The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-11-29
APPEAL BY Miners
| TO GOV. MC'REARY
Urge Railroads be Requir-
ed To Furnish Cars.
Employees Unable To Get Coal Out
Owing To Lack Of
Transportation.

Frankfort, KY, November 26-In an
/ appeal 10 Gov. McCaVary. na,neis of the
West l<e,stucky coal fields declare they
are in a state of want. and ask tina;
railroads be requirei 10 furnish the
mines more cars 50 that they can work
| full time. Gov. McCreary immediately
turned tlas petition over to the State
RAILROAD Commission, and the Officials
of the Illinois Central and the miners
have been informed by the commission
that The pati.ion will be CONSIGNED at
needing here Decsmber L.
TIE petition is from McHenry. Ohio
county. ana the signars say that they
fepress mt the miners and tiNir families.
numbering about 1900 souls. They say
tiley ha,v. averaged only SO in wages
apiece Cor the lastmont h. following
eighassm nponfe' partial idleness, d'ir-
ing which time they have averaged
only about twelve days work each
monii.
Tie pstition follows:
I'VE, tie Representatives off the min $
I of Ohio county, KY. and tl.lr faEp-
lilies to the numbsr of about 5000 do
hersby attenipt to set forth the condi-
tons pa,avaiaing in this, Ohio, county.
"First, the mining business has for
many months been very dull, and, con-
sequently, tie miners huve averagyl.
approximately, about twelve working
days per month for about eighlesn
months. Fails rs sstt;ng worse; sradu-
ally we are drifting into a state OF
want for up to the present date. viz,
November 10, the average earnings of
these msn are at some of the mines as
low as $40 for this month. Therefore 1t
is within the bounds of reason that we
state that our people are on the verge
of suffering. uW taalt. isl
Taking into consideration the high
cost of the necessaries TO sustain life,
also the cost Of rent and coal. we be-
lieve that any reasonably Inform al
narson will understand airat by the
long time of slow work. and nav al
most a shutdown. tpe people cannot
possibly be IN any IotlNsr than VERY
mucih straiteried circumstances. AMI
that these conditions exist IN the midst
of plenty. Therefor. we. through. AMI
by the authority of the people we rep
resent. do hereby try ITO hay the cunli-
ton of our people before you. the Chief
Executive Of Kentucky. @ 1if,
I'VE also try to hay before you SOME
of the reasons for this state of affairs
We, as. representatives of hhe peopls,
have appealed to our EMPLOYERS. the
operators Snd, owners Of E'e several
mines and In every instance they state
to us that they can give us almost
steady work IL they could get the rail-
road cars to ship the product of tho
mines. They assure US eitaa they can
get contracts or sale for "a large
amount, and some of them have con-
tracts that, II they could get railroad
cars. would give some of the mlass
work every day. THESE same mines
have only worked something like four
days in two weeks. T'ey. hi,e opera
tors. tell us that the pspple Rne bes-
cling for coa and they cannot furnish
it on account of the railroad companies
falling to provide cars for tive sbipnsat
of their coal. Thereby depriy7ing both
operators and miners of the State OF
Kentaicky Of the hanefits that It would
be possible to eHjoy owing to the boun-
tiful crops and the ssnera prosperity
of the country. ,a,.e.,Il.
"nhenefore. We do pray that Through
you, our Chief Executive. thene be
an Investigation by the proper authori-
ties of the SLATE of Kentucky and the
Commissioners of Interstate Commerce,
80 that we may be able TO feed. clothe
and SHELTER our families and educate
our children. and that the people pr
the non-aoal- nroducng cqmmunities OF
Kentucky may he supplied with coal.
OF whdch, according TO all reports. they
ale very much In need"
The pe'Ation Is signed by X. G. Vance,
l.. y. Herrell. ]. T. Main. Charles W.
Mulliken. @. Il. Field, q. Nv. McFall land
and A. \. Davis. nrrr a PSI faA
Governor Meobaary replisd 81 regret
that have no power, US Governor. to
make the necessary investigation You