Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-11-26
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Rush Run, Ohio, Nov. "a, 1914
Editor Majority,
Wheeling, w. Va.
Dear Sir
Would you give me space in vour
valuable pape rim answer to an article
IN the Wheeling News Of Sunday,
NOV. END, from a person who was SO
coWardly he did not sign his name
but was signed "a West Wheeling
miner" He says there is not a stock.
holder in local Union No. 1880. and
that he thought I was intelligent
enough to know that our constitution
would not permit stockholder to he
long to the Miners Union. Now. Mr..
Ara1d-of-your-name, / am intelligent
enough to know that our constitution
does compel stockhodler to belong
to our union when he lis taking the
place OF a union man, as is the case
az the West Wheeling mine: again.
young man ASHAMED of your name
where did you get the word stock
holder? It does not appear in my
article In the Intelligencer, but was
u the copy sent them, but they saw
NJ TO cut that part out, and therefore
wonder where you got it, and knew
that had used the word stakeholder.
want to say to you am a good So
clallst and good trade unionist, and
you cowardly, as you are of your
name, cannot prove other than that
statement. never have yet in all my
life attempted to take away the
fundamental right of any man or set
|of men to vote according to the die
tates of his or their own conscience.
MY past articles in the various papers
will prove this statement and you
know 1t, and they have all had my
name signed to them too. Can you
say as much? You ask about the vote
in the Coshoctoh district. and you say
why did Secretary Green and the
District officials Of Ohio, of which
your president, NJ Albass~ - one.~
Now by that statement OF ITS, find
you are not members of Inc Miners
Union because you say he is my pres
emit and infer that he Is not yours
or you would have said our president;
you attempted to advise me that the
miners were voting on q contract that
would be a10 per cent reduction. Now,
Mr.. No-Name' it was not question of
price in the Coshocton district, but
was question Of dead work, a ques-
ton Of pushing, the operators Offering
4 cents for pushing and the miners
asking Az cents. This is the question
and the only one that the miners and
operators hung on in that district, the
price for cutting, loading and drilling,
is SAG per ton, the price for pick coal
is SIG, and these prices were agreed
to by miner and operator in that dis
trict. Now, you nameless wonder, how
can you call that or these prices a
10 per cent reduction? Your deduc-
tons are very far from the facts, and
l want to say that. the miners of
Eastern Ohio are ready to jump at
such scale as the operators offered
the Coshocton district. Again, Mr. |
-, I do say the miners Of Eastern |
Ohio do not see the need Of a refer |
endum vote or want 1t, and when you |
say they do, you handle the truth in |
very queer manner, because you |
want It is no reason the members of |
our union want it. When you say that |
the operators last offer would carry |
95 out Of every 100 votes, say that |
is absolutely false, and If you know |
anything Of the miners of Eastern |
Ohio you know that the statement you
make Is fake, as they have expressed |
their wants as to referendum at diff |
ffrent times, and further, the miners !
of the Coshocton district decided in |
convention to refer the question of |
pushing (not a question Of price, to |
ther ank and file of that district for
acceptance or rejection, and it was |
rejected. Il the miners Of that dis
trict had not wanted a vote there
would have been none taken, so it is Il
with the miners of Eastern Ohio, and
until they do want q vote there win 4
be none. Now, have taken up all
he questions you have given to me
and ansWred them truthfQlIy. And if,l
ICu stiil refuse TO put your name to
lzlnn n1flclna / shall E6lIlna Ia 1las.