Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-04
The Strike III Lexington.

Al an ra,Iy hour last saturday II Was
currently reported upon the sir ct that the
coal miner, OF Lexington would hold a meet
IN. in the afternoon for The lnIp"-e OF -trlk-
| IN. tor an advance OF one cent per bu>lel.
throughout the day little knots Of miners
and employees could be seen upon the street
discussing the situation, always in good
humUr, and when the appointed time arF'-
we'd the court house was comfortably Tiled
with the wnrkimgm Ii OF The cIts and NlcInl-
". MIR. John MenIrd -Npiained the Object
OF the meeting. and on hi- motion Mr.. VI.
summer. was elected chairman. aid Mr..
kyiant fiudlay was selected As Secretary.
Mr.. Meuart then m,ie i few additional
remarks. lie said that this wa> not alone 81
coal miners movement, a~ other !aOoring
men were III lust - bad i condition. lie
stated that coal miners were getting but
four cents per bu>h"i Tor digging, and that
they could not everage more than - - per
day. He said that liz wa- not q speaker
wa, simply \ coal diL.er-but he could say
that he wanted L fair price for his work.
The editor of this paper being called on,
made "a short speech III which he expressed
sympathy Tor all w)rkingmcn in distress,
=. advised moderation ami Judgment IN any
movement which they might make for bet
+ terIng their condition. reminded the miners
that any strike here that dii not have the CO.
, operation of the miners nj TT. Scott. that be
ing their competing point might result in the
. employers having 10 stop work, and that
would be even worse than low wages. lie
, closed by saying to al la0orlng men in the
~ . ,l.t ,I,,r ,a,,l.I ,,lr r...rl. fFplT
own self Ie>pect, aid maintain the dignity
of honest labor, which was r~ccogni1ed by
= all thinking people, 10y i determination not
10 allow trtnIp> and YAgabond- to make
Is common cause with them, or 10 destroy
J" PROPERTY IN the name at i labor movement
Nj. j. ID. ShcwI!tcT being called Tor, made
an eloquent speech, ~ whicI lie prIno'piiS
dwclt on the tlct that The financial mi'min-
at agemrrt of The government Wa response
bic Tor the troubles, not only Uf the lahorims
II men hut all other business men. except the
IN bonlno.irr-. WI" W. = 4 privileged ola>>
! and closed by SAYING that white IA" "ti not
desire to h- UNDERSTOOD A. wishing I" tain
politics, this state of affair could only ht
M + mrdirI by reforming the party IN power
OF putting in another. Mr.. Edwar! WIN
IL, | -Dt ifltIr - ~. IVA w '''H' ~ '''''S 49,
what TO say. That Mr.. Slew otter, who wa
IN Il public >yrlker, had made 4 very sensible
n and good speech. lie WAS several times III
=" tnrruptrd by cries OF give u the price "
coal : and closed by good humorehly teillni
~, An anccdote OF an Old time political rampaiSi
i. I'm which the democrats had Inscribed upo
Il, their banners Two dollars per day and roH>I
10, reef.' Mi. VIM. Young being called Oh
in spoke u few minutes, much i'll the same Vel
ton a. Mr.. >newalter had done. He was follow
ed by Mr.. Andy OMaIlcy. who said that b
- wa perfectly willing t" pay i've cents pe
" hu>Irl It he could advance the price OF COZ
cr corrc>pondlnSIy but TO do this th" m"N'
mr. mcnt must he general, and include all rlFi
en- coal mines, or ne could not sell al all. \ re
O urlon WAS passed demanding of the coal OF
nj, orator, tive instead OF four cents for disSln:
rr, and the following committee wa, appOinte
"'F ia consult with the coal merchant
nh Me->rs. John Mcnard, Joseph PER-,
H.. John iieidy, Charles Murphy. Gee
Marshall and George Steele. The mcetlr
~, then adjourned until : O'Clock Monday eN
liar ming. Monday a meeting was held, Al
ucy speeches nerc made by McSSrs. MtCty al
irs. Wln>or ON the part OF the employers. and l
i'ss Mcssrs. Charlie, Mackcy, Cap. Hines. Jam
SIT Lyons. Henry CuEwny anu George steele
'' thu part of the miners. There seemed to
.. some division OF sentiment among The latte
.,r The following resolutions offered by VI
her summers, were adopted
ago. "Resolyrd, That We, the coal miners and
: n. horcr- ct L. NlngIUn. tnl II necessary 10 maxi
peaceful appeal to The employ rs tor addition
IN wIrea; that We ar. opposed 10 disorders AMI y
The lrnce, and wish to accomplish our UhIt'
through the moral means that hclsng to eve
man
last ''ResulveI, That there ough. not to he q
r. of conflict between capital and Labor. ha nritl
can succeed without the other; capital ought l
npl" viii not rNtort from capital, hut the two Gus
ace, TO unite IN III al harmony Whl'h Will De pete'i
,rL. al Ia both
''s ''Rr-uly-d, That we Cundrian the late act
the legislature OF Missouri. authorizing the e.
AMI pioYIucut OF convict labor outside OF the lr
, Tertiary. IS wrong IN principle ant praciIi
7"i' dangerous to society ami Ipiurluus To the Wei
onal ing classes, and II ought to Ue repealed INN
iuu- dIItrly.
0" Resolved, That w. TO cur
'e III iuw-w Orknpn in III" stat, tn -t:tn! oul Tor I'll
their rights ana tar wages, and let Us not forget
W.. convict labor at the ball0t-buN.
,,sn The meeting adj burned until Wednesi'
Hey, and on that day it was found that there y
u {. so much diversity OF opinion on the part
joel the miuers that the strike was abandop'
>"h' Yesterday all or nearly ali The mines ",
.urn-
- sguin AT Wo1k.