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I P' Formal Statements Issued
Tefling Where Unions
KT B.R.I. AHTOARPEHTERS
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P"-:- nounce Action of Their
Had to the core that their organiza
9 y tion has been- dragged Into politics,
W w members of Brotherhood of Railway
Hafl J ' Trainmen, No. 596. Fairmont, today
' Issaed a signed statement in which
they deny that the brotherhood ever
: 'endorsed CoL Watson, the Democratic
I- . candidate for the United States Senr
- | The statement is as follows:
"We wish to state the the en
. dorsemeat given by E. D. Holdcn
J" ' - - >s ' secretary o four lodge supKB
, .'-- porting' C. "W. Watson was given
' K - without the consent of our lodge
JSC . "as a body and furthermore it is
. ' positively against the rules of the
|^L. J& lodge to endorse any candidate.
Bffj -I* - Signed?W. C. Knaop. F. E.
KM Bice. W. L. Kolt. C. E. Morgan.
. J. L. Jones. A. S. Brown. I. X.
M^'-M;. * Reese. W. Nuzum, J. E. Garlow.
VK.. .. The man who acted as spokesman
for the brotherhood said today that
^ golden, the secretary, is not. actively
-'engaged In railroad service, bat holds
Kl.O-h. position in the government employ.
r/3>eing connected with the fuel adK^v^ministration.
The men are angry
3K--.X*about the proposition and they intiKtS
A'imate tl??t they will ask HoWen for
? *i ? A*eoAwotowv A* tho Of.
fj&u?su m v. ?
tt- It \ras stated that the
>od is out or pontics and enjorninc
The Times printed
wteg statement under tie
he undersigned committee
ed at a regular meeting of
h to state on authority of
motherhood of Carpenters
> are not talcing any sides
J. A. LANDES.
CHAS. E. ALUEX.
W. C. AXDERSOX.
s of the Carpenters* organts
morning said that the
explains itself,
asujeshurg "where the effort
t appear that "Watson was
ry union labor caused a perof
indignation at least one
ions took formal action dethe
Democratic organlzar
page. This is Clarksburg
560 of the United Assoc iacmbers.
Gas and Steam Fitk
United States. The resorted
by this union read as
"Whereas, the newspapers of
this city contain a statement
purported to be signed by the
VT | * president of this local .together
s " ' srfth others, endorsing C. W. WatI
son as a candidate for United
H. I States senator at the eeltcion next
1 Tuesday.
H" W.?. Resolved, that it is the sense of
% ' the membership o fthis local that
(Continued on page four.)
I \ Laborers for inside work.
MONONGAH GLASS CO.
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Six-cylinder, three passenger i
l^ti, Roadster; driven less than 4000
fSdles. Will sell for about one-half
B?bv cjaSce. Apply. A. M. Rowe. P. O.
NOTICE ~1
^ t /iTd City Taxpayers.
P?r cent discount allowed on
taxes paid durin* October and Notjg
jwuAwii Bay early and a-roid waitin*.
Office open evenings 7 to 9.
J. C. ROBINSON,
City Treasurer.
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SpK. ASSOCIATED PRESS.. tfALR
IDIAI
t UNIONS REPl
NDORSEMENT
LABOR IN TH,
(An Et
ONE does not have to know mu
that most of the time, a large
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they could command were ccvoua u
paign to creating an appearance th
< was at least not openly and active
might as well be conceded that thi
with much tact and adroitness, but if
workers of the state as a whole perm
for Watson they will have themsel'
happen. The record is an open one
Here in Marion county Watsc
the only aspect of the present cam]
take into consideration. Here die
Court house officers down to the c
labor and will be again if the opportt
ations with which the Watsons are
organization and they use it whenev
not the taxpayers were paying the I
This is an intolerable conditioi
wage earners permit their partisan. :
own best interests. If they were
controls Marion county and elect xr
leaif see that the laws are admmisie]
If there was any reason to belie
tude toward labor was sincere and
organization in this region were due
t be oermanent labor would be wise t
ahead upon (he new basis in a spin
change in sentiment. The bars again
because of the determination of the
labor organizations during the war
any industrial disturbances at a time
have production in every field main
and to the desire of the friends of G
political advantage of a situation wi
them was utterly beyond their conti
which so much is said now. is cot a 1
Mr. Wilson did not use to think ver
there is no reason to believe that tlx
his views on that subject. But he k?
thejwar lasts by promoting general c
through labor leaders who. for pa trie
that the ground gained could be ret
keep the unions in line.
