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m ?abor ? I ?^IESON. WEST VIRGINIA nrmirep ]aQC_ .-==??^ I wrr riAT*Tr"n> a ^ ~ ~ $1.00 a Year in Advance _tt? ruwnK ur i On lincrease* Occasioned by Educ Aims, Objects ; IT IS THE FIRING LINE OF In Ten or Fifteen Years the Amei Include in its Membership 1 Nation?Second Civ To <lt> nothing is to rot, to do- s generate?in body and mind and 1 character. The first commandment i today should be?Earn your own t living. I Centuries ago it was considered ; a discracc to work: in a few vmk i 1 il will l>e considered a double dis- 1 grace 1'or an American citizen not 1 to work. ' Therefore it is safe to say that . tin- jiower of unionism will continue j1 to increase. In the last year 800,- : mill new members have been added j in --[lite of an opposition which is 1 becoming less and less. The school teachers are falling j in line, and all the progressive men ^ and women are co-operating more , and more with labor organizations. s Is it not clear, then, that in ten i or iifleen years the American Fed- , ( ration of Labor will include the < greater*part of the nation ? ^ Is it not plain that it will band ( together the workers and the think- ' ers against the idlers and the exploiters ; < Is it not evident that it repre- < seats the future American nation j better than any ilimsy, irresponsible political party can do! ! Anil can any work be more pro- < gressive, more socially useful and j more patriotic than the education , iiul 4 1U~ ~ '* ' ...^UIUIMUVII Ui 1I1I1C*WI11U? Ul j ' the American nation, so that they l may possess their rights and per- , l'oi'm their duties as citizens of a great Republic? Who can deny that the tradeunion is tlie liring line of social 1> regress ? beclurers, professors and sociol- ( ogists may talk and write, and write and talk, but it is the unionist who acts. It is he who is being persecuted by injunctions and , aliased by the daily press. In Florida union men have been driven from the State by White | Caps; in I'orto Rico, Waterbury and the Coal Regions they have been imprisoned illegally, and in j West Virginia they have been shot' and killed by drunken so-called1 guards. In all of the above cases their persecutors and murderers have up to date escaped punish- j meat. it is a terrible fact that there is' no safer crime than to kill an j American workinginan who is denial h 1 i ng his rights. The deputy sheriffs who .shot: anil killed twenty-four unarmed j coal miners at Uazleton are today unhung and unpunished. The guards of the Idaho ''Hull Pen," j who murdered unarmed and innocent miners are today unhung and . unpunished. The militiamen who shot and killed two peaceable citizen during the Albany strike are today unhung and unpunished. If this list were complete it would fill pages. There are dozens of men who are at the present time alive and free who have not been imprisoned, lined or even reprimanded by a judge, yet who are known to have taken the lives of < ? 11U9V Ulll V 1Illtr Hifc> an attempt to better their con<lit ions. These are facts?hard facts; and the sooner we open our eyes to them tiie better it will be for the nation. The second Civil War is now going on. Kvery newspaper contains accounts of the battles, skirmishes, victories and defeats. Great peaceable armies of wage-workers are facing poverty and bankruptcy with organized desperation to prevent themselves from becoming the human chattels of the great Trusts. These union men?these strikers, are lighting for a principle as truly as was any military general who wore the blue or the gray. Their patriotism is as pure as that of any soldier who ever gave his life for his country; and it is much more beneficial in its results than any kind of military valor. The grim, desperate, unconquer KAUtb-UNlONISiv: iting Public Up to its Principles, ind Workings. OUR SOCIAL PROGRESS. rican Federation of Labor Will the Greater Part of The il War Now On. able struggle of the working people for fair play against their employers who despised thein, against the courts that oppressed them, against : the politicians who tricked them, I against the professors who ignored them and the scab-traitors who hetrayed them, is to me the long unfinished Tragedy ol" American hisory. If trade-unionism is crushed out, j f its treasuries are plundered by court decisions, and