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I CHARLisTONTyVEST VIRGINIA, JUNE 20, 1907. -==^
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UKLoAKD w
PINK!
IVIcPart land's Schooled
Owner's Association
Says Former 5
charge made a le v weeks
ii. V. S. CIroesback, a formi
l' the Supreme Court of
.y a iii a speeeji in .Laramie,
hat llarr\ >foore, or I Larry
( . miller which name he is
a.iliarly known, the self- :
id assassin of former Gov,
I ; an!. Sleuuciiburjj of Idaho, I
inkei'ton spy, who unrolled
;i1kt of the Western Kederniiiiers
for the sole pur- j
laine: that oriranization
:. {>til*- through coiinivancej
t al lying out tlio dastarduf
tlir Mini' < (whits' As.
I ins Im'i'H borne out by !
. that is now going on in j
B i i.itn.. I liuve positive in- j
' ; in 111\ possession," suiil '
<; roe-back, "which brands
0 ! as a I'inkerton spy."
nlge made the t'lirther claim
troubles in tile Cripple
liMriet, in the Coeur
! anil other places in the
c ountry wen- instigated by
ue Owner's Association.
1 insignilicant dilVerences
.lib way magnified, he inuntil
they assumed most
proportions, resulting fiu:
he open breach and the
r "lit 1 I'the militia. Speak'he
motive beliiiul tlie asi
of Sleuni'iiberg, Judge
1 c . -aid: "The assassin .
s '.In- most illogical thing
. \ 1111ii>11 man or federation
t'l'ivo of and from whieh
s>! Ix-nolil could accrue to
i. 1?i:-s. There WUS llO USIM
11: it>11 to murder SleuncnU
> > is a - dead liorso |?o- j
. lit the trouble in Id ilio
>1." ? \ leveland Citizen.
Orchard and His Tale.
< hehard, or 1 lorsely, or
?or \\ hatovor the name
. iiled the most remarkahle
the voluminous pages ol'j
annals says the W heelilig j
lie admits having been
: every crime imaginable, j
sling eheese and sheep toj
g hunians by the wlioleAr-on.
wife desertion, bigeachery,
murder?all were j
' him. lie was equally at
ariiing a Sunday school,
Ilis partner, burning a
g, wrecking a mine or railno.
or assassinating a coinlie
couldn't keep track
ding by marking notches
nn stock?he would have
oy a stenographer. His
. - to drop easuallv into a i
of the first poison 110
.? many ami wlio oujjht to I
'I. ami I10 would "tret "onrM
tliinking of supper?or ilin-1
break last, as the case
I-. His honest face was his ;
. ami it so inspired confi'
it everywhere he went he
iteil immediately to partici- |
t!ie dynamite soiree, nitroi
1 ? bees and LVttibone-dope
y;s. Murderers who never
' I' lore liailed him afar oil'
1 lie road, threw the ordinary
o t he 11111 rilerer overboard, '
no I out their souls to liiin.
ai e their hoinhs and cash.
. i vim tone nireu mm to
"lit America, mill the Pinkeri'etictive
Agency hired liini to j
hk tears away. He drew all
inoni')' lie coulil spend from
pay windows, l.ut when he
- start ine In- stole sheep.
' :t the fact that everybody in
-e name lie nieiitioncd is inaklie'
foot it?r Uoise to call liinia
i' si.niewliat hampers our diges
>f the tale. Another jarring
are is that whenever he is con- .
' aied With one of the individuals
' has implicated. he explains
ei talking with MePartland,) |
nut it was somebody else.
!' > his own admission, he has
" en guiliy of <n many things that
^oald hardly be considered
nibli.ig to bet that lie is a liar.
I?ut whatever lie is. we, who have1
ways ih'eii opposeil to capital
- nu'iit. are willing to suspend
the rules just this once. He
says lie's "got religion" and wants!
'ASA
iPTON SPY.
Brute Tool of Mine
and Detective Agency
Supreme Judge*
| to go to heaven. It would bo indeed
cruel to thwart this roseate
ambition.
