The New York herald., 1874-11-25

60 souls. Aave been there and thoroughly
studied the situation. The collleres OF this COM
pany DOT everv hillside from CarbOndale to Piym-
outh. 1t Is this company that founded the ior-
mer place and made It what II Is Indeed. wnen
cred IL c0mprehends almost the entire area OF the
TWO valleys and yet the miners or TINS company
the H. 900 souls who reside in tue only
1900 are employed, and these only at partial
periods. have Just finished trip To al the towns
which this corporation has built up. | have
visited Archibald, Ohphant, Providence, Pittstown,
Plymouth ana Nantlcoke, each OF which localities
prior to the panic was busy, busting. enter
prsing town, win fiue stores, scnools and
churcnes When we compare the present condI-
ton OF these localities VITA iormer ones the con-
trast Is terrible. Then their citizens were en-
ployed, their stores well supplied their schools
well attenued and their cnurcnes well flied Now
their st0rekeepers are Oh the verge 0f bankruptcy
many OF them have already closed their doors
their schools are III great measure deserted and
and women, drunken ami iawess. can
be seen on every thoroughIare; their ewes are
dark and lowering, ami their 1acaS wear brutal,
s.hangdog'' look. By nature they are mercnriai,
and lond OF jest and enjoyment; but now every
form u mlrth and Innocent amusement Is denied
tnem, their hands md nothing to do, and they
stand ready 10 indulge III any species oi outrage
and crime. Tney are seidom at nome, for home TO
them Is only place where they can consider their
idleness and brood over their poverty and woe.
have said that scranton was beautiful CITY, and
such indeed 1t Is; but scranton now not what 1T
murders were coumltted IN II on the same night,
whlle ut ali hours hundreds OF idle men and
women can be seen wandering about Its streets.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal
Company really sustalns Scranton. It's works
crowd every hillside Tor miles and miles around,
but large number af their miners Idle; others
working on three-quarter time. others on one
half time and others still on one-quarter time
SIMPLY To keep the machinery running. About the
mines OF this corporation thriving little towns
nave grown up, sach as Tayorsvllie, beleview.
companies here. such as the Falrlawn Company.
Kelley h Co.. Conner h Co.. K6encr Il Co.. Coray
Il Co., the employees ol which are In the same con-
dltion. Here, then, about this one city, are hun
dreds, nay thousands OF men idle, aud who have
no means 10 buy their daily bread, while render
their condition still the baker hes raised the
price ol his nOur and the butcher demands twenty
cents pound ior his meat. AS said before this
MORE MEN THAN IT CAN SUPPORT.
For years aud years the population has been
rally arises why do not some Of these men leave
the region, and. following the advice OF Mr.. Gree
is the diniculty. A great manv Of the men who
are now Idle and starving own the hnts IN which
they live; others own nall Of them, ana Others
who owns his hut entire III the critical condition
OF arfairs cannot dispose oi It, nor can the par
tal proprietor sell out his interest,", even though
he offered 10 do so ut great sacrifice. Each man
has wife and family. lie would rather die than
abandon his home, which he entirely or partially
owns alter years or economy ana toll They must
remain and they must live.
THE INEVITABLE.
Briefly have tried to give an idea of the i'm
mgnse number or men unemployed In these two
valleys, and who have nothing to do save to nurse
from want. Riots are q daily occurrence aud tile
lew men engaged IN the mines compelled TO
go to and from their work armed with rides MUIR
ders are frequent, and tneit and assault The pro-
duets OF every hour. There Is no prospect oi work.
and the long winter IS lust opening. There
~ doubt that this entire region Is
on the verge OF a not unlike any that the coun-
try has ever seen before. and riot which
only the entire country shall lorestan. Though
the awful moment huS not vet arrived, 1t Wall
surely come, when cry OF agony. brought about
BY the cravings Of hunger will go up rom this
region for bread, and II that cry is unanswered
5000 human souls, with their sniverlnX wives aud
children bentnd their backs TO urge them On, win
seize the knlle the pistol or the bludgcOn TO find
tnat food In defiance OF civil law, and at the
sacrifice Of human life. Tue issue Is inevitable
1t must come; tins vast community cannot sur.
vive the winter without ald The fact Is already
MADE manifest by the assaults, murders and cru
cifXlons that have already occurred.
in this letter have simply given the general
condition. leave Tor another the details. nave
been among the huts OF the miners, to wnicn lew
90 who not compelled to do So and from
which every one Is anxious to depart rs speedily
possible. l have been on 'Snantv lhii.n an
isolated district within a stones throw OF Scran-
ton, where thousands Of miners have their mlscr-
able abOdes, where hundreds find no work. and
where were seen cases 0f poverty ana distress
that would actually pierce the heart or HIM who
went there FULLY prepared to sec want and misery
IN their most exaggerated iorms.