Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-01
A Statement from MIR. Van ro-~cn.

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10 me EH'orofht R'g's',C
In reply to the article signed by tha
Executive Board of Miners Local Union,
! will say that was not al all surprised ai
their attempt 10 deny the true facts ol our
difficulty at Slacktown. for 10 seems iu Dee
their last resort in an argument or 'onFcr
sation. to make statements md then deny
them. underline gusc of ''misconstructlun.
/ can only say for myself and my state
mcuts. that ! am perfectly willing to make
affidavit 10 all that published. and 10 that
is NOT sufficient / can command other Wii
uesses I-pon what reasonable grounds
can this Executive Board rciutc the idci Di
our coal not holding OUT our prnol cot
that fact is from outside sources, from par
ties who have mo- interest in the A.ir' hI
all. except right is might ln iac' ant
one can prove the holding ont of coa.
mined by either ear on weight, at any time.
as il rcuuircs but little time or money
RIGHT here let me say 10 th" coal COM
suner that 10 they will buy one load
of coal mined boy weight aud one
load mined by car measure. they them
selves can soon tell who is trying to ennis
guide the public the miner or tine opera
tor The miners advantage i- to az Ihr
coal the easiest way. What does De- care
for the quality 0f the coal. The operator.
an the other hand. should be- particular %,
10 how the coal is mined. on account "I lh'
oualifv The reason some miners prefer
- b,dlv tn dig by ear measure is apparent
tooU Digging ln this manner blows thc
coal au to uieres. for they use powder, ih
stood Of elbow grease. and TINS l5 another
Mac, ,yhcr. the outside miners sun nave
preference over home miners Ihcy MN
h., b,- weight. the coal is decidedly oi a
heiter quality ! say. pay iht miner t""u
,u,gos by weight. over just anl honest
sc,..,- allow home pcddilug mines ilc
same privilege as outside mines anu 'lN
ers will be u0 trouble. ne operator
will pct good coal without diiilcu.u .u'' "i
STRIKE. The Executive Board vi L''1i
Union No. 3. mine. car measure i"I I..i
inc banks That will do. Mills can ..i''
. ,,.t.tovar a car contains. np mailer
about the quality Iurf "'f .'.
-. ir REGARD tO either quality or in,a7
,.e while peddlng banks have mu'h u"
olnt.,J with iu This way. and no u'c l"r
80. ,,Lat.yer Tho idca of " Nhccilhk
coal at Siacktowu. being softer ih il, ma
,,,r. tbau West Virginia coal at ohoi
Cr.el Elm Grove or M0undssiIc is a'.
,,,rJ TRY "A load Of each and tc'i li. q
-. L.iug "a member 0f y. \. ]. ~ =. "
-, fa,f was offered by them. r'e1
,o, roueat that such was the case. was
member of that same organization ana ill
ac,ious must have proven me to Doe union
nan m heart by my lodge associate, ,..' d,
,bav ., elected me- am officer two or ,lf,'
,i,nas and testified to j. ih Fal'0.
[,jl.r vray- never 'b.ack'h''l
- o.5 doubt il every in'IHo,'
@g a. the Executive Board u Local l. mon no.
~ ,sn a,'1 sav nv as nlvch for himself ana sof!y
>, an az, tfaf your article tried its utmost t'
,'a,I31eue Instead Of eulightenins ne pup.
i; is,.' -, r,.r 10 the coal question ana Wile
~ az eood sound argument hurts no one
,tronoh the channels ~ newspaper iHg.n
i.a,.-.,,7,,,fnp does. IN justice tony Verasi'l
sbaii reifarite ms former statement 'Aat
a.. president Of Local Union 40. uld' not
o-Iy ,,'i in nr presence. but in the presence oil
o,bers sav. not once. but twice. that our
trorble was not a strike. could not De-
caiieJ a strike. and acknowledged IN the
s1,,o yay that the miners were wrong.
Tbe., same miners IN question nave
,hewselves acknowledged t0outside parties
tbat they acted wrong badly and hastily.
Vhv was the trouble not reported to the
Trldcs Assembly in Just way
Is. VAS Fo~~EN.
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