Gompers Talks About Orchard. |
While Samuel Gompers, presi- j
dent of the American Federation
of I.abor, would not discuss the:
trial of Haywood and the other
defendants at Boise, Idaho, he said,
"that the bringing of the defendants
to trial by force and against
there will from the jurisdiction of
one state to another was in violation
of a law as old as any recognition
of sovereignty over any
territory. To say the least, the
carrying by violence of those defendants,
without a warrant of extradition,
from one state to another
was an act that should carry suspicion
to the motives of the prosecution."
When asked to express his opinion
of the testimony of Harry Orchard.
"All 1 can express upon this subiect."
lit! said "is that", tlia
" / 7 v"^ v"*v*
witness against these men who are
lighting lor their lives is a man
who avows himself to be a thief, a
murderer of his own allies and of
enemies alike, a black mailer and
a persistently degarded man. it
must be left to the juiy and
the court to decide what
testimony of such a creature is
worth and what credence it should
receive."
TRIBUTE TO
GOMPERS.
Men and Women From all Classes
Turn Out and Give Him a
Grand Enthusiastic
Reception.
Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
visited at Atlanta, Ga, reoently,
and he was accorded a typical
southern reception. In one of the
papers there appeared the following
tribute to labors great chieflain
by Mis. O. Delight Smith, a
literary woman of much fame in
the South:
' Chronicled among the events of
Labor in Atlanta has been registeroil
one which shall stand out bright
and clear upon the fair pages of
of Atlanta's labor history; that of
the visit of President Samuel
tiompers of the American Federation
of Labor.
"The strains from the orchestra
seemed only a prelude to that
which was to follow, when the
cliieftian of American labor began
to speak. One look into those
clear honest eyes, one glance upon
that face, makes one know that a
soul of dazzling whiteness hangs
behind a life so pure and a life so
devoted to the good of his fellowman.
Seeing, is to reverence him
Hearing, is to adore him.
"A man, grown old in the service
of the laboring millions, and
yet while upon the declining side
of life, lie yet retains the sprightliness
of one much his junior. '
With ;i sunny liice, yet staunch j
and true?lie immediately strikes
his audience as a man above the
ordinary, whose own nature moves 1
spontaneously towards the true being
of everything. With a well
proportioned and gracious mind,
honest, noble, the friend of truth,
justice, courage, temperance 1 Who j
feels the very heart pulsation of
his fellow laborer in his breast,
and knows from past and bitter ex
periences the strength and weaknesses
of them who toil.
"Xot old, except in years, and
gooil deeds done, and useful days
well spent. Whose life has Ijeen
a benediction to the laboring mil- ;
lions, a benefactor to those who
have lived with him: and whose
life will lie a beacon light whose
rays shall penetrate the farthest
corners of the earth, and shine j
down through the on-coming gen- j
orations with a brilliancy whitshall
grow brighter as the cternitie
roll!
'Hits foot prints have been let
in the sands of time, and now al
though his step is growing slo\
with his declining years, his fet
j are pressed the harder and hi
steady tread is all the firmer upo
the sandy mountain side of lift
and generations who shall folioI
after will press those foot print
once again, and o'er and o'er wi
!sing his nuine.
| "Atlanta,Georgia, and the eutir
southland, are proud to know thn
he has been their guest, and pai
with liiin with sorrow for the
realize that his life of nsefullnes
and in all probability this is thei
last opportunity to hear th
"Grand Old Man.'' for ere li
comes again his lovalilc sonl ma
sink to rest in the Great All
Mother's Arm?ami with out
stretched hand grasp, the heuvenl;
life, which has truly been bourn
by golden chains about the feet o
God."
Post Gets it in the Neck.
When it became generally knowi
that C. W. Post, of bread cram
breakfast goods fame, was inter
ested in the ilig Four Printing lnl
Co., of Battle Creek Mich., organ
i/.ed labor placed it on the unfai
list. The business sull'ered to sucl
an extent that the stock of Pos
was purchased by the other slock
holders and he was 1; ickcd out of th
concern. The company is now on
with a sworn affidavit that Post m
GREAT PROTEST
By the Indianapolis Mac
Authorizing Union h
t-t c\ty /
J. 1U111 Utl
Carrying :i score ol' banners wit I
captions ridiculing Mayor Hook
waiter and denouncing .Judge A
li. Anderson of the Federal Com
of Indianapolis, Ind., 3000 mem
bers of organized labor joined in ;
parade four abreast, and moved it
an enthusiastic, though orderly
precession through the down-towi
streets of the city to Toiulinsoi
Hall.
