The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-09-25
BLAINE'S PAUPER LA
ROR.
He is a Stakeholder in
the Hooking Valley
Mines.
His Syndicate Evlcting Union
Miners and Putting in For.
e1sn Paupers la Their
Places.

Columbus, Sept. 21.-Informa
tion from the Hooking valley min
ing regions that the lockedout unio
miners are being evicted by the Goa
operators syndicate is a signlfcan
reminder that the loud profession
that James G.. Blaine represents pro
tectien and fair play to working
men is not borne out by his prac-
ices. Some time ago it was charg
ed that Mr.. Blaine was not a con
sistent exponent of the Republican I
platform, inasmuch he was an en-
ployer of imported pauper, contract
laborers, and that such labor wa:
used in coal mines in Pennsylvania
West Virginia and Ohio of which
he was and is now a part owner.
1t is further charged that Blame &
Co replaced American workingmen
with imported cheap pauper labor
ers because the former would not
work for sixty cents per day in or
der to swell Mr.. Blaines pockets
with additional profits and prostl-
tute themselves to the base level of
ignorant paupers who are willing to
work or live as no decent man can
or will. About the time the above
charge was made the great lockout
of union miners by the coal mining
syndicate OF the Hooking coal re-
gion was incubatin g, and the result
easily foreseen.
A solicitous Ohio Republican, anx
ious to conceal Mr.. Blaine's com
plicity and interest IN movement
having for it's object the reduction
of tho price of miners wages to a
s'arveing point, wrote to Mr.. Blaine
in relation to the statement circu-
lated against him, and presumably
him that it was Of the
utmost importance that he deny the
charge for the sake of consistency
and the party. Mr. Blaine made
what was termed an explicit deni
al" Meantime the lockout came
to focus and capital. IN the form
Of a great monopoly said to labor:
= a bandon the union and renounce
all claim to the right to organize to
protect yourself and maintain y"ur
rights or else step out. We car
hire men who are willing to work
It starvation wages.
The miners of the Hooking re-
.ion knew that it was contest for
,xis.ence ans! refused the ultima
i..n of t!ie coal syndicate. There
inGn their places we're filled by
Sc avs, Polish and italian pauper
imported under contract.
md G. corted into the mining re-
,ions iby squads OF finkerton's de
ectives and gual,lcd by them while
t their work. The maintenance Of
his armed force proved too cost
=. and TIE monopoly tried to induce
sovc'nor Hoadly to furnish State
roops to escort and guard their
erfs. This the Governor refused, {
nd the mine operators are going to
lspend mining and render house 6
,ss and homeless fifteen thousand ,
eople. t
A careful investigation discloses
lie sequel of Mr.. Blaines ''exp lett t
enial. He has been and now is in a
crested id Ohio coal mlnes-loca t. I
/ in the Hooking valley. He is at /
lis time directly or Indirectly in i
crested in mines whose manag K
rs have locked out union miners s
nd put in their places pauper d
scabs' at starvation wages. He is e
stock holder in one of the largest t
'al companies In this State. This
'al company controls thousands of !,
,res of the best coal lands in Ohio, },
I'd by virtue of terms of option con- "
acts through which he had acquir o
| control of said lands. it contro's r.
e mining right liter coal has been
,veloped for ninety-nine years un-
IS it fails to take cut the coal. The e.
mpapy has still big margin of II
me to develop all the coal land 81
at has not been opened by the e.
ines. MIR. Blaine was one of the S
iginal movers In the enterprise
Is one If three men who furnished "
e money required to perfect the S
ganization of the company and ST
sure its mining properties HIS cI
me is on the stock books of the Ii
rporation at the present time and
II also be found recorded as in
ckholder, past and present, on ii,
, records in charge of a loan and sa
lst company in the City of New nj
'rk. He has been in Ohio sever tit
les to attend meetings of the re
ard of Directors and look after al
er business interests connected
tn the company. His exp icit" B
lial was a deliberate misstate- as
mt, made by him to cover his real iss
rae ter as sordid, grasping and ha
Less enemy of workingmen. N.