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New Britain herald., 1922-05-23
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New Britain herald., 1922-05-23

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New Britain herald., 1922-05-23

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Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-08-05
CHARLES TOWN.

Charles Town, Aug 5.-A chicken
supper was held on the lawn at the
residence of Mrs. R. w. Alexander
on Wednesday evening to raise mon
ely for the Christmas entertainment
at the county intirmary.
Misses Theo Brown, Wilhemina
Phillips, Louise and Beth Sydnor,
Frances Moore and Mr.. Granville
Sydnor have returned from the
Young Peoples Conference, held at
Massanutten Springs.
Mrs. Glenn Denning, who has been
visiting Mrs. j. H. Bell, has returned
to her home in Mckee port, Pa.
Mr. l, w. Dicl, returned home from
Baltimore on Wednesday.
Mr. C. Fred Wall is in Hampshire
county this week on a business trip.
Mrs. Milton H. Bowers and SON
Howard, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs
c. l.. Bartles, in Martinsburg.
Mrs. Susie Lovelis, of Charles
Town, underwent a major operation
at the Charles Town hospital.
Miss Mary V. Macdonald is Nthe
surgical nurse who takes Miss Am
broses place at the Charles Town
General Hospital,
Miss Layelon Myreson. of Luray,
Va. had her tonsils removed at the
Charles Town Hospital
Master Cal Moler. who broke his
arm few days ago was dismissed
from the hospital, the fracture hay-
Ing been reduced.
A thief entered the Palm Hotel in
Charles Town Thursday during the
day, and appropriated the majority
of the cigars, cigarettes. etc, there.
Miss Lucy MiIey returned from a
visit to Baltimore Thursday night,
and brought with her Misses Mar
garet Leon and Marguerite Huebner
of that city.
B0rn to Mr. and Mrs. D. Shackel-
ford, Of Millvile at the General Hos
pital Thursday evening, a little dau-
ehtrr
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-08-05
NEGRO
ATTACKS BOY

Roscoe Williams. colored, a circus
'razorback" or laborer, was taken
back to Cumberland and lodged in
Jail charged with vicious assault on
Orvil YOcum, white. Is years old, So
Gay street. Tuesday night. on the
show grounds near the n. & G.
Taylor tin plant. the former city.
Yocum claims that Williams,
working with Barnes circus gave him
some drugged liquor, and attacked
him. The case was reported to the
police Tuesday night, and a descrip-
ton of the negro telephoned to Ha-
aerstown, where the circus exhibited
Thursday and Williams was arrest
cd and held.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-08-05

Martinsburg.
Mrs. Savilla Newkirk, and daugh-
ter, Mary Jane, and Miss Pauline
Richard were guests of Mrs. Charles
Newkirk on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Alvey, of Ohio,
who have been guests of their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Alvey, re-
turned home Sunday and were ac-
companied by his mother who will
spend several weeks in Ohio.
Mr., and NJ. P. c. Myers were
visitors in Martinsburg Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs Brofey Simpson and
brother and wife of Baltimore, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Ling
amfelter.
DR.. LeFevre, OF Inwood, visited
his uncle, w. H Kilmer, who is
quite i'll, on Thursday.
Mrs Fred Koppisch gave a de-
lightful patch party" on Thursday
having as her guests Mrs. Bert
Smith and daughter Teddy, OF New
York, Mrs. Keensr Eutsler of POGO
moke, Mrs. VIM. Bodine. Mrs. Fat
Muhpry. Mrs. James Butler. The
evening was delightfully."- spent with
music and cards. At late hour
the hostess served delightful re-
freshments assisted by her little
daughter, Louise,
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HE:lGESvILL.E.

