Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-19
Letter from Cumberland.
THE SITUATION AT THE MIEEs-LArR sTRIKE NOTES.
rHk RNCAMPMKNr At DEER PARK, ETC.
Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR.

Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR.
CUMBERLAND, Nd. July IS. 1882
The output at Eckhart yesterday amounted to
5s5 tons, and the shipments 47s tons. Eight boats
left this port carrying 9O000 tons OF coal for
Georgetown The Consolidation Coal company
those who worked a full month averaging about $50
each. Andres, the Hungarian giant, mined ls5
tons OF coal and received $7lS2 Several Others
received sums varying from SO up to $50 Many
OF them did not approach these figures. Nearly
half the money labout g ocG was put in the hands
sent to various parts OF Europe. Some OF
the men are sending for their families
work, and many Of them are practicsi miners q
Starting In with 17S men, some quit, some were
unflt for miners and some were made drivers; yet
there are now nesrly 800 men employed In the
mines. The companies do not feel that they are
making much advance towards inducing the old
to e sq T Ui The CITY a
and the cheers which greeted him last Friday
night in that town may be taken as criterion.
their trouble, hence the attack on Gov. Hamilton
last Friday night by Bepler at Frostburg, because
to protect the A property Of the Goa, eomppn,es
The slack OF work In the rolling mill here has not
been subject of complaint by the employees; the
ter times; the railroad men who have made but
twenty days month have economical and lived;
| the poor boatn,en in the canal have staked their
| OF this great waterway, and have watched
and hoped: the canal employees have been
| in anxious but silent expectation that
boating would be soon resumed and their back
salaries paid: the business men and merchants
| have barely paid running expenses and some have
lived OF the surplus; while merchants along the
Georges Greek have renewed their notes again
and again, and been crediting men who have been
idle four months
On Saturday last an effort was made by some
malcOntentS among the Elk Garden miners TO get
up strike in that region for 65 cents ton Yes
terday twelve OF the ringieaders TN the movement
were discharged, and 1t is stated that the re-
mafnder OF the men went to work as usual and
that no further trouble is anticipated The price
paid for mining coal Is so cents q ton. Money Is
plentiful, the hum OF industry Is heard on every
side, and dwellings, and stores are spr1ng1ng up
magfcally. Elk Garden is located about fifteen
miles from Piedmont. in Mineral county, West
gfon the tourist ever attempted to explore. The
present output is about coo tons per day. The
coal Is said to be OF good quality. and Is about
equalin steam raising power to thatof the Georges
Creek fourteen-foot vein.
Tomorrow "wednesday evening ball VIII be
given the Governors Guards, OF Columbus. Ohio,
at the Deer Park hotel, and another at the Oak
land hotel on Saturday evening. There are new
dancing halls at both hotels The guards have
pitched their tents in the grounds opposite Deer
Park hotel, and are q fine looking body OF men.
The encampment WIN extend until Monday, July
24th.
The latest arrivals at Deer Park hotel from
your city are w. L Read, G. N. Wilmington,
Wash NaIlor, N. w. Gait, Dr.. w. " Marmion, wife
and nurse, and Miss E A. Walker.