Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-05-15

csnts per bushel, ana on his ybefam.;;i
en they cannot live. "A fair. oryiinarv
miner should be able. to dig sixty-fve
bushels Of coal per diem, but out AZ
tneir earnings they have to find oil for
tne,r lamps, supply themselves with
TOOLS, and keep them sharpened. and buy
powder. Then they charge that there
was another imposition d nracticed
on on them in working with, the box
The box would hold sixteen bushels
put they were compelled to 80 pile il
up that It contained eighteen or TWEEN.
Y bushels, and for these extra bushels
they received no recompense. The
proper way was for tho men to be Maid
according to the freight receipts, and
then they would get their money for all
they did. The men are now sticking
out for two and half or two cents
bushel, and are determined to make n
compact with the bosses for six or twelve
months, during which period no alter.
nation is to be made in the rate Of pay
agreed upon. The coal operators.
however, stand quite aloof from the
strikers, will not meet them.
and refuse to make any attempt at a
compromise. This embitters the feel.
ing ofthe miners toward the bosses. and
there is an evident determination to
hold out to the last. Until last week
the miners maintained peaceful atti.
tude, but hearing that some men were
laying tracks in the Hendricks mine,
they went over there and threw COO
cords of wood which were lying in the
vicinity OF the pit down the shaft.
lhey also demolished an engine
mouse attached to the Dudley Mines,
ana 1t was in connection with
these excesses that two of the strikers
were temporarily locked up, although
they strenuOusly deny any complicity
IN the riotous proceeding. Another
thing that causes n bitter feeling on the
part Of the men is the shipping of coal
by the railroad company. The miners
have been idle so long that many are
menaced by starvation, making them
desperate and disposed to violence. A
large number Of them have thus far
been sustained by two storekeepers,
who have advanced supplies, but the
storekeepers now decline to make
further advances.
THE WESTERN RAILWAY FOOL.
Chicago press dispatches, under date
OF May 9th, says the report of the COM
mlttee appointed to adjust southwestern
rates, was adopted by the association.
1t names the combined roads, The
Southwestern Railroad Association.
The Chicago loads are entitled to 46
per cent. Of the gross business; the st.
Louis roads, the same, and the Hanni-
bal and st. Joseph, 10 per cent. This
applies to all tonnage to or through
Kansas City, Leavenworth, St. Joseph
and Atchison, on the west; or to or
through st. Louis, Louisiana, Hannibal
Quincy, Davenport, Burlington or Chi.
cago. on the east. The associated lines
are to charge full local rates on Colora.
DO business. Any road receiving more
than its allotted proportion may retain
aO per cent. of the earnings therefrom.
The Wabash road is recognized rs the
western connec ion Of the Hannibal 4
st. Joseph road. The organization is to
continue till January next. The follow.
ing are the rates on west-bound freight
from Chicago: First class, IS cts; sec
ond, 10 cts. third, 43 cts; fourth, so cts.
GOING WEST.
A Topeka, Kansas, dispatch of the
4th inst, says contracts have been let
by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
railroad for earthwork, tunneling, and
tracklaying on the first 100 miles Of the
New Mexico extension. The provisions
of the various contracts are that the
road is to be completed to
Trinidad, by August Is, to the
summit of Rotten Mountain by Nov. /,
and to Clifton, New Mexico, by Feb. l.
The awards let, aggregate in value, st.
100000. Preparatory work for the COM
pletion of 100 miles to Los Vegas is
being pushed forward rapidly, ana con-
tracts will be let at an early day.
Contracts have been let for $3.50
ties, and for all the iron. Preparations
are also being made for let
ting the work on the Lead Hill extern
sion. There will be work for many
men and teams in South Colorado.
SECRETARY SHERMAN has commenced