The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-07

'Silly BLY,
.o4, then I'm afraid you cam. d,
much TO help me-
'Oh yes, can, BECAUSE
Because whai2'
Because l like you,'
We'll, that's lucky, any way,'
'Bllly can catch trout when nobody
else cSn,' said the youuRster. turning
his eyes proudly up 10 Henry's.
oh, Indeed But you see that IL moi
exactly what tho Doctor wants W for,
May; he's wrapped up In trout, Ii
II wasn't Tor Billy and the trout, he'd
die right or
Henry turned y look OF silent pity on
the boy, and left him In his pleasing ii.
luslon. he wondered that DR. AnboynC
should have tackled this bIped on tC
him.
They entered Cheetham's works, and
Henry marched grimly into the Office
and showed Mr.. BAyne his creden.
tlAls.
Why, Little, you had no need o.
that
i'Oh. 1t as well to have no mIsunder.
standing with your employers M aslers
visited these works for my present
employer. DR.. Amboyne, with the con .
sent OF Mr.. Cheethsm, here written
Very well, sir, said Bayne, obse-
qniouAly 'and l respectfully solicit
the honor Of conducting our esteemed
visitor
A young mans Ill humor could no,
stand against this. Come along, old
fellow said Henry. 'I'm bear, with
a sore heart; but who could he such A
brute as quarrel with you? Let us be.
GIN with the chaps who drove me out
the grinders. Pm hired to phIlnu-
thropize 'em-d-n 'em.'
They went among the dry grinders
first; and Henry made the following
observations. Tho workmen's Ii III
and clothes were powdered with prit
and dust from tue Rrlndstones, The
very air WAS lmpregnated with It, and
aoon irrltated his own lungs percep,i.
bly,. Here WAS early death, by bron.
chitis aud lung diseases, reduced to a
certainty. But he also learned from
the men that the quantity OF metal
ground OF WAS prOdiRiOus, and entered
their budisd they scarce knew AoW, A
raZor ginder showed hun his shirt: II
was deep buH color. There, sir.
said be, that was clean on yesterday
All the washerWomen In uIllsboroi
can't make shirt OF mine any other
color but that The effect on liIe
health, and happiness was visible: d
single glance revealed rounded shout
dsrB aud narrow chests, caused partlv
by the grinders position on hIs bOr--
Ing, a position very Injurious TO the
organs of breathing, and partly by the
two DEVILS dusts that filled the air,
cadaverous faces, the muscles Of which
betrayed .habitual suffering, coughs
short and dry, or with frothy. ex pec
toratIon peculiar to the trade.
In answer 10 questions, many com.
plalped OF a fearful tightuesy across The
chest, OF inability 10 eat or to digest
One said 1t took him five minutes 10
get up the factory stairs, and he had tC
lean agalnst the wall several times.
4 ra8or.grlnder Of twenty-five, with
death In his taco, told Henry that be
had come into that room when be was
eleven. 1T soon takes hold Of boys,
said he. 'pve got what ! shall never
get shut on
Another, who looked i'll, but not dy
ing, received Henry's sympathy With a
terrible apathy. I'm twenty-elYht,
said he; and u fork-grlnder Is an old
cock at thirty. Unjust look to drop of
my perch In year or two, like the rest.
Only one, Of all these victims, SEEM
ed to trouble his head about whether
death and disease could be averted.
ThIs one complained that come employ.
ers provided fans to drive the dust from
the grinder, but Cheetham would moi
90 TO the expense.
The rest that Henry spoke to accept.
ed their tate doggedIy. They were
ready to complain, but not to move u
finger In gelt.defence. Their fathers
had been ground out young, and why
not they2 u
Indifferent to life, health, and happI.
nets, they could nevertheless be In.
famed about slxpence a week, In
other words, The money price Of their
labor was everything to them. the
blood price nothing. I"sr9n
Henry found this out, and 1t gave
him q glimpse Into tho mind of Am'
boyne. rIJs .s. ..-1s
He felt quite confused, and began TO
Waver between hate, contempt, and
pity. Was It really these poor doomed
wretchea who had robbed him OF his
LIVELIHOOD Could men 30 miscalcu.
late the size OF things, as to strike be
0auGe an lno6ensIve Individual was
making. complete carving tools all BY
himself, and ypt not strike, not ever
RtIpu!Ate for fans, TO carry disease and
death away from thelr own yllals
Why, II seemed wasting hate, 10 be,
RtoW Il on,these blind Idiots.
He went 10 the wet'grlnders; ant
he found their trade mnch health,
Ter than dry.grlndlng; yet thert
were draWbRckss They suffered
from the grit wherever a now stone wa!
hung and raced. They were also sub
iect 10 q canker OF the hauds, and t
colds, coughs, and determinations, frOu
neTspirStion checked BY cold traughtl
and drenched floors. These hoOri
were often OF mud, andso the wet stag
mated and ChlIed their feet, while thei
bodies were very, hot. Excellent recipD
for alllng graves. D.. f NV SH y
Here BAyne retired to his books, ant
Henry proceeded to the saw.grinders
and entered their rooms with no llttl,
interest, for they were an anvied trade
They had been for many years govern
ed by Grotait, than whom no man IL
England saw clearer; though such mel
as Amboyne saw taEther. Grotalt, b,
asysIem OF MSohlavellan policy, In
Reniously devised and carried out, no
bly,, bassly craitily, forcihly, beueyo
lently, ruthlessly, whichever way bes
huiIed the particular occasion, hat
built q model union; and still, with un
E0lnittlng zeal and vigilance, oontrive
10 keep numbers down and prices up
which 10 the great Union problem.
The work was hard, but It was don
ina position. favorable TO the lung
and the men were healthy brawny Tel
lows ope o. Two were Of remarksD
stature.
Up 70 this moment Silly Billy ha
fully IusLiEed that title. He had stuc
10 Henry's side like dog, but wilt
no more interest In Ihe,inqulry than
calf, Indeed, his wandering eyes IN
vacant face had indicated that his scar
" wits were ol.galherlng miles irot
the place that contained his body.
But, as soon as he entered the So
RrinderS' room, his features lighted III
and bis eye klndled. He now took u
O commanding position In the centrt
and appeared TO be listening keenlI
And he had notllstened many SECOND
before he cried out, There's the ba
musicI thertl theTeP And he pointe
toa RtlndsIone that was turning al
doing Its work exactly like the other
'Oh, the bad musiel' cried Billy 1t
mt Of tune, IL BhVR tMuFhAfi mu