As a war policy this has beet
been a very small amount of disturb
state of war exists, but the men who \
that many corporations merely tolera
have to. The only possible way in
the gains they have made with die h
ton is to see to it that their real fri
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Washington but tn every irrae local
do not do that the very agencies
strength will be used to destroy them
It is a very serious matter for t
sweat of their brows. If drey are
Republican candidates in Marion cc
in position to protect themselves wl
from Washington is removed.
FREIGHT SHIPMENTS
WILL RE SPLIT HERE,
The office force of the B. & O- railroad
has been busy moving across the j
river, the last two days. In the future i
it is planned thai there be no more ;
serious congestion of freight in Fair- .
mont and work to this end has been ,
progressing steadily for sometime. At j
present everything is to be moved j
to the Honoagahela side except out- <
bound freight. All inbound freight on <
either the B. & O. or the Monongahela <
road will be handled on the Mononga- t
hcla side. All outbound freight will 1
be handled at the B- & O. station. . ]
About three people will be employed a
to stay at the B. & O. office at pres- <
ent About a dozen will be employed 4
-across the river. 'The work has not 1
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Consult the Union Dentists <
for expert dental services Our ; 1
' prices are reasonable. Offices ov- i 1
er McCrory 5 and 10c store. AH - 1
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| work guaranteed. jl ]
NOTICE ;
! I Fairmont Restaurant Co.. Is un- 1
}. der new management. Try our new : 1
Busy Body 30c. 36.00 meal ticket ;
5530. ; i
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LABORERS WANTED 1
To work at Rivesrille. 9 hoars ;
work per day. j }
Apply Fairmont office, or at Rlrea- t
rflle. I
JOHN M. K18NER A BRO. f
LUMBER CO. . ft
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JDIATE j
OF WATSON
fS CAMPAIGN.
iitorial)
ch about practical politics to realize
sum of money and all die ingenuity
>y die managers of die Watson camit
the labor vote of West Virginia
Jy hostile to Colonel Watson. It
is undertaking has been carried on
: the organized wage earners and the
it themselves to be fooled into voting
ves to blame for what is certain to
It speaks for itself.
o*s own record, bad as it is, is not
3aign that the wage earners should
whole county government from the
onstables has been used to oppress
J "TTij? />Aviv%r.
UUljr AVI lb OilVUiU WiWW? A MV VW4JW4 I
connected control the Democratic j
er they want to just as if they and I
tills.
l. but it exists entirely because the |
feelings to close their eyes to their j
they would smash the ring which
ten to all the offices who would at
-ed impartially.
rve that the present conciliatory attithat
the remarkable strides toward
t to a change of heart which is to
0 forget the past and prepare to go
t of amity. But there has been no
st labor organizations were let down
government at Washington to favor
as part of die program to prevent
: when the nation absolutely had to
tained at' the highest possible level,
ilonel Watson to take every possible
hich while thoroughly distasteful to
ol. Mr. Wilson's labor policy, of
abor policy at all. but a war policy.
f highly of labor Organizations, ana
ere has been any geriuine change in
cw that he could control labor while
irganization and then dohrg business
'tic reasons, and perhaps in die hope
ained. were willing to undertake to
1 eminently successful. There has
ance since America declared that a
vork in the mines and the mills know
Lte labor organizations because they
which the unions can hope to hold
eln of the government at Wasoiasi
ends are put on guard not only in
office throughout the land. If they
which were used to increase their
L :
he men who earn their bread in the
well advised they will vote for the
runty. If they do that they will be
len the war ends and the ptessure
as yet been completely organized,
rhere is still a great deal of freight at
the old station to be taken away. This
freight will be held theer until the
middle of next week when It will be
removed to public storage. Notice
has been sent to all owners of this
freight and they are expected to remove
it as soon as possible.
The B. & O. and the Monongahela
railroads have consolidated Just as
Car as freight is concerned for the express
purpose of relieving the heavy
congestion which daring the winter
months especially, piles up to-snch an
extent at the freight depot that it is
impossible to remove it in time to
prevent the spoiling of perishable
goods. Last winter much in the way
of potatoes, fruit and other goods
came in and could not be bandied-fast
enough to take proper care of it and
he B. & O- lost a great deal of money
because of this. The platform on the
Vlonongahela side of the river is wide
end allows trucks to pass one anotb- 1
sr. which was Impossible on the B. &
X side. . Sometimes last winter there
were u many as julw car* waiting a>
se unloaded at the B. & O. and the
greatest number which could be unloaded'
In a day was 18. Sometimes
one trade after another on the B. &
0. side had to stop because there was
sot room to pass which-delayed the
woifc greatly. The~freigbt boose across
the river Is also larger and will hold
more freight. The B. & O. feight
house -win be used in the future for j
a transfer shed. People will he noti- .
