The semi-weekly miner., 1882-07-29

few days ago, has had ~ odd result
although several Of their peaceab)'
fellow strikers were wounded, tn
freight handles. did not retaliats mp
On the poor isnosast Italians, who's
they might bavs anninilsted hat
they desired % DO them harm; and
last night . hundred or more Neapol
ltans who had besn serving assshsti
tutes for the old hands, joined tn
strikenan will he1ee(orlh work l6l
aud with them. Three hundred oI
the Russian Jews have also struck,
and the companies are nonplussed.
A baker ssnt the strikers 1000 losve1
Of bread yesterday. The striken Ee'
turned . unanimous vote Of thanks
10 the baker, but gave the bread "a
anosphan asylum. The Mayor of Jer:
:; sey City sent them 80 for charity
They sent It back with . pungent
memage, but no vote of thanks.
Thus, you zee, the men engaged In
; battling for their rights are Mt sei
! Of cravens, and II they do n0t gain
! their point, It viii be because the
railroad companies will 90 out Of the
; freight business altogether
F! An AMATEUR DETECTIVE,
, William Snowber fell asleep the
| other night In Washington Square,
. hvosite resort for tramps and
,hievs. When he aw0ke he found
his watch and chain gone. On the
; following morning he bought .
heavy brass chain Of much goeyeous-
ness, hung It ostentstios,sly from biz
vert pocket. and again took his sezat
% . vacant bench in the park. pro
tsndiug to b fat asleep. II wss not
lour before he felt . tug II his chain.
SuowLer pounosd upon the thief and
marched him of to Jeiierson Market,
where he was held In 81 QUO tor trial.
His name Is George Schmidt, and he
has = pair VI black eyes, and . nose
that has suffered all on account Of
SuOwber.
THE JEWISH REFU0EEs.
Aside irs'n the fact that the many
Russian Jews now in the city, and NJ
w"rx, are rapidly improving. my Al
te,,tion Is called u them BY = recent
letter from Hartford. written by w.
n. Rose: MlAt tothe San. Nj. Rose
t,aldt h . young lawyer, who ire
queutly contributes to the columns Of
that lively aud Interesting sheet. and
whuss judgment and gosineas Of
heart are fully equal to his literary
ability He says that among the 15O
refugees who have reached Hartford,
there are very few indeed, Who are
MT only willing, but anxtoass to se-
cure employment Of whatever kind.
Many II hem are well educated; get
even these are ready to engage In any
kind Of labor. am sorry that want
III space prevents me from quoting
more fr0m this admirable tribute to
the victims Of blind persecution, than
the few subtuined sentences.
Over One-half Of these who have
been sent here have l,een placed up
Oh farms, sesne have been set to work
in factories, . few have domestic and
uaenial situations, and the rest are II
ln,ring In mechanical e,nployn'ents.
have heard Of none who have taken
to petl.l;ing, aud OF only one who has
tried to do 70. Most striking has
been the eager desire Of some Of these
immigrants to take to farming, AMI
many ofthem asc now working stead
ily at 1t AROUND the city. some Of
them soon got tired u their work, Or
broke down under it, hut the Eres'eer
nun,bes have held to 1t rssolutely and
successfully. All ai'sut here are
farners who arc well satisfied with
their Rossian Jewis,, labosers. There
arr two who were teachers In Russia,
but who expresseda . desire immedt-
ateiy upon their arrival to en0age In
Gafln labor. Both of them soon broke
down under the unaccsst00ed strain
and came hack for medical treatment.
One was sent 70 The hospital IN this
city. When they were sufficiently
rseovercd to 60 to work again. they
wese advised to take easier work In
factories, but they strenuOus'y resist
ed The suggestion. Being told that
they could not stand midsummer
haying, they replied that they wished
10 make trial Of it. They were
warned that II they broke down
again, the Aid S~iety would not
take care Of them, bat they answered
. that they would save their wages.
and bar their own expenses in sutl'
au event. They finally went t. y 'rk
| In Gpcturiss becaslse the alternative
vas siven them Of doing that, or bs-
ing turned cut a DOM. An hour
40 saw medical student don .
! suit of overllls an ride OF with y
farmer. In another year. ha', he ~
u,aiut.l in Russia he would have
graduated ~ u physician at the Cni-
versi,y u kietf."
Iho,x. that Nv. N. RS" letter
! will lx widely copied and read. The
result will i,e that ~ fast NJ the l""'r
refugees rr:M'.' eur -t'rs'~. they will
,.. cs,,.e tar fr IN all parts ~; tia
country. They .l' not expect An !
H., n.M wi.s.,' says Mr. ls''-eis,iit,
: Ito be Supported in ij;russs." TAey
do not grl drunk, they ID not dght,
they learn quickly, they are faithful
to their families. By slcsrees they
will t,es..,,se hardened to i',ysi''al Ia
l. iln.r LIZ, then once t~tsslle rxperl
/, sssSssl ;srussss, aud there wsll ~ aSaDa
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