Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-03-31

the ear does not lose in weight. On
mlre now with two scales and weigh
masters will under this bill have six
This amended bill had been seen thi,
morning for the first time, but the OF
lrct OF the whole scheme, unaccouni
able as 1t may seem, was to max
mining expensive as possible. Whe
blll was before the Senate he wantpr
II committee of that body to visit tn,
coal region, but the people here saiC
It was not necessary. He wanted Il e
dragged here every two years by II e
few disaffected people who comprised
ambitious politicians, master work
men and walking delegates.
John ASpinall addressed the com
mittee. He said he and his colleague,
were here in the interest of continued
harmony. Thought the bill enactrt
into law would widen the breach be-
tween employers and employed in on
region. This breach had lately almos'
disappeared. and he was opposed t'
anything which would open and wide,
it anew. This measure would certain
Iy add very largely to the expense OF
mining, and he had found that such
expense at last fell in great part upon
the miners.
Nc. Schonfarber, a gentleman charg-
ed by the knights of Labor with the
Office Of seeing that the Democrat
party fultils its pledges to an Order
which endeavored to ukase the party's
candidate out of the governorship, in
terposed and asked Mr.. Aspinal sew
erai questions not germane to the hear
ing, and which. in fact, gave rise to all
the lower which characterized the
proceedings. To these questions Mr..
Asphalt answered that he worked in
Ocean mine No |. of the Consolidation
coal company: that he believed the
present law fills the bill and knew
of no organized effort Oh the part
of the miners to have the proposed
bill passed. A. to the origin of the
bill Of his own knowledge he could say
nothing.
Mr. Mayer stated that man named
Baird was the gentleman in whose
h,ll -nl
that druggist in Barton aud ii law
yer in Cumberland developed it,
breathed into it the elixir of life and
10! their progeny is here.
Il dispute arose at this point which
would defy a lightning calculator.
Schonfarber, however. asked ASpin-
all if he was connected with the
Knights of Labor. to which the latter
responded mo" Schonfarber went
into the census of the ''chivilerry"
which reminded the JOURNAL that the
Noble Order, like
The oak and the ash and the weeping will
low tree
Are all growing green in the North Amerikee.
Schontarber dwelt on ''2700' rs the
roll call in this region, which brought
Mr.. May er to his feet with IL statement
which We entitle The Rise and Fail
Of the Knights Of Labor
Schonfarber continued his di>quisi-
ton on the census and expressed his
unqualified opposition, not only to the
amendments proposed here, but also
to those which had been yielded by
Mckaig. Referred to the suffocaiion
incident in koontz mine. Thought
expenses in the way of prevention of
accident not an offset to the lives en-
dangcred.
Mr.. Mayer responded by saying that
fifty bills like this wonld furnish no
preventive of such accidents. As to
the abstract queStions-the beauties.
glories and beatitudes of the Knights
OF Labor-he did not care to discuss
with Mr.. Schonfaroer.
James Bannatyne, however. caught
up on Schontarber us to the numerical
strength of the knights of Labor
among the mi1erS. 'lf they are as
big a force rs they profess to be. why
don't they come out OF their holes,
show their faces. aud let uA know who
they are - Coming back TO the real
business OF the hearing, he Ban
natyne) wanted the proposed amend
ments engrafted in the bill. and thru
wanted the bill killed
John Conlon had worked in Bovc.'s
mine. Bill AS it stands would iuiure
all Old mining headings aud workings.
There was no Just cause Of compliant
about weight. The scale proposal
was impracticable. Referring to some
remark made by Schonfarber he char.
acterized it as untrue. and looking
Schonfarber full in the eye gave him
to understand shat 81 am knight
OF Labor AS such, too, he knew
that good feeling prevailed between
the operators and men. Now,
brother" addressing Schonfarber ''let
Us be honest an injunction which
made Schonfarber east Il glance into