Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-06
COAL MINERS, ATTENTION !
Read These Truths From Ous who Is
Well Posted on she subject

ANNM NV AAtAtAAH AWtA NtaN
Well Posted on she subject
In response TO an Invitation from the
Weston Democratic CLUB to deliver an
address before thas organization, Hon.
H. A. Rebrook replied recretung 0ts
Inability to be present, and givInE his
political vlewsat Icncth. To the course
OF his letter be sa.t:
"If our Republican friends arr right
and ] believe they are, wuea they s't
that the tariff has q tendency 10 reduce
the price of the commodity upoa "u'cH
Il is levied, O. ls She last thjug The .ao'i-
or should vote for, because In reducing
the price of The commodity Unnecessarily
follows that waScs will be reduced.
The price of miniaE coal has been con
stantly decreasing for the last twenty
years, under the POOR mal's so-cn''ei
friend-protect
"The past history demonstrates Ihat
protection has kept tho American Ia-
bOrer out and projected the negroes ana
foreigners en- your mines by the ava oi
16-shOoters, as was done 10 the strike
10 Ohio, Illinois aud PenuSy lydnIa lu
NE-HUr anu ia NN ENN hllEILIA IA
81 was in the mining districts OF ONO
during the campaign o. 80, and the be-
publican orators told the miners that u
the Democratic party came in power
their wages would be reduced that the
price OF mining would be decreased ana
that mining interests would be closed
M. and that in the event OF Mr.. Gac-
fields election the price OF coal would
be increased; and, strange 20 say, ln less
than six weeks after Mr.. Garfield was
inaugurated, they posted notices
throughout the mining regions or ONO
that a cut OF ten per cent. would take
place on a certain date, aud they Kept
that policy up until they reduced the
price Of mining coal more than Oue-baII
the original price ia less than three
months, all under the sJ-Ca.lad pro
lection And when the poor sons oil
toll refused 10 submit, after they had
supported the party which
promised TO protect them, ara
which proisssed so much love t.
wards them prior % the election, ADD
during the strike referred % them rs
anarchists, desDeradoes and lawlesS
characters, 10 was then they were turn
ed out OF their homes AID their places
filed with negroes and Italians, or TO
other words, any person who would
take the place OF the American laoorer.
The companies owned the houses 10
which the miners lived and from which
they were rejected, anG the miners were
unable 20 procure supplies az the com
pany stores, which were known as
pluck me- stores.
"It does seem strange % me that a
man with ordinary Intelligence, though
be be only an humble lab0rer, can ever
forget the past
During the recent coal strike, which
proved 10 be- oae OF the greatest panics
this country ever Witnessed, when coal
increased more than four times It's orig
inal value( railroads abandoned trains,
turnsl doors were closed, large lacto-
ries ased operations, on account Of
not .6ying sufficient fuel and capital
val arrayed against labor; 10 was
Struggle between employer and en-
,ployes. With all this, those miners
who continued at work were granted
DO Increase for mining the coal; in
other words, they mined coal that sold
for s.. so per ton for the same price that
they mined coal which solo for 60c per
ton prior 10 the strike. This coal strike
lasted for about three monJhS-suli-
- nv 70 have supplied the demand
withyoreign coal if 10 could have been
gotten here 40 anything near the cur
rent prices; but this was not done.
This was a general strike, in which the
miners TO every coal field 10 this
country atook part, AID one in
which the operator would have
resorted 20 everything in order %
have defeated the miner, for had
he won be would forever have the poor
miner at his mercy, and the reason for
his not being able TO accomplish his
purpose IS that be could not get coal
from any coal field under the sun 20
supply the demands at profitable prices,
and therefore had 20 submit. i know
man 10 this country, not more than four
or five hours ride from here, who made
as much as $685. 900 10 the last strike.
We have a few men To this country
who became vastly rich during this re-
cent coal strike, az the expense Of the
miner and ordinary operator, and both
the miner and operator are worse than
before the strike. Neither OF them
made q cent more during the strike"