Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-06-16

lCCIly, lOl IIeJ HtNe lIO IlSHI "H"U-
ever to make it appear worse than ii
is. The Lonaconing Reriew, for in
stance, delivers the following:
The Frostburg JOURNAL has been letting off
a lot of gas about the Knights Of Labor.
Perhaps time may come when the JOUR
NAL may find it convenient to say something
in the interest of the miners, and in order to
convince them that it is their friend will say
of Its utterances of 1883 (as it recently did OF
its opinions of 1SSO) that they were not
worth a damn"
And it occurs to us that the JOURNAL would
not hesitate to say that and much that is
worse if the coal companies should conclude
to give it the mitten.
The JOURNAL never said OF its
opinion of 1880 that it was "not
worth DAMN
l, Because the JOURNAL does not
swear, either as an individual or
paper.
2, 1t never tells lie upon itself.
If the RerjeW had desired to quote
the JOURNAL correctly it would have
placed the profane sentence just
where we did-in the mouths of the
knights of Labor of 1SS0-'S1-'S2.
This was done by way of contrast.
TheN the JOURNAL wanted s9mi-
monthly payments of wages, but its
opinion was assessed at the profane
valuation stated by the people de-
signed to be benefited. In 1883 the
Knights Of Labor wanted semi
monthly payments. The JOURNAL
tried how its opinion the other way
would work, and found that it
aroused the Noble Order from Dan
to Beersheba. The "chivilerry," 429
strong, pelted the JOURNAL hip and
thigh with profanity, vulgarity, filth,
and other things similarly germane
to the Noble Order. The JOURNAL
remembered how it felt in 1880, etc.,
when its OK was gored. Now it can
see how it works when the Noble
Orders bull is impaled on the horns.
Concerning the contingency Of a
good time coming"when the JOURNAL
m0y find it convenient to say some
thing for the interest of the Miners" f"
it is not at all alarmed. 1t is already
the friend Of tile miners--the true,
manly diggers Of coal. 1t is their
particular friend because it is op-
posed to all foreign interference, es-
pecially by non-digging Knights of
Labor.
And concerning the result SHOULD
the companies conclude to give the
JOURNAL the mitten," the situation
could be no worse than for about five
years. During this time it struggled
along with the gloves Of both parties
in its custody. The knights of La
Dor, IN pursuance Of their custom, no
sooner ascertained the fact that the
companies had justly given the JOUR-
NAL "the mitten" than they did the
same thing, but in the most base,
cowardly and yillainous manner.
AL concern for the JOURNAL
should therefore, be banished from
the Rerie~'s mind. Its solicltude
for itself should be uppermost. AL
ready a large portion Of its clientele is
threatening it, and it is only ques-
tion Of time when the record of another
John Swinton and Daniel Brown case
will be ready for printing in the I'M
mortal JOURNAL.
SEVEN oreight years ago the editor of the
Frostburg JOURNAL was a candidate for the
State Senate
Because the Knights of Labor of this county
did not elect him to that position he has
been busily occupied in paying the debt in
weekly installments of venom, Spleen hatred
and glaring untruths of the Order and its
members.
very little time and lots of solid patron
age is sufficient to change Frostburg opinions
that i'll the end do not seem to be worth a
damn. Homecoming Rerje~.
With couple of amendments the
above is true.
The editor hereof was IL candidate
as stated. He was also an ardent pro-
mulgator Of IS cents per ton as a per-
petual minimum price for digging
coal, ard did his level best to per-
suade the smart Alecks who were then
running the Noble Order that IS cents
was the real issue of the campaign.
The companies knew what the smart
Alecks would not learn-that if the
Noble Order at corporate behest turn
ed tail and betrayed the JOURNAL,
the same Noble Order was nicely
built for defeat in the struggle that
was to follow.
The JOURNAL was beaten accord
ing to programme, aud the next year
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