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1906, at the post office at Charleston, W.
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THURSDAY. MAY 2:1. 11)07. si
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CHARLESTON AND THE LABOR
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At no period in its history lias t]
there been witnessed such rapid n
and substantial upbuilding and ()
improvement in all lines of business
as at present mark the pro- w
gross of our city. In every ilirec- w
tion Charleston in growing and t<
spreading upon a solid basis. New n
capital is being constantly invested
and population is increasing at a w
rapid rate. Hardly a day passes
but some new enterprise is an- c;
nounced and everywhere new jr,
buildings are going up. No city f,
in the South can boast of greater ?|
strides or has brighter prospects ;u
for the future than our own bust- jL.
ling, enterprising city, briefly :ll
stated, Charleston is a live, steadily ;ll
growing manufacturing city, destined
to become one of the great- xv
est in the South. w
Included in our citizenship are W;
thousaunds of working people, a,
whose welfare is certainly u matter fl
of great importance, not only to fj,
thein as individuals, but to the
whole city. Along this line it can
be said that the general awakening
that has taken place these latter
years in regard to the rights of the jsf
workingmen has borne its share of j.
fruit in Charleston, as this city is ()jas
well organized perhaps as any ^
other city of its size in the country, j
It is true that all trades here are (l(j
not organized, but the time is not (jj
far distant when they will be. And
in the organization of the working
people of this city it might be said jj,
lies their salvation. This does not j,;
necessarily mean war between eni- j
ploye and employer. Charleston j re
for that matter, has had com para- i al
wvety lew labor troubles. In this ! p.
city, as elsewhere throughout thej](l
country, the likelihood of conlliet ;
and labor disturbances grows less j to
as the relative interests between
capital and labor become better!
understood and more fully realized, i 1(J
It is useless to dwell upon this
phase of the situation, as every in !
telligent workingman, as well as!
every fair-minded and conservative 1
employer of labor knows that the j,
one is indispensable to the other, i j,.
The vital question that concerns ! C(
Greater Charleston is the success
and welfare of both employer and ...
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employe. The gootl resulting to! j
the ireneral fninmimit.v frr*?v? I
unions is too well known to re- ' c]
quire mention, it is well to em- |
phasize the fact that without labor ;
unions the workingman would !
have no means of self-protection i
against the abuses that would in j
all probability fall to his lot. The!
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union protects the workingman, j ^
and for this reason every man or !
woman in the city who works at a ..
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trade for a livelihood should be en- ; ^
thusiastic in the support of trades ^
unions. The good they have ac- ] j
complished is inestimable, and they
will grow stronger and the result
will be that our working people 1
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will be more prosperous and eontented
thereby, .while the men of
means who supply the money to \.
build up and develop this section J
will prosper also and reap reason- j11
able returns from their invest-1 ?
ments.
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The carpenters strike is settled c
and the industrial atmosphere of '
the city has no clond to mar its; b
progress. bet every union man s
get down to business and pull for, n
increased memljersliip of his local j
and for Greater Charleston. j u
UNfc TtAR OLD. ?
Just one year ago The Labor *
tigus was launched on the |
ournalistic sea and since that time
lie paper has achieved a degree of
nfluence and usefulness far in exess
of our most sanguine cxpec- 2
ations. We are not so presumptuus
as to appropriate to ourself the
redit for this happy condition.
)ur faithful co-workers in the <
ause of trades unionism must be s
iven the credit that is so justly t
heir due. In the midst of difli- 1
ultics and discouragement they t
tood faithfully l>y us, to a man, 1
ml today The Labor Argus glories ?
u acknowledging its indebtedness '
j tliem individually and collec- s
ively. Whatever else may be our t
hortcomings we do not believe in- s
ratitudo is one of tliem. I
We also take this opportunity to I
cknowlcdge our obligations to the t
usiness and professional inen of '
le city, for the very liberal pat- 1
inage they have bestowed upon r
ill- advertising columns. Al- *
tough our pathway has not al- s
ays been strewn with (lowers, the c
orlil in the main has been good a
) us, and confidence in our fellow i
lan is increasing with our years. t
We enter upon our second year a
ith a determination to uphold a
lore vigorously than ever the 11
luse of trades unionism. We s
:t inspiration and encouragement a
0111 the fact, that for earnestness t
"purpose, loyalty to the cause, 1
id zeal for its advancement the a
adcrs of the unions in the Kan- h
vha Val'ey are not excelled by o
y other on earth. li
Fortified by so faithful an army, tl
e Mill in full faith and hone and >
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itli ceaseless energy, keep lip the 1<
arfare for tho worker's rights, tl
id wherever the battle is hottest n
lie Labor Argus will lie ou_ the a
ing line. n
THE CLOVEN HOOF. w
The Dixonized Charleston News Cl
jut into conniption fits in its H
aie of last Saturday owing to the ?
et that the Argus availed itself
the rights guaranteed to all ^
merican citizens and newspapers, (j
our last issue and commented p
itorially upon the Whipple mine s,
saster. n
Tho News as usually willfully
id milliciously misrepresented a
e Argus' contention throughout jj
i ent ire article, its main effort be- g
g to divert attention from the g
al subject matter of our position
ul did not devote itself in any
irticular to the point at issue, v
it what's the use paying any at- c
ntion to the waitings of a servile 0
ol who knows nothing but the \
ctates of its master.
