Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1884 — BLAINE’S WHITE SLATES. [ARTICLE]

BLAINE’S WHITE SLATES.

The Plumed Knight’s Interest Sta ration of Hocking Yalta ley Miners. Special to the Cbigago Daily Newe. Cleveland, O , Sept. 17. There is much excitement among the miners of the Hockiug valley over the discovery that James G- Blaine is the leading spirits of one of the coal syndicates that is just now engaged in starving i:s men into revolt and im porting pauper laborers to take their places. The Democrats are making the most of the opportunity and are sowing documents on all sides. The diselosures were made through the discovery of a copy of the Cleveland Herald, a Republican newspaper, dated Dec. 19- 1883, which contains a special dispatch from New York, saying: Inquiries about the standard Coal and Oil company have been set on foot here by the dispatch from Columbus saying that the company has made an assignment there. Accord ing to Bradstreet’s reports the company was incorporated eighteen months ago, wi'h an organized capital of $25,000,000. Thirty thousand acres of mineral land in the Hooking vailey were purchased and $2,000,000 spent in opening up and equipping a small part of the property. Sever al iren companies were brought up, aud it vv-is th • evident design to ab sorb the various companies of the valley and control the business aud production W. D. Kee, of Norwalk, O , was the original promoter ;of the schemes. Among the directors and largest stock holders were Jame< G. Blaine. Eugene Hale, of Maiue, aud Gov. Charles Foster, of Ohio. The company was organized under the name of the Oh o and Western Coal and Iron comnauy. The capital s‘ock was fixed at $5,0(0,000, and all the old stock wiped out. Specials from this points have already deeribed how the syudrcat.es of the Hocking valley deal with their miners. How much concerning the interest of Blaine aud Fosier in these syndicates Gov. floadly knew when calted to tne scene of the lute riot is unknown, but it is alleged that his hesitation in ordering out the troops was due to ills belief that the democracy’s interests would be best s ibserved it Blaine and Fosier were suffered to settle tneir troubles with ;heir men without the aid of democratic inter** f -lenee Tiie Hooking and other mining regions will soon be flooded wiin cauipa i;u literature, showing up Blaiue’s connection with these syndicates. The political effect cannot be underestimated, for the en» raged miners are ready to eternally blast any one interested as a capitals ist iu the syndicates which have given them the alternative of working at pauper wages or going with their families into the streets.