its leaders i >ribed away by government jobs, Hid its lank and tile terrorized by ;' njunctions, then there will come! n place a "turbulent political] force," which will make war upon i ;he rich, and in its fanatical wrath j] ,vill pull down the whole industrial structure. f \ "The first consideration and \ \ the one thing of paramount im- ( S portance. is the protection of the 5 1 ? lives of the men in the mines, e ? The appalling accidents in this I > state in the last few months, <,, i > resulting in large loss of life, > :; j making many widows and orphans c ; ' emphasize this fact. / 1 < / If any operators oppose nec- ) ? essary, reasonable and practi- ? i : cable legislation to protect and \ 5 preserve life, they cannot be S ) taken into consideration."?Gov. I ) Dawson. $ STATE FEDERATION )f Labor- of West Virginia to Meet Here in January. VIOST IMPORTANT IN HISTORY Of the Organization, and a Large Attendance Predicted?Much Business Will Be Transacted. The West Virginia State Fml eration meeting in this city in January next will be the greatest occasion in the history of unionism in West Virginia. This will be really the iirst big meeting of that body since its organization at Huntington several years ago, but until the present officers were elected it was allowed to slumber along peaceably, hut they intend to lift the laboring men of the State out of the lethargic state of nothingness, which the politicians declare to exist, and raise them up to a powerful position as a factor in future elections. For years there has been need for just such an organization. Time and time again have the small requests of the union men of the rotate been disregarded in a fashion such as to make them politically the laughing stock of the' community, and never has therein- ' edy, always at their elbows, been adopted. Now. however, a different spirit seems to have been aroused. Union men hereabouts are beginning to sit up and take ; 1 41. .. gw.4 4.. .. 1.1.. .....1 IlOUCe, aim Lilt; iiis-l limj;ii?il- nnu most important stop is the formation of an organization that can do something. Such a one. it is hoped to make of the State Federation of Labor, to include each and every labor body in the State. It matters not what the connections 1 that may or may not exist between the separate unions. That has nothing to do with it. The all-important consideration is to get together, everybody, and show the people that Labor means business. In the ranks of labor are as able men as can be found among any set or class of men in the world. There may not be as many of them, for a great majority are too busily engage! earning their bread by the sweat of their brows to devote, \ \ much time to the acquirement of; t book knowledge, but each and j n every one of the union men of this t state are chock full of valuable ami v hitter experience. This latter is v an asset that can be bought only il at great price, anil the union men t of this section have surely paiil the ii price. Consequently it behooves every v union in the State to affiliate with ], the State Federation at once, and when the time comes, elect their , best men as representatives. It is j to be hoped that much more work and action will be taken at this J' convention than heretofore. A permanent organization must >c effected and tilings started oil" in a cntlnl.W .... """ .......... vuui.ij;i'uii!. liianiii'i', x\ mil concrete form these actions will sissmne it. is impossible to predict, but whatever course of future ag gressive conduct is adopted the ? present spirit of the union men will n sanction. c The present officers are doing all c in t heir power to make the meeting i :t grand success and must receive ' the support of every anion man in 1 the State. I li MINERS* "MEETING I Special Convention of District Seventeen ^ Now in Session. LARGE DELEGATION PRESENT. 1 They Will Be Given a Hearing Before the Mining Commission Today? Vice-President Lewis Here. Pursuant to a call issued from ! the District office, the Mine Work- j 8 i'i> of West Virginia met in special ' * session in this city yesterday with j;i about seventy-five delegates and j alii vers of the organization present! j from all over the State. ! ' The meeting was called to order |s by President Nugent promptly at;' 11 o'clock, in Trades Assembly j8 Hall, with Hoard Member, 15. 