Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-07-22
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sPeclafto the Register.
Fairmont, w. Va. July 21-The
greatest mining strike in history is
failure if it depends on the action Of
the West Virginia miners. To assure
success the strike of the Monongah
men should have been followed up by
The miners at the other collieries tax
ing decided stands in favor of striking,
and as another day has passed with
out any developments worthy OF note
the operators and Tdners Of the Fair
mont region hays reason to rejoice.
Since the receipt Of the telegram an
nouncing that Sovereign had left the
State the people have been unusually
jubilant, and to-day have not the least
doubts but that their men will keep
working. and that the strike will
amount to nothing if Debs' statement
that all depends on West Virginia is
true.
EugeEe V. Debs is placed In a pecu-
Riar POSITION. People were told here
VI the men would come out when
Debs came. This statement might have
been correct if the men would have
turned out to hear him, but with his
third meeting to-day at WOrthingtOn
with no sign Of success, he has reason
70 be disappointed. When the men
hear him talk they act, as is shown by
the result at MonOngah, but as long
as the men refuse to come out to hear
him it shows that their sympathy for
a1siC fellow miners is not Ear EesChilg
enough to cause them to lay down their
picks until the strike is settled.
That the action of the Monongah
men would control the action OF the
other miners was for a long time
statement undisputed, but such has
failed TO prove the case. The Monon-
gah mines are the largest in the region,
and with them not working the four
Watson mines are as busy as ever, and
although some of the men talk strike,
they show 40 signs Of action. The
regular miners at all the mines which
are controlled ty the WatsOns are
Marion county men in a large degree.
Men are employed who were born and
raised in this county. They know
their employers, and in most cases feel
that their employers are labOring that
both men and operators may be mutu-
LILY benefited.
hen men feel this way an eiO-
BIT speaker like Debs can not do rs
h good as can dozen mi2ers
ght in to form unions. Indeed, if
plan had been followed the result
ay might have been different. II
ue that when the Monongah mines
new miners from the Kanawha
on, eight or ten agitators got in
did good work, but they made
AXE in waiting to make an organ
lon until Debs arrived.
ebs is quartered at the Arlington
Sc, in Palatine, small hotel,
re he occupies room No. IL. The
of his time when not working he
his room, when a personal can
of the miners would prove more
sfcial to the cause. w. D. MahOn
le worker of them all, as was evil
ed at Rivesville last night when
gave his time to the newspaper
while Mahon went among the min
eneouraging them and urging them
mite with the strikers. MahOn is
ted by ]. c. CrOsslet, an Indiana
r. and w. W. Miller who was
in Wheeling, but has worked in
for several years.
nights meeting at Watson was
repetitiOn OF the failures Of Debs.
men again failed to turn out, the
sien Of interest manifested being
e - a Inc fr,v-
miles to attend the meeting.
came down in a body in charge
cir officers and it was largely by
that the crowd was made up.
meeting at New England was the
IF the series. and there was some en-
sm. Mr.. Debs talked more on the
site scheme for the establishment
Utopia than about the miners
and his declarations that the mines
m as other sources Of supply Of ne
les OF life. should be owned and op-
by the government. were received
anplause. There were about fifty
frono the New England mines at the
They came over the hills BY a
yhich they believed was secret, but ,
ere surprised to find representatives /
MANAGEMENT al the meeting TO re-
heir presence. They all expect 10
charged in the morning and will ask
organized and put into the field as
rs among the other miners. Phil
was chairman Of the meeting. and
also spoke. MahOn declared that
,srators of the FairmOnt region are
,g a harvest. but that it was a har-
avn from the misery Of the miners
and other regions.
ether meetings to-day were rather
and no miners. except the crowd
,,ars from Monongah, who were act
an escort for the speakers. were in
dance.
~.I,4ine this morning. union was
- sin 81 men. including the strik-
~ aurora and o'DPnnel, mines J.
-. nothau was made president and
ARP secretary. TPe union was
~ ". w. Miller
ss west FairmOE miners. who
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