The parade and meeting tlia
followed were to protest agains
the recent Federal Court decisioi
whereby a strikers' house am
home were sold under the hiiimne:
to satisfy the cost incurred by tin
L'ope Motor Car Co. in securing ai
injunction against the Machinists
union. Louis W Poehlcr, tin
machinist whose property was con
( seated, was not an employe of tin
L'ope Motor Car Co., nor was tin
judgment to cover the lines bi
reason of a violation of an injiinc
tion. There was 110 violation.
A strike of machinists took nlnei
iii tho Pope Motor Car Co. in Ilia
city and the men proceeded ti
picket l!ie plant to prevent nou
unionists from being employed
The company brought a number o
men there, but many of them neve
reached the plant, being persuad
ed to return to their homes.
The company applied to tin
court for an injunction to preven
the picketing of their shop, vvhicl
was granted, but not until a largi
bill of costs had been piled up
This the company demanded shouh
be paid by the machinists.
The injunction had been issues
against the Machinists" I'nion a:
an organization and against itmembers
as individuals. Tin
unio.1 had no tangible property
and the court was asked to instruc
its oilicers to proceed against sue!
individuals among the strikers a
naa property not exempt undei
the homestead law.
Louis \\". I'oeiiler and JosepI
W. Kelt/., two of the striking
machinists, were discovered ti
have unincumbered real estate
Fee bill were issued against then
and their property was advertise
for sale. The Poeliler property
brought Sl'iOO, and as this sun
was ample to pay the costs tin
Felt/, home was not sold. Tin
trust company that purchased tin
property paid the money inti
the court and the title will pa?;
from I'oehler unless he redeems i
within the next sixty days.
The name of Poeliler does not ap
pear anywhere in the proceedingexcept
as a member of the .Machin
ists' Union. He was a striker,
but was not one of the pickets, noi
h longer handicaps their business,
s lie is becoming to bo regarded as a
menace to battle Creek.
t ?
- President Declared Unfair.
^ The Iowa State Federation ot
Labor in session last week adopted
resolutions censuring President
Roosevelt tor his ret'oroneo to Mover
i and llaywood as "undesirable
\ ! citizens." The resolutions dol'j
elare that the President's action
was unfair and prejudicial, ami
that he abused his high oftice.
t EIGHT HOUR
>s LAW VIOLATED.
e Building Concern Indicted by West
? Virginia Federal Jury
I Last Week.
v' i *- i *-? -*- ? i ?
j vmi i?i>i v rmiiy nit' rcHierai uninu
1 Juiy in session at I'arkersburg, reI
turned sin indictment against l>.
Fredcrico, smd t he National Mosaic
Company of Washington, 1>. O.,
who are charged with violating the
|( Federal eight hour law. The com
puny, of which Frederieo is presi'
dent, recently completed the erec|
tion of the Federal building in
c Wheeling, and men in their cin_
ploy worked nine and ten hours
r per day. This is the lirst ease
I, ever brought under the eight hour
t, act in West Virginia.
e Have you read' 'The I'inkorton
t Labor Sp\ See our great free
:> oiler elsewhere in this issue.
^DEMONSTRATION
hinists Against Court Puling
lan's Home to Be Sold
ft:- U,~ J
li-L> liUiU.
ii 1 was lie accused of violating the
temporary restraining order.
. Judge Amlerson immediately upon
t grunting the iiijiinetioii clapped
t he cost of seen ring the same onto
i the Machinists* I nioii, a hitherto
i unheard of or unthought of pro,
eceding and one for which or^ani
i/cd labor labor of Indianapolis
i would not stand without protest.
[ FIGHTING OPEN
SHOP AT WHEELING
i
r
Capentcrs are Making a Determined
Stand Against the Nine Hour
Day and Low Wages.
The carpenter contractors, in
line with the general idea, have
been persistently trying to make
Wheeling an open shop town.
