Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-17
KANAWHA AND NEW RIVER COAL
why the Operators and Miaer. Yell for
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CHARLESTON, w. Va. January 10
The management OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway is just now coming In for
great deal of criticism for its failure
To pay the kanawha coal operators for
the coal it has bought from them. LII
o'Rlmed that the road is three months
behind In It's payments To the kanawha
operators. This em harnesses thcm very
much and renders thcm unable To Hncet
their obligations The wholesale gro.
GERS are waiting on tho operators for the
pay Tor tho goods they have sold them
The retail Erocers cannot pay tho whole
salers, and tho coal digEers. having to
wait on their paw from tho operators,
cannot pay the retailers. Thus every.
body who has remote interest I'm the
coal Industry IL voNed by the tardiness
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio coal agen-
CIV 20 pay the operators promptly. They
are three months behind ia their pay.
ments to the operators. aud 4,
has bceu going on this way
for nearly year. The operators have
no remedy, II seems, for tho railroad
has them in its power II they mako
any Kick against the railroad, their
supply OF cars is shut OFT, and when
this Is done the mines must shut down.
Both tho operators aud the coal dig
gers are slaves To tho railroad intlu-
ences. The profits OF the on.
orators and the wages OF tho
coal miners arc alike controlled by
the management OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio Company. IL President ingalls,
takes snuff, forthwith every operator
and miner must snecze. II Mr.. lngall,
says tho operators must demand a tnriG
on coal, forthwith tho operators meet
and pass resolutions TO that effect. II
Mr.. ingalls, says the miners must vel
for coal tariff, then he expects tn,
operators TO SEQ that the yell goes up.
And yet tariff on coal can In no way
affect the profits OF either the operator,
or the miners. II thero be any profi
In coal tariff It accrues to the railroad
alone. The railroad company doc,
not take the coal from the oper
ator At a price that will en-
able tho company To realize only n rea.
sonable profit on IL. MIR. Ingalls, sit,
down and figures out Just what Is the
lowest price that the operator can mine
the coal for, and gives MIN that and
nothing more, no matter what may be
tho profits OF the railroad or what The
tariH on coal or the market demand
may be. The operator gives tho miner
as much for digging tho coal az ho /,
obliged 30 give him and nothing more
and the railroad is careful 10 see thai
the operator docs not pay the miner
more than the lowest price at which hi,
labor can be gotten. Thus it can b,
seen that the profits Of neither the 90.
orator nor the miner can be affected by
the removal OF the tariff from coal
But both operator and miner must yell
for coal tariff in obedience To the
commands OF President Ingalls,. The
business men Of Charleston aud Tn,
kauHwfrs Valley are rather severe In
ther criticisms OF the expressions OF
tho c. & o. Railway, especially since
IL has undertaken TO retain tariff on
coal through the influence OF tho Goa
operators, which can accrue 10 the
benefit OF no one but tho railroad com.
pany itsslf.