The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-13
THE HOOKING VALLEY
BLArNE,s VISIT TO JACKSONVILLE,
The Center Of Ohio Mining Troubies-The
Cordial Greeting OF the Minors = Mr..
Illalns ExRlatirs the Infamous Lies
nbout His Holding Ohio Conl Lands.

j hbOut His Holding Ohio Conl Lands.
NELsGSvIILE, O., Oct. ll.-Selsonvil,
has bccn The very center OF all the mininl
troubles, and It is to this region that thl
Democratic papers have dared Mr.. Dlaint
TO come, anG predicted aii sorts OF terrible
things II he had the tcineriiy TO put in MI
appearance here.S On this account there
was some little anxiety about the visit to
this piucc.' In fact 1t turned out to be the
best and most grateful manifestations,
second only to that ut Chillcothe, and
nowhere has Mr.. Blafnc's treatment been
more courteous or his audience more al.
tentive and appreciatiye than ut NeIson-
vile. The greeting at the station was
u royal one, and the procession 10
the Public Square, cheerei by a great
throng Of people, and around tho stand
were gathered, ut least 5000 persons. =
] After IN introduction by General
Grosvenor, Mr.. Blaine spoke as follows:
II ] nm ut home anywhere it Is in n coal
region. WIS born and brought up III II
coal region, in the valley OF the Monoaga-
hela, and ] know something about coal
] have been MI owner OF coal lands nearly
I'll OF my adult life, and the greater part OF
what little property have in this world
is in coal lands. have also been TO some
extent engaged in the mining OF coal. /
am now interested us Il stakeholder and Il
director In n company in West Virginia.
| have had twenty-seven years expert
ence in connection with the coal industry,
and count it u piece Of remarkable good
fortune that neither myself nor any com
pany with which have been connected
has ever had y strike, or u quarrel, or dis
pute, or trouble OF any kind with any
man. tGood, good, and cheers Further,
[ have 10 say TINT during The last eighteen
months the company that | am connected
with has been able to pity an average OF
about $40 month to every one OF the 2G0
men engaged. [Good, good.1
You see, therefore, that am not talk
ing about u subject do not understand
But while | acknowledge that | an, owner
OF coal lands III Pennsylvania and West
Virginia, am kindly assured by num-
Der OF Democrats in Ohio that own also
n large track OF coal land in the Hooking
Valley. tLang ghier.] Now, think that
when q man has property attributed to
him which he protests that lie docs not
own,. and when the other parties insist
that he does ownit, they ought to be COM
PEELED by law to make it good to him.
Laughter and applttise.] They sar that
am q large holder in the Hooking Valley !
syndicate. say that do not own sin-
gle share. They say again that do, Let
them come into court, then. and make The |
ownership good to me. ["Good."1 I'll
could bring them into court on tlat issue
and under the rule suggested, [ could
bankrupt great many Democratic editors
and speakers who insist that l own prop.
erty that never did own. Laughter and |
cheers. 5. n
I understand that the miners in this |
region have had some trouble With the !
operators, and our political opponents saw
that ! am one OF the operators. As said |
awhile aso, have never had any trouble |
with the men employed in the mines in |
which am interested, and never expect |
to have any, because, il cannot continue
the business without difficulties Of that |
kind, | shall abandon it. LCheers.l |
think there is no disagreement that ever
arises between an employer and the men
he employees that ought not be settled by |
Il fair, impartial arbitration, and think !
the man who is not willing to submit such
matter to arbitration ought 10 ex plain TO !
the public why he is unwilling 10 do it.
But because you are IN Temporary trouble
why should you turn your backs on the
great protective system which for twenty
years has promoted and secured the de-
velopment OF your valley? Are YOU going
to remedy your troubles in that way? Be-
cause you cannot have the higl,.tide OF
all the tintcs, do you therefore
say that you will have the low-tde OF ad-
vcrsity? "That's it'll
4 miner--Nlay | ask Mr.. Blaine il YOU
are interested in tho Union Furnace?
Mr.. Blaine-No; not to the extent OF n !
single penny l will make il stronger than
that; never owned an interest in any
iron furnace in Ohio, or anywhere else in
the civilized world. [Checrs.1 never
was engaged in the iron bu.iness at all,
but have been engaged in the coal busi.
ness, and large proportion OF the proper
ty own is invested in coal to-day. / nm
intcrested.witit you in this III liter. II the
coal business breaks down in Ohio, it cam
not be maintained in PENNSYLVANIA or
West Virginia. We all stanT or. iall to.
gethcr. When they were about 10 sign
the old Declaration OF Independence
some one sud TO- old DR.. WitheBpoon,
We'll, We must hang together YES
said he, ii We do not, George the Third
will see to it that We hang separate
Laughter and continued cheers. So,
my friends engaged in tho coal industry,
il We do not stand together, we shall fall
together. [Cheers.] l thank you for the
very kind reception You have given me,
and l leave you in the hope and cxpccta-
tion that we shall soon have better times
for the mining interests throughout the
whole United states.' Renewed cheors.l
LANCASTER, o., Oct. l2.-aIr. Blaine
spent quiet Sunday us. the. guest OF his |.
cousin, Hon. 2. q. Ewing. In the lore.
noon he attended Presbyterian service,
and the afternoon hesdevoted TO visiting,
in company. with Judge Ewing, Of %rela-
tiyes and friends, OF whomhe hus n large
number in this vicinity.