Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-18
eager 70 ORGANIZE.
Union Officials Receive Requests From
Many Mines.
Results of the Recent Agreement
With the Operators on the Rates
for Digging More Organizers
Needed in the Pittsburr District.

Special to the Register
Pittsburg, Pa, Angus 1.-THE early
morning mail brought an unusual mum.
Der Of requests to the miners district
headquarters in the knights of Labor
building They came from different
mines in the district and an were Of
the same nature. Tie mon at tbs
mines that have been ont Of the United
Mine Workers now see the benefits Of
organization. They ask the officials TO
send representatives TO .he differen.
pits that are not represented IN the un-
ion, and organize or re3rgan.ze the
miners
This is all due TO the satisfactory
settlement made by che dealers wish the
operators recently whereby the miners
VIII get a uniform rate in the district.
and a differentiai is 90 bs allowed where
'pluck-me' stores eXl e. The 64-cent
cash rate Is considered satisfactory un-
der the present condition of affairs, bu1
the five cents extra allowed where the
diggers are compelled TO deal In COM
pany stores is not believed 20 be sufi-
cient. The abolition of SO many stores
during the past few weeks is enc0urag-
ing 20 the miners, and the indications
are that they will be wholly wiped out
when the new scale goes into effect on
October l.
There are, however, some unsat.sfac-
tory reports regarding the making Of
rates absolutely uniform IN the Pitts
burg district. Some OF the operators
will insist on paying 60 cents and con-
tinue the company stores.
IT HAS BEEN REPORTED
that Osburn. Saeger q Co. whose
mines are on the Wheeling division Of
the B, & o. r. r., are negotiating for
the sale OF their four large company
stores. When a reporter talked to a
representative Of the company in re-
gard to the report, IL was emphatically
denied. He said: I'VE intend TO op-
erate-our stores as they are an adyan-
tage to the miners"
Othe stores In the district are rapidly
disappearing. All the miners want is
the pleasure of paying for what they
get in United States currency, and not
being compelled TO hand in due bills
and coupons to pay grocery and meat
bills.
Secretary William II. Warner, Of the
Phtsburg district Of the miners. or
gantzati0n sad, ID talEiie " re.
porter: eve have received a large
number of communications from differ
ent pits, asking Us to organize the men.
The requests will be granted. but we
will have to engage more organizers 20
accomplish the work 7 believe that
before October 1, this district will be
stronger than It has ever been since
the first pound of coal was taken ont
of the hills. National Organizer Fred
Delcher and President John a. Cairns
have been doing some effective work
during the past few days
New locals are being organized wher-
ever the leaders go, and an the meet
ings held are we'll attended There is
no question that the men will All soon
see the benefits Of organization and
come into the union. With 70 compact
organization there is no doubt that the
miners of the Pittsburg district VIII De
able TO dictate the price for mining or
( living wages in the future. The fight
| for organization and O. living rate 5
being made in the coal fields OF th.s
district, as it viii have the effect OF
fixing desirable rates I'm the western
mining States.