The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-15
SOME POINTED IIUMOR.
Kcnsueky Coat Operator. Show Up the
Ridiculous Claims OF silytr Milne Opera
tOrs-Ror sound Money.

Ncntuelky Toni Operators SHOW Up the
Ridiculous Claims or silver Milne Opera.
tors-For Sound Money.
The Louisville Courler.Jourhai
tDem), has the following: Tho coal
mine operators OF Kentucky hold d
meeting In this city yesterday, and,
| after t%rHnSactlng the business for
which they had assembled. they re-
solved themselves into n special sess-
lon 10 consider the financial Issue.
Nearly all the large mines In tho state
were represented.
After mature elaboration, and by 4
unanimous vote, n call n Issued for
a national convention OF coal mine OPP
orators, to be held In Chicago on Sep
tcinber ~, for the purpose OF formally
demanding TINT the government Issue
" certificates for each load OF coal
dumped on the government. In the fol-
lowing call they give figures to show
that II would BRINK the desired ilnan-
clai relief four times quicker than the
free coinage Of silver:
a call for a convention of1the owners OF
coal mines IN the United States, TO be held
Il, Chicago. September 81. TO consider tho
following:
Whereas. Tho silver mine owners OF the
'ONllNl lltNN. IllltH Oil lIlt american
people, through the P%opocratic and Popu.
list parties, to pass laws, whereby tho
product OF the silver mines ran be coined
Into legal tender at twice Its market
value; and
Whereas. The entire product OF the said
silver mines Is but siXty-tour million dol
lars per year: and
Whereas. The reason given for this de-
mnhd by said silver mine owners and tho
members OF the great Popocratic aud
ItlnlIIHtir nm fIinQ ia TINT FVtnEn. tnuKtnNt In
needed In the country: and
whereas. The conl mines OF the United
states produce yearly one hundred and
Ecycnty-eiEht millions OF tons OF coul that
sells Tor an average OF 81 o. per ton; md
Whereas, The owners OF the coal mines,
Df'ileyihk that thu silver mine owners, un-
dor tha constitution, have no more rightH
anu privileges than themselves: therefore,
itcs6lfed. Tint the government OF the
United states Of America issue to each
coal mine owner n certificate for two dol
lars for each ton OF coal mined, each GER
tllcnto to he legal tender for all debts,
public and private.
Resolved, That tho coal mine 0wnCrR,
who are patriotic and liberal citizens, real
izing the need of more money for them.
selves and for the country, believe that
this method will put into circulation about
-FOUR hundred millions OF dollars yearly
thereby relieving the necessities OF the
coal mine owners unh the people nearly
four times more rapidly thnn cun possibly
be done by IN" owners OF the silver mines.
KENTUCKY COAL OPERATORS.
Among the mines represented were
the Reinacke. Crabtree. Monarch. Prov
ldence, Hecla, st. Bernard, Carbonate.
Central Coal and Iron Company, Nc
Henry Coal Company, Guy Dean Com
pany, Louisa COlIiery. IlIllsdale and
Grcenville.
No one will have any trouble In rec
ognizing this call for a coal convention,
as n very clever bit OF humor, at the
expense Of the silver innatIonists, but
Il Is really n matter OF Importance. for
1t was prompted by n realization OF the
righteousness OF the silver scheme, II
shows what the mine operators think
OF It.
And as for the mlners-the laborcrs
In the mtncs-the operators gave assur-
ancc that they had carefully canvassed
III. sentiment among them and had
found that they were not going to sup
port Bryan.
Mr.. J. y. Atkinson. President OF the
81. Bernard Coal Company, which en-
ploys 1000 men in Its HOPKINS county
mines. said: Nine hundred OF the thou
sand miners employed by US are for
sound money, and are going to vote
only for sound money candidates. a
majority OF them are Republicans and
not a single one Of them Is going to bolt
thc~R Republican ticket. I say not n sin
gle one, because | have canvassed the
mines with Il view 10 learning the sen
timent among them"