|{edeesville, August 5.-Mrs. Ar
b. f'arr and little daughter, Mar
Of Niagara Falls, and Miss Lot
Ora bill, of New Yerk, are guests
Their mother. Mrs. NJ. j. Grabill.
Miss Ann Spillman, Of Martins
Re-, was the weekend guest of
Uterine Koppisch.
Dir. and Mrs, George Byron, Of
bland. Kentucky. are guests Of
I S. G. G.. Byron, at the home of
+ and Mrs. A. H. Mitchell
bliss Ellen March, of Strasburg,
t. is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
luck Beall.
Miss Frances Menefee. OF Cum
rland, lis tho guest of her aunt,
IS. VIM. Bodine
1lr. and Mrs. RE Hanna, Of New
,rk, who have been spending
NE time with Mrs. Sue Kilmer,
We returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Peirgory, Of
,rpers Ferry, were weekend
osts Of Miss Mary Harrison.
Mr., and Mrs. James Bodine, Of
yissvale, who spent the past week
tn his brother Mr. VIM. Bodine,
turned home Sunday.
Mrs. James Duvall, Mrs. Lyde
iswell, accompanied by Mrs. Mary
ench, of Baltimore, are spending a
" days this week with Mrs. Maize
of Nanclevesyiile.
Mrs. VIM. Poisal, left on Tuesday
r New Jersey where she will visit
ends.
MIS-. D. P. Fry and daughter. Mrs.
senar Eutsler. of Pocomoke, and
ests, Misses Elizabeth and Maude
y. of Washington. motOred to
arrisburg last week and spent sew
al days with Mrs. Guy Gardner
d were accompanied home by lit
Mary Elizabeth Gardner, who
Il spend several weeks here and
tn her aunt, Mrs. J. L. Daniels. in
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-08-05
Policy Of Coal Operators
In KanaWha Field Stated

The welfare of these 100,-
100000 Americans, interde-
pendent as they are, is COM
pletely ignored in the bat
tie to enforce the will Of the
militant minority; they are
to be left to face the winter
without the thought Of a
cheering fire, without the
comforts of a well-heated
home - and the average
American is home-loving;
they and their children are
to be left to suffer extreme
privations and hardships
by the attitude of that mere
handful of men who, large
ly through fear created by
a long campaign Of terror
ism and destruction Of life
ard property, carried on by
paid professional agitators
employed by the officers of
their union, refuse to go in
to the mines and dig coal or
to permit others who would
work to take their places.
Support Government
The present emergency
ceases to be a mere ques-
ton between capital and la
Dor. The attitude Of the
government has demon.
strated that it has become,
with a serious fuel shorta -
menacing the nation, a mat
ter of patriotism for the
miners to dig coal and the
operators to turn it over to
the government for distri-
button. The KanaWha OPP
orators are quite willing to
turn their coal over to fed
cral agencies after it has
been placed on the cars for
consignment in any manner
the President or his agents
might direct and at any
price the government
might specify.
We will support unquali-
fedly and intellectually,
without any reservations
whatsoever, the Presidents
proclamation to operate
our mines. Industry shall
not be paralyzed; women
and children Of the nation,
even the innocent women
and children of the miners
themselves, shall not suffer
through any failure of the
KanaWha operators to con-
form with government sug-
gcstions and the laws Of the
land.
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he SIDES WITH THE PEOPLE


me Gator OF the United Mine
" 'f@s'3' Journal naturally look
lhS at matters from partisan
Viewpoint objects because Presi-
cent Harding has told the coal
operators to 20 home and open
Their mines, He thinks that the
PRESIDENT has definitely aligned
1lS administration with the un'
ion busting employers who are
V1e.3s ferocious campaign for
me destruction Of labor unions
81 this cofntrY."
IN writing thus, tho editor ig-
noes tn" fact that Mr.. Harding
hist u all tried to secure an ar
hl'ratirn agreement, and that it
"as the union which refused his
plea, whereas the operators for
the most part agreed to go into
conference.
Rnt aside from this, the editor
Of the mine workers journal is
completely wrong Mr.. Harding
has not aligned his administra-
ton With the operators. He is
nat IN the least attempting to
u@Gt lhc.r battles. His attitude
toward them is Just as rigid as
his attitude toward the unions.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-08-05
S. TROWBRIDGE'S
DEATH
| STILL UNSOLVED
(ner Calls 1t Suicide
nile Temporarily Insane.

