The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-26
THE MINERS EDEN"
Is the Sumo Given to MononGah-Pcri
toni Remarks from Con. Spillmnn.

toni Remarks from Con. Spillmnn.
OFFICE MoNoNGAu Coal & COKE Co.,
MoNoSaAH, W. Va, Jan. %. 1892. !
To The Editor ofhe Wheeling Ltelliyencer.
DEAR Sln:-By means OF circulars
scattered broad cast through Wheeling
the committee OF the Trades Assembly
cndeavor to twist and comfort existing
facts in the matter OF the Wheeling boy
colt OF Monongah coal in way to en-
list the sympathy OF the good people OF
Wheeling.
For instance they take ten or twelve
names out OF sixty or seventy that Mr..
Crumbackcr published and add man
here and boy there rs helpers and
then intimate that Mr.. Crumbackcr Sc
lccts these ten or twelve from a list OF
over seven hundred employees.
Again, they refer to our store rs n
"pluck me" store, knowing that the
public generally are acquainted with
that old evil and all honest people con-
denim it, and they think BY FASTING that
name on us they will do us harm. A
falsehooi more or less or o wrong act,
even though in violation OF tho law,
matters not 10 them. They arc ire
sponsible. l have already published
the TACT that VIC do not compel our men
to deal with lis. We have men still in
our employ who have not dealt in the
company's store for year or more.
On what ground and for what object
is the Wheeling Trades Assembly bid
ding for the sympathy and aid OF the
'tradesmen and merchants" OF Wheel
ing2 Are they endeavoring to give to
Wheeling better and cheaper fuel
than she has been using? Ijudge not,
rs they say by system OF robbery wo
are enabled to undersel Pennsylvania
coal and then boycott US. Are they in
fact trying to accomplish anything in
which the people OF Wheeling arc in
terested? Yes; they are trying to keep
out Of Wheeling this cheaper and bet
ter coal. Ask the Trades Assembly
committee in regard to the price, and
ask our customers in Wheeling in re-
gard to the quality. tSf :. 3
The committee says to the tradesmen
and merchants OF Wheeling, whose Gus
toners they are, ''stand by us, for our.
prosperity,is, your eain."
have no doubt but that the mer-
chants and manufacturers and all the
rest oil Wheeling can easily figure
whether, as Il matter OF policy, il is
better to stand by the Trades Assembly,
with its quiXotic idea OF compelling our
men to adopt their notions by boycott
ing their business, or to cultivate the
good will and trade OF the 1000 miners
OF this district and their families, to.
sethcr with the merchants OF ,Fairmont
aud Palatino, who are vita!lyeinterested
in us. AID
The Monongah Coal and Coke Com
pany alone spent in Wheeling in 1891
$4,000, or in exact figures $4,000 IS.
Wheeling draws from this region not
less than one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars year in trade, and in
five years it will be five times that
much. ~
The committee applies to us the
word "scab" which, ! believe, is the
vilest word in their vocabulary. We
define it in different way out here.
With us it means man with brains
enough to work where he can make tho
most money. ,gEs
Example: Ii John Smith does not
pay him as much MS Jim Doe, he leaves
John Smith and works for jim Doe. 81
Do the Fairmout miners think they
might do better in other localities ii
SO, they would 20 where they can make
the most money. Actions arc more
significant than words. 1stN, p
On the contrary, the tide is flowing
the other way. regret to say we have
been compelled to refuse between four
and five thousand applications ior work
in the last year at Monongahalone.
l regret that We did not have work
for these men,. because they cnmesfrom
delegate ridden districts to seek peace,
contentment, happiness and prosperity
in the "Aiincrs' Eden"
With the accumulation OF wisdom
and judgment on the part OF the miners
the agi:ator is getting to beSa, thing iof
the past, a fungus growth ia being
Topped of and left to decay, and in bid
ding adieu to him We desire to- express
our thanks for tho incidental fayors We
received at his hands. Due Ito his
getting up a strike with US .a!Syear ago,
the fame OF Monongnh went abroad in
the land, and brought us more men
than We could use, besides extra market
for coal and coke, and moro wisdom to
our employees. We also tender our
compliments to the committee OF the
Trades Assembly for the. numerous cir.
culnrs scattered through Wheeling at
their expense and headed, in big black
letters, "Monongah Coal" Very. truly
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