The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-03-06
IRON oan WoRKmhA AND PRO-
TMOpION,


According 10 a correspondent or tho
N. World the iron orc workers Ia
the Adirondack mountains arc niue
better cared for than tho lluaelan exllea
la Siberia, They are paid starvation
wages, aud over worked, ana lhen 90
not get their pay IN money, but arc
charged exOrhltant prices ~ tho com
pany store. Ore, you know, 10 hlghly
projected product and the tarlif 10 IN
tended $50 we are constantly told) 70
enable the woTkmen 70 receive good
wages. The World correspondent Tells
a deplOrable story OF these ore workers.
in the Adirondaoka, and ~ IN hard 70
believe that this IN all happening dhlly
IN our own highly protected, Ifee
America, aud right IN tho heart OF our
best civilization, 90 called), The scale
OF wages of the iron ore workers IN the
AdifOndaoha is! Sll0 for ten hours
work loading cara with iron ore, slle5G
Tor eleven hOufh' work NJ the separator,
al 10 for running machine IN the
mines nine hours day, and hl22 Tor
helping on the machine, The World
correspondent, u brawny, strong man
hired out TO work AZ the separator,
Here 10 the story, Aa he tells II,
"My work and that OF another man
with me was 10 shovel tho ore down an
incline into tho separator, A constant
stream of ore had TO be kept running
into the machine, II N stopped even
for halt u minute the boss would come
around aud want 10 know what was
the matter Some OF tho Jumps OF ore
weighed 800 pounds, The irat day !
was 40 work we handled twenty cars,
averaging seven tOna OF ore ehch, The
hOuTh OF work were from $3.50 % llAo
a m and from 1880 10 hio y, N, II
was an experience that ! shall not for
get aa long as live The air ABOUT the
separator ia full OF llne ore dust, ana
every little while | had 10 go below into
the thickeat Of II aud shovel away piles
of separated ore, no that the machine
would not get clogRed, Az FIRST /
thought / should aullOoato For u
month after lett the separator when
ever cnughed the discharge from my
lungs was black with the dust OF iron,
The men who do this work are con.
stantly coughing aud splitting up blood
muCu8,
When the whistle blew TO quit work
the frat day | was ready 10 drop with
fatigue Both my hands were blistered,
ana my back seemed ready 10 break
Referring 10 the 40 tons of ore we hnd
handled, / asked my companion II That
was not a big days work.
"Oh, Just a fair days work" no SAID
"What would you call u good days
work ?" | asked
"Pwenty eight or Thirty cars, when
the ore Is good" no replied.
And our wages were Sl4Sl6 u day.
This wagps 10 not paid IA money
however 10 must bb taken out NJ
trade at the Companys store, Here
again we quote from the correspond
ent.
al have TO take my wages out IN trade
at the Company sture For tlelr Dtsl
Hour they charge 80 n barrel Else
whore can get two for that saw a
man In the store one night ask for The
cheapest shirt they had They charged
him 81 7b aud 10 Cente for u pair OF
socks. IL was robbery" / asked him
what would happen II he insisted on
getting his money, lie answered:
"They would make trouble for the
boarding house mistress"
The World corresponding worked
half a month and then called for his
pay. Here Is his account: