The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-10-01

Ni Th rs. h WALTON, ASHLAND. IVA.
RUGGED, solsTRoys But INTRODUCTORY.
You become co-n.unt Of a ,ulphurau,
smell PREVAILING III the locality M the Shaft.
mouth, flr gusts II wilma van soucthin- w
You in the SIT tina. is much more unpleasant
% inha.c than the coal dust that f.cs about
~ clouds. lou u>k thc polite youn- man
ID the top We the ,Iaf What generate, thi-
gas SO light in the air. and b.. tells YOU It is
Che sulphur from The furnace at the bottom
ot thc Shaft
what I" you a-k u surprise. wy tbyrr
a furnace down there among an that com.
bustitIe material Th. shaft seem, ID no
lined with dry timber m
'It j. not only lined with TIMBER thc
Young man tells YOU, hut that side Of the
shaft opposite 70 Us is merely a wooden par
tition, VI inch boards NJ that you wv
that siie ot the SHIFT With tlat partition \,
carried up above this side Of the shaft a. ut
SIX feet because before that was dom. III
was impossible tor q man d stand hcrl thc
whole d the DAY, owing ID the Heat AMI im-
pure gasses being brought TO bear on him
i would have killed that mule that Pat
Finn i driving out With Load VI dut.anI
that mule they say has a dozen lives III IVY
would have been buried in the dirt bank
years ago
You approach .hc opposite sdc IL thc
shaft, and BY placing yo1r hanI III the out-
side OF the shafts lining, You become sen
shlc OF the great heat that must be within
J M arc not satisfied with this, ann hcin. d
mining engineer, you climb up u the mouth
OF the so-called furnace shaft AMI measure
the heat by means of your thermometer.
Aou come down and make notes On the spot
while your face fushes rcd with iust indig
nation as You mark down. "air in up east
shaft at top 2SU > Fab. .lf lined with
timber. "Arshait partitio"1d uff by par-
titlon 81 wooden boards, ,n- inch thick
Boards dry and hot Al, j. up cast side
not more than sixteen square feet. Icioc-
ny Of up cast air measured thermometer,
nine and half feet per second. Deducting
for allowances made for gasscs given off in
Nnne, and generated by combustion Of fuel
and furnace and for expansion by heat, the
circulation Of fresh air can not " more
than seven thousand five hundred cubic feet
per minute The timber work of the shaft
is connected to that Of the breaker"
When this il done, YOU ask the name IF
the superintendent Of the works in such 4
a tone and manner that you apologize the
moment after for your rudeness. ana feel
chagrined 4. not being able 70 conceal your
agitation / tell YOU, if you intend tramp
lng through these regions, you must prepare
yourself better, and get greater command
Of your temper. Don't you zee that that
polite young man is staring at YOU. ana
don't you guess the rur Jfhis thoughts
lie thinks you dcmcntei; be has seen ylu
apply your tests and as sIy ~ YOU thought
yourself, has taken notes Of YOU from thc
strength Of the tests you have given him.
Now before you 20 a step further lot me
say a word 70 you Don't YOU know ynu
are here to take sketches ana make note.
Then why can't you keep your mouth shut
till your Indignation boils down If YOU
allow what enters your ewes ana carr w
offend you 70 such an extent that you must
needs make a darncd fool of yourself YOU
will spoil all and your sketches will not be
worth that, and that, a snap al the finger,
There, now, that | see you have written tie
name given YOU, and drawn three great
black lines under it TO emphasize it, | beg
% ask what in thy world you mean 70 al
with III God only knows. am ,urc YOU
have no idea II will DO NJ good to but
bis name in Neville Hall, Ncwcastleon-
Tyne. The Mining Institute takes NJ no-
ticc Of such GLOW a. this, aud what Il IL
to you if Coaldale employs such a block
head As superintendent If those miners
down there nearly five bur bred feet, who
have 10 other outlet thai the shaft. arc suf
ic atcd by the shaft timbers taking on fire.
what Is it to you! Coaldale the owner of
the mines, doesn't concern himself bit
about il, and would rot he bc the principal
sufferer? Just think, he would loose All
those fine fellows, two hundred and odd
men Of them at that, and all this magni6-
cent breaker into the bargain.
ooh the breaker b ID! IIas
not the bTeakeFand machinery been cover
cd up by insurance to fifty per cent. above
its real value The men will not cost him
a coffin! Bah .!! Have YOU forgotten
Avondale Look at Lutly in your own
country. What are you talking about
Bah !r'
And you whistle away your passion. and
turn and thank the young man, and begin
to descend towards the engine houses in a
stp.e Of greater tranquility than what pos.
sessed you few minutes ago.
We shall not follow you through the en-
CINE houses, but examine the notes Won
have made, while you are eating dinner AZ
the SINNERS Arms = which meal not only
satisfies your appetite, made keen by the
mountain air in spite Of the coal dust, but
restores you to reason.
SELECTION FROM THE NOTES YOU HAVE
TAKEN AT THE CoALDAIE COAL MINES
OWNERS, B0UNCER CoALDALE,
ESQ. AND SONS.
/. That Pat Finn made too flee with
Biddy Flanagan on the dirt bank, while
Biddy was filling her coal scuttles. 2.
That Pat Finn did not make 50 free with
the other lasses that filed their coal buckets
on he dirt bank. 3. Pat will marry Biddy
before he comes of age. 1. The Coaldale
breakers carpenter work. is built in the
most substantial manner, 5. The sl1te
pickers are young imps. 8. Dennis, slate.
picker boss, is poor devil and has hard
time Of it. Tho imps are too many for him.
z. The platform men have not time to rest
Glleir work is hard they are picked men;
if they get picked wages? Shoyeliirg ten
hours per day without ceasing will wrench
TIE aueEs Of strong back. s. TIL man