The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-29

ton and arbitration. than by dIsepnssins
living wage" was that he could not. get a
them to use the phrase, because Il would ap-
pear to, convey more than many OF them meant
The Rev. II. Price Hughes urged that in
stead Of aiming Mt what constituted n living
wage" they ought to aim at securing indus
sufierin. from all the mischief and misery OF
civil war. aud as the right OF private war on
the part Of towns or barona had been put down.
the right OF war on the part OF those who were
engaged in trade ought also to be put down.
Canon scott Holland said that arbitration
and the one question before them was the
question OF the living wage" Conciliatory
many points, on this point they had made no
concession. and the conference which had
soST to whcR the dispute sas
referred must be unfettered. H. they came
there only to confer. let them choose a time
when the whole nation was in civil war. Il they
met and said nothing on the one point OF lv-
Ing wage. they would fail to serve the honor
OF God in the namo of Christ
rEent requests were made by several
tion to vote. but no persisted. Archdeacon Far
rrar and canon scott Holland then proposed
that meeting for the should DO held
But the question VI what Is living wage 10
9iisut one It + true ths; thou;TPas Of
%ent TO Prove prove that 81 Is per week viii not
tSS s OF H' Tnf sha
consume n large portion OF the pittance and
cient 10 Kecp. body and soul together. 80 I
was not surprised that dozens OF miners With
We'd rather starve at once than by inches"
on the other band: | heard good m an.
from u proprietor at Warrington, who nat
ura!ly wouIa not allow me to name him;
These miners are the most mproyident set
in tho world. Plenty OF families here earn as
man. wife. and children. works in or about the
the mines are open.., and you will find
scores q them on the station platform.
ing to take. tho train out OF town for
~ days rabbit conrsing They will camille
drunk with the rest. and have Just enough left
to pay police court line on Monday morning.
II Is the sam" with them week In and week
out, To-day they are starving because they
don't choo.s to 60 to work 1t is mistaken
strike. II nd"r-hrarted people will stop
sending them money to keep up the light, 10
would Q all over In a week,
Ny own observation and inquiries convinced
mo that this was very extreme and unjust
view to take OF the mems position. The men
do not on tho average earn more than a living
wage. Judged ny the most primitive standards
mining str s i IS sG an awful reality Hunger
aud weakness stagCer through the streets or
he exhaust upon IN" bare lloors OF empty
alreaiy upon record. The teacher Of a school
IN Warrington attended by nifty miners chill:
tainted at their desks within n week on ac-
count Of tho lack Of food. In two or three
eases the little ones had not eaten for thirty
TE O'Connor has been visiting some OF the
and here is his d.scription Of the People as he
saw them upoE tho streets OF st. Helens:
! cast q haSty look on the faces Of the wo.
tho starving and can take in a situation
rarldly Yes plenty Of these women have The
complexion of starvation, which | know SO
well. he checks have curious safron.like
color, the eyes prOtrude and have an infinite
vearnin.: and rain. and rodnd about them
color and y ght-drawness This is how a
woman looks when she is starving; this 10
how more Than 100000 women look to-day
in the coal districts. and in all those plasss
Industries. Tho children don't look quite 50
lady as the womep for as a rule they
them are pitlful little things There they
stand and wait mostly silent, with that ST.
TLe 80 sTanEeS Hnha uraI IA % 20 ,hsi;
hands waiting patiently for their small sup
ply OF SOUP TO take 70 their iamlshed homes
are bugstpotrl: nearly all are dTcddlully pale.
But, curt"usly enough. Il IS not their faces or
expressions which remain so strangely i'm.
Tr1ssed on my memory as these women that
i'm Their heads above them with their saffron
cherEs, their white lips. aud those awful aud
haunting eyes.
CtnlI the many dark and terrible places
have soon during this niue pilgrimage 70 the
land uf misery. -. llclens stands first. A
town ElOom,or sadier more slualid, and, in
short, more avail It is difficult L. Imagine.
From altar you get some foretaste Of the nor
rors within rs walls. A black cloud OF smoke
lies like mi!, as rule over 1T dark and
EIimy streets of brick, and tho air heavy lauen
with tho sulIhurous smell OF tho chemical
works 10th IN the, town Itself ard In the
ton n tho smoke, and the malpdpruusness Is
somewhat sublued. bur instead there are
think that the day of Euslaud'S ruin had all
ready come; that tho foo was already within
her gates that her PEOPLE had been reduced
This Is the haunting impression that have
all through my visit To- ~, lielens the impress
lately suue pen pictures Of France during her
5 CA. Of agony. and YET. sOmshOw or other. the
impression left uI On me Is not hall so dark as
thar Gather from my visit 20 ~. Helens. To
have n foreign en- my within the gates is
hum Iati1n and suffering enough. heaven
knows. but what enemy s. ugly. so hateful. 80
ings which hunger generates War at least
has It's wggu. NcHnce. its heTOismE It's appeals
70 the Inauguration aud one can Ind some.
RISKS aud horrors in the thought OF a country
70 her children against death and
Ie!rat. fgi lh" suffering oi =. Helens Is mere
unreieyed H. ne slsqualid hidsousnsss. The
bestallty OF dull. helpless animal suffering"
Tho feature ~ the situation which most Of
all S.ruTlses an American especially a man
who has liNil recolleetons Of scenes at Home
stead and Pittsburgh last yeAr-is the absence
~ Violence, some few triiiing disturbances
her" have been since the trouble began. but
they have amounted 10 nothing when the sui
ieriug among the minors 10 considers cd Hun.
ger Is usually regarded as the suTest proVoca-
ION 20 mob vic snce. but the vast hunger OF
ne Engllsh MidlAnds to-day Is silent patient
y l-enduTtug