Bed from the Monongohebt side" by <
phone when freight arrives so that
they can send for it at once.-. Very
nearly ell the men from Baltimore
iown to the agents hare decided on
the change and It was pot Into effect 1
this week.
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A TOUB iw UIB jjajHimn.nii tarnu- r
lMte Is * Tote tor the unconditional I
'wn eiwt^r- of the Kaiser.
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IMPROVEMENT
Only Forty-one New Cases
Reported in Latest
Count.
NURSERY JOINS NICELY
Lot of Things Are Still
Needed There
However.
The Emergency Day Xarsery which
the; Salvation Army, under "the capable
direction of Captain O'Beirne.
started in the city yesterday, is growing
by leaps and bounds to a folly
equipped haven of content and happiness.
AJreadv several babies mil?r
Mrs. Bragg as matron, hare arrived
and are playing as though quite at
home. Four members of the Potesta
family are at the Day Nursery, pathetic
little folk who .still miss sadly
the parents who both died last week
with the "tin." Eight children were
left fatherless and motherless, one of
them a baby one month old. This
baby has been taken by a family in
Monongah who will care for it tenderly
for the present. A 25 months
old baby is at the Emergency hospital
very 111.
Captain O'Beirne states this morning
that he has labored unceasingly
since yesterday .to install furnishings
at the Day Nursery which is located
at 116 Meredith street. Three large
rooms there are., beginning to look
very audi- like home. A. small dining
room in connection with a playroom
has already a dining table and
gas plate and. other necessities. Yesterday
an appeal was made for blankets,
sheets, pillow cases, pillows and
towels and a number of these articles
were donated since then. Many responses
to the call for help in caring
for the little ones, have gladdened the
hearts of the Salvation Army who
have undertaken this uork of saving
the children of afflicted families.
More , bedding Is asked and also donations
of money. Anyone desiring to
give for this cause, may call 933 for
the present. Captain O'Beirne could
use a number of toys if there are some
available in the city.
Mrs. .Gaskill still has charge of
the preparing and serving of meals
at the Emergency hospital and young
girls shoot the city continue to come
in-each day. to aid in preparing the
various trays and in taking them to
the patients These girls come gaily
in at various hours through the day,
most of them stepping through the
window which opens on the front
veranda, as being the quickest method
of entering. They speak- pleasantly
and cheerfully to those who are perhaps
tired or a bit discouraged because
so much must be done with
nothing but one's , comforting sense of
self glory to keen nn the heart. Thev
select a mask from & basket foil of
them and patting it jauntily In place,
go quickly and enthusiastically to
work. None of them is the least bit
afraid of catching the disease.
Influenza cases in the city have
dropped to 41 today with two pneumonia
cases and two deaths. Frank
Blula from Meadowbrook was taken
off the Interorban car last night about
nine o'clock in a very serious condition
and rushed te the Emergency Influenza
hospital where he died within
a few hours. Norses are again in
demand today at the hospital. Two of
the nurses there were relieved from
duty yesterday on account of sickness
and this lowers the nursing staff.
Twenty-seven patients are today being
cared for in the hospital. Outside
of the seed for more nurses, both in
the hospital and throughout the city,
things are running smoothly ? especially
at the hospital. Norses at the
hospital are receiving attention in the
way of good, food prepared at "the
dormitory by Mrs. Snider, who receives
a supply of materials each day
from Mrs. Helmick, who has charge
of the food supply.- People throughout
the city are stm tending delicacies
to Mrs- Helmick who in turn
??vt? them where they are most needed
MHM
Yesterday a wonttd ?h6 nxiHH U-a
nenza patients In (be city wherever
she Is most needed, reported that she
stayed an especially long numbr of
honrs-with a family -who had. no one
to care tor them aad who were all
rery ill The family stated that relatives
-would not come la and neighbors
were also afraid ot.tbe disease.
slbly tay no longer owing to great
and was forced to^Jeawe
c *fctrw?MfifciIx ynirti'
)VEMBER % 1918. ^
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PACKACES FOR FR
RED CROSS Nttioul leulqu
Fairmont chapter to supply 1
diers who will not oth?nrise
v minute Fairmont chapter wij
one to say when what really It mea.
you know.** . Now .Fairmont chap
people-to help It make good.
The local Red Cross will recei
to pack the Christmas cheer lad X.
will be the real name ot a reil sob
a box may know to whom it Is to go.
big little things of the war .and no
it done properly. According to C
may be accepted for the arm? afte
thing snag It is the-hope that Red
; the fifteenth.
