The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-04

shkilled miners, the same as it was at |
first. And then the union put forth its
last word: livery man workin' undher-
ground sh'u'd get three fifty and no
man sh'u'd take less and work wild
his life in the Cor de Lane. Twas
then the. owners SHE'D their hat into
the ring, and both sides stripped for
fight.
"'Twas aisy bringin' in men that was
wiIlin' to work for three dollars, and
glad to get it, but it wasn't aisy kapin'
them here. They couldn't bide the life
they led, with the union putin its
shpite on them. Some was sedjuced
into j'inin', but more was scared out
av the country entirely. They leaked
away faster than they was fetched in;
and thin that stayed was that harassed
an worried they couldn't do their
work like min.
cat last there was two boys workin'
in the Tale o'Woe' that had the sand to
say they would nayther jine nor quit.
They stud out an TUX their punish
ment. Wan av them was an Amerikin,
and he was oliver wild his talk about
his rights to work where he pl'ased,
and for who he pl'ased, under the laws
av the country, widout Fave av the
brotherhoods. But they quinched him
| and his prattle about his rights. Him
| and the other lad that was workin'
wild him, they hailed up the mountain
| by long thraii.
Where are ye takin' us?' says they.
| Well go out PEACEFUL, the way we
| come in, by the railroad
"'Ye might get hurted that way
says big Dan Rafferty,, pokin' his ugly
| fun at thin. Wallace and Gem is full
| av excited min; it might not be safe
for We. Well take We by quiet road
where yell meet wild no wan
"And they prodded the boys up the
mountain, abusin' thin all the way;
two hundred men dhrivin' two-b'atin'
on ile-cans wild shticks, and cussin' them
wild every foul name they could turn
their tongue to. They showed them out
over the Montany divide, and the
clothes half tore off them wild the hand
lin they got. Twas the month av April,
an the SHOWS was cruel deep. They
put them out on a forsaken road to
wal1y through the drifts forty-five miles
to Thompson's falls, and they strangers
| to the way. There's mare house but
| wan, an that wan closed ag'inst them
for fear of the union. !.
"And that's how wan lab'rin' man
| taches another who are his bosses in
| this free country. By the Lord above!
if come to have bosses over me, I'll not
! choose them wild the heart av an awl
and the head av a han'shpike! Do they
think they're doin' the lab'rin' man any
good by such blaggard work as this?
| Faith, think we're like to have labor
inquisition here, if things goes on.
IT'S too much power to put in the
| hands av men as ignorant as they is
sassy"
did the scabs get through?" asked
| Darcie.
"Wan av thin got through an teshti-
fed in coort to what I'm tellin' We; and
wild him and other witnesses and affida-
Wits by scores the owners got an injunc
| ton laid on the miners unions, all an
siveral, for to quit intimidatin' an con-
shpirin' in the Cor de Lane. But twas
no use at all, except to make thin mad;
We moight as well shake an old broom at
a grizzly bear. Ye know the rest your
Sell. DuC tAd1 AOW udIucu Train lOduS
av shcabs come into the Cor de Lanes;
and that's how it is the mines is armed
an barricaded-all but the Big Horn,
sole and lone, which niver come into the
| owners association at all, and gives the
| union all it asks"
| what reason did Bingham offer, do
| you know, for not coming into the asso-
| ciation?" asked Darcie.
| HE gev the reason that the Big Horn
| is wet mine,, which it is; but nayther
the water nor the work in the mine liver
! KEEP the Big Horn boys underground
whin the union wanted thin on top.
| They trots back and fort the same as
| they owned the mine. Some says the
ould mans that tied up wild his own
| foolishness he can't help the way things
is goin'. Pether Banning, the foreman
| that's in since Misther Bingham come,
| has the pull on him entirely. He's
mighty man in the union, is Pete; an
! he's well acquainted wild the saycrets av
| the management. 'Tis he knows all
about the commissions the ould man has
| pocketed along av livery order for sup
plies that he gets in; and a costly mine
| it is to run-for the comp'ny-ye may
lay your life on that. Times when l
| was workin' in it, I'd hear outside that
the mine was doin' poorly-not hatful
| av ore in sight; whin I'd know meself
there was bodies av ore bein' covered
uD by order ay the MANAGER for reasons