The New York herald., 1874-11-03

serted and early IN Nav IN eyes looked their Joy.
full farewell to the hre. AZ that time the thcr.
mometer attached to the test pipes registered l76
cold. The steam, however, viii be kept confined
until the frst OF January next. to provide against
ss IN ts your
spondent very gladly accepted the offer OF q ride
down the valley TO see something more OF this Sec
to enter upon any description Of the beauty OF the
wyoming Valley. which has OF late years become
talniy AZ Its height IN the early autumn. and the
ioyeiest OF inspiring days was ours wherein TO bo-
from Wnkesbarre We leit the car and as we clam.
Dered over rocky path my companion said :-.T
gong e ns % s ~ ans q the
am sure you have never seen Q coal quarryn
- coal quarry r echoed amazed and only half
Some eight or nine feet OF earth had been re.
moved and laborers were at work on q clear
vein ee IN ncs
space OF 150 acres. Then II makes q dip again.
coming to o sudden terminus 400 feet above on the
mountain SIDE. me course OF these layers OF min
eral wealth, which make the valley as rich below
as 1t is surprisingly beautiful above-as shown by
psoaDy 1ae sP Of IS nses ws
to me.
company's stores, also to 60 through one OF the
great breakers, and comprehend more rully than
we otherwise might Its system OF screens and
picSers. boys who sat over the slides ana threw
out the slate from the broken coal as
srmy ce some acuse some ssca Du thsT eli
showing moral and mental material not easy to
deal with, wondered aloud "what the average
Sunday school teacher would cOntrive to make Of
such "a cioss u and was responded to by nv com
panion telling me that when he began a Sunday
pupils in their weekday dress and faces and had
more than once been amused and startled BY hay-
Ing on na sas 81 en swgS
request for "a chaw Of tobacco" Most OF theAe
boys, as their fathers before them have done, be-
gin life as slate -pickers then become doortenders
Or mule drivers in the mines, then aD0rers, after
wards miners, and not few Will end their lives
as they began picking n slate & IN the break H
ored boys. "Yes,n was the answer to my
question, "they work In peace together" There
throughout the State, You are aware" said the
superintendent. II don't know now IL will be re-
OF the family mas been taken, the entire suppors
or household comes from the earnings OF the
children. We often tell parents when tney bring
the younger boys TO US that they had better
send them to school; but the most OF them ara
hard to convince We've got along well enough
dren.'" So here again came up the double difn-
Guilty which Is continually meeting us IN all at
a. aq ne coa ane oes .. Ih
company own and what number OF persons do
you employ ~ were my next questions Twelve
Thousand acres. and we have shipping capacity
to 1900 personsH "But you seem 70
or discontent among your workmen. How have
you avoided the difficulties between the Welsh
and Irish which occur at certain other col1eres" J"
ave keep them together at work IN such propOrs
ti0n that race difficulties seldom come to the sur
face and they have equal chances 20 rise and to
obtain coveted benefits. For instance, we let ouI
the driving OF the headings every SIX months-all
having an equal chance to bid-nstead OF making
arbitrary assgnmenss,m, may yaw Dc wen s 70 e1,
lead to the chambers IN the mines, the men re.
ceive certain compensation for each foot or yard
tra ttan 10
mined. beyond that" continued my informant,
.'our men Know that we have their interest ae
as as snd what
them" We had passed through several
OF the miners villages, and | had been
making nv own silent comments upon the marked
contrast between the comfortable cottages and
their pleasant surroundings with what had seen
long before. AnoLher fact or which had been tax
ing mental note was the blended courtesy ana
tine M ys m our aaa
the men whom we encountered; an experience
repeated in going through one Of the mines, its
engine house and breaker next day. compared
notes with the superintendent in reference to the
former miners trade union, the "Workmen's
ibe agent in earlier years of the worst outbreaks
IN the coal regions ana ta,s is now % endeav0r aN%
to rehaolntase se ao nd
the belief which ! had already gained from
conversations with intelligent miners that while
the association might for time regain a certain
amount OF power, the men had mad too thorough
an experience OF It's tyranny anc la awlessness to
permit 1t to force any permanent serious troubles
in those districts In which capital and labor mad
begun to recognize their interests as Identified
with each other. And these comprehend a much
larger proportion OF the coal regions, especially IN
the northern part OF the state than Is widely ap-
pretended, q strike or din1culty like the present
one In q single colliery belonging to small COM
pany at MoOsic being supposed to represent fairly
the general feeling which II does not, any more than
the reports OF murders and outrages among tho
dangerous classes In New YORK fairly represent the
city. l had marked other matters OF which TO
write you, but pause here having given the points
or most general interest.