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Fifty Socialist Books Acd a SIX .MONTHS' ial>icripti#a ta ti? International Socialist Review A 11 books are by Eugene jAII iO r V. Debs, Jack London U AJ"* an^ other equally abie i-K -i'VU Socialist writers of Amer ica and Europe. The Review is an illustrated monthly magazine. of. by ami for the Working Class. This year it is running a Study Course in PublicSpeaking :in>i z.:: c.nt'f i:? Socialist Theory and Tac tic?. This oiler gives you over 2. 'XX) pages toliir.jr just what you want to know about Social :sm. Address CHARLES H. KSR R 4 CO.. IIS W. Kief; S).. Gicuo Old Clothes look as good as new when! pressed by DICKEY. Eight j years experience. Delivery J service. Phone S25-J. Cleaning, Dyeing & Repair Work Done . W. W. Dickey 832 . . 16 St. Between 8th an^ 9th Avenues C. C. ORCUTT | 16th Street Sloe Doctor ! I SI;?- House 5! Prostitution V. V, ?? !?!..!. r. is ;; v;v;d. xrippin^ >tt?ry *>i the actu:?? of . v. ??jrnrcioi' the stict?t. Realistic. truthful, fear I*:.- ? ' *v. ;> ;>-*r ?r.-i jrmd cloth binding, with four on yr .v; SI.5C w;ll brintf vvu this book, also a i'it -v - r. r?? tin* tonal Socialist Review, the big it- ?: r >: i?!si.-rr:it?fd Socialist magazine in the worid ! CHARLES H. X23H 3 CO., 113 W. Xinzis StrceJ. Chicago i MAVIIMFNTS Plant Equipped nUrlUPiLniO With Modern Machinery 321 Fourteenth St. Phonra 187S Huntington, West Virginia HARPER General Contractor aisd Builder 205 WEST SIXT1 AVE., HbHh, W. Vl Our Bogus Workmen's Compensation Law Trying to Stay the Oncoming Revolution 1 5\ Hrroki Houston. The world's to'ier fo'k is in ivvo't. The wrv yir is vibrant wi'n the or. eoming social revolution. I hi.- v.*ork eis rtalize now us they never realized before that the cause of the woiker* i t re is the cause of the worker every where. The spiiit ?>!' class consc-iras ness ? of t i.iss solidarity ? lv.s w:ng ?"?(1 its w;s \ over national Lounoaries, spanned oceans and eompasseii the globe. Tin's awake nina of t'se worker- folk i.v evidenced by their univei sal rest It ssno*> and the numerous spond't t?.i'h oaks v.-lvre capitalist oppres :'-:i ha.- becoRV- ihe mo..t overbi armg and brutal. And then a great labor p ess, printed in numerous tongues. ?s voic ing tno oil vise of the vobbed workers ?n every land which capital is n has touched with it.- h< llish bhghr. And this awakening of the workers has hud its elect upon the capitalist "lind. Uneasy lie the Lea Is that wear the crowns et the earths ineusiria' kings. They like not the C.urderov.s roll ?>;' the mars-, iiaise and the ' ' h i uing flashes of the con jr..".' .-'.orm. 11.* more intelligent of them re di'e hai the ancient regime is pacing. and the days of industrial tyranny are numb ?r?d. The watL- mi' the cap:', ilL-t - it julel. built upon the bones of murder ed woi kej-folk. are ciunibintr to de cay. The silent revolution wrought bv the machine is making a readjust ment of social relations imperative. The wond s industrial lores, 'ecint their thrones tottering, *irr frantic Ust their crowr.s fall erashmg at Jieir feet. So they bu.-y thems: 'vc-s searching for so ne way to avoni the eatasi. raphe of their uethroren rnt. 1 They have Levi, forced to hr re tin growing change ot altitude tov aro private property. Not many year, igo they incited that private pionerty ?CAPITALIST rRIVATE FKOI'l-IR TY ? was tiie holy of holies It was th? mo-t of all sublunar*, things. IU fore it's altar the world was forced to bow in most abjec* :v \ e ranee. And why no? ? Why should j not the slaves be made to recogni?e the divinity of that power which held them bound in the chains of eeono nic bondage to the Masters oi Bread' But that dark hour :s passing. ^ es passing like the wind. CAPITA I 1ST ; property no longer inspires vosm ot *??