Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-25
WAR ON HUNaARIANs.
Why nlasrs Want Thsn Expelled
From tho Coke nss.ons.
DIRTY, Filthy AND IMMORAL MEN


Mr. PlxAs XHI, Pa, January 2L-This town
is at the mort bern extremity Of the Con.
nellsyille coke country. Within Q radius
Of two mile, Il ere are 1900 ovens, about
one-third OF the number in the entire re-
gion.
Tradesnsn and residents throughout the
region from this place to Uniontown pro.
test against the o. itators circulating exaG.
gerated statements regarding the Hunsa.
risns. That they q. . ignorant and flthy
people, none deny. Nnt their homes
soon after their am val, and you readily
conclude that they II, 70 little better than
animals. But they i'm prove. Those who
have been here year rtvo testify to this
fact.
The women now wear long dresses and
shoes, instead OF the oh ort petticoat and
coa.e boots. Instead OF buying the very
poorest Of everything. and In trif'sng qusn-
titles, the merchants say hey grow more
liberal q they increase tha = income In
Hungary, where they labor ed for twelve
and . half cents per day, th, y were com.
PEELED TO observe the strictsst economy.
stmpIe.Mindea ssa slippers sswhssky.
They are harmless, but font' 81 polinks
whisky, which they sip n An "ricans do
tea. They often become drunk. but sel.
dom boistsrous. They work ste. aiiy ssd
save money. A reliable man ssys he has
sent a large number 90 the wtsG where
they purchase bosses. This 10 th cir ambi.
ZION. Not one oat Of ftty returns perma-
n.ntly 10 Hungary. Many youths return
TO bring back wives TO this country.
They are not quarreisone and will not
fight unless driven into corner. 40 20
strikes they 20 In them partly throneh
fear and because they believe the Amsri.
can miner knows more than they do about
mining. No skill whatever 10 required 70
mine coal for cokius purp poseA SLACK 70
pr, ierred 10 Jumps. Within . month afisr
arrival these Hungartans, strong and viii
Jog, earn from $l.50to t2O0 per day, %
their infinite delights From careful In.
1uiry 10 is learned that the miners do not
wish to molest them and sign petitions and
so on because they urlrd 20 do % BY the
officers OF the associations these same
fiicers have created.
Ambitious h0ltatsSs.
These agitators Il 10 said by those who
are thoroughly aequaiEtsd With them are
worthless, errstic fellow, Ambitious 70 be
leaders. There are few signs or any dis.
turbancc, and the agitators have not the
sliRhtsst idea how 10 make the "liungs.
risns go," They hint % dynanits and
continuc-to hold meetin -, where they de-
Jude tho ignorant miners into believing
that they will eventually do then good,
and that they can dive the Hungsnsns or
any other class OF foreigners from the
region. They set themselves pp ~ diets
tors OF labor In this coke ,ouatry.
However, the miners are right In urging
that the HUNGARIAN women should be kept
in their houses. Pbysicslly these women
can perfosm the labor sbost the ovens and
they have gTsat powers of endurance.
onparstiyely lev sre nowto he seen o.
work. The moral phase only OF the ques.
ton 10 axainst the women working. N care
fully looking over the situation the Min.
ers' A ssociation has no casss 10 complain,
ss all Its members are on m equal iooting
with ths HungArians. IL 10 pick against
pick.
that he 900 OF more coke ovens In The 70.
sion will be faithfully supplied and In
blast day and night " given TO the Hunga-
Tjan., The manufacturers know this too.
They can rely more upoa the Hsngarians
than. on any other class ofAaberess. They
do not inausurata strikes IL In esdmahd
that there are 1900 HuA6asisns In the ~
Rhaahes they shall costinus 10 work The
| N hsrs Association seems 70 doubt This
Ia A. or rraniEation claims ths coke producers
u,s the Hupgariaps TO further their own
isteIests and thus lower the standard Of
labor.