Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-20
LINKED LABOR.
The Coal Miners Strike to bs Con-
tinued at Pittsburg.
Both Parties Determined-More Negroes
Coming-President Jones-The Iron
0utIook-What Jarrett is Doing
The Future Outlook.
LATE NOTES FROM ALL QUARTERS.
Special Correspondence OF the Register.

flf1sBCRG, May lS.-1he back bone Oh
the miners strike is not quite so erect as it
was last week; indeed it seems to have sus-
tanned a compound fracture. The opera
tors have continued the importation Of
colored miners, and the union men have
failed to induce them to quit work. Wed.
nesday last the miners held convention
to consider the situation OF affairs. 1t was
there decided to continue the struggle for
the uniform four cent rate. 1t was also de.
cided to levy an assessment Of one dollar
each upon the ten thousand miners in this
district, for'the support of the locked out
men. After the appointment ofscomnit.
tees to visit the different mines for the pur.
pose of collecting the assessment, the con-
vention adjourned until Saturday, at which
time further action will be taken.
The Operators
held a meeting yesterday, at which
almost all the miners were repre-
sented. Resolutions were passed declaring
that the operators had no new proposition
to submit to the miners, that the 81 rate
be insisted upon; and that the importation
of colored miners be continued.
Thus it will be seen that each side pre-
sents q bold front. A visit to President
Jones, of the Miners Union, this morning,
found that gentleman carefully reading
letter from Mr.. w. 7. Rend, the operator
who first imported the colored men. Mr..
Jones was not in very amiable mood and
not inclined to be communicative. He adj
mitted that things did not look so favorable;
that the colored miners
Were Still Coming,
and that they seemed disposed to stick.
Furthermore, he admitted the fact that
some of the old miners had weakened and
that the primrose" mines were running
full handed with old miners. He would
not express an opinion as 10 what would
be done, but said that everything would be
decided at tomorrow convention.
Some serious charges were made agains
Mr.. Jones' last week, through the press to
the effect that he had entered into sccre
agreement with certain operators to sell
out the Miners Association and break the
strike. This matter was brought up
Wednesdays meeting of the Union, when
Mr.. Jones defended himself so ably that
the convention affirmed its confidence in
his integrity by
Unanimous Vote.
1t is thought something more will be
done in the matter at tomorrow meeting.
The letter written by Mr.. Rend, referred
to above, is very strong. 1t points out the
causes that gave rise to the present reduc-
ton, alleging that it was not from choice,
but from stern necessity that the operators
asked for q reduction to 3Xc. He charges
river operators and others who have large
lots of coal at Southern points, with fall
- tsatt nT1H fna a m
ing the present strike in the Pan-Handle
district, in order TO keep up their own
prices This he considers very dishonora-
Bile practice. He next goes into discus
sion OF the
The Rights Of Labor and Capital,
and concludes as follows: Labor can be,
and, in this case, is as tyrannical as il is
possible for capital 70 be. il is often blind,
unreasoning, and fiercely oppressive, es-
pecially when it has the upper hand. 1t fire
quently ignores the plainest and most obvi-
Gus rights due to capital. OF course, there
are wrongs injustice and sins committed by
both sides, and | am no apologist for the
cruel exactions and the tyrannOus out
RACES prscticed upon the rights and inter,
ests of labor Iu bringing forward colored
men from Ohio and Virginia, for employ.
ment in our mines. we do so from causes
of necessity forced by the miners upon us,
and not from motives of choice, and we
have hesitatcd to do this until all efforts
and hopes of adjustment had to be aban-
doned. =
The action of the Miners Convention Of
Wednesday, in deciding to continue the
strike, was probably brought about by the
strike of the six hundred miners in the
WeIIsviIIe District.
But as the operators seem able to get all
the color labor needed, and are disposed to
do so unless the miners accept the reduc-
ton, il is thought in authoritative sources,
that the lockout will soon end by the
miners accepting the reduction.
There is nothing new in the iron world,
everything depending upon the conference
of the manufacturers and Association men
Monday next. 1t is not safe to risk. one S
reputation in predicting what the outcome
of that meeting will be. Both sides seem
to stand firm, the Amalgamated men in
Demanding an Advance.
and the manufacturers in resisting it.
Those in a position 10 speak with authority
refuse to talk in plain language to cor
| respondent, keeping their real intentions
| locked within their own breasts.
President Jarrett is now absent on a trip
| to Chicago and other Western cities, pre-
sumably for the purpose Of bringing all the
districts OF the Association into harmony
upon the new scale, and for arranging
| figures equitable to the different sections OF
the country. II this can I've effected. and
the men, throughout the country stand
firm, the manufacturers will have to sub
nit TO the advance asked for.
What IL Was Done For.
The action OF the Eastern manufacturers
| in reducing the card rate OF bar iron from
9 $40 to 26-l0, doubtless intended to in.
| huence the scale by making il appear that
| trade was very dull, thus securing a re-
| affirmation of the old scale, has had the
opposite effect The reduction in wages
consequent upon this reduction will take
place in June, bringing the wages OF boilers
| down from $i.S5 TO Si.6O per ton, and other
wages in proportion. This reduction has
caused the Amalgamated men to stand
| more firmly for the advance asked for, as
| when iron reaches this figure IL brings
| wages 10 a very low point; the object OF the
present advance asked being TO afford bet
| ter wages when the price OF bar iron is
| down.
| The statement that the Association men
| would not submit to the reduction, is in
| dignantly denied by the officers Of the Su'
preme Lodge. They say that, as 1t is in ac'
| cordance with their agreement, they have
| not the least hesitation in submitting TO IL
and point to the record for proof OF the
| fact that the Amalgamated Association has
never broken a contract.
The Conventf0n.
| Tomorrow will decide whether or not the
| Association will adhere to the original ad
vance of the scale demanded. IL Is expect
| ed that this district convention, which
meets there. will be the largest ever held
and upon its work depends the interest oi
| thousands of workmen, and millions o.
dollars Of capital. What will be done can
| not be told until after each delegate re
cords the vote OF his lodge. Then come
tie conference of Monday, with its mo