Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-11
SIXTY CENTS PER TON.
The Decision of judge Thurman Rs to the
Miners Wages


/ CoLvNBUs, January 8.-Ju3ga Thur,
man, who was selected by the coal miners
and operators Of the State as umpire in the
arbitration "a TO the price to be paid fur
mining coal for the next year, yesterday
submitted his decision, as follows:
have giyrn to this subject he most care.
fal consideration that | could bestow upon
it, and have arrived at conclusion that |
will proceed 10 state Before doing so,
/ however, i. is proper, in justice 70 all CON
Cerntd and 20 myself 10 sag that have
been much embarrassed by what seems 10
me O material deficit Of proofs The tes-
timony taken is very valuable Us lar "a II
goes, but cannot bu, think that the proof
! IL wanting upon several points. but, az
/ | urdsruand the duties Of an umpire, |
/ can look only Mt the testimony that was
I bsf5-a ne and had been submitted to me,
ead 10 other fac-7 of such historical or
general notCriety thst courts eX othciotake
uo,.ce OF, and which, therefore, arc pre-
sumud to bave been considered.
+ hall net, in this paper, 20 into a de-
tailed examination or statement q the
testimony 1t is unnecessary to DO SO
Ny duty il simply TO decide. To max
an elaborate argument Is Il" part %
1t Is sHhlc'eht LOT me 10 90! '"1' ! nave
carefully fead ana reieAd Inc eva nee
and believe that | uHGeTstali ana FeMeu
| Der ii. The question under consiasr"'i2h
is thus stated IN tue letter OF Arssrs' NC
/ Bride and Merrch
The question, as we understand H. Oe'
ing, can the operators OF the TWO districts !.,
pay the advance ash'' anu co.NP1'e VIII"
/ other als'fltts. ,-.r.
Inc form o. thiS queSu9" Sens h' ~
to imply lh"t Tue wac Gen'''LG'N " Wv
miners is not 9nr'HsGhao'r' Il 'hs op Pa.
toT5 can pay It ara co"P",' WI" otnet
/ districts. Ii they can 40 TO- 'neu l. seeui7
TO be admitted that
1T OUGHT TO HE ID.
If they cannot do 70, tteu it seem3 to be
taken for granted that il must he denied.
The question is thus limited 10 an inquiry
into the effect that an advance IL wages
such as is demanded would have on the
power Ct the mining districts under con
.iderAt;on 70 compete gi;G other G!u,rlcts
What are the other districts here referred
to the question does TO, state. OF course
all the mining Districts Of the United
States are no. mtant, for that would be
an absurd proposition. There are districts
with which yOut5 cannot possibly compete
in various markets, and which, on the 9th
er band, cannot possibly compete With
yours in what may be cali. d your merkets.
il gems TO me ihat in order 10 ascertain
what are the other districts referred to
in the question, We must inquire what are
the natural markets, 80 10 speak, Of the
/ Ohio Central and Hooking Valley districts.
Bv natural marIsels mean those
places in which the coal Of these two dis
pricts can be sold q, prices that @iIi pay
tsir wages TO the miners and 6 reasonable
p,of. to the operators. GIhog places can
not properly be called natural markets io'
these Goals A market may indeed, be
forced for time in another place By re,
dlc'ion OF miners waGr5 or operators
pro.igs, or both, but such an experiment
must, in the nature OF things, II carried SO
lor IA 20 deprive the miners o. iA'f ""1e'
or The operators ct reasonable prohiS' D.
ABNORMAL, and, Ia the cEd 'nloI"'"o,r.
Now with this idea OF what constitutes
a natural market, let us ASK %hat u the
natural market ct the OHIO Central ana
Hooking Valley districts /! may I" o"c'
and safely be answered thAt q large PoF'
lion of Ohio affords .uch q a"'&5' II h"a
also been found outside OF 'his . Gie, but 10
What ext, Mt or With what Prct, 10 no. c'eaf
ly showa by the testimony. Mr. MFtt C,:
in bis argument, lays great s'.'s5 on ChI
co.o, aud regards 1t as the principal mar
bzl M McB:j5e thinNs tna' We sno!l"
rather LEX 10 ,he markets a. .'hA, pom,
at which each Of he Goals OF the ON rem
districts reaches Lake Erie, as " far D3sts
to ealima'e tFeiT ability to c0EPe'G WI WI,
each o,b,g.' iraj"k th2!. We 7t?n!- 'ooS
at ell u'accs that thrF"d the '"''e'S Il
question
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