Their actions have been ample
proof that they want to destroy
V..V v.(> |r< IV 1.1 II 1 1 II 111 11 1 LI 1 L 11 V
' hope of ultimately reducing wages,
" and immediately putting all shop
men back on an !> hour basis.
1 They refused to sign the first
1 sca'c presented by the carpenters,
though it called for no increase in
wages, and now since a strike is on
L' the haughty employers refuse to
' meet with the men in conference,
1 even though the best efforts of
' Mayor Hclimidt and others have
been put forth.
1 The men have kept their eon
ference committee always in rcadi
' ness. and are still waiting patiently
~ for the message that never comes.
' In spite of this, however, the
' strikers have steadily ljeen gaining
' ground and less than fifty men out
I of over 100 are now on the strike
1 rolls.
1 tesides the carpenters the IClecr
i trical Workers and Teamsters are
also on strike and the. Plumbers
1 have been looked out by the em'
plovers. It is only a question of
1 a short time until they will all
win out as they have strong lin1
uncial and moral backing. A num'
lier of the employers are beginning
to waver and will be ready to treat
1 with the men in a few days.
Women Must Work Cheap
> (iovenior Hughes has sent to the
- senate a message vetoing the New
L York city teachers' equal pay bill,
on the ground that "Equal pay for
- men and women for equal work
- is a general proposition and -that
- "it should not be adopted by the
. state nnless the state prepared to
r -apply it generally."
GREAT ACT
AMC
Displayed at the Meetin
District and th
Increasin
Tlu> Mine Workers of Tomsbun
turned out en masse Sunday It
hear National Vict; 1'resident T. I,
' Lewis and State Secretary K. V
| Morris address a muss meeting a
i that place. The weather condi
tions were very favorable and tin
| meeting was one of the largest ant
most enthusiast in miilmpiiiim
r-* ?
j representative miners ever assem
bled at that place. The speaker?
were given the closest attenlioi
j throughout the entire meeting
j Mr. Lewis mads a most convincing
j ami interer.ting address lull of val
i uable information and a<lvice ami
1 strongly advised the men to tak?
more interest in the organi/.ati'u
and to do all in their power to hcl|
buildup and strengthen it. 11 >
pointed out the great advantage t<
be obtained through a strong organization
and In w they could bet
tor their home and working condilions
by a little ell'ort on their part
The same gentlemen also address
ed another rousing big mass meet'
ing at Waoomali on the same afternoon
and were greatly encouraged
: by the determination displayed by
the men for a better organization
and more harmonious relations iti
the future.
They attended tin- local meeting
at WinilYede, Monday night, and
made addresses which were well
received and highly appreciated by
tin* nifiiilii'i-sliif* 'rim \vr;..ir.....i.
local is in a nourishing condition
anil the men arc taking a lively interest
in its all'airs.
For the past three years every
efl'ort possible has la-en put forth
j l?y the officials of the District ti
. organize the miners at the Tothh
works, lint not until last Weil lies!
ilay night have those efforts been
| successful, when National Organi/.er
(?uinncn, Xational ICxecnli v?
Hoard Member Men Davis and
Sub District Secretary I!. S. [Tastings,
succeeded in organizing every
man on the place. The olliciuh
are to be highly commended upon
their success ana the men at that
place are to be congratulated upon
i affiliating themselves with the or
j gani/.ation. A good set of officer;1
were chosen and the local makes an
auspicious beginning and eau la
depended upon to greatly assist
?l... C. 'I'l?, ,r,.,.| U i...
i vnv viin.iv* j ii,v, ii vi no van c*ui|nt;>
! about forty men ami is a good place
! to work and anyone in search ol
employment would do well to give
I it a trial.
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|
The meeting at tiamoea on last
Monday night was the most inter
jesting ever held at that place and
tan unusually large crowd was in
| attendance, a number being unable
to gain admission to the school
house, and the meeting had to be
held in the open air. The men
were unanimous in their promises
to reinstate in the local at once
| and the prospects are bright for a
butter organization than ever before.
Messrs. Davis, Quinnen and
Hastings addressed the meeting.
* :-f.
