The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-27

comes around, tnclr rent from VI 10 ~ is no
Quoted from their earnings then the orders
they have been compelled to got are taken out
some for provisions; some possibly for little
money. t. get the cash on which they have had
to pay per ceut.-thcn, II there H. any mar
gin, n little cheap nlent will no bought and very
probably some will 20 for beer. The very
day after they gci their pay they often require
life. if'hey buy hour thev insist upon having
the beat. That is one Of their extravaganccs.
4 good sccOn! rate -four will not suit them.
some oi them depend grcat dcnl on corn meal,
and Inst winter many families lived almost en-
mfely ON middings-thnt is. unboted Hour.
Their employers are fair to them in one re-
spcct letting them have coal for $50 n ton.
pinchcd by tho cold. | find that laborers wages
arc from - to t4,j0 week on the average. and
very seldom 60 above 81. while miners average
That is not much To- keep families on. you VII
admit, and these people, have iaWilics as icW
relief last winter to 900 families. in which there
were altoeethcr l.sOn souls Our ALLOWANCE
was from 81 to q per week to each
children. Thus far this winter the de-
mands upon us have not been 50 great. We
each drawing relief. up to this morning. TO.
day ten more families have been added, ana
next week this suspension OF work VIII , III al
our hands The smaIincss Of the receipts Of
our laborng population. added to thc TACT tha,
they have been fcarfully behind WIN the Wurlu
Tor n good while has pp, them in the position
that they 10 not work on Tuesday for Tuesdays
or Wednesday = bread, but 10 pay loi VIVA, uhoy
had ON Monday They must have store orlors
/" i've ' until their pay comes due. The +. < Il.
Company will give no orders. SO we have To i9
the service Of advancing food to miners and
their families month after month. they repay
ing us when they get their pay each month.
only to-day for food during the past month
Poor fellows. they, can never vet ahead AT the
present rate. and on course y Is = hnrd and vi,
tmatoy must Ice dcmOraizing thing for them
charity"
THE sun reporter visited the houses Of the
employees ut the Burnside and Bear Valley col;
lierics two concerns which have recently passed
into the hands Of the Philadelphia aud Reading
Coal and Iron Company. The employees ut
these mines hnye been particularly unfortunate
this month. When they worked for the former
rropretors they were paid stipulated rites Of
wages. Upon q change in ownership. these
wages were unth lnkingly continued, subject 10
the reduction ON basis inaugurated by the i.
u. {. n |. Co, asystem not previously in vogue
schuylkill rates on basis. The result was that
than the lowest rate at which II had previously
been deemed practicable for them 10 support
life That was how timbercrs In the Bear Val
ley mine after n whole month Of hard work,
only 20, 1880. Z" 1t was all IA mistake. and will
b. rcctiicd BY next nay day The company
ON 'er- say, but such mistakes have singular
uniformity in always being in favor Of the mine
owners. never on the side of the men.
=, The houses inhabited 10y the Burnside col
liers are wretched affairs, two stories high.
divided 80 that each shelters four families.
Each family has ono room down stairs and one
UP stairs. Tor when Tue feut Is VI pei montn.
II the family l. So large that more room than n
quarter Of the house II required. n half can be
hired for 81 per month. Everywhere the stories
Of the occupants We're the same; miserable
wages that barely enabled them TO get scant
supply Of the .coarsest food a unanimous pro
! fession of enforced vegctarianism. an album
dance only OF hungry little open mouths.
The miners houses at Bear valley are better.
Instead Of being planted on bleak hillside
where not one redeeming trait OF nature hns
been left. they are on gentlc slope. nj the edgc
OF the, forest. and hustin aughing llttle
every house has a neatly fcnced little garden.
One large double house here II inhabited en-
tircly by col9red people, aud he picaninnles
every window commanding view Of the road
there are still half dom Of them left To perch
Bear Valley mine. The employees In this col
llery do not complain 50 hardly Of their lot as
n. burhSSd% py9nyh hyu Sava .Sy my Sr
work and ARE hopeful ~ stil bottcr condition
uf affairs IA The future. under the new manage
meut II the mine. when their wages shall have
been placed on the same basis as the Schuylkll
men.
song quite popular both here and at She
tive II miners lie. II l. n thoroughly native
product. and runs as follows.
I'm getting ola ard ncble
We LAID n, rust, nininS tools away.
For FORTY year. or Ger
SIT nov m seitins feeble, oii. aud gray
started ~ ne nreaser.
lint my Won j. fn .hst now fnr tl the time.
And sh, onl' lit,, That icii mo
Anil, ,icre Il rg.t ia. wear, head Of mine
cloru
en- @, w., wn sg. AZ. ar} M ,r..,s'r''y'
il',. many oi li,sn. nov have ..ne to rest
AMI he, have lei, In. worll OF woe
And their slllits aie uyN iuaiu.u. WIKI Tie blest
u nc hr,a kcr irsi went.
For 10 learn the occupation Ut a slave,
s sSa IN, IA r ia Il . .Is,s an.Deu,
NJ smbiugni wa noble, ''rVn- AMI brave.
in-sad Of n The -chool.
N H. IS. Il, ," IN N a. sI: '' were poor
ituiway- the rule
For 10 hslp 10 Keep starvation from Tie loor
c,oo4.
Atiw,l,c ,Har. of asc.
Ana The b.. he .,nt ne. down the mine to trap
r. nc To,,.i IN w., .'sok' sni i,n.r
Ana ny leisure hour- spent III Killing rats
r. what ihrv con ninth
era iaokey 60 the inau tha' drives a team;
AMI haI To- ~ the latch
I~asgctuns t,rou-h NV exercise with -peed.
chorus
The next went to driving
tn ,n Il, D ba. c q as 4, M, ''sH ,.Iaiv,nces
Going along thu -an-wa
vs.. iroudcr tlau the rrr-i''cn, OF France
s s.., nov ~. 'n ,, riii i' i Weakened
trcmhle a. | m scarcely NJ a. stand.
II ID Lecn tau-ut bookkeeping
Instead a. driving team
1his day. my TRENDS, I'd be richer man
fhorn.
Tho next wont a. mining
ANA lahurcr. too. combined
iNtAru laiN bread i,urath the ground
] performed the active labor,
| Which comes an inllrrs hne,
AnA 20 Get NY cars AMI load them was bound
Bui now that pride ~ over
Ana cannot WORK no more
am waiting for the signal ~ Tho four
when the angels they VIII whisper
saving Miner Nuu must go.
And wen wait you {" the bright celestial shore
Those quaint touches expressive ~ the vanit
OF earth ambition the lepress ing Effects OF ear
/ in mortal lie. and IA Christian hope in bless
| ed and not altogether unpctureslue inmortali
~ would seem t. betrny the genius Of tina
sweet Nightingale Of the tomb. g. W. Chds A
/ NJ. the honor Of authorship is however. II
! reality not his but an unknown miners.
MR. COHfN'S $4,000,
| Justice Dowiinu's Angry Quesfiou-A Priyat
DetectIve'. Proportion.