Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-08-13
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81 ] E!MRYB00Y5 OPINION.

will see that no coal miner starves 10.
death.
Some of. the operators and their
friends hate to see how the other
unions and civilized people are, willine
to keep us from starving.
Now they claim that wherever. there .
is a miners family in real need is
the fault of booze; but l know llel.
who do not drink intoxicating liquors.
who do not gamble, who are <strictly
honorable, and are good workers, and
good union men, and are In need, and
we musthelp them.
i also know of case where a. man
asked a mine boss for "a three days
lay-off = two days before last New
Years Day-in order that he might.
visit his relatives in another town.
Permission was granted. f. The man re-
turned TO the mine to work the dav
after New Years and the boss said 10
him: You have no more job here.
you go and hunt another job; you
went away before Christmas and
gave your room to another manSf OF
course, the miner took the case up
with the local union and, upon in4esti-
cation, it was learned that the ag.
grieved member was seen loading coal
just, a few days before New Years Day
and the company was compelled TO
take him back. That boss did every,
thing he could against that man before
the strike and the man could make
nothing. .E
There are hundreds of dirty cases
like this one and this is swhy lots or
our people are in need-ethe greed and
Dull-headedness of THE bosses are the
cause of it-and we must help the
poor people out.
must say that we are not starving
here in Piney Fork, yet, as we had
worked very $ t ca Oily before the
strike; but there are places where
miners worked only two and three
days per week, before it, and men
were lucky who, made enough TO pay
their house rent, grocery and butcher
bills.
There is much more satisfaction.
among our men out here now than
there was some time Nago Men are
realizing that our subdfstrict officials
are working hard. helping US to win tile
strike. We are very quiet and llleres
mas been no trouble OF any kind and
the men are all saying: whenever
the company is willing to pay us At
cents per ton for run-of-the-1n1ne1 coal
we Will be ready to go to WORK. Some
time ago the company posted notices
saying that they are willing to pay The
olo scale on the. screen basis, bur the
men never became angry over it. }ut
simply laughed as they passed by.
told them it would be foolish to be
noisy about these notices, or to tear
them down-and not to pay any al
tention to them.
Yet, In order to be fair and. tell the
truth, it must be SAID that the Jeffer-
son Coal CompanyS1s not as anarcbis-
TIC as some of the companies are No
attempt, either by the company or Inc
strikers, has been made to Starr
trouble during this strike. We haver~
as radical men among us as there are
anywhere but they realize that with
gooo sense, and a good use of The
ballot, we 0can do more good than we
could with the club.
The Slavic miners are verv. much
pleased with the district constitntion :.
- tne Y. M. w. of A., which is now
~ printed IN our own language. This is
tne nrst time that has been the case.
Al can now read it-ana~ all Should
read it with great care 5and if they
THINK that some of the points in it
:. be changed and made better,
1t should be brought up in the next
convention.
: We are thankful to sub district,
PRESIDENT Albasin for helping Us to-
get this constitution
Very truly,
MATT. TUSECK