The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-03-20

In our last issce we stated that there was
A way by which the operator and the miner
could overcome the evil engendered by the
middlemen. To the operators we would
sa- That the whole solution OF the ques-
ton is ia your hands. Under present. regu-
lati0ns, the mines are not worked on an
average over eight or nine months in the
year, and the so-called "strikes" OF the mi
ners are in many instances but an under
hand strike Of the operators against the
great monopoly Of railroad and mlddlemen.
We candidly tell these operators that their
truest friends and those who OF all others
are most interested in their success, are the
practical miners. None know better than
these operators Of the hardship and the toll
the miner has to bear for the mere pittance
that scarce sufhces TO keep the wolf from the
door And to endeayor to lesson his mite,
is sin against God and humanity
The evils of these strikes bear as heavily
on the miners as they do on the operators.
The miners capital is his power to labor,
which cannot be taken from him except by
sickness or accident but The operators
capital is invested in his colherry, and ii
Jbe c0liery il not worked remuneratiyely,
viii gradually but surely eat itself up. IN
dsr these circumstances, the operator should
be the FIRST to extend The right hand OF fell
loRship TO the miner, and with him unite
On some I ian mutually agreed upon, where
BY the capital Of both, would -ield ut all
times a fair remuneration TIE miners have
their association, and are 80 we are inform
ed) sudeavoring to fix On some definite plan
among themselves, whereby strikes for the
future can Be avoided, aud they at all times
receive remuneratiYe wages. This any rea-
s5nabie person would suppose, would meet
with The hearty approval Of the operators
but at this writing we have yet failed to hear
0f anything being dorc on their part To aid
The miners association ID this laudsb'e eD.
terprse The Woikingmen's Benevolent I J
ISOLATION which il we'll organized III Schuvi
Kali county Pa, j. doing All ID it, power u
extend lts organization throughout the An.
thragite region. Not az many assert to make
strikes, and to create a power 10 terroriz.
the coal districts. Blu; that the coal trade
may be SO arranged, that they 1.-THE miners
need not starve t0r four or I've months Il
the year. We asserted above, that the mine,
were not worked ID an average over min,
months i'd The year and the facts of tie cas,
will Bear uS out in The assertion. And wha
dJts tlis prove? IL proves first that il ID,
WlAts htic NOlhtu 70 lutlf lQkl capacity
tLe whole twelve months, that the marke
would 1e g.utted, the quantity mined could
n0t 0e consumed and that Tor six months il
che next year the quantity On hand w0ull
meet I'll demands for c0usum rtj0n. Ihi.
would neeessitate 10 cloSlrg IF tie col
her.es for that period en.1iiing great loss or
Lhe operators and untold misery to the MI
ngr, ~ facts demonstrate that II the mine
are worked on az average Of nine month.
in the year, they will supply the coal mar
ket. Why ~ not the operators Join hand.
wIsh The association Of wOrkiugmen, and il
trJduce a system by when tie market vii
, be amply supplied bat never overstock ed
thus insuriug % the operators remuneration
I iOr capital invested, and to the miner wages
Sufficient to AZ least clotte ana feed him de-
Gently.
a plan such az the association proposes
if adopted by the operators throughout the
entire anthracite region, would, if carried
uut ID good faith, be Of incalculable beuef
70 the individual operators, by relieving
them from the power Of the great MONOPOLY
coal companies. We shall explain NOR,
definitely the plan proposed By the associa-
ton, in future articles.
Tas following are the prices Of Schuylkil
c0al Ply the cargo, for shipment.