The bee., 1901-12-05

mausnlp ulspldy Dy D. ~ IeNtOD
and crew in the building of the new
hosting shaft at No. IL mine,
which has just been completed.
The new fifteen foot fan and fan
house at South Diamond will be
ready for use sometime this week.
This is said to be the best of its
kind in the State nd was built un-
der supervision of Foreman Toombs.
1t is said that great mechanical
genius and skill was shown by ID.
w. Umstead and crew of men at
the st. Charles mine, when last
week. they so quickly refitted the
machinery and set its to work after
the damage done 1t by fire. Moth
ing impossibleyfor St. Bernard men
to do along mechanical lines. ..t.ss
The clipping below was part of an
editorial appearing in the United
Mine Workers Journal, and is re-
published so that the'readers of..the
BEE eau see how farssaSman can be
led to prevaricate. We wonder
where the men were killed while
moving camp, also where were the
tents shot into, and wherein is Judge
Hall despotic because he calls for
the simple enforcement of law
against lawbreakers:
"The latest despotic act was that
of Judge Hall. of Hopkins county,
Kentucky. Some miners had been
evicted from their houses by the
coal operators. The United, Mine
Workers bought somes tents and
bedding and provided a sheltcr for
the homeless people. The thugs
hired by the coal operators kept up
continual fusilade of bullets at
these tents, until in self-defenSe the
miners bought guns for self-protec-
tion. They were ordered from the
land they had leased by one Judge
Evans. AS they were moving the
thugs shot into their ranks and
killed two and wounded third.
Now comes Judge Hall, who
charged them with being nui-
sance, and committing breach of
the peace"
The appeal from County Judge
Hall for assistance in enforcing the
law against lawlessness in this
county, will meet with ready re-
sponse from the coal operators, as
well as all citizens who love justice
impartially administered. Since
the time of the advent into this
county of that lawless element
which in part composed the U. M.
WIS, there has not been a time
when the coal operators were not
willing. to uphold the law even
when endurance ceased almost to
be virtue, and provocations were
so great that non-union men were
justified in resorting to force in
defense of self and of property, ev-
cry obstacle known under the law
or otherwise has been thrown in the
way of having justice meted out to
the law breaker. This deplorable
condition of affairs has been the
cause of Judge Halls appeal for aid
through public sentiment. That
the coal operators only seek justice
in the courts can be readily seen
from their forbearsnce when their
men have time after time been fired
upon and their property been de-
stroyed and their business damaged {.
They have endured all these foul at
tacks, yet hoping that punishment,
commensurate With the offense
might be meted out by the simple
enforcement of the law as it now
stands on our statue books.
Rumor says that Henderson has
become a favorite resort for some of
the leading agitators of the u. NJ.
WIS. and that saloons and places Of
doubtful reputation still draw them
there, where the hard earned money
of the honest miners is freely squan-
dered. 1t is a strange thing that
the deluded miners in Illinois and
Indiana and other states, from
which co ltributions to the corrup-
tion fund are received, don't send
some one over here to investigate as
to how the money is spent.
The efforts now and heretofore
made to boycott the st. Bernard
Company have always provede
boomerang. No better way to aid
and advertise coal company. The
coal consumers generally look upon
the employment of such means to
injure an honest industry, as dog
in the manger act and they resent
such foul methods by increased or
ders.
Agitator Wood got in some more
free advertising Of himself one day
last week when he had special cor
respondent of all evening paper say,
that he, Wood, was moving rapidly
towards Madisonville to surrender
himself 10 tho authorities. and suf-