> :he iioarts of the worker-folk. Aye more. The law that bolsters up ihr.t property and bulges it about witi glistening bayonets no longer awes tne common people. They are begi.v j ning to kr.ow it for ii i*: JUST A MEANS OK ROBBIN'C, 1 HI WEALTH PRODUCERS OF THE WORLD. So now. our Mastr-rs ot Bread ?a an*, some way to fortify their hold on tb? social means of life in order to retail their soats <>n the backs of the work ers. The rumblings of the Social Rev elation ar<. putting them in a f*nn e cf mind to make some concession* They are oeginnig to admit that ti e workers are almost hminn. ller? wh:.; 1 1 \ ti.-vd t> sac. "1 his* i oi r property, and we havr a right t'* d with it as we please." But the poop1 have "laid their hands ?>n s?->roe of thi. Property and have repi'ed: "The mar agement of this property affects us and we propose to haie something t . ay about what use ycu make ot it. Theiv'ore. *i"'> p' ">pi?- negm to "reg*i late" the ivar*er io which *he t '".pit. ali-t property i- "regulated," just t tliat extent is the owner right o: j tiominio ? curtailed. As the right *? j "logulate ad vane to "hat ^v.teri does social control advancc. As so vial advances, individual (capitalist control lvcfUes. Society thus encro aches on "individual rights." Th* ; '.velfuve of Society gradually i.?-t ome. dominant. The common good trans- | ;?? lids .-oeaPed "light.-, ot the imhvid j tiah" The most marked tendency o: j present day social development h U make the welfare of ALL paratv- U'-t i tt.* t he v f':i >?(? of ;:i> indivitiaa' o* ar.y class. Seeing their luiershin threat; ne ! !le Masters of Brea<l are n >w throw ing sops to the workei s. Among thesi ; palii.itive measures ;.'*e the . ?>',*?llof ' "Workmen's Compensation Laws.* : Formerly, the Mas if rs tohl their wor j kers that their injuries were due t ? j 'heir own carelessness. 1 here! or - ' the worker.- had to surfer the Jesuit of their ali-'g-'-d negligence. ^ hen the wage-slave last a leg in making pro fits for ii's boss, he was tossed on the ? industrial scrap-heap. His wife and babies, if :hey had not already me: that fate, would be made food for the "miiis of Mammon." The "home" ?f ' tiie worke'* wou'd he brolren up. " :.o the fr.mi'\ would al1 b : ground up ir to profits. The frightful earr.age wrought hi modern indu<try--tlu great army of maimed and mutilated ^ '?icti'.^s that ambled alor.g the streets ; t f the cities ? forced society to alter I its brazen attitude of indifference. To meet this appalling condition with some semblan. e of justice, laws f jr "compensating" the workers have been passed. West Virginia is oro of the last to pass such a law. Just how i ' nuch of "justice" ii dispenses to th. I ; vjrkers may be judged by the ':c i claim it is receiving at the hand:- of I | i fie coal operators and other large em i plovers of labor. They see >hat a good thieg" it is ? for them. it guar | antee- ihem against suits and tutir?R> I at law, and furr?i.-iiei them a vcrj cheap insurance. They are noi l>abie for the accidents suffered by their em ployces no matter how careless the employer may be. Coal operators ?nay disobey express laws passed fo the purpose nf safe- guarding1 the livs ur the miners and '.hev are noi. liable .n damage. They may neglect to sprinkle mines containing dapg'. 'ou: rust and other explosives, and ?lv s :-ause an explosicn, like the recnt o'le | it Eccles, yet they are Mot liable t > I ?ivil actions for their eriminal negl - trence. All the operators have to d s to pay their dues into the "Work men's Compensation Fund" and tby are immune for further costs. Thl: r.i<'t alone will have a pronounced ten dency to make the operators careless. ?i will tend to cause them not to ii - tiU! up-to-date safety devices ar.d equipment. They can reason that it wit'. o:-r t:iem nothing If a mint r is injured. The State will pay the biil ? i.