic nominee for the county court Thorne de-
veloped edge to pierce through, although "A. J..
Hess was supposed to have things pretty much
his own way. 1t the intention of the Repubi-
cans to remove all Thornes, however, from the
vicinity of the County Court.
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1t is too bad that The Complete Letter Writer
contains no form for correspondence between a
pretty hard to write and help would be appreciat-
ed greatly in many instances
There was one continuous growl of thunder yes
terday from noon until bedtime. Having done its
utmost to persuade voters turn out and vote
in the primaries, weather expressing its
disappointment result.