Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-01-10
EDITORIAL.
Has No Case.

long that it was taken aback somewhat
by the charge Of "inconsistency"
brought by Citizen" in the Lonaconing
star recently.
To come to the first point at once
Citizen" alleges that
With the disappearance of comrade De
Nc,lrcy from Frostburg the MINING JOURNAL
of that place seems to have determined that
the region shall not be without an apostle of
dscord. M fault can be found with the
JOURNAL editors advice to all hands to pro-
ceed with caution and discretion, but, for
getting this, in the last issue of the JOURNAL
he boldly declares that the operators are to
be compelled to recognize the organization
of the United Mine Workers.
There has never been anything i'll
common between "comrade deNedrey'
and the JOURNAL, nor will there be.
Moreover, the JOURNALS mission is
one of peace to operators, goodwill to
miners, prosperity to both and their de-
Tendencies.
The word which grinds Citizen $
soul seems, therefore, to be compelled" ;"
as it appears on the 18th ult.
Nevertheless in every issue of the Journal
from April to July :, 1900, there was an
editorial plea to the companies to meet their
men in their organized capacity. Single and
alone among newspapers, it took and held
this poSition-this for the reason that it fore
saw time soon coming when they would
be con,peiicd to do this.
1t is to be feared that i'll his study of
the word, "compelled," "Citizen' has
been trained. For instance, fash
ion, custom, policy, expediency, and a
host of other tender and even "more
tenderer words" descriptive of social,
political and moral forces, literally conn
pei us to yield to their behests.
Then there are want, environment
circumstance and public opinion whose
mastery we consciously and uncOn-
sciously acknowledge ev.ry day-that
Is, all of us except "Citizen.' He alone,
mantle 'tly is above the service of adapt
alton to his surroundings. He is not
"cOmpellel' to deal riS riS with either
merchant or salesman; cashier or de-
positor; borrower or lender. He may do
one or all these things, but there is moth
ing i'll his constitution or bylaws that
"compels' him to risk such contacts.
Not SO with the other 80
But enough has been written to show
that the JOURNAL did not Use the word
i'll its strenuous, or revolutionary sense.
There was nothing of 1.-The last re sort"
about it founded on the idea of force.
But if "Citizen" is not too far COM
mitted to his definition of "compelled,'
can he conceive of Il time, probably near
at hand, when capital and labor. both
organized, will deal with each other as
other buyers and sellers do:
Is he blind to the primal purpose #
the Strike Commission, appointed by
the President, and endorsed by Con-
gress:
Does he think the Commission was es-
tablished to uphold the operating con-
tention of the modern type of disunionist
the unbending Truestlale, the imperial
Olyphant, or the baronial Baer, i'll say
ing, each for the others, ""e will MT
recognize the union?'
If so, what did the President mean by
these three sentences in his last mes
sage =
Capital and labor should be brought ,Iosc,'
toycthrr.
E""h M""'d rccog"is, tie rights ct Ho ofhcr.
Frdc,"tjo"S ot "bor are as NECESSARY and
valuable as felcrations of capital.
"Citizen' should lift the aim of his
little gun off the JOURNAL raise and fix
it ON his President, for the latter really
seems to have something up his sleeve
something, assuming that equality of
rights between Organization" does not
exist, which looks to the establishment of
such equality.
And now-no matter what outsiders,
miners, or companies did nearly three
years ago, for all erred, the JOURNAL was
then, as now, for peace upon the only
practical basis-mutual recognition of
equal and, under law, inniirnubic rights,
and as this is IL representative system all
through, it should not be held as reputa-
Bile. respectable, manly or pafrjofic, tor
either side to decline or stickle about IA
deal with delegations from the other.
Another point. 'CitiZen' says:
The Journal thinks that the trouble of
1900 should have been settled between Mr..
Warner and the operators How about the
large number of miners who did not admire
Mr.. Warner nor approach his methods
Had they no right to he heard? Would it
have been right to dsfranchise them because
they did not SEE tit to join Mr.. Warmers or
ganization.
Over r-stated, but we will let it go.
If "the large number of miners" how
ever, "who did not admire Mr. Warner
nor approve his methods" asserted them
selves i'll any way to be seen or heard,
the JOURNAL has yet to get report of it.
If there was danger Of DISTINGUISHING
them they We're very submissive to the
attempt, if any, and resigned to results.
But the fact is-if there was man in
the region who didn't want all the
wages Warner claimed for him, he never
let either his labor of love" or love of
lah hnr baonp,. E,oXrY