People who want to pack t Chi
apply, either to Red Cross fceadqtu
Jesnnette Araett Leeper, phone 95.
toons for as many packages u the]
'the boys to whom these particular
. the packages are packed they must
headquarters, where they will be ii
.?vltK tli? retmlaHon* sdile! an
will be forwarded.
That's all?all except that thi
thing that will mean a let to the 1
'the package. There are only 1,00<
mont. . Better act quickly.
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QUOTAS ARE FIXED
Enthusiastic Meeting of the J
Workers Was Held Last
Night.
An enthusiurtic meeting of workers
in the United War Work campaign to J
raise the sum of $55,000 in Marion 1
county was held last evening at the 1
headquarters in The Fairmont at 1
which meeting chairmen and Tice
chairmen for the various districts and ?
communities-were announced.
A.meeting will be held on Friday
evening of . next week at The Fair
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to thecctflectlag of tie qnota "will be
set in motion. Should tie ban on
public meetings be 'lifted previous to
that tilne. It Is planned to hold this
meeting. In the assembly room of the
hot^l and to make It an auspicious
occasion.
R. T. Cunningham. Marlon countychairman.
presided at the meeting
and outlined in a comprehensive tray
the objects of the drive and the plans
for patting over the county's, quota.
John' S. Scott, who is -the Citychairman.
outlined plans for distributing
and collecting the city's quota
of the fund and presented a card Index
system which he believed to be
the beet one yet used in a similar
campaign.
Mrs. L. N. Yost. City cbairmua.
made an enthusiastic talk in which
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operation vbicb "was manifested <
among the women toward this cam- I
pgffTI
George H .Colebaalc. who is District
chairman of the Victory Boy organization.
told the purpose of the
organization which it is believed Till
prove to be an important factor in *
collecting. subscriptions to the Tar 1
work fund. Each boy to become a ^
Victory boy mnst pay into the treasury
the sum of five dollars which has .
been actually earned by the lad him- \
self. Boys from twelve to eighteeen *
years of age are eligible to member- r
ship. Levi B. Harr. Marion county 1
organizer for the Victory Boys, stated 5
that Marion county would have tn i
organization'in excess of the zilotted 1
number of 517 boys. _
While the discussion of plans rela- 1
tive to the city campaign was in pro- "*
gress County .Chairmen Cunningham *
and Mrs. C. W. Watson hela a coaler- 1
ence with district chairmen and ar- %
ranged with them the quotas for the ,
districts. The district chairmen vfjl 3
arrange the quotas for the conmnn- *
ities in each district.
-The spirit manifested by district
and city chairmen is splendid and the J
campaign is starting off most auipi- *
dosdy.
The following quotas -were set tor
the seven districts of the county: i
Fairmont District $ 26.000 1
THfcfrrtct 4.000
Lincoln District 6.000
Mannington District ? 10,000 *
Faw Paw District ... . .. 3.500
Union District ;? 1.500
Wlnfleld District 2.000
Total : 9 55,000
The following chairmen were named
and announced last night for the
several districts:
John IS- Scott, chairman, 'phone
126. >
CharT? W. Evans, vice chairmm,
'phone 760.
Jtrs. L- N. Yoat, lady chairman.
*phone ?17-W.
Mrs. A. L. Lehman, lady vice chairman,
'phone 260. i
First Wart^??3Sx -F-. Smith,
phone 39; Mrs. J. G. Cnninghair
Second Ward?Charles i Co le,
phone 1463-J: Mrs. Carl Yost.
Third Ward?F- S. White, "phone
1146-J. OV -
Foarth Ward-^J- H. Kosrud.,
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TOO CHRISTMAS
[ENDLESS SOLDIER BOYS
srters this morning asked the
,000 Christmas packages for solreceive
one. Without -casting a
red chat the regulations require
at is, "Ton bet!" or ""surest thing
ter cants 1,000 'good Fairmont
ive 1,000 paper cartons in which
,000 labels. And on these labels
Her so that every one cho packs
. This is one of the tremendously
time must be lost about getting
he postoftice ruling, no package
r November 20. To have everyCross
packages will be ready by
-istmas package for a soldier may
urters, phone 1435-J. or to Mrs.
Each person will be given carr
cant to pack and the names of
packages are to be sent. When
be taken, unsealed, to Bed 'Jross
ispected. and if found in accordd
the label attached. Then they
Is is as ODDortunitv to do some
joy over ?a Franc? who will get
) of such opportunities for FairiLMPPtr
IS GOOD TODAY
Little Change in Influenza
Situation at the
Mines.
