Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-09
Notes From Ohio

Mr. Edior:-Will you give Us little
space in our valuable paper at gthis
lime to express and exchange our
Jews las to the actual conditions and
environments that the Miners of Ohio
md the general public are confronted
with to-wit:
For about thirty years the miners
of Ohio have never ceased their plead
ings to the mine operators for the
only fair system by which the miners
can be paid for the coal they mine,
the miners and their officials have
used every honest means at their COM
mand except the strike to secure the
run of mine system. But with all-the
diplomacy and moral suasion our eff
forts were all in vain.
In the meantime the consumers are
becoming satisfied that there is some
thing wrong when the operators re-
fuse to pay the miners for the nut,
slack and pea coal which is actually
near one-half of the total the miners
produce.
!. At last at the instance of the min
ers and the public who believe in
square deal we secured through the
un-tiring efforts of VIM. Green the
run of mine law and while the opera
tors were successful in having a conf
mission of three men tackled on to
the law which will be of no benefit to
the miners but to simply cripple the
interests of the mine run law, never
the-less to avert strike the miners
are willing to comply with the law as
enacted believing it to be for the best
to all concerned.
And now the miners of Ohio are
we want the public to distin 5tly I'M
derstand that the coal operators are to
day ignoring the law, the miners and
the public included, using the tactics
Of Colorado and, West Virginia and
that they are going to have the law
declared unconstitutional.
But the miners will have stronger
evidence to produce in the future that
The operators will fail to offset or
refute.
Say are you aking notice to the
prosperity the miners and wcrk king
people are enjoying under the good old
Democratic Government, you recall
that Injunction Bill Taft said that the
Wilson and Bryan crowd would CT cate
a panic. Wilson and Bryan said no,
so, that the predictions were foolish
but the facts are there Is no diffe--
ence in the capilistic administration.
that they have an over dose of ha, d
times in store fro the poor people
that will cause us to draw many lcng
treaths before the next presider ial
election, but the harc,. the storm
the sooner it's ended. These are the
best times to make Socialists, s. core
on with your lockouts AMI Russian
Governments.
Why the most casua. observer can
see the Inland writing on the WALL and
those hating between opinions should
come to the Elk Theater ia BelIGre,
o., Sunday, April II, and U. V. pebs
will convince you beyond a doubt
The miners of Bellaire, Ohio and
vicinity on April LIST held a rousing
mass meeting in the city hall OF Bel
lafre, W. Goldsmith was selected
president by vote to act as chairman
and VIM. Kennedy as secretary. It
was estimated that these were about
1000 in the hall and hundreds taat
were turned away not having even
standing room, the house was so
crowded and so many nationalties .5at
in the opening of, the meeting there
were more or less confusion after
which the meeting was as orderly as
could be expected. Addresses were
made by Jno. Moore, president of Ohio
miners, g. W. Savage, secretary4reas-
urer and G. J, Albasin, VIM. Roy and
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