The bee., 1902-04-03
DOWN IN THE MINES.

as miner and still has host of
friends who were panied during the
last few years to see him listen to
the teachings of the labor leaders
and connect himself with the u. NJ.
w. of which he was a member when
death came. With all his faults he
was considered man Of grand quail
tiles and an expert miner.
John Peyton. who has been assist
ing to constructa a trestle ut the South
Diamond mine, was called home
last week on account of sickness in
his family.
Foreman Caviness and other ma
chinists were employed last week
for a day or so putting III n new fire
box on one of the mine engines. Mr..
Caviness is expecting a call to Daw-
son soon TO do some important work.
Mr.. j. y. Atkinson, President of
the St. Bernard Mining Co.. returned
last week from the east whore he
had been called upon the sad mis-
sion of attending the funeral of a
relative.
Two important meetings will COM
mand the attention Of Agitator Wood
next week. One will be the eXecu-
tive meeting of the L. NJ. w. at In
dianapolis and the other will be one
held by Judge Dorsey and before
whom Wood VIII appear on the
charge of conspiracy to murder, both
meetings occurring on the same
date. Business is pressing with him.
Another of the suspected muir
derers of officer Coffey was arrested
last week in Indiana and lodged safe
in the Christian county jail. Thus
far about half a dozen suspects, all
of whom claim membership with the
union miners, have been arrested,
and hopes are entertained that the
guilty ones have been caught and
they will be made to pay the pen
atty of the law.
Secretary Barley, of the Reinecke
Coal Co., made the knights Tenn
plar lodge here pleasant visit one
night last week.
Another poor dupe who up at
Barnsley has been making an aver
age of about sixty dollars per month
working for the st. Bernard Co., last
week joined the U. NJ. w. and here
after will have to he content with
about one fifth of of the amount
above named.
Why should the union miner. who
in this county has long ago ceased
to be iaborer, so strongly advocate
the eight-hour law? We believe
their record for the past year would
not average an hour per day, so why
don't they call on the one hour per
day law?
Wher young men who are able
bodied lay around and subsist upon
small rations or a few cents daily,
how do they expect to lay by dol
lar for rainy day or one of Sickness?
The day upon which a strike was
said to take place unless the man
ayers of the coal companies lin and
around Central City surrendered all
rights snd agreed to the scale pro-
posed by the Mine Workers, has, we
understand, been postponed for a
month; at the end of that time it is
believed that complete backdown
by the Mine Workers will take place
and the old scale will be agreed to.
RumOr says that the operators OF
Southern Indiana contemplate shut
ting down their mines soon on ac-
count of failure to run with profit,
and this is an example of what the
granting from time to time regard
less of the consequences, the unjust
demands of organized labor will do
who care not to live and let live, but
are actualed solely from selfish pur-
poses, and thus capital, without
making a profit or per cent on in
vestment, becomes tired and will
lie down.