The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-09-27
Pyss-ssaea That Dss. Set Protect


In these days u campaign speeches
We bear = grsst dezl about protsalou
% American lsbor. l. l. al = sb4'o
AMI = farce. American labor = nDt
proiee 81. hgs only . fe~ thousand
sbyloek manufacturers aud operator
81 or 1D5n-iry that are Delnz made
rieb, pgnerfaI 1s6 tyr4uDi1l q The
sxpsDse Of the balance ofths country.
Iron IL one of the induane. ibzt car
riss . high lariD, and yet, re tie
"be4Bufuis' profession the workers ~
this bfzpea are rsesiyipg from their
employers, ~ flashed aerO-s tie CON
uDent b. he telegraph
CLEyELAsD. september lgb. TIE
condition 81 the eyiefe1 miners aB8
their i4ulli-s ln The Hooking valley
diane1 J. something - excite the eou-
mIserztioD II ne benevolent. i m4-s
mesling all Ds bell ia Columbus
next Neek. At which ". +. Ksni. .
cal operator Who hAs not reduced The
price u mining. uII preside, fOr The
purpo-, 81 eligllinz both public opin-
ION and pubic sympathy. In ne
Eneauli Be legal p,4eiilnrrg i rs opera
tiou down til valley aud eyietioDs are
being constantly made. Ky.ry TIA
Nh0 refuse. " ALLURE the unlpD. 70
work iDr - en- 4 ton. 10 enter into
an ir0aelad agreement 20 treat lEdsg
l19zlly WITH TIC operator, - s1Ipg
late that be vii az fOr a. 10
crez-e of sazes IN e0ucen NIti another
miner or %Dinefr. ! turned out II h.
house, II he happens 10 be on ibe coin-
pany'r ground which = usually the
care. Ills place ~ then given - a
rna who .Iil work for 30 csBts a tor
under the c9n rat Of abridged per
SonAl rights.
As the ern- propo.ei by the oper-
aLDrs are little better than absolute
slavery, thousands 81 miners rrfuse
70 aceept them. Want and restitution
are becoming prevalent even before
the inter begins. II - hard 10 cDJf
TEXTURE what tbs condition y III be
three mouths hence. The tents seuI
by Governor lIeadlv ALL not shelter
ons.Balf the homeless people, and
many VI them are pellet TO i've
ia the woods ike vii ! animals. tn re
are from 300 to5 900 oftbese men ia
the iDinin9 district.
Almost the entire commercial busi.
Dess Of the IA ming dlstri't J. CARED
on through company store, wbica
are stocked Wit, everything sold n
lzrze towns. The miners are COM
PEELED tasbay In these stores. They
are given checks, which they present
when they MAKE a purchase, u tbess.
are charged npl0 them and subtracted
from their wages at the end 81 each
month. The checks equal the wages
OF a man with family aud generally
exceed by SO per cent. the mon hiy
earnings Of "A single man. II could
not stand IL " clerk in those stores =
said a gentleman who WAS formerly
engaged In one a. A clerk, sit Was
robbery Of the most unprincipleb sort.
Every imposi ion WAS prarticed OF
miners. The cash buyer could get "A
full plug of tobacco for 90 cents and a
miner with \ check was =, CURED To
pay 81. COif-e was sold TO the cash
buyer al 10 cents a pound and To
miners at 70 cents. Prints that went
~ the cash buyer al o cents a yard
cot the miner's wife aud daughter
double that amount. The miners were
invariably charged from 50 Ia 80 per
cent. more for everything than Mere
people wbopaid cash, aud more thans0
per cent Of the aggrseats earnings oil
the miners waS paid over the counters
Of the stores ~ goods and groceries al
an average Of almost two prices.
When operators were giving 10 cents
ION and paying for most Of II In
goods, tho price Of mining was re-
dnced nearly one-half. believe that
the miners would work at go or 30
cents "a Ton II there were 10 company
stores. No that they would be paid III
cash AMI loft To purchase At indepen.
dent stores, where business colnpeti-
ton would keep prices down"
I~nereasa AZ nIvoreea.