The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-02-05
A DOSE.
Which the Minneapolis Tribune
Must Take for Their
Fakes.
Say OF PRINCIPLE.

Sa OF falNO4fL6s
Much Indignation Aroused Here
by the Action of the Jack
ass Reporter.
Following viii be found a COM
munication written by fair minded
citizen of this city TO the Minneapolis
Tribune in answer to the recent
>'blind pig fake which appeared in
the columns of that sheet. The
article was lie pure and simple and
the man that produced it, liar. So
proud was the Tribune of the pro-
duction that they have refused TO
publish the annexed communication
for fear the outside of Ely people
would see the dirty mess they had
produced and thus seriously affect
their subscription list. We are abSO-
lutely certain that when the Tribune's
people were in the city they were
treated as gentlemen. We failed to
hear CT any one of the party getting
laid out by means of knife at the
hands of either a Hungarian or Finn.
The befuddled condition they found
themselves in. was due to other
causes. The article in all probability
was fathered by one OF the party
whose delirium ran to pigs. knives.
Hungarians and Firms. To show
their ideas OF the people in this
country, they brought with them
tons of the foul. degrading books
known as Harry Haywards Con-
fession, with which to bait the peo-
pie for subscriptions to their Tribune.
1t may be also well to remark that
not much of a furore was created by
their efforts and subscribers were few.
The communication is signed citizen
but the real identity OF the party can
be ascertained if absolutely necessary:
Ely. Mimi, Jan. 80, 1896.
Editor Minneapolis Tribune,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Dear Sir: In the morning edition
of your Tribune for January 18th you
have an article purporting to be news
from our city written by an alleged
Minneapolis newspaper man sojourn-
ing among US.
The article referred to was headed
1T was out of sight. capture of a
blind pig $50 feet under the earth,
ETC." 1t goes on to describe how our
miners, being principally Hungarians
and Finlanders wear belts in which
they have knives of peculiar patterns,
ready TO be drawn and buried in the
bodies of their fellow miners on the
slightest provocation.
l would ask you kindly, Mr.. Editor,
to retract the statements made in
said article and to do so in the name of
honesty, truth. justice and decency.
There is not one word OF truth con-
tanned in the article as far as 1 have
been able to learn on close investiga-
ton. No, not even is the blind pig
story true, nor was there ever a miner
taken from this city to Duluth to be
tried for any ofense committed I'M
derground. The Chandler Iron COM
pany has a very efficient corps of
officers here from the manager down
to the most unimportant official. and
it is safe to say that a blind pig could
not be run two days much less two
months, before some one Of the
officials in the employ of the company
would know it and stop it, and they
would not have to send to Duluth to
do so either.
will not attempt to vituperate the
author of the article in question. /
am not capable of doing him justice,
nor does particular friend Of mine
consider himself competent for the
occasion, although he can curse with
seemingly great ease equally well in
four different languages.
Suffice it to say that the newspaper
man who wrote the article is a
malicious liar. Our citizens. as a
whole, regardless OF nationalities are
law abiding and peaceable. Not even
during the recent panic was there a
depreciation committed in our city.
There never was a woman insulted
nor assaulted on the streets of Ely
during its entire history with one ex-
ception and candor compels me to
state that the assault made in this
exceptional case was not committed
by any one Mailing from continental
Europe.
1t is frue some saf our citizens i'm