The bee., 1901-10-17


out the entire United States, it is
certainly not a sign of great civih-
cation when bands of things calling
men can be found shoot
ing at their trother man, while he
is peaceably at work for support of
wife and children molesting no one
and only exercising privilege guar
anteed him by the constitution of
the state and country, and obeying
the command of God to earn live
lihood by the sweat of his brow.
One of the lamentable features
of the affair is the fact that for the
grave offense of shooting at miners
while en- route to work not one step,
so far as the writer is aware Of, has
been taken toward the punishment
of these would-be assassins; not one
of them is under arrest, and that in
the face of the fact that life was only
saved by poor craftsmanship. Their
will to murder was made plain when
they fred upon Deputy Sheriff Bar-
nett and others from ambush and
when time after time guards pro-
tecting property according to law
were shot at, has the state offered
any reward for the gang. who try to
kill. 1t is true that a few warrants
have been issued but failure to Sc
cure sufficient force to serve same
has rendered useless the work of the
county judges.
Much praise is due the Monarch
Coal Co.'S miners for the courage
displayed in pursuing their labors,
even though time after time they
have been shot at from ambush.
1t is indeed a brave and noble
fight the working miners of this
county are putting up against the
idlers who seek to kill them for an
imagined grievance. The one thing
that gives our miners courage to
fight for their rights is that justice
and right is on their side.
The great scarcity of coal cars the
past week has led someone to re-
mark that the railroad company
should have additional cars con-
structed for this fast growing trade.
The loss of business and wages is
very heavy when one of the large
mines of this county is COM
PEELED to shut down for day or two
during the week.
Said well posted man last week
soon after the sad accident occurred
at the Arnold mine, "This is per-
haps only one case out of thousands
of similar ones that has proved fatal"
He was referring to the carelessaess
of miners in keeping their lamps on
their heads directly over a powder
keg while getting powder from the
same. The miners we understand
have in many cases became accus-
toned to the practice and thus fail
to see the danger.
Foreman Toombs and force viii
soon move the fan at the South
Diamond mine and build new fan
house in the same connection after
improvements are made.
If rumors afloat be true, much
suffering will ensue to the idle U.
M. WIS and families before the win
ter is over, only half clad and linn
tied supply of fuel will be their lot.
This dreaded result is the work of
agitators who care for
self alone. Many of the sufferers
were miners who once made big
wages at work for the st. Bernard
and other coal companies, but
through the evil influences of the
loud mouthed agitators they have
become worthless.
One hundred thousand dollars was
voted by a. Kentucky legislature for
the use of detecting and convicting
the assassin of Goebel but thus far
not dollar has been offered for the
detection or conviction of those who
have attempted to take the lives of
our miners. Justice impartial
should be the watchword.
The colored miners showed the
love they have for one another in
the large attendance that was seen
at the funeral of the late Lige Prit-
chett,
The U. NJ. WIS evidently think
they can see friend in advance,
when they attend a political meeting
now, and the candidate that seems
to please them is the one the work
ing coal miner of this county now
seeks to shun.
Weigher James B. Head of the
Arnold mine says they lost consid-
cradle time last week owing to the
lack of n sufficient supply of coal