The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-03-15
PROPOSED INVESTIGATION.
Junketing Tour of the Legislators to the
Coal Regions of the state.

Junketing Tour of the Legislators TO the
Coal Regions Of the State.
The attention Of the State Senate, previous
to adjournment on Friday last was occupied
by the proposition to send committee Of
/ forty to investigate the coal mining industry
of the anthracite and bituminous regions.
The members will again tackle the subject
when the Legislature assemblies this evening,
when the question will probably be settled
finally The original resolution called for a
committee of five, in response to a petition
from citizens of the pittsburg district, setting
forth an unusual condition of poverty ia
that region and asking for a committee to in
vestigate the cause and apply the remedy.
/ heated discussion followed an amend
ment by Senator Coyle to include the an
thracite district and to increase the com
mitteo from FIVE to forty The Senator's
amendment was defeated, and he will appeal
from the decision of the chair this evening
Mr. Coyle had himself interviewed by the
Philadelphia Inquirers Harrisburg repre-
sentative, and we quote the following
He (Coyle) quoted one instance, which he
said, was not an exceptional one. by any means
Il happened on Shenandoah Hill, a small patch
near shenandoah miner walked intoa store
ana picked up big sack OF flour, stating 90 the
stOrekeep per that his children were starving and
that he knew he would be arrested II he took
the -four bus he must have It, The storekeeper
sent constable after the man TO arrest him
When he arrived at the house he saw the chill
dren eating the flour right out Of the bag (raw
hour) The constable could not arrest the man
and told him so farmer passing gave two
bushels OF potatoes TO the family The children
ate the potatoes like apples, without being
cooked or the dirt washed from them. There
was no necessity for further argument Capt.
alisti9, greed had put the last straw on the
camel's bank
1t is generally acknowledged that there is
want and suffering in the anthracite region.
as well as in other portions Of the state and
any measure looking to relief will be heartily
endorsed by all. But no such poverty, as
Gifted by Senator Coyle, exists here. The
latter resides in an adjoining town, and he
could easily have found, by very little in
vestigstiOn, that the bag of flour and bushel
of potatoes" story is made from the whole
cloth. man by the name of Weston. of
Pottsville, who probably hasn't been in this
town for several years, furnished the in
formation, and this should be sufficient TO
show that the statement is based upon idle
rumOr and that ShenandOahs poverty Is
being exaggerated.
The fact Of the matter is the party who Sc
cured the bushel Of potatoes is working steady
and receives $50 a month sufficient for the
needs Of any ordinary man. The same party
applied for relief but was refused because of
the circumstances above stated. Shenan-
doah has much suffering and our people are
anxious for relief, but they object to being
paraded before the state In a false light.
The Senator should correct the false inn
preston he has created, so far as the people
of this town are concerned.