1-'. js Morris, acting secretary and H. S?jl Hastings, assistant secretary. National Vice-President, T. b. I' be wis is here to assist the conven-' ' tion in looking after their interest j 1 and counsel and advise them. ' The purpose of the meeting is ' for the consideration of certain J amendments now pending before ' the special mining commission appointed by Governor Dawson to ' revise the State Mining baws and ( also to accept an invitation from ' that body to appear before them 1 today and make such suggestions ! ' and offer such amendments as they j 1 deem proper and for the welfare j of all concerned. Tin? convention unanimously en- ,' dorscd President Nugcnt's action j ' in wiuiurawing from a former meet- I in<; of tlie commission. anil warmly j1 supported bis amendment that!' caused him to withdraw, and state ' that every organized miner in thJ* j State and a number of unorganized j' men heartily endorse Mr. Nugent's action. Yesterday's session was devoted ! ' entirely to the discussion as to the j ' merits and demerits of the pro- j5 posed amendments and to other i much-needed legislation tending to- ] ' ward lessening mine disasters, and ! ' for the protection of life and limb of the miners and mine laborers. I1 The convention is composed of a i manly, intelligent and earnest body ' ' of men who are here for the sole j ' purpose of bettering the condition j of their fellow craftsmen of the ; ' State. The entire delegation will appear : before the Mining Commission to-!' day and will point out to the mem- ! hers of that body from a practical ' and humane standpoint what laws j are needed in West Virginia fori* the protection of both the employer I and employe. The convention in all probability j' will be in session until Saturday. MIKING COMMIS- ' SION IN SESSION As per adjournment the Mining I Commission appointed some time i ago by <lovernor Dawson to revise t the mining laws of the State met yesterday and are busy discussing 1 the various amendments that have : been offered for their consideration. 1 The Commission is 111 receipt of 1 a strong letter from the Governor 1 urging them to embody reasonable! and practicable legislation for the protection and preservation of life : and property. ): The deputy mine inspectors of j 1 ho State apj>oArcd Itotbro the Comnission yesterday ami >1 isonsso* 1 ho conditions that exist in their arious districts, pointing out vliat was noeessary to l>o done in Liflferent sections to comply with he Governor's ide:ts of better ininng laws. Today the miners ami operators rill Vh> given a hearing in their beall". The commission will be in session or a week or more and it is to be oped that when they have com- . ileted their duties they will have ceomplished something for the, enetil Of the state and her people. Printers Still Wining. The Waplos Printing Company,j .... ..r <!.. * - ... nit ,i<>'> priming| flices in Xew Haven, Conn., ami' ioml*rs ol" the United Typothelie, apitulated last week l>y signing a ' ontract with the Xew Haven \vpographieal Union, through its iresident, I. C. Williams, after a j ght of .r>l weeks. -ABOR PRESS POWER; fields Tremendous Influence Spreading Truth in Labor's Conflict. OILERS SENTINEL ON GUARD. f it a Safeguard Against Malicious Slander and Injustice and Makes Enemies Hew Closer to Line. In an address to its readers, the| 11 >li i ?? ? ?> T Tn??iti v ,i..a.^.h * - viuuii one oi lie host labor papers in the counry today, has the Co!lowing to say iViout the labor press: "The labor press of the country ia.s come to bo regarded as wield up a tremendous influence in proading the truth regarding the onlliet between capital anil labor, md it is not any exaggrogation to ay that next to righteousness of .lie cause, and the devotion of heoie men and women who have in lie past anil are now sacrificing hemselves in the great struggle to iplift anil protect Jhc toiling massis, that the strongest weapon that ran and is being Celt, is that brought o hear through the medium of the alior press of the country. As compared with the cummer ial and capitalistic press of the lountry the labor press may be ionsidered an insignificant ijiianity, but it is an hundred-fold more toiverful today than it was ten . eai-s ago. It is a power that has already ioinpclleil the public press to for lake its attit ude of indifference