International News serviee}
" York, Aug. 4.-The broodlns
ery that has hung for years
Qui 81 Sana, the millers'
Long Island estate OF Mrs.
lis B. Trowbridge, wife tf a
Haven. Conn, millionaire, re-
I'd unsolved today when for
announcement was made that
Trowbridge had committed sui
Sunday in her boudoir behind
heavily barred as any in a
oval castle.
cause Of death was concealed
the coroner's report WAS filed,
g merely that this mystery
IN had shot and killed herself
a revolver while suffering
an attack Of insanity"
Society Leader.
ere was a time years ago,
Mrs. Trowbridge was leader
bnservative Manhattan social
rs. A woman Of culture and
hing, she was noted for the dis
kisned circle which clustered
nd her.
len suddenly she withdrew
society and even from the
banionship of her husband.
II eight years, more o. less, she
in her lonely estate, accom-
ed by a secretary and a few
Is.
House An Arsenal.
lmors began to circulate about
itions at Qui 81 Sana. The
trades people and others who
! permitted to enter the build
said that Mrs. Trowbridea had
lvers distributed in every por-
of the house, ready for instant
N.
ie windows were barred, bolts,
and chains were used on the
5. Even the door to the death
DIR was equipped with ingen-
locks Of the sort seldom found
where than on vaults. Dogs,
brutes, that answered only to
call did not encourage
Il visits.
Visited Manhattan.
veral times a year she came to
haitian, accompanied by a silent
secretary of whom few knew
hing. and a maid. Then she re-
I'd to the seclusion of Qui 81
and the protection of her
), bars. chains. pistols and dogs.
maid says that she saw Mrs.
bridge loading a revolver Sun
Her mistress ordered her out
lie room. When the automatic
) had clicked behind the maid.
volver shot was heard. The
was battered in and on the
lay Mrs. Trowbridge. dead.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-08-05
THE RIGHT TO WORK

The supreme duty of the state
and of the federal government
is to protect citizens in the en-
joyment of life and liberty. The
chief requisite for life Is the
right to work the highest at
tainment of liberty is the eXer-
else Of the right to work at that
calling which the individual
chooses, if that calling be a legi-
innate vocation.
No man may be legally COM
PEELED to work save as punish
ment for the commission of an
offense against the law; no man
may be legally prohibited from
working save for an offense aga
inst the law. No greater pun
ishment can he inflicted upon the
normal, healthy, ambitious indi-
vdual than prohibition from
work. The person who has COM
mitted a crime cannot be punish
ed more severely, nor punish
ment be inflicted upon him the
effect of which is more deterior-
ating than enforced idleness.
There can be no deprivation Of
any kind that is in essence more
vicious in it's effect than the de
Hriyation CT the right to labor.
When these truths are un,ver-
sally recognized labor leaders
will still contend that no man
shall be compelled to work save
as punishment for crime, but
they will cease to contend open
ly or to strive By organized VIC
lence or intimidation to prevent
men from working.
In the staten ents Issued by
President Harding and the much
stronger and clearer statement is
sued by Governor Morrow, there
is clear recognition Of The i'm
perative obligation that res.s up
on the President Of the United
States and the governor Of the
state to exhaust every power of
the state and nation to prevent
the imposition Of the penalty OF
idleness upon law-abiding citi-
zens.
Whatever may be the opinion
Of the action OF the organiza-
lions that have called their men
from labor in the coal mines and
from work on the railroad; what
ever may be thought of their en-
deavor to stop the operation Of
the economic law that has forced
liquidation in farm products, in
manufactured products, in live
stock. in the wages of agrical,
tural IabOrer.s and in the recon-
pense Of men in numerous voca-
tons, all must concede that they
have the legal right to stop work,
even though the exercise OF that
raeht is in defiance of the funda-
mental obligation of citizens OF a
free country in which there is
independence of all citizens.
But no one can contend that
those men who laid down their
picks and shovels in the coal
mines, or who abandoned their
tasks on the railroads, have the
legal or moral right to prevent
others from taking up the work
they discarded.
We congratulate and thank
President Harding and Cover
nor Morrow for the enunciation
of their determination to protect
the citizens who desire to work
from assault and murder by those
who seem to look upon the jobs
they have thrown away as their
personal property
The citizens of the United
States viii not submit long nor
quietly to the domination Of such
spirit as was evidenced in the
massacre in Illinois.-Editorial in
Lexington, Ky, Herald.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-08-05
WILD AUTOIST
INJURIES THREE

