The Labor enquirer., 1886-08-07
TROUBLE AT BLossBURG.
The Miners OF the Ration Co ompany Pro-
testing Against Unfair
Treatment,

Editor Labor Enquirer.
BL7ssBURG. N. NJ July 3l.-The men
of this place request you to publish the
following letter, as it is correct copy of
the one sent by them to the president of
the company:
To A. A. Robinson President of the Ration
Coal and Coke Company, Topeka, Kansas !:
SIR: You are probably informed be-
fore this about the trouble at this place.
The men have got along we'll with the
officials of the company until John
II. Davis came to act as superintendent !;
he has been the cause Of rules being
posted up which no body Of men could
live I'D to. The men notified the super
intendent that they could not abide by
them. 1t looks as though Mr.. Davis
had come here to create troub e between
the men and the company and he has
succeeded. The mine has closed do wn
and he will not let us work under the
new rules. He has discharged Paul
Bnisson for losing one day-a man that
had not lost day for over two years
and there would have been man in
his place had not the outside foreman
informed the party that ss there was no
one working inside the nine he would
lock up the engine house until morning.
Mr.. John H. Davis has misrepresented
to the general manager statements that
some of the men have made.
The mine committee has been to the
general manager twice during last week
trvingto settle this matter the superin
tendent was preseDtat both meetings and
they refused to give Paul Buisson his
work back
The men do not want trouble but th e
officials here appear to want it all their
own way while we claim we have rights
that should be respected.
On the second visit of the mine COM
mittee to the general manager h3 gave
them letter to the men stating that the
company must chan its mode of oper-
ating its mines it must control its own
mines, (this we claim it doesJ, hire such
men as it needs, (the company has such
men as it needs, and discharge such
men as it cannot get along with. The
men think there is threat implied in
this clause of the letter-that he will
discharge the mine committee, as they
are the only men that have had any
thing to say to the superintendent and
general manager. There is also one
William Lloyd discharged about two
months ago for alleged carele sness.
From what we can find out bv careful
investigation it was not carelessness
The uncoupling of the cars and th g
killing of the mule was accidental and
could not have been prevented by the
most careful driver in the world. We
request that the company give him some
kind of work about the mines. We also
request the reinstatement of Paul
Buisson to his old place. We think
they were DISCHARGED without just cause,
and we feel called on to stand by them
as one man should stand by another in
a just cause.
We hope that you will give this your
earliest attention, and we would like
for you to visit US and investigate the
cases for yourself We are satisfied
that the superintendent and general
manager are prejudiced against US and
will not give US justice. We do not wish
this trouble to 60 any further than this
place.
Hoping to hear from you soon, We re-
main yours respectfully,
S. C. FINDLEY,
P.J. MCCARTNEY,
GEORGE DAWSON,
Committee.
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