The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-20
Chatting with til. Men uadsrsreund-An Int.l.
rlIEsat aad Orderly COmnuuIty-Tho Ball.
r. road, the River and the Optrators-rhe
Proposed Railroad Bridge at Charleston.

never seen better mining anywhere. From
frs to last it Is a 'clean job" From the
entry to tho miners' room, from the room
out 10 the company's railroad. thence to
the river to. DO tippled into HE bargeF,
there 10 system, order! intelBsentadtnin-
istration. Having large capital the company
has bbeenT 1able to- put down q com.
prehensiveF and costly plant,y looking
perhaps little more to the future
than to,the present. RI spent one whole
day ID the mine Which Is under tie super.
vision OF ]. B. Lewis, the next in, that OF
which William Caldsrwood Is boss, In
the dbl the vein IL 10 thick that T. had no
trouble 70 walk upright, but the second,
though aif1esesm ofcoals y rather yearlng
on TIE novice who trainps through Il for
five or six hours carrying his head under
his arm q keep i from collidipg ssithlthe
FOOT. In both there Is tho closet attention
to every detail, The air lis pure, very little
water efJanyslietea Ipaid special attention
to the mine bosses is we passed through,
aud two thingsIimpressed msn very favor.
ably! u While they @ere. chatting with me,
answering continuous flow OF questions,
they had their yeyes about them, on the
coal I'D the ir0oms aud6ihS the cars, and
above all, as / thought, on the roof. In one
room large Jagged piece OF slate seemed
| to be working loose from the roof. III
1T fell 1t was very likely to fall on the
miner. But the miners practised eye told
him it was not likely TO iall that day, and
be smiled when the boss told him that it
was better not to take chances. Perhaps
that piece OF slate would have stayed there
week or month, but the boss took ii
down at once and threw 1t in the 'gob
pile" There was one iN the little company
who felt very much better. l noticed, also,
that the, bosses and, the miners seemed to
| be on. the most friendly terms. Perhaps
the secret Of this kindly feeling is 70 be
foundin q remark otthe manager MraJ!
\ h. lDana-"I believe we have the best set
OF men In the valley and l don't know OF
two such bank bosses"
|, iSTRLLieESrI IwoRKNEN.r9
/ had some conversation,wfth each Of the
men at his work. We talked good deal
on mining and industrial matters generally,
and little on politics, and the men have
no ressonto be ashamed OF the average Of
Intelligence. In the Two large mines I met
two men who could not read, but they said
thev had their newspapers read to them.
These two would come under the head Of
| iIliterate, hut ,soN fat from BEING ignorant
they-.wefe well ap on current events and
talk ed very intelligsntly OF their owl busi.
ness. Aud yet, under whatever aIneliordting
Conditions, a grown man In this country
who can noUteat is5an objeut ofpitg' In
another generatoni here ought MOTTO be
one native born iliterate. Certainly these
miners appreciate the situation and are do.
iny their part by their children. Every
month each man contributes twenty cents
Of his earnings to the local school fund,
and this added TO the salary OF the teacher
adds three months 10 the free school year. A
man Ehois not yillingto con- trlbuteisnot
thoughta goodcit:zsn and he N lnastseekwork
else hefea ,fhe miners speak EithEpride
Of what they are doing in thus respect, and
well they may. They are exhibiting an
intelligent appreciation OF u source OF
strength in any community. l hope to see
,bs day when every free school in West
Virginia wifi be open for nine months In
the year. Last year the schools OF West
Virginia made an average run ofnipety-
nine days. This will give you relative
idea OF what the sturdy miners Of Camp
bells Greek are doingat their own expense.
After this / was not surprised 10 learn oil
| the good order that pervades this little
community, for, that follows where men
respect themselves and have regard Tor the
welfare ottheir families. z SS Es
rur RAILRoAp ASP THE sInpPRRs
II have endeayored % ascertain the eirela.
lations between the coal operators and the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company,
and I think I'have 4 good idea Of the fsitua,
ton, but prefer to let the operators speak
for themselves, I do not now speak Of op.
orators on this northerpi isitie Sot the river,
for they ship by water. 0p the opposite
aide thew use the railroad and the water as
Iari as the river improsemeht reaches
( asked an extensive operator whether he
was satisfied wRh bis treatment by the rail-
road eompanyg I9aEl &, jill lG +.
."Periectly, = be teplledi 81 am sureithat
the company does as well for US as It can.
There has been complaint OF an inability
10 get cars, but the company is remedying
that as fast as possible You see there has
been q rapid growth ;ot business on this
road. There Is too much business now for
a single track, aud the company has been
unable to keep up with 1t. There is great
lditficulty6to move the large tonnage and
keep the track.so clear that cars Can make
the best time coming and going"
ais there discrimination in The matter OF
cars or OF rates?" so.gLy y,gIu, Il
II do mot believe there Is, though 7 know
Il 10 said there ia, Ihaye never been Ia.