The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-08-19

The correspondent of the Coal Trade
,Jonrnal in his report last week says:
The center ofinterest the past week
has been the Hooking Valley. Despite
the sensational ard exaggerated reports
the situation has been and still is quite
seriouS. The strike is not as many sup
pose against the introduction Of ma
chimes, but for an advance in price of
loading machine mined coal on the
cars. The presnt price is p cents per
ton, and 80 cents is demanded by the
pick miners. The reports as 70 the
number of men on n strike have great
Is nverestimated the same. Instead of
=. Geo only about 500 have been engag-
ed in the controversy. Still remember
ing the long and disas;r Gus strike of
two years ago, bot. sides are cautious
and it il by 10 means certain that the
whtle trouble may not be amicably set
lied within 4 short time. iThere has
been some incendiary talk on both
siIes but do not believe can afford to
enter upon a long contest. If arbitra
ZION in gpo-t faith is to play part in
the settlement, of these troubles, now is
The time to bring it forward.
Vi lut
State Union, has been quoted recently
as saying I'VE must sooner or later
realize the fact that there are too many
mines and too many miners to be kept
steadily employed hence the sooner
our miners turn their attention to 9TH
er occr pations and endeavor to earn u
living in some other calling, the easier
it will be 10 adjust the prices Of selling
and producing COAL
This is no doubt true to the letter.
The introduction Of mining machines,
the discoveries of natural gas, and the
rapid invention of gas-producing fur
naces are already bearing fruit in
the displacement Of hundreds of men.
AS indicative Of the tendency of
things among iron manufacturers, it |
may be said that in the Mahoning VAL |
ley, quite numl er of rolling mills have |
re, emily introduced regeneratiye gas
furnaces. Among those to do so are the |
extensive mills of Brown, Bonnel and |
Co., Youngstown. the Girard Mill, the |
Falcon Mill at Niles and the Enterprise |
Mill. Excepting the Haselton and !
! Youngstown mills, every mill in the Ma
hoIing VALLEY has now, or has costract-
ed for, one OF these furnaces. That these J
facts are very important to coal men |
need scarcely be stated
On May lst, all miners in Coshocton
district, o., went out at the earnest re-
quest of the State and District Officers
of Miners Union. Operators and men
agreed to arb.trate. Each side binding
themselves to abide the result. Board
consisted of five members. Two chos-
en- by each side ;sthey together choosing
.he fifth the operators chose the best
business men, one being n strong COM
pe:itor The board awarded a 10 cent
reduction in mining rates and the Min
er's State Officers advised the men not
to accept, SO the district has been idle
ever since, and the lesson has been |
learnt that arbitration without honor or
reSpons biiity means nothing.
Dan Howe, a miner working in Trop-
ic Furnace mine, east of town, sustain
ed y severe injury from q fall of slate
while 1T work III the mine on last We'd
nesday afternoon. About a ton of
slate fell upon him, fortunately missing
the vital portion of his body Jackson
j journal.
"Dicky" Grafton, coal miner of
Glen Roy, is living example of what
energy. economy and industry can do
or - man. a very few years ago,
'Dicky" was as poor as a church mouse,
;ct to-day he is the owner of property
hat brings him i'll 4 monthly rental OF
;;.J7. This property is free from all in
and has been paid for
,ut of the wages he made digging coal.
This is certainly a rather unusual eX-
.mple of thrift Jackson Journal.
The coal trade has been quite good
his week. Monday, 9 trains of coal
sere taken north and Y esterday )
rains started on the journey to the
AXE. The total shipment since the lst Z
o this morning amounts to al cars. or
total OF COG cars for the past six days.
: Shawnee Banner.
The family of coal operator Nipple,
# the Syndicate mines, Sand Run, will
cave for England about the 18th to
pend the winter.-[ Nelsonville News. I
The Carbon Fill correspondent of the .
Ialley Register says:
Carbon Hill mine only run two days
or the week, owning to an accident to
me of the boilers. Workmen came
Iown from Columbus Monday and
made the necessary repairs, and work
ras resumed on the 18th. Hepple's {
sand Run mine made three days for the
,eek, and the Babcock and Morris niue
ull time.