The bee., 1902-03-20

HIOul bnO pei Ctul dbsCbb-
ment on the union miners
of District 23. ..... .....$ 20, ,S38. .88 !
From Indiana miners. 27,600.O0
From Illinois, Indiana and
Alabama. ...... 49,. 1881. so
From the National Board LOG, $4,000
A total OF $lG6, ,320 .3S
AS before reported in The Bee,
$l65 462 52-1O0 of this amount was
spent by the Secretary-Treasurer
and other mine officials and organ
iZers.
Why don't this Secretary-Treas-
urer report to his members who gave
him this large sum of money? How
much of it was spent in riding on
the railroads? How much was spent
in the saloons and sporting houses of
Madisonville, Henderson, Evans
vile, Owensboro, Louisville, Central
City and other places? How much
was put into houses, stores, farms,
bank stock and loans by thrifty
officials and organizers? How much
was lost in gambling houses? How
much was spent in liberal payments
by checks and otherwise to thrifty
spies in Madisonville and Earling-
ton, whose reports, so highly priced
by the officials of the u. NV. of Cen
trail City, were entirely the result of
Imagination and without the SEM
blance of truth ? How much was
spent in buying guns and pistols and
ammunition with which to shoot out
the ''scabs," and how many of those
guns and pistols were sold to buy
food and shoes by the hungry vic
tins to whom they were issued
How much was stolen by dishonest
cOmmisaries And most important
of all, just how much of this great
sum of money was spent in buying
food and clothing for the women and
children of the men who quit work
and have depended on brother u. NJ.
w. for support?
Let him tell why the usual rail-
road route for officials and organ
izers between Central City and Mad
isonville was via OwensborO and
Henderson, a distance of l03 miles
and cost of $3.O9, instead of via
Nortonville, distance of 80 miles
and cost of $l.0S.
A commercial traveller who added
to his railroad expense in that way
would be discharged at once, but
officials and organizers of the u. M.
w. don't care for mOney-it comes
too easy.
Campbell, Mitchell, Wood & Co.
spent $l65,462 56-l0O in fourteen
months IN efforts to close up the
mines in Hopkins, Christian and
Webster counties, with the result
as will be shown by the report of the
Inspector of Mines of a greater out
put of coal than ever before; Janu-
ary, February and March of 1902,
showing an decreased output over
the corresponding months of 1901,
when the greatest output in the his
tory of these counties was made.
The salaries of the above officials
were increased at the last cOnven-
tion, in recognition, probably, of
their great business(O ability.
Another cold wave this week has
had the effect of keeping the coal
business on a boom, and while many
of the miners desired a few days !
rest, they are willing to wait until
such time as the coal consumers
Will quit crying for fuel.
RumOr says that one of the chief
agitators who has been following
that vocation in this county, has on
several occasions, while IN company |
with several more Of his pals, i'm
proved his opportunity to abuse Roy |
Blanks of Mortons when alone. Said |
abuse was taken by Blanks until 1t
became unbearable, and so last Mon
day, upon a repetition of the vile
language, he resented it with blows.
This is another instance of the spite
held by the u. NJ. w. against one
who dares to do his duty as an off,
Ger, position that Blanks has held
for the last year or two most of the
time. 1t was through his interces-
sion that Gabriel Stokes few
months ago escaped with his life, at
time when several Of the gang
were together, and would undoubt-
edlY have overpowered him only for
the timely interference of Blanks.
Foreman j NJ. Hagan, of the Hec-
la mine, while not boasting of the
work done there, says their record
shows an output of from l2,OOO to To-
900 bushels of coal daily, which indi-
Gates a fine working force at that
place. w. p. Jennings is now bank
foreman there and those in a posi-