If the saintly News is as anxious
ir a square deal as they would 1
ive it appear, why don't they (
mie out and light in the open and 1
ot throgh some one else.
The Labor Argus is not in the
abit of stabbing people in the 1
in k, if it disagrees with others it '
ones out and says so, and does '
ot have to consult the "powers"
f Fayette county before it does so, ^
ther, and does not resort to ^
larging dead men with crimes to
ear its own skirts.
BAD AIR CAUSED EXPLOSION. '
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In :i dispatch Irom Charleston,
k". Va., in a recent issue of the
'ost, the following statement oc- t
nrs anent the mine explosion at j
le "Whipple mine: "The cause
f the explosion is a mystery, but
is supposed to have been caused 1
y gas. Every precaution known
j mining experts was taken, and
lie mine was in the best possible
audition, with plenty of air." .
Had the mine been "in the best .
oxxible condition, irith plenty of
ir" an explosion of gas would
ave iK-en impossible. There may .
? ten times the amount of air gong
into a mine and coming out
f it, and yet an explosion occur. !
t is the manner of the distribution 1
f the air which is the essential j
ondition. The writer was the!
ist state mine inspector in the! ,
lituminons Colds in the United
bites, and has probably lieen in
tore coal mines than any man in j
he world, and the above state-1
lent is the result of that experi- j |
;nce. Hundreds of mining exlerts
"will corroborate tlie statenent.?Andrew
Boy, Glen Boy,
5hio, iu Cincinnati Post.
It is now up to the Charleston
Sews to rear up on its hind legs
md do a few more rows of falsfying.
REFORM WORK.
The most discouraging feature
>f reform work is undoubtedly the
leltish and perhaps natural indiffirence
of the average man to any
einedy for social ill which cannot
>e made immediately effective.
Ninety-nine men out of every 100 '
ire so engrossed with the task of I
naking both ends meet in the I
itruggle for existence that the bur- I
len of their present necessities
mother their sense of duty to
>osterity. Hence it is that the
>rinciple of trades-unionism has
aken such a strong hold upon the
ninds of the works of the world.
Hradcs-unionism affords immediate
elief and amelioration of the ills
rhich society has brought upon itelf,
and in so doing it insures the
iltimate success of social regener tion
in general by giving workngmen
more leisure in which to
hink and plan for the making of
. better world for those that come
fter us. All genuine reform
novements must of necessity be
low since to be effective they must
im at the removal of causes rather
han at merely minimizing effects,
'lie causes which have brought
bout the present social conditions
ave been at work for thousands
f years, and as the evolution of
uman nature is historically slow,
lieir ultimate removal will probbly
require hundreds of years at
;ast. It is evident, therefore,
hat trades-unions are a public
ecessity in this age of the world,
nd that the trades-union movelent
is in reality the first of the
jries of great movements which
'ill eventually culminate in the
omplete emancipation of human,y
from the consequences of its
wn follies and ignorance.
Those who are familiar with the
jreerof Mr. Dixon in the coal in- <
ustry know him to be at all times
rudent, enterprising and self- icrificing
in the operation of his
lines.?Charleston News.
The numerous miners' widows
nd orphans in Fayette county are
iving evidence of the "self-sacricing"
proclivites of the Hon.
amuel.
The people were prepared in adance
for the verdict of the
oroners jury in the Whipple mine
Lisastcr investigation. That's the
ray they do business in Fay-att.
Wonder how long it will be unil
another mine disaster ocours to
ilaini the attention of the legislaive
mine investigating committee t
And now they say that it was
lust that caused the explosion at
;he Whipple mine and it was in
he best possible condition, too.
"Dead men tell no tales," hence
.hey are charged with blowing up
.lie Whipple mine.
Politics are like wine?it only
akes a small dose to go the heads
af some people.
Now is the time to support your
iwn paper. Subscrilie for the
Vrgus.
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a <tuuiii/.e your irienus ana renember
your enemies Mr. Union
Man.
The next combination to be
formed in Fayette 'tis said will be
\ coffin trust.
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