The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-11-07
FROM KENTUCKY.
DARLINGTON, Oct. q, 1874.

To the Editor q the woRKIxsxAE's ADVOCATE.
have seen q letter in the columns Of
your valuable paper Of Oct. IL, from this
place, in which the writer of said letter
says that there is q great change in the
minds Of the men in this place. True
enough fer my friend, Determined
Struegler." There has been . change IN
their minds, but allow mo to inform you
and the readers of the ADVOCATE that It Is
a change for the worse that has come over
them.
The strike here is 3 thing Of the past.
II ended in q most inglorlous manner for
all engaged in it. 1t came to an end Oh
the IA Of the present month.
1t Was the poorest tXcuse for q strike
that ever saw in all my travels. Never
have seen men 50 completely cowed down
as the men are in this place at present.
They have degraded themselves IN the
most al ct manner possible for men to
degrade themselves. Never was men on
strike better encouraged than they were
BY all disinterested PARTIES.
There was only few families here that
were really in need during the first fe"
days OF the strike, and as soon as their
circumstances became known their wants
were supplied Immediately. But allo"
me to state these were not the men who
went to work first; but it was the men
that stood the least liz need Of anything,
such disgrsceful manner; and the very
men that we're mostly in favor Of a strike
! were the first to cave in, as Is generally
the case III most strikes.
But allow me to inform your readers
that some Of these very men are now reap
ing the reward that they richly deserves
The St. Bernard Co. brought lot Of mig
gers here to work in the white nsn
places 50 when the strike was over those
men whose places were taken up by the
negroes had their choice either to break
rooms away for nothing or leave the place,
AZ good many did But others. If less
Independence, are turning rooms away for
nothing. Others, who had entries, had to
vacAte their places to make way for some
Of the bosses pets, so | leave the readers
of the ADVOCATE to judge for themselves
what trash Of men there is III this part OF
the country. Men who are always ready
to do anything their tyranical bosses bids
them to do, are not worthy Of the resp ct
or sympathy Of any honest working man ;
and would advise my fellow workmen
to keep away from this place and give 1t a
wide berth, for the st. Bernard Coal Co.
! have no use for white men any more.
They are employing almost every Niger
that comes along this way. They have
turned several families out Of their houses
to ler those woody headed gents have room,
and it makes these worthless feel big to
think that they are supercedlng the white
man.
There were q few white men who went
in TO blackleg here with the niggers. Their
names are John Grey, James Grey, George
Grey, father and two SONS, joe Edgar,
Henry Phillips, w Shrelkil and Tandy
James and Will James, two brothers
They were working for the company before
the strike at two dollars per day, 30 am
informed but when the strike came OH
they quit to 20 in and blAckieg. They
will fiji good mans place, and keep hlm
OUT of a I'D. l AM sorry that my friend,
Determined Struggler," should be de-
ceIved 50 much i'll the men OF this place AZ
to cause hun to speak Of them ia such
glowing terms, ana to misrepresent them
to the readers Of the ADVOCATE aud the
country 1t large.
There = youL many men, no doubt. who
would like To know ~hO are the bJsses un-
thers Ben X JbinsOu, Tom IobInsbn ahd
George livDu.s,n. They are the tools Vt
the /, IaiIcaI 81. Is. Co., ANA Lney are nt
suij It's Tor any thing that 10 mean IA men,
They It ~ at hvJIIIIIg, II u II ~ the auNaI,-
tagv VI the company. Let It DC ev,r 81
mean or low they are always ready 10 ~
ahead with Il, which soule vi the nIeh In
tins place knows Io their sorrow. The!
not only rule the mInes, Out they Tue
the whole town but 4 hope the day a.
not lar distant when the cII4z sDs VI thn
vicinity Will look heJIer To Lhelr interest,"
and deprive them os the power which they
at present pJssess
Hoping THAT you will insert this in your
valuable paper, | remain,
Very respectfully, II. =. d.