Omaha daily bee., 1885-05-14
MAKING A WHITE MAN OF HIM,
Foreman Jacobs was Unpopular and
He Got = Hint of IL on Thursday.
PHILADELPHIA Times, May 9.

Philadelphia Times, May 9.
BENJAMIN Jacobs Ia the foreman of the
| East Conshohocken and Plymouth stone
Quarry. About sixty men are employed.
/ He has only held the position for =
menth, and ne says he doesn't want 1t
any longer. Two weeks ago the laborers,
who we're then getting 1925 per day,
went out a strike for an increase of
wages. They went to work next day at
81 40. On Thursday they told the fore.
man they would not work unless they got
81 80 per day, the wages they were paid
last summer 1t is said thai Foreman
Jacobs refused to carry their request to
| the who own the quarry, and
that he told the mon hat it they were
not satisfied with the amount of waged
received they could quit work, and they
| would get men from elsewhere to take
their places.
AT noon on Wednesday every man left
the quarry, and Mr.. Jacobs boarded a
train and went to Manayunk, where he
lives. As returned to Conshohocken
Thursday morning on the z o'clock train,
and proceeded to walk to the quarry,
which Is half a mile north of the town. 1t
was raining hard, and Mr.. Jacobs wore a
heavy rubber coat. When within 800
yards OF the quarry he suddenly came up
on some thirty women, who had concealed
themselves behind a freight train which
stood upon a side track of the Reading
Railroad. The women were disguised In
such a name that they looked like a
band of strolling gypsies.
"Will you give us q jobl" asked one of
the oms The foreman did not have
time to make a reply tor In an instant he
was surrounded, and showers OF white
wash fell upon him faster than the rain.
Each woman was armed with q whitewash
brush, while a. slf-dozen buckets of lime
we're placed conveniently around,
"Let him have 1t, the brute" cried one
of the women.
"Lst's make q white man of him."
cried another.
"Oh, you'll starve worklngmen's fami-
lies will you7" shrleked a third as she
dashed a whole bucket of whitewash on
the foreman. When he made a dash for
freedom he wal quickly caught by q fleet.
footed Amazon and held, while those who
were slower of movement piled him with
Stacked lime. AT last he made a desper-
ate dash to get away, and succ eeded in
gaining o pile of cinders, but was 50 hotly
pursued that he tumbled down the other
side and rolled to the edged of Plymouth
creek. Rega!ning his feet he ran over a
bridge and around a cinder crusher.
| There he was met by another gang of
women with whitewssh brushes who chased
him. He succeeded In reaching the Office
of the Beatty quarry, where he entered
the barricsded door. The office was soon
surrounded by the Infatuated women, who
now numbered almost a hundred.
''Come out. If you done we'll pull
the house down." said one of the women,
and then they proceeded to batter the
door.
"L,dies," called out the terrified fore.
man, "will you let me wash the lime out
of my eyes2'
"Come out" demanded the women.
"Lsdies, If you Will only let me alone
l will leave town and never show my face
here again
This last plea of the terrified foreman
brought forth cries of triumph. At last
he was assured that if he would leave he
might come out. The foreman had hardly
left the door, however, when the women
with their brushes thoroughly saturated
with ~whitewssh, made another break al
him. He succeeded in climbing upon 6
passing engine, and thus made his es.
cape. Mr.. Jacobs did not return to the
quarry yesterday, and all was quiet.
Michael O'Brien, n of thu owners o.
the quarry, said yesterday:
GNo ~, ~v;lli,n 70 nov {ba MAN -,lo,
they demand, but it appears that the
trouble is not 80 much over the wages
The foreman is offensive to them, and ha'
been from the frat. Everything will b.
right In a day or two"