The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-10-04
Reformation and Results.

ReCrl mlndllOIl anu nOoNiIo'
EDITOR BIG STONE Gar Posr
DEAR Slr:-Lal)or agents are again very
busy in this section. This parasite on
the workingmcn still exist. But OCCASION
allv the moth flies too near the candle ana
gets its wings singod. The corpulent form
and bloated agent of II former manager OF
This section was arrested IA few days ago,
taken before Squire Adams and appealed
the case to Squire Strong at lnman, when
this type of humanity plead guilty OF the
charges against him and was find $50 ana
cost. This agent of the man who recrm-
mates against his former employers, has
since respected the law by taking out a
license to transport wOrkmen around, but
not before several men have been hooded
to leave their jobs and wander aimlessly
around, waiting for what? Waiting for
chance to go to place to dig coal where
the height of the vein is from 3 to feet;
but this wonderful man forgets to tell his
dupes that the mine is in the famous
region of the Red Ash Explosion, where
SO many lives were snufIed out recently;
where the deadly fredamp and equally
deadly dust hurls men into eternity in a
moment.
Does this eloquent and picturesque per-
sonage think for moment that working
men from this region are 50 dense as to
bind themselves up under these adverse
conditions. Have we not seen enough OF
this mans experimenting in this region
Don't we know how he tried our patience
last winter. Oh, yes, we know him very
we'll; too well to be guled to go to fiery
region of feet coal We prefer our or
: feet in the Old Dominion, where a man
is man if he is willing to toll. and where
people are protected by law from parasites
of all types from shabby genteel to shift
lessuess.
Mr.. Editor, have tried low coal digging,
fiery seams, tough cutting, but we have
parted company. III take mine in high
coal henceforward, and so will most of my
neghbors. In fact all of the miners will.
Some few persons will always be gullcd
and probably have to borrow money to get
back again. Perhaps coming away be-
tween two days.
Its very strange our friends who are
feeble minded when smooth talker is
around should I've fooled. Very strange
indeed But, say, Mr.. Editor, won't these
silver tongue gents have a reckoning in
the sweet bye and bye? How about the
pinched faces of the children of the man
who is working in feet coal to pay
transportation fees and keeping them
down to the lowest notch for months
while he struggles to get free. The con-
to leave conditions to he found here, to go
TO this condition of partial slavery must
be scared indeed. say it bchooves every
miner to dIscOuntenance any attempt to
persuade our fellows to move to conditions
as they exist on New River. This New
River district is the region where The
miner asked the boss (which end of the
two ton car he should put the two tons in. "
Yes, indeed, we know the West Virginia
methods. SO does every practical miner
in the Union. Go away, Mr.. Agent, We
know your boss. We are able to pay our
own fare when we want to so. You cant
guarantee us that when we have cut your
little seams and large cars six months.
Mr. Editor, don't like to take so much
Of your space, but think you will give me
the room to show my fellow miners how
this agent with the wonderful gift of
gullng is trying to fool them. | am an
old man like the agent, but have seen
most of tile coal regions and the New
River is the last region to go to. With its
small, hard seams, large cars-tons of un-
known Quantities-pluck me stores, and
every other abomination on the face of the
earth. We may have to leave this region,
but not for New River. | would like to
tell this veneral lie and glib tongue
gentlemen "there are others"
A PEAcTIcAL MINER VINO KNOWS.