$h-ka-i>ibVo. Tl:>- Wast Yirgmia law is Taken lar ?el.- f-'iiv tin i.Mu-i !?"l i'1- pre. vision? are not near :?> fav ruble U; the worker. For instance, the Ohio la.w allows $150.00 for funeral expen ses, while our law allows just half" th:it amomt ? ?75.00. The spirit in \.hich the coal operators meet the pro I visions of our law mav be shown by 'he fact that Gov. Hatfield felt callt ? upon to warn them not to swindle the Public Service Commission by el;:in - ns" more funeral expenses than was actually paid. It .nay s?em har-i to believe that the operators would rob ihe dead by skimping on funeral ex penses and then collecting the full amount from the State, but the action ?T Gov. Hatfield lends considerable color to that view. But Capitalism as soul-less as a hyena and as heart less as a stone. The still quivering bodies of murdered babes out in Col orado is irrefutable evidence of chat fact. The "Compensations" law* of some ?states, Washington for instance, re quire the whole of the premium t. be paid by the employer. Our law make? the worker pay ten per cent of the amount. In Washington it is a mis demeanor, with a maximum punish | tnent of one year in jail and one thou sand dollars fine, for the employer to 1 make his workers pay any part of the i amount. Eut West Yirginio, with its rod-n^cic legislators and bone-head "statesmen" makes the workers pay i a pail of the damages for their own 1 injuries. Hut for that matter, the workers have it all to pay in some I .-iiape or other. The boss simply iig : ures his contribution to the "compen sation" fund as part of the running expenses of his business, and adds the I increased expense, if there i- auv, on l'- the price of his product. It's no u.-c, boys, you can't beat the skin *.,Yime of capitalism. It will hang your working class hide "ii the barn door by taking that hide oil' one way or other. As mentioned above, our law giW'o no right of action to an injur< d em : )loyee, where his injury is due to the l -mployer violating some law enact I 1<1 for the safety of the worker. The ! boss may be as careless as lie likes, j md no matter how disastrous his care I lessness may prove to his workers, they have no right to sue him. On the contrary, the Ohio law permits an injured worker to sue when his inju ry is due ta hi-.- employer violating I my "law, ordinance or order of court." '"he object of this provision is plain. | It makes the employer look to the i safety of his machinery, appliances ind equipment. He must see that they j ire reasonably safe, under penalty of I losing the protection of the law. West | Virginia labor skinners were wise in naving this provision eliminated. Its I absence will mean money in tneir | pockets. Every time "representative: j >f labor" t? y to ge t a ^ill through *K ! legislature, some or.e puts a joker in | it. They slipped a joker ;n the mimng j iaw .. Hue years ago. and the unsephis | titated "labor champions" apparonth never got a glimpse of it. A cry went up from organized labor for a new mining iaw. After a spnit ed campaign, they got a law through, providing, among other things, for s mine foreman at -;very mine. This law was patterned after the Pennsyl j vania mining iaw. Of course the lav recited in it's pr>Mi:ibie *.h..t U wai fc.i the protection of the miners and ? '1 that. Prior to its passage we had the English common law, which, with all its archaic provisions, 'mposeei up | on the master the duty of furnishing i his servants with reasonable safe ap : pl.ianccs and a reasonably safe place ' in which to work. When the new t mining law reached the Supreme j Court of Appeals of West Virginia, it I promptly held that the "mine for - I man." provided for in the new law, v.as :i state official: that the operat- | i<m o I the mine was under his n ! at <1 'hat if a minci was in lured by J a fall of slate, bad air. etc.. the nog- : ligeme, if any,- was i<::;t Oi the "mine ; f. reman" >11 d not the > ompany. There j fore the worker must sue tilt* " nir.e | foreman", who seldom owifd more than the shirt on his ba -k. One o!" the first principles of stati toiv .instruct- \ ion it that where one str-ie alopt- a statute of another state, it likewise adopts the ccr^tmction put upo-: the statute by the courts of the latter. If this .simple principle had been known to the promote 1 s of the new law. and ihey had examined the mining' .laws < f Pennsylvania, they would h::vc S'.en the joker. In the same way. :;onio jokers were slipped into the compen sation law. One oi' West Virgin 'u's minor political chameleons lahors to his part in putting' this law 011 the statute books. The "glory" is all hi-s. Another marked difference between the V. fit Virginia law and other com pensation laws is that in West Vir ginia the worker MUST take under the compensation provisions, while in other states, such as Ohio, he may take his "choice between bringing; n suit r.r taking- under the compensat ion act also, the injured worker may orin,. 1 action at law or take under th.o ?-01.1 pensai ion act. just as he choos a>. The Dritish law further allows an injured worker tc haye his compens.it 1011 under the law, even if. his suit fails No such consideration is shown by the compensation laws of the Am erican states. In West Virginia it is optional whether the employer ?'il! cm. no un der the "compensation' law Lv pav ing into that fund. In some st-.te-s liie employers are compelled to pay into the fund, but rot so in this state. The employee has no option in the nutter. He must con e under what ever iaw the boss chooses. This is an other fact that emphasises the truth that laws arc made by the ma.-tcrs for the masters' benefit. !n \vry Out:: we have an industrial govornmert of wage-slaves, by the ma -tors, for the masters. Tn Ohio, a state with four times the population of West Virginia, the mem hers of the commission that adminis ters the "compensation law" receive an annual salary of five thousand dol !ars. while in this state we pay theusarid dollars. Rut thn Wi-t Vir ginia has always been regarded an ens y m:ik f.n political pio-wer^ What i?- govenmont run fo ? hut t* ? give jobs to 1 he ward-healers and political 1 vnipulators of the e!,| ivv ties 1 The Ohio "compensation law" pro xies that where the commission de nies the right of a claimant to com pensation, he may bring r.n action a5 law in the common pleas court rnd have a right of trial by jury. No such rignt is given the> worker in West Virginia. If his claim is denied, he has no other resort than to appeai to tie Supreme rt of Appeals. His right of trial by jury is thus dot ie ' in th:.. siat- This vitiates in spirit, the right of trial, by jury that anci ent right so icaious'y guarded by the old common iaw. LJut this is rather a late day to insist upon such a thing as a jury trial. With arbitrary in junction? and ???ilitary commissi p.?, not to mention the frequency with which corporation biased judges t; kc cases from the jury, insistence upon '.he right of trial by jury would stem to be rather belated. As to the AMOUNT of "compen sation," there is a marked difference between the West Viiginia law and the laws of other states and countries. In Ohio an injured wo-ker may get as much as $12.00 per week and not ic.-- than )o. In West Virginia he can 1 vH/c'f-i ocer S&OO per week nor less than >1.00. In Ohio the comnen s.ition may run as long as SIX YEARS in case of temporary or par- \ tia! disabil'ty* whit" in We>t Virginia ! it can not run over TWENTY-SIX j WEEKS for the same character of ; injury. The West Virginia law does ! Di'ovide that in case of the loss of m j arm or a leg at or above the wri-' in one-, .