The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-27
NISERlES OF COAL MINERS.
arfrftRE iBOn HrDE NiTrRE ~ THE
pENNNILTINTf COLLTLKIIS.

.rhc Hardship. oi the Operatives. their Farm.
,,... and the UuVcis they Inhahit Whcrc |
4 ipioyccs have been Unfortunate song. |
-, Lament alton that Bct,ay the Glowing
G,nius Of q. Washington Chiid. A. NJ.
Su,yANpoAH Pa Jan. 1s-This IL entirely |
anir.rs' town. II was built by miners, owned |
,vn.. ers and run " miners. lie hnnk dircc-
re. -ilrckccrcrs. dcacons, and officials oil
ilvc boon practical miners or are such nj this
time Ilhas no other interests than mining. save
.u.n -.r vicc ~ trade or manufacture can render
I'M -ilan and cheap way to the actual ncecssi-
ti,- - those engaged in mining II had its
GOOD times. ms late us 1875. when miners wives
v,r,-ilks when the whiskcy shops (which TO
lie casual stranger seem TO he about 90 per
cont II the buildingsl did u thriving trade.
when The days were fun of profitable labor and
then. hts were melodious with the whoops OF
merry miners sportivcly cracking each others
skul- Then work was constant aud wages
wore high In 1876 the evil days drew nigh.
md since then times have been uniformly hard
The minors wives no longer wear costly raj
mcni. and the little earned by the mon is barely
cum 'icnt TO buy needed food.
Onc-half OF the total product Of the schuylkill
coal Held comes from within three miles II this
town. from the vast mammoth vein which Is
here from forty to sixty feet In thickness.
There are some private collerics In this vicin-
fly. hut the greater number are in the hands OF
tho Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Company and the rates Of wages and amount
Of work allowed have consequently been fixed
Iy that corporation The miners earnings have
leen about the same IA those on the south side
Of the Broad Mountain. Probably n fair aver
nccw autd I've about az. 80 per month for miners
md $50 to t22 for laporer-. where they have hnd
steady employment. From the character OF the
vim in which the hulk " the mining IL done at
t4i- 4 ,iui. the system ~ payment instead OF be-
lux l'ised upon incal wards of progression. 10y
MORN a; t tbs @ ""a lax te b. dug
cat the pay is from - To- IS conts per wagon.
I'sorling 10 circumstances, and Where the work
consists almost ont.rcly Of londhg from vast
ftllnn masses Of coal the pay is reduced TO 90
c'n'- rcr wagon. Each wagon load Is loo cubic
f'et Contract worN. la driving gangways. is
fra ri naiv l3S7, fcci hui Il teSrs but
Where 1870 men will he NJ work mining in
irea- =. not more than 20 will find employment
lin anoihcr has been discovered. 10 which the
ramo II the Buck Mountain vein" has been
; me- " It's coa is pnmarketablf and mining 1t
j. very Improbable. Some experienced men
Trb IN i have nSt been qSed e. Sn more
ways and miners Of little less skill have. u is
SAID actually found themselves. ut the end Of
tn months toll. indebted 10 the mine owners
FIR J. WIDER. oil. and other necessary mining
sWpli,s- # Is everre1 hy Tie .Superintenlent
nrc SVEN TO mine bosses 10 report cases whore
men work NIX industrously are thus prevented.
M rI on9 ,S, from from S earning dI yHe
vas INV u, ."' an .n wi '".,c9 "'tnM
seg wnsrs are Dg n1s n,u }rs a uni1r
,te ,,n,'nnvs o,p,Inyo.s oh,,,, Sycn,n'ioaE
III n.t However bring to The knowieJg" of nm an
invest eating reporter THE srN any instances
Inc - ,nanInah and Mahomoy valleys w.rc lali
fn ,, w., ~ ~ ,.r',', ~, ,',,,., ~ ,.,ii N
~" In' up 10 s,. ht'In, s.9pp"sI ~ W.l, III
lart on ls77 when he iniivifuai colliaries wer'.
only working three gr four dgy- in each month.
f ro urai ", vL All, NJ ru' , ~,
,"nri olshn,Wi'h Mlheh u.hit o'it ,9rh inr9ai,
,,,Ir W3Nld unI.u'sdy haNe p nr'h s,adNn,loh
work has been more steady, ana though the
in.", 49,. -. wv. H., .i Ia y M '-, -. "a, a.,
tnv., ., 10, t., "a ,, ',, - II ~ ,' -
sorie. oi iife The rr,',s ~ Ann n,,.i,es ami
some nthrr lendinr nriI.ies ~ ft.nd ma rom
fW"nt mnnE ,'r, n, , an" iI nn
in tie MINIMIZE sD,,rfy oi H.rL f'r On he
lr~ binat liz, iGf'' 90 iIin' ~ ~, ~.
crow, anI iren.u,rf1iii-,n ''i V,'n.rvn
Gr,rrri.s are nl.ar,.I 49, ,ri.,,
In the same proportion Nine cmpl iyees get
ir raIin,, u, TIT t ib,ir b"n 'r,x pr
lfrh nb"ut si'5j on III. ,I0o on raai estate
Will those imposed irros ps,'tive ~ real posses.
sions amounting To- 81 for borough ~ for
mn. "A severe drnin IN the yary Member in.
Come If IN. miner liner. ha. boom ind man
o..,n,.ni in a.. L..f Gunnr'e I,rs A. A. H.
81 3, Prcehyi,rian ,lencon In Shtnanioah -nii
4 ill.,. writer I'll mon this mas been "A hell of
, nno n IN NJ a. NJ W. ,yrs MIR
Nl..i,ir,,s ran Hi. t."u until iva wears AEON
wien We r"i "A change i'ihe gUNrruniDnt an
No. - better iut ~ nurkle bad yet. OH IT,
a. hnd for " A. Bo-- Tweed made It for you IN
NV York This same Seotchman-n very in
t.llIsani miner, l., tn,. ways In regular COM
mum alton with friends in Scotland who are
also miners anil he says that th,y earning
from three -hilhnss and -aNpemr" a. four aud
sax lre enabled a. live better than he aud his
fellows can here.
TIN Shamokiu li-fr, I takes ia tho coal fields
of Dluphin Northumberland Columbia and
part of Schlylkil Counties Thu year before
i-t IL hnl 67 rOllirrir- in operation Last vcar
II hal hui 50. u hay .ng been either burned ont
or exhausted Oftl.os, remaining. the greater
Hunl.r belong To- the Mineral Railroad ana
hnng Company Four have recently lal-.d
into The hands ~ m, Philadelphia and Reading
(nui and Iron Conpnny. which Is extending ~
operations i'm this dir"tion. and IL hriongtO in
diy.luui operators The nr-t-namcd COMPANY
J. on II the corporate aliases for Tom Scott
pnl li- Ring - the Pennsylvania Central Rail
r,al Tho ntiru rutpinvens in thl. 1fs'ro,