New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-07

IS tnnDArcd with The vulgar pomponsness OF the above
named Company representative The work OF mining
coal "a not so unsed" either our oppressOrs would
have your readers believe and assert that IL requires
more cool Judgment than many branches OF labor That
taken into consideration, the demands OF the miners
UNJUST why is that the nrstcass life Insurance
il that the average life ten years below that
OF other cassesi Why 1t that the poor miner cannot
utterly prostrating his constitution Let one an
these queries and many others Of the nature
mands OF the miners for liberal wages no unjust or not
Those life Insurance companies that do insure miners
miners is shortened by the following causes: Inc IRE
quen accidents that occur through fire. damp explosions
ropes IN shafts &c the foul air and sckenng gases %
they breathe continually while at work, wnS sP
system, undermine the constitution destroy lne i1,
and hurry the sufferer to early grave IealhS & no
and little ones to the charities OF the %oriu' WIN
means Ia shield them from misery ana Whit a. a AN nm
But whN the demands of the miners , Una, demands
when WORK was suspended They demanded vi Up per
diamond car when coal brings - pc. . stnpdard by
The diamond car" is and has been INC inura,ed
which the price of mining has always been regnateu
Seven of these cars constitute Iu uat go ne divded
between those two men, and to pay Tor powder anu s
expenses Of mining and LOADING tne goa, diamond
II is admitted by the Company officers that tne i afcr
car contains il tuns OF prepared COAL e. eoI h,l
passing through the breaker ana screens n ha coal
ASK &C, per tun for mining ana i9sf "" II "a
when the price of coal in the market Is 20 per L Az IS
that it does not cost the Cop e ne bottom of
the breakers. and I'M CONSEQUENCE we nhu d,. st S
,apioq gpfSf
coal sells al s. in market. SO it Will be perceived uaI
the Company either makes very large pfonts on co
when il brings she above figure or loses enormously
when coal goes below 81 per tun, even II ~ eouu 10
mined &c. by the poor, Ignorant miners lor nolnhS
Ruf the miners accept Of the Company estimate IN
regard 10 the weight of the diamond car The car rcay
contains tyo tuns coal and the miners therefore are
"a unjust ask the enormous sum or 80 cents per
tIu for mining the coal when il brings S. in market
which the unjust" proportion Of five cent OF the
price OF market. And the miners blamed for
these unreasonable demands ~ these were the cause
of the present high price of coal throughout the country
All miners in Luzcrne County paid prices regulated
by tie price paid 10y the d., l.. and ". r. Co.
The Miners Benevolent Association is accused OF In
is not proposed confirm deny this again, only 50 far
relates the miners of Luzerne, and have no fears
that inside foreman bosses, as they are
sometimes called in the county, will bear me out III de-
nuuucing this accusation alsehOOd on the face OF IT,
An appeal could be taken To the bosses or the Jnree
Great Companies OF luZerne on this point ana they
would all testify willingly 10 the injustice ana ull
this accusation when applied To the men I'M
their control The fact is there are scores OF men
working for these large Companies that do not belong 10
the Miners Union, and no one molests them why are
fasehOods OF this kind published to the Wordt ls tne
OF the coal operators weak that they must create
pubic opinion in their favor at the EXPENSE or equity
aud tTuini Does their justification before an outraged
public depend upon the prejudice OF that pnbe against
the nnersf 10 would seem indeed, when they
To this subtertuge 10 cast the responsibility
the present state of the coal market from their shout
dcrs. viii the d., l.. and W. r. Co. meet their men
terms Of resumption VIII the
d. and II G. CO. and the Penn. Coal Co do likewisef l
the part OF the miners that Uey are Fead
them. and that they viii listen To and abide by
any conclusion arrived al II within the bounds OF reason
and iustiCe. The miners would have objection 10
having the discussion published from the minutes OF
such meeting. and before the country upon the merits
of their propositions Until the Companies cOndescend
20 meet their men IN some such way they must bear the
blame for the continuation OF the suspension. ". I'D.
scranton, March 3, 1871.