The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-08-05
Machines VS.. Picks.

sbliiSS.
Machine mining is really al
experiment in this district as yet
but it has been decla red a sue
cess in many mines, while il
some others The machines hav,
not worked satisfactory.
Now we have reliable informa
ton that the fight against th,
machine men is occasioned, be-
cause, to put it plain, they car
mine coal cheaper than in those
mines where picks alone are
. used.
Furthermore it is SAID that mer
who operate these machines car
make more money and with mucl
less labor than with d pick, ant
that the move now is 10 shut oui
the machines, or, to so equalize
the price of labor that he pro-
ducts from one mine shall not
take precedent in the market
over that of any other.
! We believe the machines have
come into the Hooking Valley to
stay. The heel of the OK was
supplanted by the fail, and the
fail by the threshing machine of
to day; the sickle was followed
by the scythe, and one of the
magnificent reapers and mowers
of to-day takes the place of doz-
ell scythes. The machice is des=
tined to take the place of the
picks in our mines. If the ma
chimes now in use are not a sue
cess in all of the mines, some
restless genius viii soon perfect
one that will work. It-is a mat
ter of history that the primitive
tools in all branches of trade have
been supplanted by labor saving
machines, and IL is nothing more
than right that the question now
being agitated in this Valley
should be met and discussed in a
way that will accord with the in
telligence of the age.
For years the combined forces
Of The operators in this State out
side of the Valley, and all others
who compete for the northwes.
trade, have been against us.
1t was through them that the
great strike of two years ago was
originated. 1t was by them that
it was supported. and if we can
call back the trade that has been
stolen from Us, let it be DONE
This region has 100 long been the
fancy of the speculator, the la
boring men of this Valley have
too long been used by the God
less Barons to line with satin The
beds of aliens, TO dress IN purple
the progeny of aristocracy. Let
our stolen property be brought
back. If the machines will do
the work, bless them bat do not,
in heavens name, try to suppress
them with mobs. The operators
who are opposed 10 them cannot
drive them out, and they should
not attempt to make the working
men responsible for the agitation.
Do not attempt to set the mark
Of Cain upon the Drawn of this
Valley that honest competition
nay be wrecked.
This paper has always advocat-
ID the cause of the miners. We
,ave stood by them when nearly
every journal in the land was
against them, and we would say
o them to-day, meet this ques-
ion as men, and do not be induc- G
ID to act as the tools of men. who 6
would sacrifice you under the
'ver moving wheels of civiliza-
ion.
Fifty years ago the spinning 7
Wheel of the busy house wife .
ould be heard from early morn ,
lntil late at night. Go into our r
Foolen factory now and you Will +
ind one man operating machine +
hat is doing more work In an 6
our than a hundred wheels ;,
7ould do in a day. The machine
; an offspring of education, and 6
.st as surely as The angel of =
cath will some day tap at the = =
oor of ever miner in the Valley, l.
hat surely will the machines for =
inning coal take The places of ;,
icks. i
You might as well attempt to 2
ether the clouds as TO hold them :. -
ack. They are here-more are :,
oming AMI they will stay. - >,
Last year we noted that W. P. -
end & Co. furnished the pub!ic !,
isGtutions of the great State Of
hio with coal mined by ma
hines in the State of Pennsy!va- :,
ia, and if IT had not been fox the
ldividGal enterprise of some of =
le operators, they could have
lipped coal right into the town -.
Logan, and The miners of !lc
alley would have been power :;
ss 10 prevent it. Consider that E
CT and look at what is to be
eft.
We have no use for anarchists;
2 have no room for them "
hat we do want is to put this
alley at the front as the coal
oaucing region of the West.