The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-04-12
OAK HILL o. April 9. 1S

OAh I'LL, w., ApIll q, 1000.
To the Editors of the Standard:
Please let this close, as far as 1 am
concerned, the controversy between
friend E. C. Davis and myself.
Had he not made the charge, "That
| had made several statements that
are misleading in character and cal
culated to create wrong impressions"
would not trouble you at this time.
My intention was only to furnish
facts in the way of news, and call the
attention of the owners Of Oak Hill
Mine to its condition; made mention
Of christian people because | we'll
know that the owners of this mine
are just such men. While friend
Davis says that my statements are
misleading he at the same time admits
all and adds several others, thus vir-
tually making bad worse.
He appears to object to the word
"Place, and the expression "The very
same place." He must remember
that the word place has quite an ex-
tended meaning. A city is place.
We say Of Heaven that it is place.
Are we to give it small, narrow
meaning, and make it small spot?
If so, where will friend Davis appear?
DR.. Hodge in one Of This lectures says
that "Christ is gone to Heaven and
that all true believes shall go to the
very same place" Here is the ex-
preston "The very same place" used
for much larger boundry than the
whole of Oak Hill Mine, and no OBJ
iections made. Friend Davis does
not better the case by making the
spot where Williams met his misfor-
tune one place, where Evans another
place, and Jaynes another, and so on,
until he finish the whole catalogue of
accidents.
He, in my estimation, iweakens his
case, for the WHOLE hill is but few
acres, and the inference would only be
that the whole contraption is nothing
but continuous dead fall and a man
trap. l did not call this particular
mine an "Abominable Nine" but as
he sees fit to thus name it, will freely
accept. This particular mine is now
and has been for long time, nothing
but an abomination before God, man
and beast. Have we not lately seen
Sabbath after Sabbath men working
right in sight of some half a dozen
churches, all day Sunday and Sunday
night, while at the same time the
owners and directors were in church
expounding the Decalogue, and prob
ably weighing, in golden scales, the
prohibitions Of the fourth command.
As far as the poor beast is con-
cerned, no later than last Saturday a
horse had to be tumbled and dragged
out of lake Of mud.
He would like to blame the driver,
and especially the posts. Who is re-
sponsible for the posts? Had they
been Of the right kind and rightly
put in, no jerk from one horse would
ever knock them down. The fact
about the posts is, they are too short,
have neither foundation nor sills.
Friend Davis makes the statement
that have been recently an unsuc-
cessful applicant for work in this par
ticular mine. This is entirely mis-
take.
Neither do I know of any other
person that has been unsuccessful in
obtaining work here. No discount
on work here, but the pay is mere
nominal ore. Here is the unsuccess-
full part. As an instance of this L,
with several Others, proposed to put
a certain part Of main entry in safe
condition at price ranging from one
hundred and fifty to two hundred
dollars. At this friend DAVIS laughed,
and said he would not give fifty dol
lars. He also requested me to put in
a bid to run this mine for one year,
which fatty refused, for the simple
reason that 1, with many others, did
not consider the mine safe.
Miners have right, and it is their
duty, to demand of their employers
not only safe, but a comfortable
place to work. The love of Mammon
in some is so strong that they will
entirely disregard the lives of their
fellow being, for mere trife, and if
Evan c. Davis comes again, will prove
this particular fact to him beyond
any reasonable doubt.