Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
MINING JOURNAL.
FRosTBURG, MD, OCTOBER II, 1890.
False Claims Upon the Mining Vote.

AlIo,,o,1 doloro+;op ond +brougb tbis
bodv IN tho nartv as IFS nominee for
ConoroSs snaal,s of +ba Jo1-R1Ar, as
Some Of Mr. McComas, nartisan news
: ,I1.,. Il oI.o
papers Ill AlleSahy county II "iso
quotes the JOURNAL as saving of Mr..
Hrr
4hoi>"iS
In the Senate of Mary land he was parti-
san of dangerous class legislation. at the be-
,.I.Ia, sd ,,.,,,,,,t, loo.
the copntenanco of those who owned the
coal and whatever he enoved Of the esteem
,t.,o .u,o o,a,,,,+
vi Uho u "o i"''ili'1 ei''ii''''
10 this the 4HdU reJOlnS:
The danperous class LEGISLATION to which
tho IorpNaI which we believe is tho ORGAN
oftbe n,ino ownore also rafnrs woe a hi in.
troduced nv Mr. NcKaig IN s,InnIv fresh nure
air to tho mon who work down in thp coal
mines II was too eynensive tn furnish these
mon with nure mir and 81 Mr. Nrkaiu .lnst
the countenaee'' of fine Iordlv New York and
Now ENGLAND mine owners
De SThniosn,no o;r l. too ovro,sivo -
Injury for miner. As Scrooue said "let
them die "
T., ,lo,,,;++;. HI. dofo,,eo ae b;
~ ' '
legislative achievements, Mr.. Nc kalg
;eo,4,o+o
10 "iih" ''"'''''
But we might have let the matter
dro,, bn+ for tbe following hoast from
tho Ra1t;noro Cr;t;c
We desire to call the attention of the
miners and workmen generally in Western
the fnp i Of MarvIand He introdncrd
and worked incessantly for the mine ventila-
of the mines wherein they are comptlled to
work tor living.
Ana TINS from the Baltimore NeaoS
IT mas also been charged by the e Trends OF
Mr.. McKaig was a partisan of dangerous
Glass iesls,a,,o a, tiie oemeI' o. h an u,ru th
countenance of those who owned the coal
mines an f th wna,eVGp ne rau enl"yeu oi the
Investigation of this charge also shows that
Is seaa ftnr hiE oi iars r s Mt
Senate introduced bill to supply fresh pure
AR ~ te e Tho ' r"ss o Wostor III
are owned largely by rich Northerners who
care very e.e aor than ~ o, .Sj w"5T
employ, and when forced by legislative
ti" ,, W 49, NJ l iu
been the means of forcing them to an I'M
in;cod a.; rho "ness Of lis al, tI HAL
How Mr. McKaio ever nermitted
sucb stuff to rot info tba nnbIio n,in+c
of his marty i ;ncomnrabans;bla
The JOIrRNAI, does NOT care at all
for the GROSS misstatements above
ouotad concarnino itsalf-tbat If is ga
McComas manor, ;, ..orga, Of tha mime
o,yners - e+c hu+ + i concarnad
about the credit Mr.. McKaip is claim
mo for his class LEGISLATIVE rarcer
Lot nc 600 abou+ tbis.
All the naners onotcd contend that
Mr. McKaig ..iut,od,,ed q hill 70 SIM
NV nure fresh air - and one of them
saws call GOOD men reioiced in the
succops of his atfortr
Mr. McKaig wa ranaat has nor
mitted tb;s statement TO 90 ont nm
corrected when he knows and every
bod, o1so krows +bo+ b;s oasuro ala
o. q, D..
NV GNU ''i'' II MS
"ey'S III the senate ne olo not care
what became OF 1t. lie knows also
that we have already a ventilation law
on the books, the author Of which does
not live and never did live in Allie
gany county.
With great regret, therefore, We
go back to the JOURNAL Of March
81, 1888, in order that Mr.. Mckaig's
Harerstown and Baltimore admirers
and the miners NAV aoain see how he
frured q a lagislative humanitarian
A,,orr o+bors bo odd,.oosod +bo
IT, Co,:4.ao I.,o.;a, 49,,
lio"eo Oolil'''i.'oo VII ms '00'i''i' VII
1uesuay, March ~, 1000, Ill d lilaliler
unusually tame for man fired with
philanthropic pity for the poor miner
1t must be remembered that the bill
had passed the Senate and was then
before the House.
We will give his leading utterances:
If the companies had let this bill alone it
m'ghf mare Gee" 'etoe"'
nc Wa? no' q ''''iel ou nv, Nl'oN M'le'ie.
70 mass If tbe Latter If ongbt NOT
Renlvino TO a ouestion bv the chair
man he did NOT fool snra .hou+ advi.-
mo committee what TO do with
the nronosed amendment Chairman