Ralph Whitmore and family of
near Rest, Frederick county, had
narrow escape from serious injury
on Wednesday afternoon while driv-
ing in their car along the Martins
burg pike. Mr., Whitmore heard
the horn of an approaching car and
he claims to have driven mis- car
out of the roadway to give the other
car an opportunity to pass him. The
ether car, however, struck Mr. Whit
mOre's automobile. badly damaging
it and painfully injuring Mrs. Whit
more and two of their children.
Director ri Highways Horrick
has ordered that all posters Of M
mary candidates must be removed
from telephone poles along the
state highways in Ohio before Aug
st :, the day of the primary.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-08-05

Reasserting our determ-
ination to support the fed
eral administration in its
efforts to find a solution to
the fuel problem during the
present coal and railroad
labor situation, the Kama
wha Coal Operators asso-
citation, through a resolu-
ton adopted by unanimous
vote of the board of direc-
tors Friday, July Is, pledg-
ed full and complete coop
Grafton to the government
in helping to carry out its
emergency plans. The res
olution adopted follows:
RESOLVED: That we,
the board of directors of
the kanawha Coal Oper-
ators association, in view
cf the national emergen-
cy, will support the pro-
posed policy of the adj
ministration in ratiOning
the coal supply of the
country during this
emergency, and be it fur
Their
R E S OIL V f ID: We
pledge ourselves to abide
by the rules and regula-
tons established by the
administration.
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our mines for the common
good of miners, operators
and the public.
The policy of the Kama
wha coal operators associa-
ton has not aimed or in
tended to destroy collec-
tive bargaining. We have
made no move that might
interfere with efforts Of
the miners in the KanaWha
field to organize for frater-
nal. social or other mutual
ly beneficial reasons nor do
We intend to interfere with
any such plans, We do,
however, refuse to permit
our competitors in the
states of Ohio, Indiana, il
linois and Pennsylvania, in
conjunction with the Unit
ed Mine Workers Of Amer
lea, to force us into an
agreement made with the
full intention Of eliminat-
ing West Virginia from
competition in the coal mar
kets of the world. We en-
phatically decline to bow
humbly to the edict that
we must keep our mines
closed tight until an agree
ment is reached in the
above named states.
Give Miners Square Deal
The progress we have
made in reOpenlng our
mines since the strike call
went into effect April | has
convinced us that the min
crs themselves in TIE Ka-
nawha field are not in SYM
pathy with the arbitrary
attitude of the information
al officers of the United
Mine Workers. We have
striven conscientiously to
give our Workmen a square
deal, the highest possible
wages and the best work
ing conditions possible, and
they are rapidly coming to
realize that they have 40
differences or grievances
that cannot be adjusted
with the operators despite
the doctrine Of radicals and
professional agitators seek
ing an easy living at the eX-
pense of their fellows and
who are gradually beIr
weeded out Of their ranks
by the miners themselves.
The "checkoff" is the
amount which the union as
sesses each member and
forces the operator to col
lect for the union before
the member can use his
earnings for bread and
meat, and amounts to ap-
proximately $4,000 per
man per year. The total
collection in District II
amounted to more than one
million dollars in 1921 while
the total collection in the
United States amounted to
more than S25, GOO, 900. The
union makes the checkoff
the essence Of all wage con-
tracts. Wages are a sec
ondary consideration and
the only demand today by
the union is to have this
checkoff included with the
working conditions,
"Checkoff" Illegal
The KanaWha operators
have gone on record not to
collect the checkoff through
their payrolls and the
courts have decided that
the money so collected by
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policy in the present labor
situation at our mines, the
Kanawha Coal Operators
association takes this
means to review briefly the
position of the association
and the action taken at var
ious times by the officers
and directors with the I'M
aninous support OF the in
dividual members.
Invitations Declined.
As early as July, 1921,
nine months before the ex-
piration of its contract with
tie United Mine Workers
Of America, the officers Of
this association realizing
that the field was no longer
competitive endeavored to
