The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-11-19

At Coaldale coal mines, are now before YOU,
Mr.. Editor Of the DAILY -, and ID
these your closest attention is required.
These two pets are very giants in stature
If you place these giants on horizontal
plane, with the crowns of their heads il
contact with their bodies in sneh position
as 70 form one continuous line, and then
we're 10 measure from the soles Of one Of
their shoes,to the soles of the other one !
shoes, or from Toe to toe, if you prefer it,
you would find the distance between tho two
specified points to be nine feet five and
three quarter inches 1t is important that
the fractions be not omitted 10 this impor-
tant cI-e. To look closely 81 these little
giants You are well pleased with their make
up. Good stuff is wrapped up in little
buqdlcs" says an old say that YOU may
safely repeat in reference to these two of
the Governors pets, which are now snder
your editorial notice. Ii il impossible 70
say WHICH Of the men pleases you most after
your examination Yon little giant work
ing On the inside ''rib" Of the sMeast i
named Jack Jones. and this one beside you
i5 named Billy Williams They are both
drilling holes 10 the coal, which Foies are
slopiRg towards the middle Of the breast.
by The splutters and hurry attending their
movements, you may say they are working
AZ if for wager. Punch, punch, punch 20
the drills, the blows from each striking the
face Of the hole twice each second. The
holes slope upwards at an angle Of not less
than than 30 and the weight of the
drills are each about twenty-fOur pounds,
while the length Of each il little over six
fees. Those-little giants are too busy to say
anything now; they punch, punch on, and
he coal from the cutting cbisels falls from
he holes in pieces about the size of peas.
You lock around and you sec things in
No. 2 to be 10 many respects very similar
70 things 10 No. 1. There is the outside
nan-way; yonder the inside man-way the
air current coming up this one and passing
down that one You bear streams Of gas
singing out as they escape from the coal.
and you fancy the air is not so fresh as it
was in No. /. II contains more dust and
moro Of other impurities than it did in No.
T. Of course you can easily account for
this; for II is evident that the further the
air travels, and the greater the number of
breasts and other places it is caused to pass
through before II is allowed to return" to
The surface, the more will it be charged
with impurities. And please let me hint in
this place, Mr.. Editor Of the Daily -,
that when the barometer falls. the singing
sound caused blythe escaping gas increases,
and the quantity Of gas given of in any
given time also increases. 1t is not ,neces-
sary to add that such a conditions plssss
Gov, GearY's pets in greater peril, and thai
The additional influx Of gas to the lungs,
makes Governor Geary's pets feel very IN
comfortable
You look at the pets you find in No. 2
breast, ME. Editor. and for the life Of you,
YOU canp0t distinguish jack Jones from
Bill Williams. Jack Jenes has face as
black az ebony 80 Las Billy Wilha&
Jack Jones bss a leather cap on bis head ]
50 has Billy Williams. Jack Jones wears (
cheek shirt made Of Welsh flannel Billy
Williams has its twin. Jack Jones wears d
paiE of pants that was once as white as nip,
made as they were out of white drilling,
which IRE ROW as black as they well can
be ;sBilly Williams wears their mates.
BOOts has that Jack Jones on, that come
above the knees, made Of strong leather,
and whose sOles and heels are 50 thick that
they give hin The appearance Of being full
six inches taller than what be really is !;
Billy Williams bias bis neither limbs cqsed in
a pair made by the same hands, and issued
from The same last. The lamp stuck on
Jack Jones bat, corresponds exactly With
thss Of Billy Williams 50 does tie drill
jack punches into the hole match with the
drill punched into the hole BY BiAy. They
keep. time with each other az Jack Jones
pulls bis drill back from the face Of the hole,
50 docs Billy Williams pull bis. They
strike, as already stated two blows second.
-"I-be-drilled" says Jack Jones "sO.be-
I,1rilled, " responds Billy Williams.
Jack Jones scram5les over the loose coal
past you, Mr.. Editor of the Daily -,
and darts down the outside man-way, and
Billy Williams follows suit Down, down
hey 60, as if some spirit Of evil gave
cHase to them, and they arrive at the cross
heading as nearly as possible together. Into
this Jack Jones erawls, and so does Billy
Williams Jack Jones halts at powder
kog; 80 does Billy Williams. ''I-doo-
yiiSe-ny -hOle-tWO-ieet," says Jack $50
lo-I-giVs- hole twO-feet," says Billy.
JACK grasps a cylinder Of wood about
wO inches in diameter, and about two and
! half feet long; and Billy grasped another
lat s'You- ave got mic -oaslidge pin"
avs seek Jones, rather tartly ''and-so-
vou- 'ave-got mie-- -cstridge-Pin," retorts
Billy Williams in the same tone. "l-want-
-mind--yOuf-Own-piD," says Jack
ones, and go I-Eant- you-to- mind-your-
,xn-pin, Gays Billy Williams.