The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-03
INTERESTING TALES
OF Horrors Incident to Miners
Life,
Entertainingly Told in New Book, the
Product of the Brain of One OF Our Eel.
low Townsmsn--A Brief Review Of the
Work.

Canton Is quite city from all points OF
view. Haven't we industries by the score,
including the Dueber, Hampden, Ault-
man, Diebold and other large establish
ments2 Haven't we a Governor OF this
great State right from among us, and
haven't we, in the same parsonage, a
prospective candidate for President, pro-
viding Blaine should continue to be as III
as the newspapers say he is, and Harrison
should die 2 Haven't we about everything
for which our citizens should be devoutly
thankful, from both business and DO
lltical standpoint? This is not all Canton
may be proud of. We have in our midst
men of letters who have written books,
which were widely read and largely com.
mented upon. The great trial of Rev.
Howard MacQueary, the deposed Epipco-
pal minister who has since adopted new
church, originated in Canton, and all
through the agency of q book of which he
was the author.
Prof. Rudolph Lenhart also wrote sew
eral books which have received more or
less favorable comment.
The latest in the field of literature is
Mr.. L. Il. O'Malley, who should know, 10
any one does, something about the sub
iect upon which he writes. Mr.. O'Malley
is a recognized leader and orator of the
knights OF Labor in this section and his
book is written for the purpose of showing
the condition OF laborers in the mines
The title of the work is Adventures in
the Mines,or Perils Under Grouud.,, The
author in his introduction dedicates his
work to the miners and laborers among
whom he passed his life. In the most real
lstlc manner he portrays the horrors Incl
dent to mining disasters and reviews the
disasters and deaths in the mines from
1917 to the present time. The book was
copyrighted in 1890, and was published
this year. 1t is printed in large type, Easily
read by persons whose eyes are IiIng,
and 1t is bound attractivsIy and dur,b' Y
in cloth. In speaking of tho Black
Country In South Staffordshirt, En-. .Iand,
the author takes occasion TO correct what
he terms a misstatement on the part of
Robert =. Porter in his Bread Winners
Abroad" in which he refers to the
sevagery of the wives of the miners. Mr..
O'Malley states that the women are not
"stolid and animal faced" but are on the
other hand not uncouth in appearance
and are thrifty. Thrilling and exciting
are the tales of mine disasters, and the
tales are we'll told. In the second chapter
the author relates three incidents, all
touching on times that he was buried
alive. The last time he was entombed
Mine in September, 1871. Falling
slate imprisoned him and he was rescued
after being entombed some time. To those
who expressed surprise that he was still
alive he stated that "those who were born
to be hung would never be drowned" He
quotes from It'd Bits love story among
miners and there are also many other in
teresting stories clipped from well known
papers and periodicals, applicable to the
subject upon which we writes. The dam
gers of American mines, with pen illus
trations of those dangers, is given much
space. A chapter is dedicated to the
great Nanticoke horror, and the daring
and intrepidity of the miners at that try
ing time and on other occasions of a sim
liar nature.
The work is at once entertaining, thrill
ling and instructive and is moreover
teeming with facts and figures interviewer
with stirring tales in such a manner as
not to tire the reader. The book will
doubtless take its place in the libraries of
laboring men and men interested in the
conditions of the toilers. Mr.. O'Malley is
TO be congratulated upon the product of
his brain.