Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-22

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venture to say, though, that no slater in
America would wear the clothes this man
buys nor eat the food that he does.
PooRHoUsE THEIR ASYLUM.
Wigan Is one OF the great coal producing
Centers OF England as well az one OF its man
uiacturiug places The town has been liter
ally undermined for coal some of the shafts
running as far as :, 500 feet underground.
Close to the center OF the city is the Meadows
"olliery, where men and woman work to-
cether year inter year, and the first sight
that reaches their eyes when they come above
ground is the Wigan poorhouse, just opposite
the eHtTance-a constant reminder OF the end
for most OF them, shoud man. woman or
child stop for day from their treadmill Of
toll ae the mines
a WOMAN FORTY YEARS WHEELING COAL.
Forty women OF ali ages aud conditions
We're at work wheeling coal when l reached
Meadows coliery One of them, though old
and wrinkled. seemed to have the muscles of
an animal. She told me that her name was
Eliza Rider. 30 years old, and that she had
been wheeling coal Tor forty years She earns
is cents day OF ten hours. When | asked
her about her clothes, she SAID that she wore
trousers cast of by the men. | got her pho
tograph aud it is reproduced here On the
top OF the pit took photographs also OF the
women with their clogs on, while wheeling
coal IRON the pit to the dumps. They told
me they got 40 cents a day of 10 hours
Some We're paid - cents.
One OF the lwomeu said that her husband
worked in the pit and that her child was
kept by her mother. She paid 60 cents
week rent and : cents a week for coal Her
husband earns 30 cents "a day in the pit
making s. for him and - 4ofor her-mak-
ing 81 so in all per week for the family She
said, pay my mother 9G cents a week TO
care for my child. so that ! can work. I have
worked here for eight years and before that
was lat a cotton mill NV supper is usually
pot of potatoes and meat or potatoes and
bread seldom have meat and bread togethe
as / cannot afford both. On sundays have
green peas and beef ~ to + cents a pound
for the heef boiled potatoes and pudding
but no bread The meat lasts me until Tues
day Sometimes I purchase two pounds OF
cheese at / Is cents pound, Ny breakfast is
usually bread and butter meat pie and I'd.
] have corn cake, bread and butter for din
ner She gave her name as Margaret Fuld
and said that she lived at 46 Sale street. l
took her photograph as she was eating the
dinner described above TIE picture is given
herewith.
POOR WAGES IN TIRE MINES.
About 400 men work in the mines. One Of
the bosses told me that he worked usually
FIVE DAYS q week and made SlO.sO, but he
was frequently laid OF and earned nothing.
Two men who worked under him were paid
81 80 a day of 10 hours A laboriuC mnn
gets 90 cents day. The engineer in charge
OF the en- CINE on top OF this pit gets Sl.32 a
dav The girls helping TO shove the coal cars
get Al cents a day.
cLuGs FOR THE POORER FOLKS.
The working people in these parts all wear
clogs. and when they appear on the side
walks or walk on the stone floors of their
houses the clogs sound ike hammers. They
cost - cents to : ]. 0S per pairior adults and
the childreu's sizes from A. TO % cents pair.
! bought ten pai-s OF these clogs OF various
sizes 10 let the American people see what the
poor people of Great Britain wear. / also
bought eight pairs OF shoes such are worn
st the iron woThs They cost from STA 70
S22S. are very thick with big nails on the
sules. and by their looks wonid last man
or woman a lifetime. The men who make
these shoes get ; 20 day.
rHE NAIL Manners OF SOUTH sTAFFoRDsHIRE.
From Wigan went TO Manchester, reach