tc- I .vanl labor's rights. ii. nas compelled iiti* put die press .? lie more truthful in telling the dory of the ever-present eonlliet jet ween capital anil lal>or. The lalHjr press of the present lay is the sentinel on guard which Imllenges every and all efforts of Lite opposition to poison the public mind against the rights and <ieinands of labor and the methods adopted to secure the same. It is a safeguard against malicious slander and injustice, whether emanating from the courts of justice, in law making bodies or in i Lite pulpit. The labor press is today the strongest weapon posessed by the | 'oiling masses with which they can maintain and tight the battle for their ultimate emancipation. Every member of organized la'jor n ho is abreast of the times should realize that it is to his interest that the prevalent widespread dis- ; ussioi! of industrial topic-! should >c encouraged both within ami : mtside of the ranks of labor. To that end it is not only proper 1 >ut important that every worthy ! publication which lias the interest ; if the laboring man and unionism is its first object should receive the jeartlest support that its clientage inn consistently give. " i Harry Orchard Crazy. Harry Orchard, the self-con"essed murder, of Governor Steun nberg. upon whose testimony the slate of Idaho is depending to convict Mover. Haywood and Petti bone, the officials of the Western Federation of Miners, is said to have lieeome a raving maniac under the strain to which he lias been subjected for almost a year. With Steve Adams confessing that McPartland anil Orchard are liars and the latter gone cra/.v, the mine-owners and their politicians are in a bad way. IS IN FAVOR OF i The Reverend Mr. Bilkovsky SayRepresentatives to L HE URGES POLITICAL ACT] Universalist Pastor Characterizes Like Captain Kidd's Trcasi a Voice in Legislate A stirring appeal to wage-earn- j ers, as sueli, to take a larger ami more active part in the utiuirs of the nation was inaile last Labor Sunday by Kev..Anthony Uilkovsky, pastor of the Universalis!, <'hureli. of Baltimore, lie insisted that the worker should have a more distinct voire in the affairs of the nation, saying that 100 labor members ought to lie seated in Congress. lie characterized man's wealth as his pay for services rendered j to society, and said that Roekcfel- I ler's income is as much plunder as was the treasure of Captain lvidd I The sermon throughout was a j strong advocacy of organized labor, the subject being "Should there be i a limit, legal or moral, upon the' amount of wealth that one man | may control?" Kev. -Mr. Kilkovsky said, in part: "lhe poet-seer who wrote the j story of the Harden of Kdcn pie j tares work as a curse thrown upon ; mankind us a punishncnt for I transgression. Is such the fact| Work?productive, remunerative, j absorbing work?is a blessing. not i a curse. Work is life's supreme j teacher and joy-giver. There is j 110 happiness apart from work. "The only curse of work is when j that work is too hard; when it is I not properly paid; when it is done I without hope or joy. No man can j live as he ought, unless ho works. ! A man's task is his life preserver, j Itlessed is he who has found his | work; let him ask no other blessed- ! ness. "This is the era of organization. I Capital is organized into vast aggregations, and in such a presence the individual man, who has only i his labor, finds himself in a position; at once precarious and dependent.! Only by organization can he cope with his great friend and ally?j capital. The tendency to doini- j nation and to oppression is so strong in human nature that it is necessary for the safety of the social order that every great force shall bo balanced by other great forces. "Is there anything that the workiugman wants that is fair and just? bet him organize and know his mind, and he can get it. The. millions of wage-earners in the! United States sway the destinv of; the himl. Nothing that is right call bo withheld IV0111 them. As ;< class the wage-workers ought to take a larger part in the political alVairs of the nation. The Jiritish Parliament has ai) Labor memljers In it. The American Congress should at least have twice as many to represent the labor interests of; our people. The worker ought to! have a more distinct voice in the . councils of the nation. ' The only way to place sncli men in Congress is to make eco- j nomic facts political issues, and then for la!