, 1874-06-22
TEE MINERS STORY.
Dir correspondent then won't In search OF tho

Your correspondent lhon went In search Of tho
retlouptAble
DANIEL MLAudHL1N,
hoad Of tho Union. uo found him In front Of
Frank Shields dry-goods store, falling to knot
Of minors. nIr. MoLanghiin il mellun1~alzed
man, between 9b and 10 years Of nge. He !
has IN Intelligent ,countonanco aud wears
chin beard and muetache. Ho :, was |
born in Ireland, but, owing to long residence
among tho English minors, his acceuti Ia decldod-
ly British. His manner Is mild and unobtrusiyo.
Tho correspondent, Oh being introduced, said:
"You arc President OF the hliuera' Union In
thia dfstrlot?"
Mr. A1cLaughlin-1 am-tlat Is, nm tholocal
| head.
tiou
A1r. 11cL.-oh, yes 1t extends moro or loss
through tho Statea. ...D
U.-I hayo been to SEQ the chief mon among
tho proprictors. lHoro ho gave, hfoLaugln
| ment made by Mr.. Whitcomb.J
THE MINERS CoIrNoM18E.
Mol. That Is pretty fair. only Mr Whteoomb
III Il tSako" % %or Is conss It's . ton On on the mining,
II they would only lot tho pushing basis bo.
O.-They would not agree to that9 ,.
AloL.-Not thoy. IN fact, they never thought
1t worth while to answer our resolutions. They
treated us With silent conte,npt, as II We were
brute boasts, That is what irrltatud our mon
most.
nEA6oNIHd WITH THE NEW 3rEN.
O.-You opposed tho miners brought up horo
KlcL-No, wo did not tircaton thom; We took
sho,n usdo ind reasoned with them, aud
tasy sass 'snf'ab 81 but 70 tls NV s,
Tsro bnme: and escorted them to tho depot.
Thoro was no threatening about It, because tho
mon saw how 1t was for thomselyes'
| TILE Foley OF STRIKES.
C,-Do you think that stirling Ia good
MoL.-No; do not. 7 got our mon together
whom the notice was put Up Oh tho sna ho1
ships Of strike. ! told thcm, II thoy, could
i've Mt iii; to work first But tho rncn ansd they
! might as we'll lie idlo as work for starvation
nsy ns;''t for pushing Is Il was, thoro would not
have boon any trouble whatoyer, Tho Whining
| ton Company is st tho hend Of It ALL. They
forced the other two companies into tue % ooalt. !.
q good, fair man, did not want to 60 IN. Ihey
hed tic whip hand Of him, though, and what IL
u more tho Wilmington Company will drtVo MN
the Diamond into acS enT st .uSa whs
u they're after. Tho Wilmington fellows ere righ1
- UP AND DOWN MoaoroL1a16,
and do not want to give uB show.
i C.-You would work Tor Q dollar ION j. on MN ~
lng,, II they'd latnsou do tho "pushing' Oh th
3 MoL.-To bo aure sure wo would: We don
n want to drive tho companies to the W1ll. 1t
a. us, and say how they wore h1od. VIZ re arc n no
thoy ignore Us entirely. It could not DO woIs
Of troatment in the old country.
NJ besides wanting us to push coa1 100 yards fo
~ nothing, thcy inBs. now in moaaurng from u
"a insIdo of the loy.' giving thom 13o yh!ds r.
noth at lea sss at1: H. oi the
wo Would otthem lnvo pushing and az, ohargin
only y oeas ton tor mpna 1t ahey he no
:" ina to DO at al. PIT, as rulo' shoy prefer v
the rGal trouble 90 Of TIM. k1as tsp ay th' be- fSa
ms5h n {eir n prots a any how. Aitor 9nn puvlt
10 loo 10 var yarda for nothing, he cannot mako mus
II. mouoy On roadwnya that average 100 yards fro
Ias the mining face to te bottom q M .no ~ snai
ha not eot anything tho bettor Of them III TINT In
nu W., Now' Won can understand why THO mon q
m ice down on changing tho "PnaasnE pabas: - a..
nm would Hin1ply rob them. one aso11 ~ "'"a
w.. good until another is told
r. THE 6pEpIAL POLICE.
ore re- o-rno special police brought down to prote
olr. tho now minors aro horo attlt mr.. ~
asso MsE5ss depsns aosqt os ty ay sn just
o1 n Tero lot Iof otitlroats in order to got p'l
ahss r. lie sympathy With them. aud lavo pretoxt
rcd putting police over us, tue toWn na4la6 W
yed y tum, bit shorin Arnold refused to a"oar tue
rdy in had committed no oveEt aaaa, h.r,
o = U.-ineIo Hs.n a ~ Smnao- S ni1hf wcnA :?
An, IN Lowe1 1"uot ~. - a ~ nT man thnt dId
,ry- THO minora aocuse tho compan,os OF OF nayl .t
o1 hnrued tic plaoa themselves, 30 TINT thoY mtt
soH ,ss eroto tbs counry against ua. That III the
1noat people horo look at 1t. ,.
,ad- C.-Are your Hlon lnuH uosota'''"" w A0'N WV
EXPORTS FOIL AnnTTnAT1oN.
yar- NcL.-Wo aro willing to submit tho VII
tho mnttor to arbitration. Wo appointed ootn1
now u Too to oonter with tho prop1iotors, but t
Kept would not l!b1en 70 u5, wv. ni .o - iaos !.
viii, VIII men, Thoro's Augustine, down at tue Dr.
soen vile mines, he pays tho old rates yet. and
aioi moi ace why our Companies oap1lot do the ~
In Another thing wo object to is
will FY1Ra " uoWH 47,.. .to
wing to fuoh tormh 1or wAue yeni 49,, swsv