The bee., 1901-12-19

isting here the past twelve months
no man has stood up more manfully
for the rights of the operators than
has Professor Glenn, of the Graphic,
and that under circumstances at
times very trying. Indeed, many of
hisssformer best friends took issue
with him on the questions involved,
which to him sometimes meant pc
cuniary loss, yet he had fixed views,
and he has. shown the courage of
his convictions. Below we quote
from one of his late issues his opin-
ion, briefly expressed:
"There are q great many people,
even here in our own county, who
do not seem to thoroughly under
stand the mining situation. There
are those swho speak of strike as
though such thing actually existed
here in our midst. There is no strike
in Hopkins county, nor has there
been tfor manyia year. The miners
have not sstruck. They have not
asked for higher wages nor shorter
hours; they have made no demand
of any kind upon the mine owners.
They are now satisfied with the con-
dition of affairs so far as their work
and wages are concerned. They
have made no demands upon the
operators. There is no question OF
difference between the capital in
vested e and the labor employed.
There are no differences of any kind
existing that call for an adjustment.
The employers are satisfied with the
labor of the men employed. The Ia
borers are satisfied with the work
they are required to do. and the
money they get for their labor.
Again we repeat that in Hopkins
county there is no trouble between
the employer and the employed; no
war between labor and capital. The
Il ouble is that there are a lot of 9TH
er men here from other counties,
from other states and even of other
nationalitIes, who are dissatisfied
with the way things are managed in
Hopkins county. They have moth
ing at stake; they have no money
invested; their interests are not
here. But these men have tried to
get up a quarrel between the en-
plover and the employed. Because
the employed refuse to listen to howl
ings and wailings of agitators they
are made the target for their attack.
1t is struggle between the employ
ed, who are satisfied, and the unem-
ploYed. many of whom would not
work at any price even If they had
the opportunity. No, there is no
strike here. There is not likely to
be one very soon. There is trouble
in the county; that trouble is caused
by men who are not at work them
selves, nor are they willing that 9TH
ers shall labor. 1t is really a strug-
gle between the employed and the
unemployed. When men want to
work they should be protected in
that right, even though it takes the
last man in the state and the last
dollar in the treasury to protect him
in that which is n living for himself
and famIlv.'
Mr.. Ed T.. Robinson, who has
filed the place of Assistant Man
ager of the St. Bernard Coal Com
.oo,,., 20, eoxoroI ,,oontho pact hoe
gone again to the West to engage in
railroad work. Mr.. Robinson is an
darlington man, but has engaged in
railroad work for some years past,
having been with the engineering
department of the Burlington and
other western systems as well as
some roads nearer home. His home
will be at Anaconda, Montana,
where he will be superintendent of
Maintenance of Way and Structures
for the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific
Railroad. This is a copper road, of
which Mr.. II. S. Spencer is General
Superintendent. Many friends re-
gret to see Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson
leave, but it is hard to wean a man
from railroad work who has ever
been so engaged, and Mr.. Robinson
goes in response to a hattering Of
fer.
Foreman d. w. Umstead found it
necessary to increase the driving ca
paclty of the new engine, lately put
at work at Barnsley mine, by adding
a larger speed wheel. With that
change made, the new machinery is
working nicely and before long the
Barnsley mine may appear in the
lead as n coal producer.
The snow storm o. last Saturday
has greatly interfered with the
prompt filling Of orders at the coal
mines of the county. Five or six
inches of snow so blocks up the rail-
road tracks as to greatly delay the