Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-06-27
Queer T~roSprrltN.


The st. Louis Post Dispatch re-
minds the Globe Democrat that Ill Its
issue OF October 10 it declared that
Immediately after the election a bus
mess BON like that which started
with the resumption Of gold pay.
ments i'll lS1'will set in. Another
leading republican editor said: The
people await the night 81 November
} FOR the wires 20 ssEd thrill through
the country that will Sc, IL motion the
millions Oi men nov idle How were
these Iropaecics ani promises fulfill
I'll:
For ! few weeks after election. al
though the wave OF pnsperi'. did not
appear. employers. self deluiei but
sNPsctant, made no cuts in wage and
kept their forces Of men. Then lind
ing that trade did not revive. that
capital dii rot come forth from its
hiding places, and that Confidence
had not been restored. numbers OF
employers aud corporations began
the process Of reducing wages and
curiailtnc expenses that Is inevitable
under the gold standard. and the pro-
cess has been going on ever since.
Here are 4 few OF the reductions re-
ported. and tia: which are enumer
ated Toy the Post-Dispaich. showing
-hcw prosperity came
Beginning promptly with the REV
year the following firms cut wages or
shut do"n their works. in many cases
forcing their employees into strikes;
Illinois Steel company. cut wages;
Horn Coal company, DuQu0in. H..
cut wages: Mueller * Hcllman's Shoe
company. Gu; wages; Maple Hill
mines. Barton. o. strike; Mas
sillou o.. miues. cut
wages; Niedringhans rolling mills.
ST. Louis. cut wage; American rattan
works. CT wages; Bridge * Beach.
s;oven.akers, reduced number OF en-
ployes and cut wages; Tudor iron
mills, East ST. Ions, shut Town: Pan
handle NINE. Pittsburgh mining lis-
trict, belonging to Mark Hanna, cut
wages To- starvation point; Keystone
rolling mill and other plants at Pitts
hur-h. in which Mark Hanna is inter-
ested, cut wages; Old Dominion Cop.
per company, Globe, \. r.. shut down;
keb mines. Ottumwa. Ia; imported
co!Orcd miners to take the
places Of white strikers: BelIeviile
nail mills. cut wage: Westinghouse
Air Brake company. cut wages; Ten.
nessccs Coal and Iron company. cut
wages: Rockford. Ill, COPPER shops,
cut wages, forcing Il lCckOui; Jour
neyman horse shOcrs, OF ST. Louis. ON
strike for scale wages; building
trades WORKERS Of Chicago. forced to
strike; 1900 miners at Jclico, ~,
forced to strike; 300 mining in Ten
nesSee struck against reduction;
ThurmOnd mines. West Virginia, cut
down wages Of 300 miners; 22,COO
~tailcr5 i'll New York forced to strike
against starvation wages; Sanduyal,
Ill, mines closed indefinitely.
Bcsides this. on january -. the po.
lice and chmFity organic Iticus report
ed 10000 men idle ia ST. Luuis and at
least $1,000 in dire need Of food
clothing and fuel. The Illinois legis.
laturc took official notice recently Of
the fact that the coal miners OF the,
state were starving and ordered an
Investigation. And every few DAYS
some poor wretch has fallen out Of
the ranks OF the destitute and de.
spairing 10y ending his own life.
This is how prosperity came as The
result Of McKinley's election. What
would the people not give for another
chance at the "Ad"uncc Agent of
Prosperity" - Illinois State Regis
ter.