The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-09

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dgwa thesy ssS-SzIlesI dinner they baTs
10 walk xery fast 80 fezeb fhesrresYee-
tive places before ] ois5oek. 4 mo
n4eng'~ tarlsuess entails 4 sine Of q
cent fr1ns the neagre wages
The rseenrzs wraux inflicted EEsori
these poor fellows by Mzvr0ne. how
ever, 5 bis SYSTEM Of haFsfg numbers
II them discharged daily. - that be
can refill their poorly paid places a
the rate 81 g. psr heal. In this MAJ
r6ue i greatly AIDED BY = young,
st9ekiiy baiit. rVun,i-s&cesi lsaii@fi
nznfesf Charlie lie Mario. he AaTen
- y ygrif4ise Man fri,isy - MarTfiae.
De Marco i tie IHzn wiso picks cat
tmenty o- twenfy-five u the outraged
Iabogxrs who have slowly worked
themselves ont q MArrune's deiss.
They are discharged up1n some sien-
der pretsxt and their pl@ees are
pryrsrsiY filiesi b. the satire number
81 slaves cleaned By he Marco cat 81
the thousands Of ili4 and heart-siek
Italians who haze been cruelty aecoyesi
from their homes nv the crafty steam.
ship agents or Italian bankers. The
aien discharged are sonetiues AZ o1cs
reinstatei upon the payment Of the -.
Come % the many gaag-hosses are
also usixsa up In this systematic rob
berry 81 the laboreTs for the enrich
men % Mosrone Petty fines are also
teing constantly imposed upon the
lahorers on the most absurd pFetexts.
The few American iabOrers employed
upon the grounds speak with honest
indignation OF the treatment Of their
ee-labarers. though they may have no
deep love for the swarthy Italians.
INSPECTED At WORK.
AtGo'eioek In the morning the farm
bell tolls a warning 10 the Sleepcrs 10
arise and eat Marrone's unp4latahle
breakfast os bacon and hard bread.
This over, the 80 men scatter about
the extensive grounds, and at ! O'Clock
the embryo rncc-coBrse presents an
animated appearance. Men are clip
ping TO ~ into shape for foundations /;
others are drilling and preparing blasts
10 level away masses OF rock; others
are shoveliing and dumping dirt and
loan on to the back and home
stretches 81 the course. All orders are
roughly gwen. with the accompani-
ment 81 an oath or curse, as ID the
men we're mules instead Of human be-
inzs. In fact. the mules and horses
that haul the dirt-wagons about the
course are tcatrsl like princes In COM
parison 90 their biped eo-woFkers. The
dumb animals are worked easier, fed
andfar better housed than their human
consorts. Early In the day Marrone
drives into the grounds from VIII
iiamsbriige. followed by his cunning
De Marco. The Italian
lahorers await the coming Of these two
with fear aud trembling.
They may have families depending
upon the meyer money they caa save
from Marrone. and each one fears
that the halciul gaze may fall upon
him a. this next victim 10 be made
away with for a new dnpe. TIP near
the alleged store arc gathered nearly a
hundred wofkmeu ready 10 be put
into the shoes of some unfortunate
at the usual rate Thus
the two ghouls drive slowley about
the grounds selecting victims
for their guillOtine and infliet-
ing fines upon whomsocyer they see
fit The workmcn, a. rule, are not
vicious looking. but they look like the
doWn-tFodden men that they are, and
their daily inbors are not performed
with that cheerful alacrity which char
actefizes the work Of free American
laburers, who are well paid and know
that they win not be ruthlessly east
aside unless for good and sufficient
cause. At noon the blasts are fred.
and the men who endanger their lives
AZ this performances lose "a much of
their dinner hour as is occupied Ia that
duty. In the interval before O'Clock
the men eat their dinners in the big
Bradford barn and then work until 8
o'clock, when supper is served. At 0
o'clock they must turn IN, and then
enSues n scehethat babies description.
RyvELRy AND sluNBER.
The laborrrs. living in constant fear
u the wrath OF their masters, assume
a feeling OF false contentment through
recourse 90 liquor. Many of them
drink beer IN the shanty-store until
their pcnt-up passions are inilamed to
4 degree OF open recklessneSs Many
luatrels occur among themselves, and
they openly denounce their drivers.
Marrone lakes extremely good care 20
he absent from these meetngs Even
the boys who carry water deneunce
their tas kmasfer When the men
have turned into the poorly
barn the place deiie- comparison a.
the most foAl-slReliinE, oyer-heated
sieeping-Fooin "a be- found. The occu-
pants are packed like SO many sar-
dimes on the long rows Of sleeping
benches that extend from one end oil
the barn 81 the other. Those who are
not lucky enough "a possess a quilt or
4 blanket diyest themselves of their
and damp garments thar
they have worked in all day, and max
ing them up in a sort oi bundle use
them for a pillow. The eXhalatious
from the tainted lungs of ~ sleepers,
with the funes from their
hoiies-thefe being no
facilities Tor bathing their persons
combine 60 make an atmosphere in the
hot lott OF the barn 50 extremely foul
that q is n muicle how men can sleep
IN IL, aud how no contiguous diseases
break cut Entering this sleeping he'll
from the cool, fresh, outside air, thc
rank aud deadly fumes are 80 over
towering that a person with acute
senses almost faint- from its Terrible
effect The iahorcrs arr not known hy
nalnvs az al. A. each one il hired he
gets a brass check with number on
II. which he must wear about his neck
ike cunvicts la q penitentiary. The
together with the amount 20
he paid the man. j. put Ia book and
ehrp he j. paid he j. paid by number.
II he ioa~es the oheck he receives ma
Warv-. II une should die his name
would not he known. bat the books
wuuld show that Ne. IS had died
Who lac was. what be was cy where he
came from would he a matter 81 little
moment g. his masters No. -
would merely be transferred 10 a place
where be would BE oi ne more benefit
ic Marionc, and hts successor would
pay = fer hs, vacancy.
THE SEiGuuoEs FRHTTsr.
The farmer snd people living iu the
vicinity ct the race track are indie-
paut that s,,ch a state * affairs should
exist and many are the protests
against she farming looss al such q
hof,ic ~ iii.trvaieyi mtu, not one q
whom can spcak the English language.
uFzaa them Farmers Who raise
chs keus aud other g. 8 declare theiF
hraueries have been Depicted by thc
paeriY TED i8lorvrs - BE- 10 nas hest
tate q steal iAe chickens during the
niEhl a. means III furnishing them
selves a ith an occasional deecat auoal
thar IS nol furnished by she Marrune
an3cT. The calfrc WiN not b. autshed
uuul uest year. aUd Ia the meantime
"a saugs3i ~ a cs-3a school taF students
81 the isisor question. Many pcroas
gaimk tEat laws shuahi r. eaartet for
thc oppression 90 such transactions
as are carried oa by Nasrsne ana Ne
Narco
IN spe King o, bis mer NaFroae said