The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-04
srRIKE ENDED.
The Hooking Valley Lockout at an End
Address to Miners.

Address to Miners.
coLuNBuS, Feb. S.-The following ad
dress has been issued:
TO he Minerscf Ohio:
FELLOW WoRKMRs:-A meeting Of YOU
State Executive Board WAS held here. to
day to consider the adyisability Of accept
ing reduction in the price OF mining
Throughout the different districts of om
State. After a careful consideration o.
existing affairs we became convinced that
the best interests Of our association and
the miners Of Ohio necessitate reduced
mining rate, and we hereby recommend
that reduction OF 10 cents per ton be al
once accepted byyou. /.
Our reasons for recommending reduc.
ton consist OF the following:
First-The Hooking Valley Coal syndi'
cate have their agents out making con
tracts based upon 50.cent mining. Other
operators cannot sell coal upon that basis
hence unless something is done to allow
other operators to compete, the syndicate
will capture all the contracts and then die
tate term to both miners and operators oi
Ohio. This should not be allowed.
Second-Theminers Of fWheeling creek
Manyard, osnaburg and Kidd's mines
miners OF Salineville and the Tuscarawas
valley are notified OF reduction TO take
effect yesterday. The operators Of dis
tricts and have requested a reduction,
but say they will not insist upon its nc.
ceptance, They said, however, that un,
less 1t is accepted their mines must close.
Third-The general depression OF all
kinds of Industry. and the wholesale re.
duction madein the wages OF skilled and
unskilled labor, aud also the reduction in
the price OF mining in competing States,
make 1t absolutely necessary that We also
come down in price, and give our opera.
tors an opportunity TO secure q portion OF
the coal trade. II may be claimed that
the Hooking valley miners having refused
toaccept reduction, the acceptance now
| by theiState would be IN act olinjustice
10 those who have fought so lobly aud
well TO maintain their price. Not so. Tho
miners OF the Hooking valley know that
the condition Of trade and the price paid
for mining by their competitors justified
their demands. The changes in wages Of
workingmen, as well as the depression Of
trade in all sections OF the country, have
been brought about since the Hooking
strike was inaugurated. The Hooking
miners were engaged in a fight not only
for wages but for their right to be ffee-
men-to protect their union. For this
rather then for wages, they continue their
fight. y, 4
I'VE trust each district will take speedy
action upon our reminendations, and re.
port the same by telegraph to the general
President. We would also call your at
tention to the fact that the support given
to the Hooking Valley miners by the work
ingmen and their friends in large cities
has been materially reduced OF late, and to
properly sustain the striking miners will
necessitate increased contributions byyou
They must be helped or lose the fight; and
this means still further reduction.
SAMUEL LI.RwRLYS,
JAMES NELSON,
JOHN P. PoLLocK,
THOMAS TAYLOR,
Executive Board.
N.R. HYsRLL, Acting General President
The action taken by the State Miners
Union, as set forth above, practically ends
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