The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-31

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wish to bar out its old employees but on
the contrary infer that they will be put
to work should they apply for work be-
fore their places are filled.
The miners seem to show no sign OF
weakening. On Saturday several said
that they meant business, and that
they would stay out all winter rather
than to submit to that which they con-
sidered tyrannical and oppressive. 1t
is question of principle, they say.
A SUGGESTION TO Mr., STEVENSON AND
OTHER DIRECTORS
Tho Bloomington Journal (German)
said: The coal miners held a meeting
on Thursday evening and decided not
to resume work until the coal company
gave them the right as free.men, to
belong to their respective labor organi-
cations. This is right. The passage Of
this resolution indicates their man
hood, and shows that the battle is half
won. The Mclean County Coal Com
pany threatens to put in new men on
Monday morning. We believe this is
easily said, but hard to do, because not
one man in twenty-five will or wants to
be coal miner. The work is very un-
healthy, and the pay for such hazardous
work Is very poor To have to be a
coal miner is hard lot for any man.
Any one not willing to believe this
should 90 into a coal mine and take an
eight days trial and he would surely
not envy coal miners Job, butgladly
concede to him the demands he rightly
makes. The directors should take picks
and sh0rcls and 90 DOM into the mine per-
sonaHy to dig tie duSiy diamonds for eight
days and hsl think tie matter over.
When a group Of half dozen of the
new miners came out Of the shaft last
evening quite number OF the old men
were on ths ground to give them a re.
ception. They followed the imported
miners up town, using rater vigorous
language and paying their respects in
manner that could not be misunder-.
stood. Every thing was quiet last night
and an officer was on duty looking
after property, etc. The strikers in
reality made no opposition or trouble
whatever, beyond the insignificant lit
tie episode mentioned. IL is expected
that more men will arrive to-day or to-
morrow.
The following is copy of what the
Paragraph says October 10, 1887:
The STRIKE OF THE MCLEAN COUNTY Coal
COMPANY SHAFT RESULTS IN DISPLAY OF vIo'
IEScE-MfSEus AND NINE OFFICIALS STONED
AND RorTgN.EGGED.
The coal strike took on a new and
important phase in an attack on the
miners who have been brought to the
city to reopen the shaft and upon two
officers OF the company. The Puntd-
graph yesterday stated that on Monday
evening crowd Of jeering men and
boys followed the new miners and
Messrs. Scott and Graham, OF the coal
company, who were with them.
Messrs. Scott and Graham have since
stated that stones were thrown at them
and that Mr.. Scott had narrow escape
from injury by one OF the missiles.
Mayor Thomas said last
night that the acts OF violence were
new to him. His first news of the rock
throwing was from the reporter. He
said that nothing to warrant force OF
police had occurred up to that time,
and that he didn't like to take the
force away IRON the city TO be station
ed for any length OF time at the shaft,
He had sent an officer there, both
when the men went to work in the
morning and when they came at night.
At the request OF the coal company he
had appointed two special policemen,
giving them stars and all the powers Of
a regular officer. He would appoint as
many us the company ask for Regard
ing the two officers whom the coal com.
pany designated by name not as hav-
ing done their duty on Monday even.
ing, he said that they were old and
trusty men, and that If they had Of
Tended the proper thing to do was to
prefer charges against them.
The hickman who hauled the non
union miners has got enough OF it He
was thoroughly scared and passed last
evening cleaning the vehicle.