The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-08-13

working Coaldale. just as if the touch Of this
worthy was communicating. The part Of
Coaldale you now observe is even more con.
temtible than the Mr.. Coaldale part. This
part of COaldale has more impertinence
than it has lungs and heart and liver. 1t
works with its head 50 much to draw its
living out Of honest peoples pockets. that it
has lost its vitality. This part Of Coaldale
toadies Mr.. Ccaldale to Mr.. Coaldale's
hearts content 1t insults (behind his
back thought hardworking Mr. COaldale. Il
will nevertheless accept a favor from his
honest hand Some dogs bite the hand that
feeds them. This good-for-nothing Coal5Ale
does that very thing.
The writer begs leave to ask the reader
to bear in mind that there are good among
all classes Of people and bad among all
classes Of people; but the majority Of the
latter, according to the proportion they bear
to the rest Of the inhabitants Of the globe,
are among the rich. Those who engage IN
useful occupations have not the time to en-
gage in the idle and wicked pastimes that
rich people too often engage in.
On Sunday you see in church, taking
parts in the form ofthe religion of Christ, in
semblance if not in heart. congregated to-
gether Mr. Coaldale, Worklngman Coaldale,
Sanctimouious Coaldale. Good-for nothing
Coaldale, together wit all their wives and
sons and daughters, AMI the rest Of the
chu rcb: going Coaldale's not mentioned in
this paper. With your best wishes you
leave them to their sins and to their devo
tons, and turn your attention to
THE CoALDALE COAL MINES.
Going from the town up the valley you
see something away up the mountain side
that gets your attention. That something
shoots away up above the tops Of tall trees
like white cloud it is a column Of steam
rising, and twirling, and wriggling and dis
persing and diffusing itself among the par
| ticles of air When this diffusion is effect
ed the white column becomes invisible, and
sets you off in a reflective mood. Your
thoughts take a philosophic turn, and you
indulge in a glance at the history Of the
steam engine-a basty glance mind you, fol
you 90 back to the time of Nero. You
follow the path up the mountain in the
meantime and you unconsciously encounter
something else that recalls your attention
\ from its loftiness. This something is q
black mass, and it encrOaches on the rights
and privileges of other things that bave
been placed in this position by good dame
nature The black mass is a blot Oh the
face Of nature for it is what il usually
called the dirt bank, and it is making great
haste to cover up the trees and underbush.
and to bury up anything else that stands in
its way. Day after day does this black mass
grow away into the woods, crushing them
down in a remorseless manner for here all
I the refuse Of the mines is emptied, to the
extent Of two or three hundred tons per
day.
You now hear sounds and rumbles a
Wagon rattles over a Ticketty railroad. On
the edge Of the bank hundred feet above
YOU, the end Of the rafting Wagon appears;
you see its front end; and you see a man
strike an iron cross bar on the Wagon with
an iron bar be holds in bis hand Then the
body Of the Wagon tits up, and a door on
its end opens, and there shoots out Of it as il
out Of spout about two tons Of semi
fluid black as ink, that flows down Il your
feet almost. The wagon Is then adjusted
and goes off out of your sight, and you bear
it making a g.eater rattle when empty than
it did when full. You next are startled By
the lusty screams Of female.
"Oh-h! oh-h. be the hooly virgin
yell somOother me, Pat Finn, ye divil o
| blue blazesm
I Here, on turning corner, you come in
\ view Of couple Of human creatures strug-
Cling among the coal dirt, away up yonder
near the briEk or tip" but although you
see petticOats and pants they are SO much
mixed up, and change their positions SC
rapidly, you cannot tell accurately to
which Of the two individuals you see Z
actively contending they belong. You alss
see on higher level little imp of mis-
chief, with a shovel III its hands which i
puts to a certain use according TO the bcs
Of its ability, 1t uses it to cover up th,
two who are struggling on a lower level
Just at a very critical moment, when th,
female mouth opened to renew the scream
and perhaps invoke loving curse on Pat
Finn. it is filed by body of fine dirt that
has just left the shovel
(To BE CoNTINUED.)