The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-12-30
ARDII IA I.I0I.
In the Eocking Valley
District,
And he Magic Transform alton
1t Has Accomplished.
Belligerent id!enass Turned Into
Peaceful Prosperity.
a Lesson That Should Be Re
membered and Constantly
Practlced.

LOGAN, O., Dec. lit ha
been a gcood while since til
busy metropolis of the Hockin
Valley was in a pleasant q fran
of mind as it is at t;lis time. Til
long strike of a few years ag
net only came near wrecking La
gan. but the whole valley, and
the people hereahout pray TO
one thing more devontly thai
they do f5r unother. it Gls tha
such another catastrophe MA,
never again befall them.
The change in the aspect @
affairs is indeed marvellous, ccm
pared with eighteen months an,
two years ago. Then the streets
of Logan were almost deserted
save by occasional groups O
ldlers; the shop keepers sat list
iessly in front Of their places o.
business and whitfield the store
boxes, occasionally ! o o k n c
laushins'y upi or .down the
streets FOR a customer from some
OF the back townships. CONNER
clal Edrnmmers came to Town
and failing 10 sell enough goods
to pay their hotel bills, shook the
dust off their feet and swore nev.
er to return again.
Further down The valley and
oat among the ravines that de-
bauch upon it, where greater
than the wealth of Ormus and
the Ind," lay imprisoned beneath
the bare and gigantic hills, thou.
sands OF the delYers for black
diamonds roamed in turbulent
ldleness. aud the dread paraph
ernalia OF war was to be seen in
the cartoaments of the State
soldiery. The dole Of charity
poured in from every quarter 10
save women and babes, as we'll
as staiwart men. frorl starvation.
The arm OF labor was palsied.
and commerce was smitten with
the plague. Every twenty four
hours 100000 was los. 10 capi-
tal and labor Jointly, aud a mod
ern Go!eoada was as frni.less OF
good as ihe heart .scf the Mubian
desert. The pillar Of smoke by
day ard the pillar ofGre by night
had passed away from the. vale..ar
the Hook shocking, and want.
misery, sqaalor, death and dis
trust stalked about at midday
and At nlidnigei, and The end ,f
its ouee marvellous prosperity
seemed 10 hare comc.
But all this is changed. The
weary combatants appealed to
Allen @. Thurman TO solve The
riddle.of the Sphinx. which was
consuming the land with the cor
roding rust OF inaction. he
weighed he rights. aud wrongs &C
both in The. balance OF even hard
ed justice, and rendered a ,iecis-
ion, which, like The sword OF
Miner through the hear, of F;.f
mir, the guardian dragon of The
Glittering Heath, broke The spell
of enchantment. and awoke the
irresistible music OF industry.
Ii any man doubts the eiiicien
cy ofss arbitration ilrss composing
the inevitable disputes between
employer and empioye. he has
only 10 study the recent history
of this valley, aud then come
here to day and see the swelling
tide OF its prosperity and be con-
WINGED. "Arbitrationr will then |
be his theme. and he will see The |
day break that is To usher in a |
beiter era for every man who |
earns his bread by the sweat Of
his brow.
/ used 10 run down the Hock-
ing Valley 10 this point and see
fifteen or twenty miles of empty |
coal as Standing en- stle double |
and side tracks, With rusted aYles
and joints gaping from sun an;
rain and wind. To-day there is
not an idle car between Pomerov
and the mouth OF the Waumee
river. and 2.G0o additional cars.
with capacity of 100000 tons
would hardly supply the demand
FOR transportation.
The output of coal is probably
greater than ever befure, and yet
it would be doubted if The road
had the rolling stock. Last week
a machine MAS rugged up that
broke the five inches Of ice from
md to the end OF the Hooking
Canal, and every craft thai wou:d
loaf was loaded down with coal
or the markets at Lancaster.
jarroll. Canal Winchester. Grove
port, Lockbourue. Circleyilie ard
'lher points along The waterway.
Sven before the railroad was
,uilt they never thought OF k4ep
ng open navigation in spite OF
Did BoreaS, but to-day. if they
lad every canal boat on the Ohio
ystem do VII iii lie Hooking Val
ey, they would utilize them IN
hipping fuel TO- iie, less favored
istr;rtc of fha State LIVING alonp