The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-31
HOPELESS STRIKERS.
THE MINERS DEFEAT CERTAIN.
Ihe situation at Scranton and De-
scriptinn of that Ciiy-5he POOR
and tne Rich Punched Alike.
SCRANTON Pa, Angus %.


and tne Rich Punched Alike.
SCRANTON Pa, Angus %.
II. V. X. in Philadelphia Times.
Dsv after day the situation III TINS re-
gion IN its general features remains IN
changed, only it becomes more evident
that the min,is must yield To escape
starvation. The companies remain firm,
without the sign or shadow OF turning.
The miners airs also Arm, 80 fer as we can
see from surface indications, but now and
then there are unmislakabIe signs OF
ouskinr below. The deCis on OF the
Pennsylvania Coal Company rs to their
emr,oves reached here to Gay and falls
with h nesvy haLd upo, the hopes OF the
miners. TINS dec's on Is regarded Is the
uiLimatum, So far rs that company Is con-
rerned. President HoyL tells his miners
plainIy that there Is 40 profit III bring
ing coal to market ut present rates, ana
the company declines to resume WORK
even ~ thc present low scale 81 wages,
"un less requested to do so by majority
of the miners Cyu,d we have better
illustration o, the nopo!Cs ness OF the sue
c,,s Of the strike than this?
To-day | visited Hyla Park, subur-
ban village across the LakawanHa river,
where mGny miners live. There they
have what called a Miners Rehe!
Store. containing not very large sup
plv Of the necessities OF iiie--ilour, ncai,
potatoes and pork. 1t Is for The Sratul-
,ols use OF the entirely destitute, those
who are reduced tc the necessity of &c
centing charity or Starvation. 1t Is
maintained by contributions from miners
who have n surplus. not olIN here out nj
other points. 30 long ~ tne STRIKE l.
maintained each miner feels II bis duty,to
contribute toward the support OF the
destitute. Some O the more thrifty
wed money during the ''iusn times
and they are now called upon TO help
Suplort those who saved nothing. IL Is
unfair. but the bond OF sympathy among
tho miners !, 50 strong that the question
with them j. no. Whist destitute brother
might have saved, but Is he destitute
now? but the miners who are beyond
he need of daily toil-aud there are few
Of tEe~a-canro. long sand the strain,
which lead- me To- believe, from nj that
can gather, that the strike WI 10. last
thirty DAYS longer and that the compan-
les will dictate terms.
BUTCHERS NEAT.
A butcher. many years in the business
in HYDE Park, between demands for
steaks and chops gave me much ln!orma-
Lion. The ell upon him IN n business
way were so few that he had leisure tor
me exchange OF observations. "Ihcs,
are the hardest times yet, he said, n ne
waited on q miners little girl who called
. aintivey for five cent soup bone.
There is an increasing demand for bones,
neck pieces. liver and refuse pieces |
never took in 50 many mcke.s before or
had - many calls tor cheap pieces. You
see meat Is nigh; it has been high since
he WAT sell ros-,- nj from
II t. lG cents per pound, and
leaks from IL to ~ cents. That l.
,um,s. double before the WAT prices
when laborering men gotsbout the same
WAGES as now; that sho" there Is soma
thing wrong. don't il? Before the war
y l4borcr could get from me say tea
hounds Of round steak ios n days worn.
Now he can get but i've. We. 1t Is not
my fault. Thing> are wrong end 10,
.o.ncwav. You see have To pay nearly
.euuble tor beet on the foot what | did
before the war A critter that would
cost SAY $50 before the war, now brings
SAY S35 Don't this look like taking
fresh meat away from poor men?
asSented
why. SIR he continued, ms he dis
posed OF the last soup bone, leaving the
cnoica cuts nearly untouched, before the
war i could 90 out among the farmers
within three miles OF this place and buy
hundred cattle in day. Now
couldn't ind that many for sale among
our farmers in u week. The war upset
cvcrythir Q, sir. Farmers sons could get
p,g cash wages to come here and 70
IN the works and on the railroads. The
city was filled with stout young men and
the farmers skinned. Now work steps;
thousands and tens OF thousands are out
Of employment, meat Goc- up, because
there are more about here To eat NEST
than there are to raise 1t Tlme- won't
yet much better until more men raise
meat and potatoes and fewer come % the
cities TO eat n.
The butcher struck the RICH. io ii, that
time. The bIgn price OF prov's on- CON
pared with the scale of wages, show,
where the trouble hes The effect of the
"fu>h times wa~ TO build up the cities q,
the expense OF the rural districts to take
from the producers and add TO the con
sumcrs We are now reaping the penalty
and will continue to reap until the cities
rive back to the agricultural districts the
,urrlu, population, diminished con
sumers. add t. producers, and thu; rc-c>
t4bh,h the equilibrium without which
there csnno. be industrial health.
FEELING AMONG THE WEALTHY.
One of the effects OF the strike * "a
chill the fountains Of charity. \ man II
physical heslth. begging because hi
won 1 work at prevailing prices, gets 1t.
tie sympathy and less aims. Womer
and children. however. beg extensively
| don't mean that the streets are crowded
with begcars. or anything like that, but
one will be asked four or five times :
day for assistance and you are pro:usely
thsnked for the smallest gift, even though
il be but a penny. | met an Irish wo'
man at the postotfce who was bewafling
her sad fate. AS she had been begging a.
dav and had received but one cabbage
She was a stout healthy-lOokIRg woman
stout enough to take the average in-d' OF
bondholder by the throat and make hin
yell. .,
Why l asked, "are you begging
Because | am hungry.
Cannot you get work.