The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-03-10
DENIED FROM ELY.
The Hustler Article OF Week Ago Picked
to Pieces

An Ely writer to the News-Tribune
of Duluth spreads out d few facts
which nearly everyone III Ely can
sItsl antiate IS follows:
Editor News Tribune:
Reading an article in the Hustler
of Duluth under heading suffering
oerfs. | ask you to grant me d small
space i'll o If paper for the following
explanation OF actual facts by an
eilpioye OF the Chandler mine. My
reasons for writing is that the cor
respondent of the Hustler has either
mallciously miS-sJaied facts Or is
denseiy ignorant Of what he writes
about. He wantonly ill-uses the
names and misrepresents the char
acler of three of the most prominent
gentlemen in our city, and insults the
employees the mines here. / will be
as brief as possibly eau
The Hustler writer says the top
match in WA ges- lSa-ss "a ss..so;ay-l aud
lowest % cents per day. The state
ment should read $3.50 "a day for
miners and 81 81 and 81 10 for la borers.
He says engineers get $50, hremen
Sl.45 to sl.50 per day. Now, the pay
for brakemen and bremen is SLIGO
day, and engineers SI.60. He also
states that a good many Of the
engineers are boys. There is not
bog in the mine employed as engineer,
brakeman or fireman, aid as tor the
capabilities Of the engineers and
brakemen employed here. l will say
there are none better in the same line
OF work. The article also saws that
DIR. Shipman receives 81. so per month
for hospital fees. The actual fee paid
is Shopper month for doctors services
and medicine. | consider that very
reasonable and as chesp as obtains
anywhere else in the mining country,
and if there is anybody killed by an
accident in the mine. which is a very
rare thing at the Chandler, for so
large mine, the person killed is
buried 0ecently in our little cemetery.
The article also says that in the
mines at Tower mules are used to
tram ore, but at Ely Firms and
Austrians take the place of mules.
There is a twisting of facts for you.
Why, the condition is entirely differ
ent here and at Tower. 1t says that
the men tram through mud and water
up to their knees. There is not
enough water in the Chandler mine
to drill with. The men have to go
from the tenth level up to the ninth
to get water for the drilling machines.
As for those 6x10 huts, / can't find
any around Ely. They must rest in
the imagination of the correspondent,
and as for Captain John Pengilly'
l6-room house, that will be news TO
Captain John Pengilly. Between you
and me. Mr.. Pengilly is not extrava-
CANT in his style of living. There are
men employed by Captain Pengilly
that have better houses than he.
The Hustler says again that Pengilly
controls the nomination and election
of the assessor. Now, that's a good
one. The correspondent must know
lot about it. He had better tell Mr..
Jury, our present assessor. Mr.. jury
was never aware Of that before. 1t is
all rot. No one man runs the vote of
this city.
Now in conclusion, as regards hard
times and low pay, it is fact to be
deplored. our pay is very low, and it
is hard work for families to be clothed
and have proper food suitable for this
northern country, but is Ely in
worse condition than other mining