The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-30
THE CHEAP LABOR
Of THIS GREAT AND GROWING LAND.
Tho 0ppusitloa to tbs luusarlaas Ia tho penss,l.
0aa's alulns Resioas-iIow Pauptr Labor Ia
secured for This: CouniLY-Jhs Feeling
.Asainst the Paupsra-ilon They Live.

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ran's aluins leSioas-lIow Paup.r Labor Il \
secured for Thlss CouniIy-Jhs Feeling
Against the PAap'ra-llom They Live.
PHlLApELprAA, April 2O.-A correspon.
dent Of the Press writing from Shenandoah
IN regard to tho feeling against Hungarian
!, laborers says: All through the coal regions
the relations between tho various classes
OF laboring men arc growing every day
more sensitive. Perharsit would DO moro
correct to gay tho differences between
different classes Of labor. It needs but
little study OF this subject hero 10 discover
that there may be great dcal Of difficulty
IN subduing tho growing dlscord between
the working.men, who mako up the bull,
Of tho population In mining communities.
The country has had tRHte Of this character
Of conflict in the revolt oil nearly all classes
Of citzsns on tho Pacific coast agaips. tho
Chinese. a''.,H llNlIfl' 'IIfI' T'"'H''IN 80
The situation here may or may not bo
quite SO serious ss In the land which the
Alongolian overrun, but 1t Is Of tho samo
general character. Doubtless the political
action. that now excludes the Chinaman
from our list Of emigrants has had much to
40 with making the better class OF labor in
some localities rebel againet the poorer,
When we begin to make distinctions be-
tween classes Of emigrants coming TO our
shores, there is no telling where the dis
examination may end. Z, It is not unnatural,
now that the Chinese arc ruled out upon
tt!e demand of certain intereats in the Far
West, that the hand OF .fevolt begins to
SHOW itself against cheap labor in the East.
REVOLT AGAINST CHEAP LABOR. " -
The character. Of this revolution, but Just
beginning in this end Of our country, ia
perhaps as apparent right hero in this little
mining town as in any placa in the land,
1t is by no means confined to this region, So
but reaches into most Of those parts Of the
State where great crowds Of skilltd d laborera
are employed. t,ss ,4..lt.,s..., .
!, Tho potent argument against the China
man is TINT ho is a heathen who comes 10
this country, not to add to tho ann Of its
happiness and advancement, but to accu.
mu!ate q few, dollars and then return to
bis native land; that he Is leech upon,
anu not sllmulsnt to our prosperity.
There is no claim that he is not a good la.
oorer ard peaceful, quiet resident. Some
new emigrants are now coming into the
coal regions, 10 create here the same aeia-
ton Ms the Cinnamon did in California.
Perhaps the objections are not 90 broad or
so just, but they are Of the came general
nature. The English, Welsh, Irish, and
almost all other miners are getting restless
at the sight Of these laborers, and out OF
temper at their methods and purposes,
They make fair claim that they come to
this country 10 become citizens; and to add
to its wealth and character; that they bring
families to raise, to increase the sum Of our
population. It is their ambition to make
home, to educate their children, and in
many respects 10 make them good citizens
OF this new. republic. To do this the,
must have work at good wages and broader
opportunities than this lower order OF peo.
pic demand, against whom they now pro-
claim. is,5;: ii..s.' f..
BREAKER DoYs.
Employed about the coal mines, ever
since can recall anything about mining,
thers'have been a large number Of old
men and boys. They worked in the break.
ers, picking slate and doing other service,
But OF late years there has been a scarcity
OF this class Of toilera, for very many OF the q
minors, getting ambitious for their Sons,
began sending them to school, in order to
prepare them for higher duties than DIG.
sing coal. Each year labor for the break.
ers grew acarcer. Finally the Steamship
companies doing large steerage business
took the matter in hand. 1t is claimed
that they sent their agents through the
European countries in search. .oi people
who were willing 10 work cheap and live
upon very humble fare. v I,''l RI
They settled upon the Hungarians as
Meeting these demands. They have been
importing these people in large numbers.
at first there was no opposition to their
employment, but now the question OF their
future in the coal region is an exceedingly
delicate one. !. There have already besn
numerous outbreaks all through the eScbuvl.
kill and Luzarne regions, and what is and
has been is only tho premonition of
storm which may break over these locali-
ties ct any time. There ia no claim, that +
can hear OF, that the Hungarians are not i
lair laboreIs. No one asserts that thew ara !,
not peaceable people. Their manner of !.
living and working is perhaps the chief
objection. Al .,g.' r..g. ~
SEEKING FOR AN ELDoRADo.
It would appear that the agents who
have been sent in search Of these people.
have drawn some rosy pictures for them,
and that they. como to this country beliey.
ing that money is plenty and with The go!e
ambition to make few hundred dollars
as quickly ss possible and then return IN
their native land that they have no in q
tention OF becoming citizens and no inter.
e,ts whatever to keep them here They
rarely bring their families with them and
live upon as little as will sustain life with
the work they have to do. They will work
ior almost anything they can get, and from
twenty-five cents to dollar a day ia the
range Of their wsges. They houae nearly
as thick!y as the Chinese, and their man.
ner OF living is said to be WORSE
From fifteen to twenty live in q sinrle
ahanty, one woman doing tho cooking and .
housework Of the mess. They spend little
or nothing for maintenance, and II in
claimed that the average expenditures OF
the Hungarians who dwell in this region
will not exceed $40 month, all told. Ey-
cry dollar outside ef the actual cost of liy.
ing is uaually sent by draft to the Old conn.
try at the end Of every month. They ara
very dirty in their habits, clann;sh in their
way OF living and seem to be simply bent
upon gain. There seems TO be difference
OF opinion among The miners of the differ
ent naticnalities. Practically, all natural.
lied laboring men, OF those expecting to
mako this their home, are bitterly hostile
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