The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-05
FOR THE RELIEF OF MINERS.

| movement has been started In this
| city to raise fund for tho miners who
are conducting a strike In PENNSYLVANIA,
Ohio and West Virginia in an effort to
secure living wages. +. Hecht n promi-
nent merchant, viii circulate petition
Monday with tho view OF receiving dona-
tions and ho has hopes OF collecting a
goodly sum. In doing this work Mr. Hecht
Is laboring for a righteous cause and I'M
der ordinary circumstances. no would re-
ceive liberal contribution from every
lieaumonter who could spare the money
nut whether or not there Will be a spon-
taneous contribution for the relief OF the
striking miners is extremely problematicai.
iAs rule the people here are In sympathy
win the strikers. Ii Is believed their
cause is Just and the peaceabe war they
are waging for bread has excited an almost
universal admiration. There are two cir
curlstahces, however, that has tendency
10 freeze any enthusiasm or smother any
sympathy that might arise >ln the breast
OF the Beaumont workingmen for the strik.
ing miners In the first place the well
posted Beaumont workingman knows that
inc present is not the first strike in the
coal mining regions Several wears ago
American coal miners were waglng sim
liar battle. They lost because tho nina
ignorant foreigners who took their places
ior wages at which the American could not
i've II Is generally believed hero that
'hese same foreigners are tho ones who
are now In trouble. Again. returns from
lhe late election evidences that the miners
Of west virginia. Ohio and Pennsylvania
must necessarily have voted apainst tho
avowed interest of the Southern and West
ern iaboring men. Then ballots were cast
WIN the evident purpose of looking to
'heir own selflsh interest. and they had |
no thought OF the happiness and prosperity |
y Their fellow-workers In Western mines
,nu southern fields and factories They |
. ,., maze the bed on which they are now |
ylhg, III 1t Is hard, there Is none IN blame |
but themselves. Tho strikers nre humnn
however, and II is hoped that Beaumonters |
VIII view their helplossness with charity |
nv contribute al least to tho relief of their |
unfortunate wives and children.
ARM AND LEGS CRUSHED OFF.
AT 5 o'clock this morning No. 600. Tho
big switch engine that does the heavy
work In the southern Pacific yards. nassea |
over the body OF negro man lying ON
'ho OF the switch tracks and crushed of
both legs lust below the knees md tho
n rlt arna between the elbow and wrist
ihe BODY was not discovered nv tl,e
wien crew until the engine was SO close
could not be stopped. After the en-
, ',.t was DROUGHT to standstill the
,mi'ch crew brought the injured negro To
ne CITY He was still alive md gave
he name OF Albert Bolonoy and his home
y LAFAYETTE, La, to which place hu was
hipped this morning.
from what can be learned OF polooev ~
GEMS that he came to this city several
- ago anu got the job of tishwasher
" ."e orosoS mouse, Last night he lot
n drunk and at 8 o'clock this n,ornin,
emanded his wages saying he was teirs
oatoh freight and 80 to Lafayette and
oper up, He was paid OF and departcd
~ peheved that the negro won't from
ne crosby house TO the railroads and fell
: aia down on the tracks. went to sleep |
no was run over by tn eswltch engine |
ailrcad Physician Thompson thinks tho
,iuries will prove fatal.
BIG LAND. SALE.
al Doucette. local land agent for the {
outhern Pacific railroad. has closed tho
ale OF nine sections, or $3.50 acres. OF
eSas and Now Orleans railroad lands n
lessrs W. p. IL. McFaddin and v.
less TWO ebaumont capitalists and large
'.ue owners. The land sold lies along ,
ae Hlif OF Mexico In the southern ror.
on OF TINS county and is said % lie ex- !
si ,t LOT grazing purposes. Messrs.
.,ess ana MeFaddin We're among tho !
rincipal stockholders In the 2caunent
!. ASSURE company which sold $4,000 acres !
iand IN this county to the Port Arthur
and and Townsite company about two
eaIs ago. The purchase OF the r,co
cres OF grazing land indicates that tl.sse
entiemen expect TO continue tho stock | 4
usiness ON large scale.
KAYsEE Awnings. ~
narnipes Of the Gulf. Beaumont ana 6