The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-04-12
The Strike in the Mahoning Valley

anu oIiAAo IN Lno manOnlng Vauey.
The strike of the miners formerly EN-
ployed by the Mahoning Coal Company
still continues. We clip the following from
the Pittsburgh Leaders correspondence
the production of a special reporter sent to
investigate the merits of the case. In ref
erence to the amrlnyrr.Ht IS tl-e Italians,
he says
ON the 18th Of March Mr. Sanford ar
rived in New York, and proceeding to the
commissioner Of emigration, he informed
them Of his mission. 1t will be remember
"A that the large number Of destitute ltal-
Iais. about whose arrival there was such
universal Indignation manifested last win
ter, still remained ia New York They
were IN quarters on Wards island, and
were dead loss TO- the commissioner be
ing supplied at the public expense Mr.
Sanderson made his arrangements to pro
cure number Of them for the Mahonng
Coal Company, and accordingly the neces-
sary formallties We're concluded. The fol-
lowing is a report 81 the experience az the
Italians as gwen to our reporter by the H.
terpreter, MIR Behringer
TIRE PARTY.
was not wholly Italian It included Ger
mans, French, and there were even two
Arabs among the two hundred and twenty
i've men which Mr.. Sanford engaged, ana
who left New York to work for the Mahon-
ing Coal Company Since Mr. Behringers
arrival he has espoused the cause ~ the
strikers, and II Is proper to state this III
order that a proper view be taken uf ms
opinions The following is his own Ian
guage MIR Sanford made verbal
agreement that We were to work ia coal
bank The Italians had no idea that they
would have t. 70 below m fact they didn't
understand fully what they we're hired for
The Germans Ia the party had some knowl-
edge of what coal mining is but did not
think it was AS hard work as 1t is NV
hrst impulse was 10 ash MIR Sanford If
there was strike NV reasons for So do
my were because ! was suspicious that il
was queer that lac should come all the way
here 10 hire 30 men To- work ia a coal
bank lie said
IT Is ALL RIGHT,
that there was no trouble whatever. and he
wanted To- commence aud dig a new bank
working in the Old bank. and We would he
safe from any trouble When We arrived
at Levlttsburg some of the miners came
aboard and sand there would b. trouble. a.
there was a strike here This vas TIE first
We heard % any fuss, 50 We asked Mr.. san
ford again and he said there was ~ troub-
Il al all We were To have nice houses ana
every thing ia tirst-class style, tut when W.
got "a Cua!huTg We found out II was not
~ We were put into houses with no fur
mture in them, and after a while two Wag-
ous came TIP with pots and pans for cook
ing but there was little furniture
THE TROUBLE rHI,kENs.
we we're given something to eat. each
Uue getting a loaf of bread An ounce Of
cheese for supper. amt coffee and sugar
were given IN bulk to us to cook Each
man vent to the company office and got a
blanket, ana the next morning we went tu
work Then some uf the miners came up
and tuld us that If We had some feelings
for Ituur men wc would stop work as 10
was derrivmg them IF a days work we
STAYING here todd them As spokesman
for the party that could guarantee for
the Geunaus present that wc would not
STAY II Vr we're duIu- them injury. ! told
tho Germans Wh1f thr miner, said. and
thay yuulc tu thr conclusion not tu ~ ~
work w,ut tt th, miners and tpld them
What ia, men said sent to miners hall
and ~ hai t.Lk 81 meeting thr mi-
uers gave So 4" Iay FAR expenses away
aud leave tnr g,"'d
a. I>TEE,Itw.
nur r,u..rt.r called uan Mr. Powers
ore of the leading operators. and ~ IA,
Powers zeal company. and the fullown. Is
the mtrrNl," winch '""k place
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