Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-07-08

Coal Company, of which Hon. Adlai e. Stew
-enson Is president. There is probably not
another mining settlement like it in the world
The 100 houses are the individual property of
the miners. They have purchased OF built
them from their savings.
1t would be hard to suggest any way in
which the condition of the inhabitants of this
village could be improved. Their wives wear
good clothing, their children are well dressed
and those of them who are old enough attend
school. The boys and girls up to the ages of
Is and 16 years are not forced to work.
There can be no comparison between the
condition Of the people there and the condi-
ton of the miners in Pennsylvania.
Work in the Mel lean coal mine was begun
90 years ago, and the record stands that work
in it has never been shut down. No pay day
has ever passed without every man of the $50
employed there has received his wages in
cash and in full. The company has never
owned store. 1t owns no interest in any of
the stores where the miners buy their sup
plies A store order was never given There
have been three strikes in the 90 years, and
they were trivial affairs, settled satisfactorily
to both sides almost as soon as they were be-
gun. The only trouble that is even worthy
of mention occurred four years ago, at time
when Mr.. Stevenson was in Washington and
when he had nothing to do with the running
of the mine.
The Mclean coal mine is now non-union
and the reason the miners are non-union men
is that there is no union here for them to be-
long to, and SO excellent has been and still is
their condition that they have not considered
it necessary to organize union.
Mr.. Stevenson said to-day about the state
ment that the mine was a nOn-union concern
"That matter rests entirely with the men
themselves. We have no objection to the men
organizing and forming unions, if they want
to. They have not found it necessary to do so
because there never yet was request, not to
say demand, made that was not listened to,
and if it could be granted it always was. Two
years ago some of the men thought they were
not making enough money, and they sent a
committee to the Office of the company. Their
wages were raised to the amount they asked.
II am in favor of the laboring man better
ing his condition in any way that he may do
it. If he can better it by organizing, then l
am in favor of organizing"
GROVER CLEvELAND's MOTHER
Grover Cleveland's mother was Anne Neal
Cleveland, of Baltimore; his maternal grand
father sold books at 179 Baltimore st.. Gold
number) several years ago. Richard Falley
Cleveland married Anne Neal in that city in
1929. Eight years later Grover Cleveland was
born, when his parents were in Essex county,
New Jersey at the parsonage OF the Rev.
Stephen Grover, who became godfather to the
future President Mrs. Anne Neal Cleveland
died in 1882, the sameyear that her son was
elected by an unprecedented majority the
Governor of the great State OF New York. 1t
was to her sacred memory his thoughts turn
ed with filial love and reverence as he then
unused over his political success, aud thus
wrote to his brother, eff mother was here
should be writing to her, and | feel as if it
who would believe what 1 Write.'' Before
concluding he added: "Do you know it
mother were alive l should feel SO much
safer; L have always thought that her prayers
had much to do with my success Those
tony VOC re- ahout tho hest
tribute that words could pay to the Baltimore
mother of ''favOrite son"
STEVENSON RECEPTION ON HIS RETURN
Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson reached home at
Bloomington from Chicago the day after the
convention adjourned. The reception he re-
ceived was such as has not been seen there for
many day, and was made irrespective of
politics
The news that he was coming did not get
here until afternoon, but it spread through
the little city in an Incredible time and an
immense parade bigger even than the great
parade in Chicago the other night, formed ed
General McNulta, the leading Republican OF
the city, who has twice been Overwhelmingly
defeated in this Republican district by Mr..
Stevenson for Congress.
All the music that could be raked and
scraped together was put in front, and then
Company b of the State Cavalry and Compa-
ny of the Third Regiment state Guard,
were called out. After them came mile OF
citizens walking six abreast, and long line
of carriages after them. The procession
moved down to the depot at o'clock and
waited.
The citizens who did not go down to the de-
pot wheeled their cannon into Franklin
Square, opposite to Mr.. StevenSon's house,
and primed them ready to thunder welcome
as the train rolled in
just before the train came in there was add
ed to the crowd in waiting hundreds OF labor
ers from the railroad shops and the coal
mines. They carried brooms and Autographs
of triumph and game cocks. Their faces and
bands were grinly. They had just come from
work They had no time to eat or rest. They
must greet and cheer their pride.
Mr.. Stevenson left Chicago at o'clock on
way train. This was requested by the peO-
pie living in the villages along the line. They
wanted a chance to greet him. At every sta
ton after the train was out of Chicago there
were enthusiastic crowds.
As the train rolled into each depot cheer
after cheer rent the air. and the distinguished
passenger was forced to come out on the plat
form and be seen. Then there were wild
scrambles to get near enough to him to shake
his hand Probably fifty at each station
squeezed it in the two OF three minutes that
stopped and then called, Speech! speech r
but it was impossible that they should be
needed.
The Republican paper of the town said on
that morning:
.Hon. A. E. Stevenson is an American cit
izen thoroughly equipped in education and
experience, and with an unsullled NE record,
out made no mistake. The high esteem in
which Mr.. Stevenson is held at his own home
is perhaps best eXemplitied by the fact that he
was twice sent to Congress from heavily
scholar and a polished gentleman, but thor
onghly man of the people, with kind word
and CHEEKY greeting for his humblest neigh
bors. and it is among the masses that his Sc
lection finds the most enthusiastic resp Onse.
He is progressive, aggressive Democrat.
GROWERS GOLD JOB
A correspondent of the n Y. Sun writing
from Chicago after talking with the delegates
from Buffalo, n. Y, to the convention, says:
These BuffalO people tell very funny story
about Grover Cleveland and one Of their
saloon-k keepers whom he knew in the old days
when he was a Buffalonian. 1t seems that
this saloon-keeper, Louis Goetz, called on
Cleveland in the Broad street law office the
other day. 1t also seems that he does not
speak English very we'll. This IS how Louis
tells what happened!
81 vent to the door, said he, "und man
wants my card. didn't got any card, except
one about my Saloon so, anyway, L gave GOT
to him.
und filings open der door, und I vent In und
Louis says he. 'How's der missis?' says l.
She's all right, says Grover, und den he asked
about my missis, und den we talked little
about our mississes. Veil. after we got along
speak little No, Grover, says, amt
cot no more time. am choost here getting |
Some oysters und deterrent dings. | got to
hurry" So he want me to set down, und am
in grade hurry. and 50 yust gave him
is all right. Don't you bOdder yourself, und
by und by you get your old job back again, :"