Car supply In the Fairmont region
was fair today and practically a full
an was had, there being 1.2GS. They
arere classified as follows: Open. L156;
box. 42; coke, 70. At 7 o'clock
bis morning there were 1,075 placed.
Despite the fact that yesterday was
til ^Saint's day the loading was-good.
Today is All Soul's day.
Coal Notes.
Little change has been noted in tfee
flu- situation. Few new cases have
:evaiopea. oat many men axe or due
to having received the conalescent
itage. ?
Because or the funeral or a miner
who eras killed by Vaiitwg slate no
rork is being done today at the mine
>r the R03S F. tSout Coal Company
it Mount Clare, Harrison county.
Dr. Charles N. Watts, -who was sent
a the mines or the Elfcins Coal and
3oke Company, near Morgantown, to
lay reported to the office of the
Northern West Virginia Coal Opera
;ors' Association that " the situation
ras. somewhat improved. Miss Ward,
he professional nurse, is doing good
vork according to Dr. Watts.
H. H. Rose. ezecttUve secretary to
r. Walter Barnes, state fuel adminlsrator,
is in Hundred today. j
810,000 Lumber
Fire at Bridgeport
VlimM MnSUWKt the T?atl>r noTr
ion of the Riley & Riley company's
tlaning mills at Bridgeport, near
iiarksburg, Harrison county, tl?3
aornlng, entailing a .ess of $10,000.
The fire was discovered at b o'clock
n the inside ot the plant and the
lames coon enveloped the entire
tructure. It spread with sach rapidly
that the adequate water system
lose at hand could not be reached.
The origin or the fire is unknown. Ho
Ire is kept about the place.
The outside shed and the outside
amber stock alone were saved. It
ras estimater today by one of the
aembers of the firm that there were
ally 30,000 feet of lumber burned
nd that the loss would ran JIO.OOO.
.'he Insurance carried aggregates
15,000. The lumber that has been
onsumed consists of work material
nd inside finishings.
At noon the fire had practically
turned itself out although some of
he embers weer still smouldering.
A. vote for the Republican candilate
is a vote for the unconditional
surrender ot the Kaiser.
A vote for Shuck is a vote for a
Mend of labor.
SH0PEABLY
"Where are yon going, my pretty
maid?"
'Christmas Shopping; air," she said!
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Kay I go with joe, my busy maid?"
If- you'll carry my packages, sir?"
she said.
Tor I'm shopping very early this
year..
Tb.'help our soldiers far .and Bear.*'
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LONDON. Nov.
has been captured ifr-. thstiSSSSnS^I
am j. Field Marshal F???c repasts
the city -aas taken by rs?T..jW.^ . I
*lo passed through the town. ;-;
LONDON. Nov. J. ? The
which began with
attack south rr Tnlriii Winnie JliMi'aM
tinned throughout tbe JC*tt|0MEi
Marshal Haig reported tod:
The village
Valenciennes ^^>5?a^aBMiij
British this morning after
seized the high ground "In tl:
PARIS. Nov. 2>-The Franc:
to fhft r%t tlia i fend
dlers area was
the war office announces.
to the number of 14,000 Ti ll i
en.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.?T
operations west of the. 3'
terday by the First AmerJcaS^^|
conjunction with the JtorideflH
army were carried an?^j|aM|H
feet co-operation ottiniBmt&gB
aeroplanes and tanis. <
reported today in an <
mimication for Friday
mans brought up new t
vain attempt to atqp^hMBnttWBwM
Tirnirr t't'h t_jwq|
to Austria, in reponawto^tto^jKiM
tion for a rearm istlce ha~
ed by General Diaz, th
minder in chief, both
cere who entered th? Hne
white flap. Official mar
this effect was made toe
IAJ.NI/VJ;*. IN err. IOTO;
Italian army hare e
river between
have established ataMfedjiSwfl^H
east side of that rirer,; iioe^agB
an official
the Piave front Issued by
oqlce here today..
fighting with this aasx$ '\'^
Austria s Put
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HOME. Not. ~ TIiTMSESHM
snceeded In entering t
Pola. the AnaUiaa hit
dar moralzuzr t&d tar.
battleship VerlbussC:
ship of the AnatiojSianBa>Bl
ia officially annonneed?^2
crews of the entinlv
Pola hare nratlntod. f
ships of Tsrloas mbenr
cl&red they will'. obey^^&afim
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a Budapest dispatch to
Zeitnng qirjBeriBfej^gffil
Boris, of Bnlgeria.
chief of flw pea
of Bulgaria ttr" fSnjjTnBirt
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