Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-30
STATE CAPITAL.
/ Breezy Letter About Politics
Miners Troubles, Etc.

CHARLESTON, W. VA, June 20.-An-
{ nouncement of committee meetings and
: TIN selection of times and places for hold
5 Ing conventions are now the order Of the
4 day. The Ninth Senatorial District Con
) ~vuItion, ~ heretofore announced in the
; REGISrER, will be held at this place on
, Thursday, September }, the day after the
: Third District Congressional Convention.
u Mike j. O'Brien, it is said, is u candi-
/ hte for the Legislature in this county.
v Nike will De remembered Us an applicant
I fT Inspector OF Steam Vessels, which WAS
carried of by Warden, of Cincinnati. He
O ia hard worker among the rank and file
% n the Democratic party. Mr.. NJ. is the
n l1Ster Workman of the local assembly OF
+ Enights of Labor OF this place.
l Matters, ia u political sense, will be
4 complicated seriously in several counties
aong Kanawhaand New rivers. The Pro-
d hbitiOniSts will likely put 4 legislative
: ticket in the field in several counties
The miners have Selected July 81 rs the
div for holding Il convention for the pur-
pose of nominating Il candidate Tor Con-
SrcSs and selecting candidates for the Leg
Mature in the several counties IN which
= be- miners have 4 large vote. The Green
~ ckers, in the general turmoil and break
. 10 ND of old ties and the forming of new
= les, will hardly be able to get into the
= lId unless by a fusion with either of the
4 parties. The Radicals would like to
r with the GreenbackcrS and no doubt
uld perfect the arrangement If they
II II ,H.,, Fha RarNrhlIfEpn nnprl-
o.. : To control the mining element. But
I laborerS, workmen and miners are
re thoroughly organized than ut any
CIR period in the history OF the valley,
4 at this time the best OF feeling does
ncxist between the operator and the
ny, and therefore u delivery OF these
IS i'm November is now thought lmpoS-
- For the reason that part Of the
Gnhack strength WAS made up from the
MRS and Knights of Labor of the Valley,
Unnecessary for the Radicals in making
a Ter with the GreenbaCkerS to secure
thd of the miners and other wOrkmen,
-, WIRE now likely 10 cut loose from their
III. oldrty ties.
~ ! Atkinson, late 4 Deputy Marshal,
auaothfr of G.. W. Atkinson, OF Wheel
in@ mentioned Us a candidate for the
y" Replicln Senatorial nomination IN tins
dish He will have the support of con
amh,is friends. Atkinson is a h. OF L.
mt1d * popular amung his associates.
Tt-cc for Senatorial hOnOrs in tins,
cred the Nth district is narrowed down to
N. EbiIton aud ID. 4. Gallaher. Other
candies heretofore announced are now
said te out of the rae and have LETT the
iyhl The two youIg Democrats named
~ above.
w MIN iRsrRoUBLEs IND COAL INTERESTS
Coil forests of tbs valley are dragging
this Rncr, To al to the depressing eli
r f.cts n slow maNet, there has been a
srriesaflrikrs Throughout the valley, and
a. faslasne WAS .ttled another in n diff
frrrntLpeity waJnaugurlted.
Az Ev6nd ity, below Charleston,
wberei Stike VS. ~inaugurated nearly a
year "a. ne MARTY of the men, at last,
~ after film 10 ssle the matter by arbitra-
ming tion. wbito wU ut the r~eduction-two
cepts-kinst yich the strike WAS maug-
Sss uratedIt Ramona there are now IN the
. peirhbIbOoI thirty miners at work.
WbetS Inv oIheSe belong to the FEEDER
alton Ia notbdyiSed. The prosecution
of wot 4 thesmines will be agreat boon
III IN tbeIuinesSf the valley, even though
tbs mics arNyOrking ut the reduction.
Enr dhIe n Ind OF Ohio detectives were
, ,hs emphdby Il Narmet company, to pro-
papS- trrt pn.rty. hould any demonstration
Thor. an thtart OF hose declining TO work, Il
OF nrey,s Other fnm entering the mines
nation TbafctiyeSvee Withdrawn some days
ivb ogo. 4 all isGiet in the neighborhoOn'
nc REGISTER was informed ON
JHI ,eIso,hl SOme people thought 1t a great
IntT tderntt the introduction OF an
% oSn,Iork N men from another State,
D inths 80 iyaAn6SardS learned that the de
sno and - vie worn in rs deputy sheritfs OF
=; &C., pntm dny, in which the mine Is To-
Isatand -
NATION, a NJ River section is disturbed, and
'"A@ ne the mines the mel are still idle,
IA. ~ atIhers work is progressing.
". ke at CampbelrS creek above
lbalen one of the most stubborn
M St "a y ;noknted in the valley. Thestrlkt
at ~ amk a reduction from Two ana q
70 pro- bT TO icents.
smaTidi 81 n petition was circulated
veHitY ", l~uiners. promising if they would
p, ans an1toI that the companies dams
- pros a,dnpben's Creek Company woulO
lJiyidltGrofts Of the mine with then
oaer iay eight per cent. on certain
bondel ibtedneSS, the mining expenses,
W ctr All fifty miners went to work un,
der tbs raet and are now WORKING
$1,000 Tbt ms who are out and some OF those
c,,m sbdeld a meeting at Maiden on
~ lsh IN. TSnrslattry and induce the men whC
I've sonIwork to desist. The meetlns
n-as b,Idbiutions passed and adjourn,
n Tle DANES hearing of the proposed
soestin, Tted that some violence would
SN og,ssaJ the miners who had gon'
- worl kfered with, and in view o
tS5s eaIIion the sheriff for protection
ri nsaoI;sIe sent to the premises, bu