Mohave County miner., 1894-07-21
A Whited Sepulchre.

| For the benefit OF those who feel in
clined to sympsthixe with poor" Mr..
Pullman, We reprint the following de
scription Of visit to the town OF Pull
man, ILL.,, given by the Chicago Inter
Ocean. II has u peculiar Interest In view oil
the labor struggle now prevailing This
isn't the show place." said PullmanIte
yesterday AS County Commissioner
David Kallis and some friends we're ex.
ploring the locality Vi the strike. This
isn't the place where Mr.. PnilmAn brings
his aristocralc friends when he takes
them out here to show tho wonders he
has wrought and the scene Of ideal indus
trial happiness he has created; but here
are some of our unreveaIed luxuries."
1t was the fac end Of the modern white
slave quarters IN Pullman. There were
rows of small wooden shaniIes OF dingy
and miserable appearance, with dirty
rosdways running between. O'er the
patched, untidy fences one saw - chaos
OF minor sheds, broken boxes, barrels
and general debris. q play ground Of
sporiive goats aud sttenuated chickens.
Hsggari women and giils moved 10 and
fro. On the street" dark skinned men
gathered in groups, and with grave faces
discussed the situation.
The rent Of each shsniy is - month
The shsnties were put up some fourteen
years ago. Com. m.nisser Kallis estimated
the cost OF construction at between $40
and $50 per cabin. At this estimate the
cost VI building them has been paid In
rent about thirty times oye;. Whatever
repairs are requi,ed must be done by the
tenants ut their own expense.
Every shsnty is built on the same plan
two bedrooms about 7xl0 feet, sitting
room, and small, ,incommo,ii ,iious kitchen
In many instances each OF the narrow
bedrooms contains two beds. The Mar
quis de Pullm IN wonld III appreciate 4
nights dormitory with some oi ms Te.
tainers. Appertaining TO each rhanty Is
q backyard enclosed by ? ludicronsly
rickety fence and incum bered with rub
bish.
Where green lawns expand and ioun-
tains shoot up amid red rows Of houses,
wearing monotonous sampness, there
were groups Of men standing about quiet-
ly discussing the prospects Of the strike.
No excitement, no stress OF feeling was
apparent in their mien. The impression
Of peaceful Sabbath would be conveyed
il they we're arrayed in their Sunday
clothes, bat these garments have long
since gone to stock the pawnbroker's
shelves in order to supply food for hungry
little stom ichs. Now and then men
passed by with parcels Of groceries in
their hands or bags OF -four on their
shoulders, the welcome dole OF the relief
committee.
Even when the men were earning
their miserable trebly-cut wages in
the car factory the extensive rent and
water tax pinched them fearfully. Now,
Of course, that they are unable to meet
the heavy monthly levy, eviction hovers
over the heads Of them and their families.
The houses are laid out In fats, often
three fl ats Of three small rooms each on
every floor. In dark little hall at the
rear Of each floor is one little hydrsnt,
and for the use Of this each of three A sts
is assessed 80 cents month, making 81 80
per hydrant.
And 40 the tax is laid on all through
the grim, barrack-like structures aud
men have no alternative; either TO grin
and bear it or simply to ''git up and git"