The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-12-10
rAE rErs OF No. THREE sKEAsr.

w hat y And the Irishman starts m
from tal block of coal on which be has been
sitting, and looking wrathfully down from
hS TX feet two on his companion. lyon
never could raise Union to protect YOUR
selves in Wales Faith, an It was Union
you raised when you met and Joined reso-
lutIons to chase all foreigners back to heir
own countries. And it's well know one
Of 'be countries where you were to send a
number Of foreigners back to. Was not
Dennis Murphy in Wales himself at the
same time; and vas not Dennis polite '
requested to leave wild lot of pokers and
clubs flying at his head p? An faith there
was more than one sent SPRAYING OF the
ground that same night, and blood from
more than one napper was drawn, and
afther that moind ye, Dennis staid till he
thought BIT to lave. IA faith, but Wales
Is lone co~..;..y, and The people are hos
pitlable; but it takes such a dale of IRISH
MONEY to purchase it, Welsh hospitality p
wv hat you be botbering about, ma n, we
must do our woric now, We have talked long
enough" says Taft.
An be CORA that's thrue for you now, "
says Dennis, and then be takes bis drill into
bis hand and goes into the outside rib and
points of a hole, while Tatfy does the same
on the inside rib of the breast. Dennis
sings snatcbes Of old Irish songs as be
works; bat Taft puts all the force be is
master of into his drill, evidently not pleased
at the tone and quality Of Dehnis's freely
delivered opinions. How far we must sup
port Dennis Murphy, Mr. Editor, we can
not say /; certainly at the present moment
there IS much dissatisfaction felt towards
the miners Of the Scranton districts but
why Dennis hits the Welshmen so bard be
understands best himself, maybe. Prejudice
may have much to do with it; but at all
events you see the two men hard at work,
aud doing the best they can for the coal
market and the public in general They
are digging coal AT TEN CENTS PER TON.
Please, in your notes, Mr.. Editor, 40 not
forget this little statement /; for so very
much more than should have been said has
been said about the high wages of miners
bsing TIE cause Of raising the price of coal
All Of a sudden the ITisbmau, who has
been working and accompanying bis work
with snatcbes Of old songs and by whistling
Irish airs-calls out, Taft"
What you want now n says Taft
Dye know what I've been thinking
ovf''
How can | know wat you be thinking
ovp'
''Well, then. dye know that in 1869,
when your friends in Scranton came down
here, they got all the work they wanted,
and we're paid all the money they earned
by their labor, an that did not get any
man work from whom demanded one half
Of bis earnings as a right, as your Scran-
ton friends did with the men of this part
this summer, when they went to Scranton.
An faith, and again, my boy, dye know
that we sent them as much as twenty five
dollars month. each, for the idle men last
summer, while they refused to pay a small
levy of . few dollars per month to assist us,
and this, while we we're holding out for our
Just rights Give me Ycur friends for a
clean trick any how! But me boy, they
have cut their own throats."
wat you be bOtheriDg about Scranton
be DO friend Of mine. be no friend Of
Scranton SO shut up your mouth p
Taft is angry, and be shows how much
SO by the excited manner in which be be.
gins to use bis heavy drill, for be applies all
bis strength 70 it. Dennis chuckles to him.
self: "Shure an it's plague the loife out
ov him ! will, " and at the same time be
plies bis drill With the greatest Of ease and
presently you hear him singing
AN they're hanging men and women for the
Wesrin' Of the green
In the meantime, Mr. Editor, you have
been taking notes, apd you observed that
the good favor of the Genie has been lean
ing very much more in favor Of the govern
or's wild Irish pet, than in the favor of the
other; the despisAd Irishman being oftener
rewarded with smile than the other.
Il is not prudent to encourage the clash
ing together Of nationalities, but then, Mr..
Editor, bow can you suppress the Irish
mans love of fun, and how can you get rid
Of The Welshman's conoeit? These two
qualities brought into contact in certain
places, and under certain influences, will be
likely tc lead to mischief. / mean, Mr.
Editor. that were whisky introduced among
those elements there might be a war pro-
claimed and carried into effect, as there has
already been in too many lamentsble in
stances between the pipes and the fddles.
And then, Mr.. Editor, very lively enter
taiDment would be in need of a record.
Such music and such capering would there
be that they would require the pen of an
oracle to record them faithfully. But bet
ter than have such disagreeable tasks thrust
upon writer's; would it not be better to aim
blow at the mischievous fun Of Dennis,
which often wantonly trespasses on tie ieel-
ings Of others, and another blow at the self
cODceit Of Taft, which is apt to make IT,
self ridiculous, and set itself Up to as
mark to be shot at ny the shafts Of Dennis
Wit. Tafy's selfconceit is Just about as
bad as the English assurance that we have
have read SO much about but this has a
foundation while that has not a shadow of
one.
Nov, Mr.. Editor, your notes please; We
shall only read them by your leave,
In one of your notes you indulge in this
speculation Zone thing strikes me forcibly
concerning the ventilation. The air travels
slowly along the gangway to the door; the
door blocks up the gangway and forces it
into ths manway, whose area is ten times