The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-09-25

stony stare. as il Rll things in heaven and
| earth were dead, that is- infinitely more
mo9rnful than the widest burst Of wailins
could be. The neiRhbors slide in, ana sI
% silence, and glide oct again, but thes,
hssd not their going nor their comirg. al.
ways the same straight and unregardIne
stare, % II behind it there were q kind O
wonder that the sun should shine, and the
nver now, and men and women 20 and
eeme, nov when. oil thar made life worth
hv'ngs vas blotiel out. i have only seen
Two exceptions to this sepulchraI sadness
One was an old Irish woman, who sat upon
ehe steps Of her cabin this morning. rocking
herself two and fro, and Grooming lust arti.
culately in time to her swayiue. rfa
"Oh Tom Oh Tom ~ II wish IL were
within the resources Of print to convey some
far.oG shadow Of the intonation she gave u
tness two monosyllables "Oh Tom Oh
Tom! Why did you die Why did you
iesvs me! Oh Ton, Tom, Tom Oh Tom
The other was young Welsh girl writh-
ing aud grovslling beside the road late this
ssessneeA, In >epite OF the entreaties OF the
oshsts MslsA girl who was with her, and
ourying her facs 10 the dirt With wild tu-
mul nous bursts Of sobbing, and broken sjac-
alations that she might die. s,tr
what . contrast to this was that Welsh
WIDOW who eat in her door, still as statue.
and looked upOa, but not at the careless
crowd, with IN expression Of 50 utter voc on
ner handsome face, that many could not help
turning nom the path to offer her kind
word % too. She made nj answer TO them.
out looked at them as if tney were giving
her her due, for which she wed them nei-
ther thanks nor notice. She seemed to feel
with Queen Constance, though she could not
read her own thoughts IN Shakespeare's s
words: s.t- w.
70 me and % che ssats OF my great grief
Lss kinss ssssmbis; for my griers % great
60 ~ ~ s7PDsrssr % % ess fns ssEs. nrm earth
Mere Do my thfene; did kings come bow to t."
TEE MORAL.
Who killed these los men? That il q
question which legislatures may shirk, and
coroner inquest may shirk, aud courts may
shirk. but which the myriads OF miners ia
this valley, with at least two fists apiece, and
sense Of wrong ranking at their hearts
will not suffer to be evaded. Did the own
ers Of she Avonda1e mine use proper care
and diligence in behalf Of the men who put
their lives i'm their hsnds and who have lost
themf Rsproaches are banded here, and
Arguments wsged which d. not care % 70
into. | content myself with stating this
fact. The wooden casing. Of the Avonda!e
shaft ts 2S7 feet long. It bad no protection
from the Aame Of a miners lamp, from the
spark OF o miners pipe, from an ember
from the furnace below, or from a cinder
trom the. engine above. From the frat day
the shalt was sunk, it has been as certain as
It 10 today that n fire broke out anywhere
along the shaft, every man IN the Avondale
mine would be killed. eH, rt
Would be not be murdcIeJ2
II coal-mining cannot be carried on with.
out the Imminent risk Of such slaughter as
this, he'd we not better burn some other
thing than coai--and coal shaftss But can
u notf know there are four or Eve or six
mines here built on the same principle, or
want Of principle as the AvondaIe But
every miner who enters one Of such mines
after this 10 q suicide aod every man who
seOf him there 10 o murderer.
An additional shaft sunk to the rear gal
lery al the AEoDdsle mine, or thereabouts,
would. in the Judgment If all the best and
most lHpArsial experss,- have 50. ed these
hves. Bot such q shaft, Of the same depth
10 the burned one, wouldInave been 79 Yards
lang, aDG would have cost $22O q ward 10
stink 10 times 320 are GIT, $780, Say the
Avondale Coal Company have saved $20, 900
and lost los lives. d. they think the saw
ing payss And If they do, do the public?