Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-10
COAL DISTRICTS DISTRESS.
Instances Of the Terrible suffering
Growing Out Of the strike.


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MANCHESTER, October goth, 1922
"when will the coal crisis enu2" rhl
sa question on the lips Of nearly ever
person you meet. For the past two o
three weeks It was hoped and prsye,
that settlement would be male, but
the deadlock is sin unbroken. About
fortnight ago some Of the m iyors OF
prominent towns Of Yorkshire moi
with representatives Of mins-lwnef'
and miners to devise plan whereby
the difficulty could be settled. The
decision OF the mayors was that tho
colliefs return 10 worn at the OLD wages
until December This ysar) aud ia u
reduction of 10 per ecu. would be
made. This decision was rejected by
the miners insisting upon ne reduction
at all, whilst the masters "a lew Of
theml desired n reduction Of iifloen iu-
stead Of ten per cent. Some Of the
miut.owners then pystei .oticos stat
ing that their pit, would be OpenoI al
tbs above reduction.
In oue instance, where u wts be-
lieyeu few men bad gone TO WUrk, uut
which alterwafJ proved that 81 wa
only 10 check a low VI water, 81 cK
chung scene occurred. Whoa they
returned IL IN below hundreds Of mun
(and women slsOl were NJ tue mouth OF
the PIC to wfeaK vengeance On The
supposed iutIuIofs. A ucrptrttv sttuk-
gle vat uegun, cut by tne a'uls,Ancu VI
officers oil tue law tuB men barely us-
capped with thuif lives.
Thirteen long weeks have rolled over
siuco tue collier iaid uOwn his tool
ana eHtinguisned Ms lamp. Duuug
that period tue ~ machinery has laiu
lule auu tue smoke from tue sioepiu.
like Ch mueya has Cea.ed ~ come iuflh.
The mluufs are getting out Of patience
waiting Tor The euI Ol tue struggle; tue
masters are still a. RELENTLESS a. ever
The enmity existing between master.
hnd men is fearful 10 h reported thu
one proprietor VI pit saiu that rather
than Huumit ~ tue OlJ rate OF wsgcs,
he would rec tho culiiefs eat tueif
own children.
Who can picture tue amount OF |
Aunvrng, uesututiOn anu poverty that !
exists tOuhy? ksnt collecting has heou |
iiiiiculi, Hnd many OF thc landlords Tor |
wtoAe past have gwen up tue Idea oi |
trying do DO anything "a the matter |
until the termination u the stfike. !
The pawn shOps are tile1, some have
even sold their feather beds. A few
have died OF starvation, rare instances
have occurred where suicide has been
fcsOried a., Auu mAny, through a tiug,
nov HiumDut Ia their gTsver. Think |
OF The mental suffering anu agony that
oKisU, or the many slurplcss n0urs the
have endufeui
AROUND tho pits aru bills VI coal dust
refuse, aud daily can be- seen Thousands
VI muu, women aud children with picks
anu HhOvels In search OF coal. Some
are carry lug II away Ia baby bag lee,
light wagons aud other vehicles,
whilst hundreds can be- seen with
ackiuls ON their shoulder,
Passing along one portion Of a canal
ne other gay, 1 observed that u had
Deer cleaned cut anu the contents were
lslng carefully examined by numsT.
lua host OF people, notwithstanding
no htonch which arose from u. Hun
lfedu oil sOffuwiul iucidenta have teen
Ielasoi, thousands more eau he prnneu.
Having witnessed w many heaft.rend.
Ing cases, have felt like saying,
Shut up the scene.
IL the strike were 10 end even now
would take many OF the poor iamllies
'eafs TO sirnighten up their financial
haifs and make their homea A. COM
Oflable A. they Were before the long
nike. Besides the 200. 900 out ON strike.
here are also many thousands idle on
ocount OF the cessation VI home In
ustties.
since my last letter TO the NFys
ute number OF pits have bsun
ponod, aud coal u somew hat cheAuer;
ut u II ssill sold 1T high figure f9f
oor people Many home industries
ave frapmed.
A. REWARDS missionary labors, Il IL
lil uphill work, and viii be- until alter
10 coal crisis Is endel. During the
w lew months n lew baptlsms have
Ken place, and few other caudi.
alrs are waiting for that ordinances 10
3 performed.