The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-19

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when they're all dead" and then went indus
triously to work again.
Eyes, the old place looks tough" said
Captain Maloney, as he glanced at the work
house, u Ions, low building made out OF com
worst specimen Of workhouse Ia the copn
try. LII look better In few weeks though.
AS soon us the weather gets settled We are
going 10 give it several coats oil whitewasbi
but that won't last long, for up here we get
all the storms that come along. Step intidt
and take look around"
Inside everything was neat and clean. Go
ing through the narrow hall Interpreter peer.
Ell through the bars into the large room, thai
tbs prisoners are locked up In at night. In
the double tier OF hunks on either side were
lying three or four prisoners, while about
the same number were sitting about the
room. In one OF the hunks was Lew Buch.
auan, the we'll known colored individual with
u fondness for tanglefoot, which fondneSs
accounts for bis being where he 10 now.
bob Junkens done rest me dis las time,v
said Lew, hut rs sick and not able to work
TO Massa Maloney dis time. Deed IL sick. "
"We'ye got thirty.one prisoners now" said
Capt. Maloney, "and are working them all
but eight, who are either too old or are sick;
we keep them locked up. There's old Josh
Miller over ther+. by the stove. He's per.
manently on the disabled list. Before you
60 away, Just look at this place, will you.
Isn't It dizzy prison? Why, Q strong man
could break through that wall In no time.
lis only fear that Keeps them here, for they
know that II they do get out my night watch.
man and the bullets will bsafter them. Who
Is my night Waterman Well, come outside
and I'll show him to you; he's In the quarry
now" a,.
Before going to the quarry, q stop was
made at the shed into which the limestone
was being wheeled aud broken by force OF
prisoners, into q size to be spread on the
streets. Each man can break, on an average,
from two to three perch day. They are
watched by the day Waterman that the city
allows, while Capt. Maloney watches In the
quarry. When be has TO 60 away the cook
relieves him, and those In the house are by
themselves. The workshed Is intended az .
shelter, but mighty poor one II Is. In
Following the prisoners thatwere wheeling,
as they starred for the quarry, Capt. Maloney
again said Look at that workhouse-
handsome structure, isn't III Now, why
wouldn't It be good idea to quarry stone
out OF this hill and build decent place Of
stone, or better still take the men out on the
peninsula, burn brick aud erect workhouse
there and then open quarry on the other
side OF the hill. There issplendid sand and
limestone there. II wouldn't cost such an
enormous sum, for the prisoners could do q
large part OF tina work. We often have brick.
layers, stone masons and carpenters here,
We ought 10 have something better than
thiR" IHIr..l5 ,.s-.t.
By this time the quarry was reached and
the cook allowed 70 90 back 10 his work,
The men are now working about twenty feet
below the level In splendid vein OF limo
stone. They commenced going down about
two months ago and will strike In before
long. JEFF Reed, six months man, and
Jabe Gosney, two well known offenders,
were handling the drills. "There's my night
watohman, said the superintendent pointing
10 q large full blooded bull dog, who sat on q
ledge looking down on the men. bis ugly red
eyelids blinking in the sun. Hes dandy,
you bet, and 10 up all night. As soon "a t6e
ball rings at 0 p. NJ, he commences 10 look
around TO see II all Is In good shape. I've got
money that says he 10 the best bull In town."
The men quit work Of 6P. N. and commence
at I A, w., with three fourths OF an hour for
dinner. The more men the Superintendent
has. the cheaper he feeds them; bis general
average is II cents per capita per day, They
have GOOD living, TOO, much bett0l than many
people In The city. For breakfast they bare