Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-02
Which Are WeLooking For?

-' ullDtIIdlu L""tftHut"t'
April & friday the business mems
movement, auxiliary to that of miners
to secure "A conference of employers and
employees, endorsed and encouraged by
the local authorities of the "organiza-
ton, took shape i'll a public meeting,
adoption of resolutions and the appoint
mcnt of Il committee to act
April : Saturday the appeal of this
meeting was mailed to the coal company
executives.
April 9 Monday committee of bust
ness men, i'll conjunction with four rep
rcsentatives of miners-the transporta-
ton of the latter, it was understood,
was to be provided bg tie compo"y- We're
ready to 90 to Baltimore, believing they
had Il reasonable prospect of success i'll
securing the conference.
Up to this time the committees deal
ings We're mainly with the Consolidation
Coal company, inasmuch as the rupture
between this company and a portion OF
its employees had become open.
4 few hours later-miduigh Saturday
night, April I, the Consolidation miners
suspended work.
To get these men back and fOrcStal
further suspensions the joint committee
MONDAY, April . was anxious to get
away. Indeed, the former object had
been by this time practically accom-
plishcd through the local representative
of the company.
B"f m III" rrY""H Of orguUi:HtjoU an
Horjfc& he jojm con'niHicc ,rox jnd"ccd
10 dctcr It's mission until after thr meeting
Of dcIcg0tr& meet day T"rSduy, 1p,W N.
To this the joint committee yielded,
believing their mission might thus be
made easier of accomplishment, if not
obviatcd altogether.
But the delegates, 0ppanDHy "ndCr an
inspired tc"r that " co4trrcncr ~o"d be-
&rc"rcd, adopted resolution declaring
al general suspension ofall mines in district
10 Of the U. NJ. w. of a. until the 60 cents
per ton Off 24O pounds is granted.
This was Il declaration of war which
precluded all attempts at further mcdi-
alton.
To make the situation at this point
fully understood it should be repeated
that until the assembly of delegates
Tuesday, April 10, the local authorities
of the L. NJ. w. and the joint committee
were in full accord, sympathy and pur-
pose. The latter, i'll yielding to the wish
of the former to defer, had also agreed
such purposes as might appear needful.
Instead, however, a committee came
out Of the assembly and notified the
business representatives i'll substance
that 'all relations between us are de-
clarcd OFF, that is, ar" "Hhdtu" f'om
III" .joiHf m0rrm"lt 10 xccu,r u coUtrrrUcr."
Yet, Mr.. Warner tells Cumberland
papers that 1.-The strike will be a long
one unless the operators hold con-
ference"
As a matter of history, therefore, it is
evident that at the only moment when
conference was really in sight, Mr.
Warner would not have it, but, instead
threw down the guagc of battle.
We are now at stage where thinking
miners should be asked-have You in
quirCd what reason Mr.. Warner enter
talns for expecting ii conference under
conditions far less suspicious than those
of April TO- when he flung conference
to the winds?
Again-thcre is discrepancy to be
noted between Mr.. Warmers estimated
tenure for the suspension-until 1.-THE
operators hold Il conference" and that
of the assembly until the 90 cents per
ton of 2,2l0 pounds is granted
Which of these two manifestos is par
amount?
II the former, when did it supersede
the latter?
Which is ''the real thing War
ncr or the assembly Of delegates?
If the conference comes, does the 60
cents go?
IL the 10 cents comes, do we surrender
the right to a conference?
In short, which are we holding ont for
Warmers demand for conference, or
the asscmbly's demand for 60 cents
The Journal has recited the salient
incidents Of recent history mainly to lead
the minds of thinking miners up to the
point of serious inquiry into Mr.. War
ncr's real relation to the situation on
Georges Creek
1t Is plain that if he is still looking for
conference, he is expecting a favor that
he doesn't want.
If he ever looked for $50 cents a ton"
1t Is clear that he dropped that expecta-
ton in order to anticipate conference
which he wouldn't have when there was
promising opportunity to get it.
Rcmembcr-thc JOURNAL is dealing
i'll the logic of the Situation-not the
merits nor dement's of any man or men,
and the unacceptable result is-everv
problem that besctS us is Solvable eXcept
Mr.. Warmers exact relationship to the
SuSpcnsion-aS that problem appears
when viewed
J. From the standpoint Of his prophe-
cy concerning its duration, and
,, From the outlook furnished by the
acts of his apostles.