Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-03-18
get her yet" and the gloom Of night
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An IMPENDING CRISIS.


The recent circular issued by the
combined coal operators Of Allegany
county,, reducing the price per ton
from sixtv-five to fifty cents, and ad-
ding three more hours for days la
Dor, is an injustice on the miner and
an outrage on humanity. The lame
excuse that the companies are unable
to compete with tie Clear6sld coal
region is too fimsv. The coal mined
in Allegany county IS at least worth
fifty cents more per ton than that
ohipped from The Cear6eld gion
and the additional fifty cents could
be secured if the operators would bnt
advance the claims Of the superior
steam gsnerati ng qualities of the
Allegany county. coal.
Were they but to be represented
by gentlemen qualified to advance
the claim for superiority of the Cum
berland coal, which is easy CT demon
stration, we tave 10 doubt that the
additional valre could be obtained.
The writer Las spent portion Of his
early days in the coal fields of Mary
land and knows whereof be speaks
when he says that the miners are the
poorest paid and the hardest worked
of y Of the labor;ng classes of the
United States He is constantly In
danger Of life and limb and in many
mines breathing an impure atmos-
phere, thereby short ming his days on
earth. Again, he is only employed q
portion Of each year and what b may
save by frugality and hard labor dur
ing the working season is absorbed
when the idle sso, comes.
We Slain that the Baltimore and
Ohio railrrad company charge too
much for freight tolls on their road.
What is very much desired is . c'm
reting line of railroad from that Sc
tion to cheaper freights TO our sea
board. When that is obtained we
claim the problem of lobor troubl 8
will cease.
We desire very much to see a now
era where the capitalist and the la
bcrer will consult each other ss to
their mutual welfare. The miners oil
this section are as a class we'll in
formed aud above the average laborer
for intelligence and common sense,
and were our coal operators but to
meet them on that plane and leave
aut the down slave; obey your
master" policy, less le would
exs' and new era would dawn
where all would be bene6tted-botb
capital and labor.
The additional three hours for a
DAYS work dsprives these men from
obtaining a glimpse At Gods sun
which shines for all, the rich a.d the
poor alike We deplors very much 4
strike, AS we understand the combina.
ton of GOAL companies ia q very rigid
one and neither caa compromiss With
cut the consent of the Others. W.
never advise q strike but in this ca q
success cam ot crown their Efforts un
less the Clear6eld miusrs and all th,
other btumlnous coal ssctio1s o
Pennsylvania join in the movement
The question to be frst solved, are th'
masses sufficiently provided for t.
Withstand siege Of six or twelve
months2 vixen a movement Of thi
kind is insu9uratsi, calm and sobel
Judgment should at all Zines prevail
The law should at all times be suphelC
and respected, when striker violate
law, bane is put upon hin, bu
when he strikss for his rights snC
conforms to the law, he has the sym
pathy of tie general public. Our ar
ticle on this subject, we presume
doss not interest our city rssder, bu
We have large 10, Of subscribers il
the bituminous and anthracite coal
Gel . of Maryland an Psnnsylvani,
am ng the gr,csra aud country mer
chants of these sections, and it is fol
their benefit ss write ths article, q
the village store is generally the
headquarters of these hard working
mel. In conclaaion We connsel cain
and careful delibsratlon before throw
iug down the gauntlet, as from what
information va have obtanad the
IN ners must have their loins vel
glrded before they enter the fray a
1t must ae long contest from present
Observation-Disclosures Grocer.
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