The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-28


The item Of "sundrics" Is ono 81 the dark
mysteries that plague the miners lie. After
esrry possible thing for viii h he can b. right
fully charged has hern duly -et down, and he
has been mulctcd M lar rs there seems any
VI hle excuse then comes that neXpli nble
"sunlrirs to do him out OF sonethng more.
i fails To- appear only when there il absolutely
nothing io take il out Of. but II there were "A
balance Of cents IN the miners iWor there
would probably Ice "A charge ui SunirloS.
cents So, at enet. the miners Say. About
tal tom Of water rent Tho rompany has
r's"rluir on N" ourpsll. sii'ol me valley anu
apiH from Il to storm Hlii For the privilege
ol g''iiug water from tlls source In" miners
Ify rent Of 81 year. on Wi 30 there is NO re-
CufflUu drpcndeni upon the decline in cual.
Iir nan who's. SAM .s a. uunis have thus
t".u tlk'u j. a ski!ul miner, ihluSirl us. and
n"Nrr DRINKS yet. VITA ull Ar IAN 49, u" can
mining supplies and tools. AMI a. the store
WHO'RE his "oriers tO procure th9 PLANES
ioDd lu IA" smallest quantities upon which ne
enl hi- family can I'VE. run up ry'ri month
suriiently Ia cover All the company leaves MIN.
Very seldom he says, do We see meat. ~
c'p nov ana then hmi pound or so "l diy
salt shoulder. II we rct hreni. with sometimes
a. w,,i.i i,f.. for IL the INN. 81 iii. rapport
cr p Visit iur family were about sitting Town 10
dhh'r, All tury mad was u lnui OF bread ana a
hlAali bowl oi tain soup. made with som" rhr"ds
oi '"h'hg" AMI a bt OF n pork bone given by
Another miner said Il have been living
here u'ne yours. and ait though have had some
"l months. whrro ! hay" mad on" gnoi
month ! have had three bad onrs. have had
tArINr Children Only four OF them ar" living
nov. For the others. ] SUPPOSE il u better Tor
them 10 be- sleeping in the churchyard tlan
kl'wiug Az To- be miners l have worked drh-
brrhI'y Ia gct along, hav. done ~ Ne most
dhng"rnu. work that has offered mat could
Eot to dO. because il WIS the best paid. ! was
never Idle when could get work. and never
prank. vet somehow | never could get along.
Dout think when ! said that dangerous work
Is the best paid, that II gives a man anything
great Ia No ! worked IN places 90 yards
degrees. where tie gas was So bad had always
~ nH,r a sAi"ly lanp, ana ne whtrr came iowh
twir" dag. and had to drag sheet-ron NJ TO
run my coal down On. because the slope was not
enough 10 send II down Otherwise yet with all
hr' had been nj work in No 4 the mine that
Wa -Di On fire. In Ofph'r ! earned there, by
forty hour-' work 81 80. and toy nineteen days
Eora iib2j. In November earned. hy ~,
yards ~ shut@ 1898; 5a yards Of hr''a-t 50 ~ 4;
= yards Of crop heading. $3.50 total, $50 %
nsi u u.h had T. pay to the com pany. pow.
.Arksulthing, 80: water rent. 5Or; house
@ S2 81, ThGn rh haa tt pay , t5 Tor
me wll", th" tour children. and myself I" live
Dh l"r %" month surprising nreded 10 buy no
cNurr. But the alum water IN tines" mines
rove our u pur 81 Ia" stout.St boots "a thrre
81 Hl un-t, four weeks, and boots cost VI a PAIR.
cn,u n re through houi me hrhIy women
coming and the stout canvas Jackets We Try 10
n''u II on attn, until they tenr IKE wei paper.
''s's "a miner a. anOnul for clotll's ana ihen
=, ~ 'ih"l IN rags most Of the time About
,""l ihr VIA ont as waste ia the dirt from the
!'"N"r,, and N" company permits us 10 PICK
a. or ray" our wiv.a, aud children do so. for 30
s'lhs wagon, Then we have 10 pay 70 cents A
wagon i"r handling it, Even so us cheaper
4 ~ man buying good coal from the company.
! NAV iIuNury We can't AFFORD Some think the
.Ihphny might IN these hard times. when we
~ ;" mis"rtbly poor, let us have enough OF
nlW rrlu-" from the Wnsie they throw away to
n"p us warm. without charging us 50 cents a
hdnl lur II. and we Ia pick 1t ourselves, but the
u'th dope lhlhere OF the cOmpany's giving up
q ftaIl nlltn al N
DIRT" ' '" "'' " ""' w" ~ ''N
Another @iaeI said. twenty-five days 10