>or men to support dls- ; tinctively labor candidates. "Wealth is power. Power of itself is not evil; it may be well or, ill used, So of money. The way it is used determines whether it is; good or evil. "A man's wealth is what society pays him for his service to society. \ No man can render society a service that is worth ?100,000 a day. > Yet tiiat sum Is what Mr. Rocke- ! teller exacts daily from society. The larger part of it is as much i plunder as was the treasure of Cap- j tain Kidd. Tt is the business of the states- j man, the legislator, the judge, the! executive, to devise, enact, interpret and enforce laws that will make predatory wealth as impes- j si 1 ile as piracy on the high seas now is. "But there is a moral safeguard;! it is the moral character that is de : vcloped in a man. Buskin inher- i ited ?70,000 a year and made.it a j blessing to mankind, and made I himself one of the great moral j iorces of the nineteenth century, j V LABOR PARTY. s Workingmen Sliculd Send Own .aw Making Bodies. EON AMONG THE TOILERS. Rockefeller's Income as Plunder, ire?Workers Should Have on?Great Sermon. ? { I 1 .. ' >! * * *- - ' nun,! i iimv lnnoriieii a like sum, uiul coined himself a curse out of it. It is a <|ui*stiou of moral character. .Man tlius places tlio limits upon tin- getting ami the spending of weal Ili. ' Tims tin- labor and tho whole ptohlcin of life is at the bottom a moral question. Labor Day will not have come ami gone in vain if we all reali/.e that man is more than money, and that there is nothing grout in man but his moral and spirit mil oat lire." IMPORTANT MEETING Of Cipilol City Trades Assembly on Friday Evening, October 19. At the request of President, John Nugent of the Mine Workers, V. W. Kagler, President, of the Capitol City Trades Assembly lias called a special meeting of that body to be held tomorrow (Friday) evoiinr I... Kill. ..I . ...1.., IIU MUU U'UIUCK at Assembly I lull. Tin1 object is to hold a joint session with the Mine Workers of District No. 17, who are in special session lunc, to fortnulalo local legislative measures which will Ihi presented to the next legislature for enact nient, and also to take some action toward making arrangements lor tin- entertainment of the West Virginia State Feder- >-*' ation of Labor, wldcli convenes in annual session in I his city in next January, lion. Tom I,. Lewis, National Vice I'losidciil of t he United Mine Workers of America, is expected . to lie present and make an address. It. is highly importantthatevejy member of t ho Assembly be present as this will lie the most inferos ing labor meeting ever held in this city. 1'ainfers Union No. !(7(>, who meet regularly on Friday night, have kindly given way for tlio above occasion. FATAL ACCIDENT. J. H. Pilchard Lost His Life by a Fall Through Building Friday. Mr. J. II. t'i'eliard, one of the best known eurpent. rs in the city, who has been employed on the new Kskew, Smith Cannon building, in the course of his Unties hail the horrible iiiisforuiie to fall through :m open stairway last Friday, sustaining injuries from which resulted in his death in a short time afterward. Mr. Pilchard was a valued member of Carpenters and Joint rs I'uion No. 1 li iT, and had also be !> a member of the local Odd Fel'ows lodge for over t!l .". cats and had the confidence and ivspect of all who knew him. The remains were taken to Letart Ohio, for interrinent, accompanied by a committee of six from both it.. T..I.-- / ' I r .-.f .'ii. *i.in 11 vi i 01 trie linn for whom h<> ha<I been working, A. Ii. 1 'itch ford, business agent of the Carpenters and many sorrowing relat ves and friends. The funeral services occurred at 2:;id o'clock p, m. Chinese Exclusion Act. It is not unlikely that the Chinese exclusion law will yet lx? repealed or modified in such a manner as to allow all the coolies to cotne over who evince a desire. Charles Yip'ii 1, the Pierpout Morgan of China, who is in the United Suites investigating the operation of the American railway systems, says that the efforts of the Panama (' nal < 'om mission to secure Chinese lalxir for the canal will fail, owing to the feeling of China against the exclusion laws. Watch for Shei a legao in the next session of Congress. r.it