The men at Vanetta turned out
lit lm-w mifnluiit.' l.ictl I
i *-> * ? uv.^.aj mftm
I to atten.l the meeting of Hoard
Member I >.iv is ami Organizer
t Juinnen. There was also a large
number in attendance from (lualey
Bridge and Oamoc.i. The meeting
was <jnite a sue. ess, all the men :\1
Valletta agreeing to reinstate litem
selves and work for the upbuilding
of the local and the speakers
were greatly pleased with the
prospects at that place.
* * :|:
Organizer Bousfield addressed
the members of the Shrewsbury local
on Tuesday night. The meeting
was largely attended, and ijuite
a success. The organization at
this place is growing, and perfect
harmony prevails.
* -Jr.
Sub-District President Cairns
was called to FTernshaw, Tuesday,
to adjust a difficulty. He succeeded
in making a satisfactory settlement.
and everthing is moving
smooth! v.
i
TV1TY
)NG MINERS
gs Throughtout the Entire
te Membership is
g Steadily,
jj Kvery Mine Worker should se>
euroniul road "The Pinkortou La.
lior Spy." It lays haro the inotH.
nds pursued by the 1'inkerton.s to
t break up the United Mine Wurk
ers of Amorlea. It eontaius inueli
- ........... n- 1111.)i iniii k>ii anil is olio
1 ot" tin- must important hooks
I' ever writtou in tlio interest of- tlio
labor movement, (lot a copy at
iionce, don't put it otl'till tomorrow.
1 1 ? ? *
A serins of successful meeting
1 were conducted on Paint creek last
week by I.like I'. I.anliani. Aiuon^
' ! the places visited were banner,
'; Standard, Nuckolls anil Asheamp.
' The locals at each plaee show nn';
mistakable signs of improvement,
' | and a general revival of interest is
' manifest all along the Creek, and
the membership is steadly increasing.
* * *
Have yon renewed your subscription?
If not do so at once and get
. your neighbor to subscribe also;
help us, help you. Kesolutious do
no good unless put into execution,
! so put your good resolutions into
el feet by subseribinir at once nn.i
j making it possible lor The Argus
. to do more effective work Cor the
i | cause in the future. DO IT NOW,
* * *
! < )ne of the most successful mass
I meetings of last week was the one
i at fc?t. flair which was addressed
by Hoard Member Hen Davis and
Secretary Hustings. The men are
taking unusual interest and the
. J membership i glowing and the
' meeting did considerable good in
the way of getting former members
. I to reinstate themselves.
* * *
National Organizer < has. Krall]
man, of Indiana, who has been
j doing some elfeetive organizing
I work in this district for the past
i month was called home Thursday
owing to the serious ilncss of one
i of the members of his family. It
is hoped that it will be nothing
, | serious and Charley will be back
among us in a few days.
* * *
' The National Executive Board
J will meet in Indianapolis next
Tuesday and promises to be a very
: busy session as there are a number
of important <|ueslions to be settled.
.; Several of the District and Subi
District ollicials will attend the
'! meeting in the i id crest of the West
| Virginia organization.
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\V. II. ltoggs, one of the prominent
members of the local at Mon'
arch, was a business visitor to the
! District office last week. The prospect
for building up the organization
in this locality, he says, are
brighter than ever before, and
. much good work is being done
, along that line.
i * * *
Vice President I cwis sunt I ii^.
|trict President Craigo addressed
i large and attentive meetings at
Raymond City on Tuesday night,
' and Manilla on Harmon's creek,
Wednesday night. They are scheduled
to attend the meeting of the
Putney local, 011 Campbells creek,
tonight.
* * #
One of the best meetings of the
year was held at lluglieston last
night. Among the speakers of the
evening wore Sub I listrict Seeretarv
Hastings and Organizer Uousfield.
Don't forget to send in your renewal
to The Labor Argus. It's a
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Belong to: Unions.
An act recently passed by the
house of representatives of Rhode
Island prescribes a fine of 8350 to
8500 or imprisonment from three
to six months, or both, against any
employer or corporation attemptingto
prevent working people from
belonging to a labor organization
as a condition of new or continued
employment.