-ase or the ankle in the other or the loss of an eye, the period fe which relief may he had "MAY, ->UT SHALL NOT EXCEEO" one dundreo a*.d fifti -?i\ weeks (three jf&rs), half the time provided by the Ohio law. In case of total disability, the Ohi Act provides an income to the injure-' worker of not over S12.00 per week nor .ess than $5.00, and if the wages of e ;niu re I worker is less tha'-1 Js> per week, he shall have that ameunt each week as compel. >a ion. In West Virginia, the most that an injured worker can get is :?6.00 per week fo' total disability and not less tha-i $'1. Both the Ohio and West Virginia laws provide that this amount sha'l be received until death. These are just some of the provis ions of the West Virginia compensat ion' laws, and show a pitiful subs*' tute capitalist law is for justice. It may be contended that the present law is an improvement on the old law that left an injured worker to his a tion at te;w. Tf this is true, it onlv illustrates the fact that all law whether passed by the legislature o ? made by court decisions, is the law cf the master class. Just so long as we are ruled by the present industrial oliga? 1 iv. ther> will ho iittlc irnprov - inent in t l*o condition of the workers. In enlightened working class will al ter its view of -oc'et y. It wiil then .-?ee the employer of labor in his true Sight ? as a parasite on the backs of i he *.???.>)?!:? r=. it will then see that the sidiettioi of labor is due to the Master;' mvN.og thr menns of pioduct ior. ? the mines, mills, factories, rail roads. etc. Jt v.iij t/jen see that gov ernments '?(?iv.- the masters by ketp ir.c: the v-- ktrs at their tasks and protecting cpitalisC property. It will th'm rise in its political mighc and sweep "he masters from pover, and in pv. -e of class ruie w?- will huvc the rule of the people. VICTIM OF GLASSCOCK HATFIELD One of the victims of the (ila?Sv.oek Hatfield Military Despotism, and ser ved :ime in the bull-pen in Pratt. W. Va., and slept < n tne coal binn, ard afterward-.* placed on the coupon com - iris-sion, says that the job is about! finished, but ho say.- that he thinks) chat the Governor \vi!! give him yom-r' I other job, and all he is afraid of is j t hu t tin;- Governor will ask him to ex- ! pect a job that or.l\ pays ?l.50 pf*r i day. Also says tiiat he can not refuse to tJ.ke anything; that the Governor offers him ? that the Governor ha~ been so gocH to him in the past Ves. ! he was taker, good care of at Pratt: ' What iloes Mime people call good I treatment" I vender if old satin evei j blushes at the .i.tnoran*.' of th-.i poor working class' Do w ? tontiiU'C t?? iick that same hand that suites us" If so, we will get our ?I'wnid, b'. lets bud-per.s and pails ? '? 't when we j ie.vn to i\ spect those that rosps-i. us. I and rv.Van1 from those t hot have net j respeeti d us, we will no' be :ompelitd i to go to the G^wrner for a job! We j will own and .c-ntroll o.ir own job, j from ii'.ry b"s.--? wned c.ip:'alist con tnlled 'jrcFtvinte is not a class-con- j srious .c0: i-'difi. nor a go .1 unior: n an. i Py their daily v-alk w; know tho:r. ! J'idi'ipg a tree by the f?*jit it bears, j G. F. P ARSONS. I ITESOL UTIONS. Passed by the Efficiency League ol i Cabin Creek, West Virginia, at Dry Branch, May 17, li?U. Whereas, The crimes and foul deeds cf the State Militia of the St:-.ie of Colorado, U. S. A., have surpassed any that the world has km wn for cen turies, and Whereas, There can be no doubt that every thinking citizen is dumb ?.vith wonder that a nation could busy itself with thi> a flairs of another na tion. while within it> own territory' such disgraceful murders and heart- j less destructions are being carried on t by a Military, under ".he orders of a ' Governor, acting in league with the j ?oal