Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-11-05

during the campaign of 1897 that the
bill to give us an Inspector by election
would be passed little operators seouzd
not object
But why agree to compromising the
elective clause of the bill Why were
not other parts of the bill comprom-
Used Why not compromise all else in
the bill and retain the elective feature
1t was the duty of the representatives
OF this county to fight for the election of
the Nine Inspector, no matter what the
threats of veto. When the elective
clause OF the bill was compromised the
entire good of the bill was eliminated.
During the last session of the Legis-
lature, when the report reached the
miners of this region that the Mine In
spector would not be made elective
every miner in the region was shock
ed. And the miners feel the sting of
disappointment to this day, no matter
how many regrets Mr.. Campbell ex-
presses over its defeat.
Had there been call for delega-
ton of miners to go to Annapolis to
fight in conference for the election of
Mine Inspector there would be diff
ferent feeling among the miners to-
day, even should the bill have been
vetoed.
And then Mr.. Campbell adds the fol
lowing as a piece of consolation for
the compromise of the elective clause
As it now is the mining bill contains many
good features of great benefit to the miners.
1t is as near perfect as we could make it. 1t
contains more legislation for the miners than
hppn n DOT tod TNrt ha,,, f,rt .
years. Let the next delegates from this
county insert elective clause.
Please inform us what the ''many
good features of great benefit to the
miners are. Does the miner not have
to work as hard to dig a ton of coal,
work as long hours, get the some price
per ton and work the same in every
way as he did before the present bill
became law Wherein. then, is the
benefit to the miners9 Let us have
the good that the bill is to the miners
pointed out that we may know it and
realize from it.
The bill is not one iota better than
the bill of 1873 and it cannot be shown
that 1t does the miner any more good.
But how can the next delegates from
this county insert the elective clause
If the operators come along and offer
compromise? Does this mean that
Messrs. Campbell and Dick were too
tlmld and that the next delegates will
be stronger to have the bill passed
If the next delegates can have the
elective clause inserted, why could not
the last If the operators could
dictate its omission at the last session,
why can they not do so at the next?
have now shown by Mr.. Campbell's
own statements that the bill did die"
or was "kllled," or compromised, and
be acknowledges that he has no re-
grets for the best part of the bill be-
ing compromised.
Also that jackson" is not so
'densely ignorant" as he charge.
AS to signing my own name. If
were looking for popularity would
neither be ashamed nor afraid to sign
my name to anything | write. But
am not looking for notoriety | am
only writing the sentiments of a ma ior.
lty OF the miners of this region. |
have known Of others who, if it is
cowardly on my part not to sign my
name, were cowardly for not signing
their names to similar articles. SO it
wont do to fling anything like that
at me.
There is no need of my coming out
in the light that "honest men NAV
avoid me. Honest men have no need
to avoid anyone. Nor is it necessary
for me to come out "to be seem" See
every miner in the region on how he
feels about the present mining bill as
being Of no force, and you ocW see me
JACKSON.
p. St will not do to say that the
present bill provides for II check
weighman, and that we do not take
advantage of it. After the miners dis
covered that the election of Mine In
spector was lost they became disgust
ed with the whole affair. This was
demonstrated at one of the Froslburg
mines, the New York, | believe.
When the acknowledgment there failed
to get sufficient pay he quit and went
after a place, understand, on the
police force-in Baltimore, the Mecca
of all our most successful sympathizers
with bleeding labor. j.