The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-19

they got everywhere had q tendency 70 sour
them; and A., they became Inc,Iss sm9 70 ca ssem nj
sstSSs; I On ss ssf e BY inIu %es' rsceiVo q attn az sSo r
once disciSim any knowledge Of him, for
p Isar' to 10 e wss "'Ne'A sa rhns for t9e' or .Y Spryins
him, although b. 80 sht have boarded in the
over in the same ship. Ono brother has been
known TO deny the other. as was the case once
at Eberyalo. when a Hunk was fatally injured
earian Would WOULD be buried BY the Poor Directors
Of the district, so they went on in their own
lated or how close their social ties might have
been. an accident made them all strangers. SO
fba nrtoa dh Or s sSsp iniur mif Cared % for aek Wsfho aMa snn ane
They were. al hard drinkers, and used the
that being more than their ideas Of thrift could
sS ros WRiah tb to; shiisd 1nyf SoiiSk e siRp!ff 6 II t eest
them but forty cents a gallon It. was CON- ,no
pounded Of tho commonest alcohol ana vie
drunk In n short time, and their, orgies under
its influence nstounded even a mining popuia,,
b biInrihty Vi ipS Sn y BY f Inc bovc re sna usually spilis'9 sold
70 miners us, whiskey. The wonder about these
Hungarian dSbnu1Shes. Produced % luce t by ti tba pg a1inE
would come out Of one the next day rs bright
as n dollar. and go to his work as steady in his
Although Hungary boasts Of the musical
genius Of her sons, [ do not believe there were
two tunes among the thousands 81 Hunks that
filled with bolinkeo they made efforts at sing
inE, and at al. hours Of tho night their voices
essays. at melody. Their singing, was some
thing between an Apache war whoop and q
n Ms.iig io nd asneinS yfb1 Bit T Thu. Ike Ike t 4 sEs sin 1SRa.
had nothing to commend 1t. even to an In
dian. OF tho great army OF hungarian immt-
hulf were employed. The rest became trampS,
ard worked their WY into tho bitnminGns
eSsi fss as 8 1eaG %asF IN f IaSor tire trou IfsFa from ire
1t was, II hard task to teach tho Hunks the
f F. aha,, iIin ngsSG Z itb Sq It t at,sr t bnGit seG apsa be q llt,
to change. and. instead OF gulping down, raw
bolinkee at their shanties they began TO drink
beer and smoke cigars, and became pretty good
patrons of bars. The owner Of y bar who had
thoir trade soon Ind his, Golfers filled. Atthe
beginning they proiessed no religion, ard nc that
TO clcrGymen, which are collected from every
adult in or about tho mines, the sam as tho
Father Jackovitz,. u Hungarian priest, came
into the region, He lug out a lot OF Hunk sim
ncrs, and now there is q tlourishing copgrega;
hero the Hunks began wearing better clothes
and making a more I tidy appearance.
sarians, the Slavs and the Magyars, and there
seems to DO a fued between thom. something
like lKse tho ,6 ola; tine t fas'i0 and dus sfa in b 55si@ad be- #
happen into the same drinking place, u row
fighting, for l have seen them in many Of their
H }s@Iai som and bi soai ! pi' irish GHt in mi ney % S1 the could s9Ij
often have pitched BATTLES; but they have not
handling sticks, or the courage of the Tip:
perary men. and I believe that one qctiye Tip"
s"me ti aS@n It = so shah bs rare u to h iind Hunk w sho
tent Of damage done as yet with their tlre-
boards and similar objects along the turnpiEes
serious 1nGb} Is U DBL ct In In g Ssrslh in this universal arma-
Those Of the Hunsarians that went into the
business in this region did fairly we'll, but their
f9rt they we're ere TRICKY tH asyf and dishonest, and and oIten
allowed the sheriff to SEIZE property for debt
In the fall OF 1884 local Republicans conceived
the idea OF utilizing the, Hunk by making him
n citizen and a voter, and in LpZerne and Lack;
control OF, the machinery, Of the courts. tho
work was begun. In nearly all Of the collieries
Outside I'd A are RepGblicans, and and'f through TTusi N their H4r
agency the MANAGERS of that party We're greatly
aided in their scheme; In every instance the
but it was carried on successfully in spite OF all
efforts to prevent it. and $500 new citizens
to the bottom by Democratic leaders. The
NATURALIZATION was then stopped. but the
work done by the ltepuDllcunS was Suf-
flcient to carry Luzerne county for Blaine by
over l 900 majority, and to lose to the Demo-
Gratis their Congressman and Senator. seven
Representatives and nearly Ill OF their county
officers. and people abroad wondered what had
struck old LuZerne. Since then nearly all Of
wholesale NATURALIZATION was n boomerang.
Tho only class Of laborors that came here under
the cheap labor contract that are Republicans
are the Italians. In making citizens Of these
poor people the result. was exceedingly beneii-
cial, both to themselves. and to those with
whom they had TO labor, and associate;
1t gave them an Independence they did
not have, before, and they began look.
Ing for higher wages. They connected
ganizations. and last fall, when tho big labor
demonstration was held in uazleton. hundreds
o! them, who We're the dirty and ragged Hunks
that came to this section ten years ago to d.
vide the loaf between tho miner and his poor
tho same cause, carrying the Same banner, "A
fair days pay for a fair days work" As the
strike went on tho. Hunk became tired Of it,
but he would not be persuaded to 20 black
found them tough customers, and with MS
much independence as others. Very few OF
them had families. and as they saw there was
no speedy termination OF tho strike. and moth
ing In particular to keep them around the an
thracite mines. they picked up their goods and
chattels and sought other folds OF employment,
where they will 20. not as the scrf or the bound
slave. but with the Independence of an Ameri-
can citizen, expecting tho same pay and treat
ment rs others. Now TINT SO many of thom
from the mines, tho miners have gained one
victory, even should they be defeated in their
present struggle Tor wages. for labor will DO
scGrcc and prices higher when they do start
porations will ever again BIO able through any
agency to I'LL tho coal regions with puuper labor.