The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-24
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1t has already been stated that con.
siderable excitement exists in North
Adams, Massachusetts, IN consequence
of Mr. Sampson, an extensive shoe
manufacturer, importing and employing
large number of Chinese in place OF
the regular white men heretofore EN-
ployed, and who had struck for higher
wages.
A letter in the Springfield Mass.
RGpUJFca SAYS the Cinnamon employed
in Mr. SIMPSONS shoe mandatory are
all yonng men, from'l6 to 90 years old,
save two of about 80, who serve as
cooks and counsellors, settling all their
disputes and dinners They are all
from the south of China, small, stalwart,
well educated Gall read and white) and
good looking None of them drink in
.toxicating liquors, and only four smoke.
The Republican adds
All Sing, or Charlie Sing, as he
chooses to be called, is member ofthe
Methodist Church, and has brought
letters to the church at North Adams,
while all of them express an earnest de
sire 10 attend the Sunday schools. Al
Sing is the only one who has anv com
mand of English, though one or two
can speak little They have a thirst
for learning; one Of them in one day
mastered our alphabet completely
They purchase clothing and provisions
freely at the stores. They say they like
the country, as it reminds them Of
China, and talk of sending for their
wives. The report that they stipulated
To have their bodies boxed up and sent
To China in case Of death is said TO he a
fabrication. Their capacity for their
future work has been but slightly tested
as yet, but that little has proved it be-
yond doubt Nine men are now at
work bottoming, under tuition of some
Americans, and have made remarkable
progress. Some of them are already
capable OF turning out complete shoe
far better than the average oil Mr..
SIMPSONS work for some time past.
Their initiative faculty is remarkable,
and to match the old story about the
Chinese tailor and the patch in the
breeches it is stated that when the
Yankee instructor was mailing the heel
of one shoe he accidentlv bent a peg,
and John, i'll his conscientious imita-
ton, when he came to the same place
on the other shoe, also bent peg
4 letter from North Adams SAYS:
Number of these Chinese are NJ
ready employed in the shoe factories
receiving sd per month for the first
year, with the promise of &26 for the
second and third The Cinnamon
work, eat and sleep in the same build
ing, a large room being fitted up with
five rows of hunks, each of which is
supplied with Il sail-cloth mattress and
blanket. They are chiefly fed ON
rice, which.is steamed in huge tanks or
kettles by pipes from the factory boiler,
weak coffee being added for breakfast.
They labor fourteen hours a day One
firm are so well pleased with their Chi
nese workmen that they have ordered
additional consignments, and other en-
plovers announce their intention Of TO-
lowing their example.
\ resolution prohibiting the intro
duction of coolie labor into the State
was oil red in the House of Represent
atives on Wednesday, but rejected by
III to - The feeling Of bitterness
and anger among the white population
daily INCREASES and it is not considered
safe To- allow the Chinese 10 70 abroad
without protection.