The bee., 1901-03-21
DOWN IN THE MINES.

Knockout blows to tho agltators by
working every day il possible.
The rumor was afioat last week
that one car of coal marked."union
mined" was shipped from Hopkins
county, when the truth is tho car
was loaded at Providence, Webster
county, by few miners who have
control of small mine at that place.
As the strike has been on at that
place for months past and this is the
only car we have heard CT being
shipped we see nothing to hoast of.
Are not the union miners down there
"scabbing" on tho agitators of this
county who are opposed to shipping
coal until the union is recognized?
Or do they intend to glut the marketP
Secretary Anderson, Of Monarch,
says his company sustained quite a
loss last week caused by a shaft rope
breaking and letting a loaded car
and cage drop to the bottom of the
shaft, causing quite loss of time
and considerable expense.
Four new houses are being rapidly
pushed to completion at Barnsley.
New families constantly moving in
keep the st. Bernard carpenters busy
supplying the demand for houses.
All past records were smashed by
the miners of Barnsley last Friday
when eighteen cars of coal were
loaded. That is the place where the
union fever broke out violently at
one time, but under the care of able
physicians it has subsidized to such
an extent that few traces of it can
now be found.
Often in these columns have we
referred to the lamentable fact that
much of the success attending the
efforts of the U. M. w. to organize
this county was due to intoxicants,
and direct evidence of this fact was
brought to our attention last week.
a bright young man, well known for
his industrious habits, came to the
st. Bernard Coal Co., asking to be
taken back to work, claiming that
the cause of his downfall was in
toxicating drinks given him by an
enemy in tho disguise of U. M. w.
Ellsworth Evans was off q few
days last week having bruised his
foot in the mines.
A few years ago the headquarters
of the Knights of Labor were located
in Pennsylvania not far from where
the big strike is expected to lorigi-
nate. At that time the order was on
a boom, in fact threatened to throttle
all tho industries of the country un-
less their demand was granted but
the organization soon struck a rock
and almost went to pieces. AS the
U. NJ. w. is pursuing the same tao
tics there may be breakers ahead in
that State for them. And here are
those who think the end is near.
When one Farlie, from Alabama,
in the convention of the
u. M. w. and the operators they
own, Mt Louisville the other day, he
stated that he could prove that the
production of coal in Hopkins
County had been reduced sixty-five
per cent; that the cars were all
counted by capable men, who re-
peated the truth only. He was met
by telegram from Mine Inspector
Stone, which reported a gain of over
1900 tons in Hopkins County for
the month of January over the cor
month of last year. As
the st. Bernard Company produced
over 1000 tons more coal In Feb. 1901
than in 1900 and other mines also in
creased their output, Farlie's ''re-
liable" romancers evidently didn't
see any double headers pulling coal
trains.
Richard Brown. Col"rcd Secretary OF the
United Workers. Disappears With $ll2 of
the lnion's Good Coin.
The members of Evansville
branch, No. 800, of the United Mine
Work ers. would like to find Richard
Brown, the secretary of the organ
Ization, and they are making every
effort to locate him. He disappeared
from this city several days ago, TAX
ing the unions money with him and
that is why the miners are SO inter-
ested in him.
Brown, who was q colored man,
was elected financial secretary of
the union several months ago. Ry
virtue Of his position he had charge
,f the monthly remittances to the
National organization but 1t appears
that he neglected to remit $ll2 of
the money collected from the Evans
Vile members.