arrange a conference with
officials of District II,
United Mine Workers, to
discuss a new wage agree
ment and working condi-
tons in general in the Ka-
nawha field. Our invita-
ton was declined with the
reply from officials Of the
union here that nothing
could be done until the four
competitive states OF ILL
nois, Indiana, Ohio and
western Pennsylvania had
agreed upon a scale with
the international union
which scale we would have
to accept for Kanawha dis
trict whether we were COM
petitiVe or non-competltlVe,
and without our having
any voice whatsoever in
its making. Between Jan
uary l and March / of this
year We repeated the same
request for a conference
with union officials but re-
ceived a similar reply by
letter from c. Frank Kee-
ny, president of District II.
With no alternative and
with no possible way of
dealing with the miners un-
ion until our competitors
had decided our fate, oper-
ators of the KanaWha field
net the latter part of March
of this year, a few days be-
fore the expiration Of the
contract with the United
Mine Workers and by I'M
animous vote decided to
stop the checking off of I'M
ion dues from our employees
earnings, and declaring for
operation of the mines on
the American plan with
full equality to all miners,
union or non-union, and Of
fered the highest wage
scale granted during the
war. This was done after
an invitation issued March
9Th asking the union Off
Gals to meet us had been
definitely rejected by them
as being impossible.
The KanaWha coal oper-
ators adopted this policy in
the interests Of their en-
ployes, their stockholders
and the public.
For Good of All
Since adopting this pol
icy We have become firmly
convinced that a state OF
district agreement, with
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OF property. The most re-
cent incidents in this con-
nection, the horrors of
which are indelibly stamp
ed on the mind of every
newspaper reader, were the
dynamiting Of a small
train while men were pro-
ceeding peaceably to their
work at the mines of the
Mordue Colliery company,
in Boone county, this state;
the murder of the sheriff of
Brooke county, near Wells
burg, and the deaths Of
numerous others at the
same time ard tha terrible
massacre at Her4jn, ILL.,, the
greatest atrocity directly
traceable to unionism in the
history OF the United
States, the complete facts
Of which were too terrible
for the press to publish, to
say nothing of the frequent
bloody uprisings in Mingo
county and the armed re-
bellion against Logan coun-
tv and the State of West
Virginia; all of which are
defended by the United
Mine Workers of America
and its paid attorneys.
While the operators Of
the Kanawha district and
the other districts of West
Virginia now engaged In
producing coal are not a
party to or affected at the
outset with the proposal OF
President Harding, recent
ly made public, and intend
ed to bring about a tenn
porary settlement of the
strike situation in the I'M
ion fields, yet Kanawha
operators desire to do eV-
erything possible that
would not interfere or run
contrary to the principles
that we consider are in
volved, in helping to bring
about an amicable settle
ment and adjustment OF
the strike situation under
the constitution, we being
willing to comply with any
Just scale Of wages founded
upon economic conditions,
"Thc Public BE Damned
John L, Lewis, president
Of the United Mine Work
ers, in a purportod state
ment broadcasted through
the press from New York
this week in which he
branded the actions OF
President Harding and the
federal administration to
bring about a settlement o.
the coal situation Is the
governments fantastic
schemes" is quoted as say
ing:
"Tho adjustment Of q
strike il this national in
dcatry cannot be accom-
pli3he1 through the instru-
mentality OF state or dis
trict settlements. No dis
trict conferences or agree
ments will be sanctioned
by the mine workers or
ganization."
IN other words, the off
Gers Of the union have
reached d decision as to
what they want and closed
their minds on the subject.
Nothing the President, act
ing for the public, might
do or say could possibly in
hUcnce them.
Public Suffers Mos
L
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For Good of All

Since adopting this pol
icy We have become firmly
convinced that a state or
district agreement, with
wages based on local con-
ditions, is absolutely essen
tial if we are to maintain
our existence and our posi-
ton in the coal world. The
coal industry is by far the
largest in the KanaWha
valley and if it is to con-
tinue to be Of value to the
commercial and industrial