The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-07

little more than a week. This avoids the
main source Of difficulty which has been
found, especially with the Italians, and all
excitement when their pay Is held back.
Theyviewthe Americans, perhaps not un.
reasonably, with Suspicion, and their igno.
rance Of the. language increases their! help.
lefsness. FsgA W. ~ NJ SS@NlT :
I The Italians who are brought here seem
10 be from the lower classes OF the Italian
peasantry. They are imported mainly by
padronrS In New York, who furnish tho
pnssage money and collect money monthly
from them. The contractors obtain them
from these labor.brokcs. The Chinese
themselves livono moro frugally, and come
here with no more deliberate purpose Of
taking money ont OF the country and spend.
Ing rs little us they can while here. The
contractors furnish the bread on which
they live. Three barrels arrive daily ut tho
Midland depot, Nevada, from Oswcgo, to
supply the wants Of those near that place.
They gather about these barrels, when
their feeding time comes, cach min hold.
ing the ticket with his number, md calling
for one loaf or two loaves, us he may think
his wants will require. Each provides
for himself alone. Here rs well as
elsewhere they show anilnal.lke in.
difference to each others presence.
This they keep up when they are at their
work, or struggling, slieep.like, along the
roads. Their lodging.lIouse Ia built Of
rough boards" and about the sides are
broad shelves, where three or four lie at
night. They sleep Oh the floor, also, in
every available corner. They do very III.
to cooking, once In n while only getting q
bone from which they can make soup.
They are fond Of dandelions, often digging
them up with their fingers and eating them
raw. But when they can get them boiled
10 eat with their bread the meal becomes
sumptuous Yet, strict vegetarians as they
are, and ms they have been, In Italy ali
their lives, they are strong and tough. il
not overintclligent workmGn.y Their diet
mainly accounts for the iact they do not
penpire ut their work, like lrishmen,
whose stomachs are often hard at work on
caloric animal food while their. legs and
arms arc in motion. But 1t Is remarkable
how indifferent the Italians are about put.
ting in their full time .py, a,f
II n shower gives any color oil excuse
they will catch up their coats and run
from the bank to shelter, and very likely
do no more work for halliday and they
are much affected by cold, too. They will
huddle together III their huts on buster.
Ing day and utterly refuse 10 obey tho
orders Of the foreman. Some days ago
few drops Of rain fell ut tue borrowing pit
at Oneida Castle. when all the gang OF
fifty Italian made for the shclter.shed Mt
hand. The very slight shower having
blown over, the foreman went to the shed
10 Try TO get them. out again, but to no
purpose. Getting little provoked he
took 4 stick and drove them out to their
work. They did little, and then, to
avoid n few drops more which fell again,
ran from the bank and would no. return
10 it that day. Some OF them arc idle
every day, preicrring to spend one or two
days 4 week in basking in the sun, sleep.
ing in the sheds, or straying about the
village toattending TO their work. Sundays
they will do 10 work, and generally
wander through the fields gathering dan.
delions or other herbs, or fishing They
smoke considerably, aud some OF them
drink a little beer. They do not get
drunk. .r-.' III o'05
There are forty Greeks who work mile
nearer Canastota and under the command
OF "Greek joe" q stout man OF 10 or so,
who can speak English pretty well. They
arc Of different type from the Italians;
they have more to eat, and have a fire and
cook. They sleep in the same close quar-.
tors as the Italians, in house near their
work. Greek Joe deplores the absence in
this country OF wine and beer and "all
other kinds Of good drinks" which flow SO
plentifully in his own land, but likes this
country, and actually praises the climate.
lie says he came over here because there
arc .too many people over there, and that
is what makes every one poor" lie has
an Italian woman 10 wife, and has some OF
her relatives in his care. He has been here
three years, and some Of his men rs long,
but some Of them only few weeks: They
have worked at Ncwburg and Fort Plain.
They are better workmcn than the Ital-
ians. b About the strongest laborer to be So
cured for railroad construction in this
country is n Swede, but they are rather
hard to get. The. llungarians are fair H.
borers, but very ignorant.