The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-04-20
FROM TIE MINES.
A MINERS ACCOUNT OF THE TROUBLE
NEAR MASSILLON

| wan MdSSILLUN,
MASHLoN, April II, 1876
A, McGreOor & Son,
| | take the liberty of sending you few item
from this hitherto quiet valley You are awar
that the miners were out against reduction of II
cents per ton for mining since February, and al
though there are good many families In want O
the good things Of this world, yet there were none
grumbltng until about the middle of March, when
the operators put up notices of such gross inso
lence that no miner who lives around here dare
go to meeting lest he might come under It's pro-
visions, get his name placed on the operators
books, and never again get any employment here
or elsewhere, here send you few of their (tho
bosses) resolutions
"ReSOiUed, That the Secretary be requested to
procure the names of all partesin the district who
are known to have or shall participate, In any
n oyement calculated to ntimidate, either by
threats or by force, those who are at work or sig.
Nifty desire to work in or about any of the mines
of this valley and the Secretary shall furnish a
list of such names to each Of the operators who
hereby bind themselves to forever refuse employ
ment to any such person in any capacity what.
ever. G. H. CLARK, Prest.
"Y, M, DRAKE, sec'y,
CLEVELAND, March %, 1876"
So you see that we had nothing to do but keep
in the background for fear of being forever vic.
tmizCd, Meantime they Qhe bosses kept build.
ing shanties, not at Pigeon Run, but at the coal
mine belonging to Messrs, Warrington, of Cleve.
land, and John G. Warwick of Masslllon They
picked up few Germans In Cleveland by falsely
representing new works at Massillon Just opened
and would be worked only by Germans, although
they took up everything they could pick up, from
a dead beat to common burglar,
Now, Mr.. Editor, this is In the extreme sicken-
ing, for the operators had two views in mind dur.
ing this operation, First of ALL they expected as
Soon as a half dozen Of green hands would go in,
Supported by seventeen sworn In constables, they
would scare the old milers into work, and hence
victory or, secondly, If that would not be accom-.
plished, they knew well that curiosity would fetch
the old miners around to see the elephant and
this would give them good chance to force them
to make Il breach against the law, and in this
they were not successful either, as can be proven
the men from different parts arriving, as is sup.
posed, to see the new miners having then filled
one fiat of coal in two days work by the united
strength Of all, Arriving at the bank Mr.. War
mington drew both revolvers, each six-shooter
off the ground declaring that he was ready for
any emergency that the id coaldiggers could
bring forward, when down he cane, and soon
begged for his life, and promised that he should
never be caught in such mean trick again. At
that time report says that his bully also fell with
q few bruises, and thus ended the scene on the
field Of battle, But a scene occurred at the same
time that train arrived with some thirty more
bob-tails from the Forest City, and as soon as they
got off they Immediately smeled powder and
wanted to be reshipped, The confusion here be-
gan to look gloomy, they wanting to go on board
and return, bu. one of the operators ordering the
engine to be reversed left behind his cargo. One
of those poor fellows, in attempting to get on fell
under and was left there until some of the miners
picked him up in dying condition.
lfthis way of telling men to go to work by falsely
representing the place all right, in order to take
the last bite outof the mouths of poor families l
now give up justice or the shadow of justice.
Yours, AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.