operators; therelYrc be it Resolved, That we call upon the ! President and Congress of the United j States to pursue to a complete solu- j don, the problem now in hand in th" State of Colorado, and demonstrate to an inquiring world that the UnitcJ States of America can and will pro tect its weaker citizens. Respectfully Submitted, D. H. Hudnall, A. W. Ball, C. F. Keeney. B. Linviile, * Committee. PAINT CKEEK, V. v' V. . I ?vish to make the suggest! :>n that i the delegates be oischnrged and sent to their respective homes, and the j convention of the U. V. Yv. of A al ter spending so much time and n.on- ! oy. witi.oi;!- -iny good bein^ done for | the miners ? and now I think it would i be a wise plan to turn the whole mat ! ter over to little Charley Sniggies, as .here is only one question involved ?>?kI that is the cncck-ciT, for the local dues. Now little Charley got the I check-off for the l ageing, stage in g j Miners Herald, and why can he not | d.T so much for the check-oft, I't the 1 union. Ves. absolutely so, and we i know he can. What is the matter! Charley? Have you lost your quill? Or have yr u lei thi-s one very impor- 1 tant question slip your mind? Get t.> j business, get your great thirking fae- | ilties to work ami show the boys just j what is in you. Vou may get the ! . , Herald to l<md you a helping hand in | this matter ? of course, y->u know, an : j we have the utmost confidence in you | and will ieave the question -vith you. i u ibhinz you all svccess, A UNION MAN. i DAILY LABOR PAPER A daily labor paper will be r.tai ted j in New South Wales, Australia, in ' 'he near future. Nearly ?500,000 ha.i ' been collected among the unions and Socialist organizations for the vent are and another $100,000 has been pledged. The paper >vill sia?t out with Several" hundred thousand sub St riber-s. The Daily Herald, a labor paper at Adelaide, has proven such a success r.hnt the Premier of Soti'h Australia and his LiberalConservat ive fusion gang of politicians are do ing their utmost to cripple it in newt ma! toro But the labor folks laugh at their c f>"ort. Nearly every office in Kreetan, Mich., was captured by the Socialists for the first vime. See Our New Spring Styles ALL UNION-MADE &V SMITH SHOERY F. D. Cline's Grocery 1915 Eighth Avenue Dealer In Fancy Groceries, Country Produce . Feed and Flour Delivered to Any Part of the City Bargains For You Clothing , Shoes and Everything in the Ready to- Wear Line. Call and see the Big Difference in Price. Big Line of School Shoes and Suits. Hirschmans ' Corner Stores Fourth Ave. & Seventh St. Huntington, W. I a. We Have Installed the Very Latest Shoe Repairing Machinery And are now better prepared! than ever before to do all kinds of Shoe j Repairing WORK READY WHEN PROMISED Champion Shoe Shop LEWIS BROS., Prop. 314 Twentieth St. DENTIST Corner 18th St. 8c 8th Avenue Over Cavendish's Store Phone 1925 i LATEST STYLES ANT) COLORS, i I'NI ON MADE Made in Huntington. $2.00 Others Charge S3. 00 Agnew Hat Company 841 FOURTH AVE. Electric \ Shoe Hospital To take care of our in creasing business, we have been compelled to add to our already extensive line, a couple o! new machines, one of which will nail the soles on. Come in aud see them in opere - tion. 0. D. Brokenshire E. S. D> Candies, Soft Drinks Cigars and Tobacco Corner 17th St. & 11th Ave. FOR EMBALMING AND FUNERAL DIRECTING Call Phone 57 AMBULANCE DAY OR NIGHT Ed Chapman and Assistonl in Qiorj? I. C. CARTER a CO. 022-24 Fourth Avonuo 840 Twentieth Street i Solicits Your Patronage j Laundry agency and Pre.ssir^ ^ Cleaning in connection I. J. H0TCPS9S Wall Paper, Fainting. Decorating and .Picture Framing 1124 THIRD AVENUE When In Need Of FURNITURE Or Anything in The Heme Outfitting Line SEE W. fl. WILLIS & CO. Qmlity it Law Fiicn ? Cuk ? E Z 1928 Third Aye Pfceas 692