The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-07-13
CANVASSOF
THE ALIENS.
The P. & R. Company VIII Soon Have
Its Work Completed
MANY EMPLOYEES UNNATURALIZED.
only Forty Per Cent Of Men Employed
Inside and But Five Per Cent. of
Outside workmen at the
Mines Have Naturaliza-
tion Papers.

The work Of putting the alien tax law i'm
operation in the cOllieries Of the p. d r. G. &
1. Co. continues with persistent industry and
the canvass of the collieries i'm this district
will soon be completed 1t has thus far
brought to light figures that prove quite i'm
teresting when taken i'm comparison with
some Of the polling lists. According TO the
figures given by well known official it
appears that not half the men employed in
side the p & X. G. & /. Co. mines of this
district are naturalized citizens, and the per
centage among men employed in outside
labor at the mines is a great deal less. As
thus far accomplished the canvass shows
that about forty per ceut. of the men en-
ployed inside the mines have secured natural
ization papers, while five per cent is n fair
estimate Of the naturalized men who are en-
gagged in outside laborand these people are not
only of the classes which are commonly
classified as foreigners in this region, but iu-
clude many men beside the Poles, Lithu.
anians, Hungarians aud Slavs. A gentleman
who has seen one of the lists says that
should the production of naturalization
papers be insisted upon at the polls on cleo
ton day some candidates would fall short of
many votes that are generally counted upon.
Not few are old men who have lived in the
country so long and voted so often without
being challenged that they have almost for
gotten that naturalization is essential to
citizenship, and some very amusing incidents
have taken place during the canvass Many
OF the old residents have put forth claims
that their long residence makes them citi-
zens.
The canvass prosecuted by the p. & r.
company is "a thorough one. All employees
are required to give their ages, places of birth
and term of residence in this country. If
the latter is sufficiently long to admit n
claim Of citizenship the naturaliza-
tion papers are then called for.
and if they are not Forthcoming
the employe is put ON record as an aliens
Notwithstanding the publicity the law has
been given of late there is large percentage
OF people who are ignorant of the object of
the canvass, and at times some men have not
only objected to give information, but have
become quito indignant What do YOU
want to know that for p asked one man yes
terday, with some feeling. 81 must make n
record Of it" said the foreman who was
making canvass. well, Tll ask me mother
and I'll let you know next Sunday after
noon" replied the man in a singing tone.
He gave the information after the object was
more fully explained. In some instances it
is very difficult to get satisfactory answers to
inquiries rs to dates, but as a whole the work
has progressed very successfully.
At meeting held last night the Mahanoy
City School Board decided to COMPEL all
parties employed by the Board, whether by
the day or a longer period, to produce their
naturalization papers, in accordance with the
provisions Of the alien tax law.