The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-07
CAPITALS DEADLIEsT FoE
The woman behind Striker Has
Learned valuable Lessons.

Learned Valuable Lessons.
Philadelphia. oct 5-shOuid the woman
behind the striker withdraw her stead
fast courage and support from the miner
/ In Pennsylvania anthracite coal region.
I President Mitchell OF the United Mine
Workers would. right or wrong. retreat
I from the most dismal failure In the an
nails Of capital ana labor connicts
In the twenty-three years that have
elapsed since the Molly McGuires stirred
/ up their bloody conflicts IN Pennsylvania.
the wives and daughters and mothers OF
The Iaboring men have learned a vast deal
OF prudence and providence. To-day.
when the nrst rumors OF a strike agitlte
a settlement tho women take alarm and
instant thought for making ready against
those team months % !3leness that work
such havoc in the homes OF the wage
Garner
Two Million banked by Foreign
women.
When work Is plentiful and wages good.
the Hungarian Danish. Italian or Polish
woman is frugal II her husband Is fond
U Va AAiANi hAf kAaANe AtAa faf AN"saN~--sf
giving him only a tribe with which 20
Indulge his appetite. Then she lays aside
barely enough TO keep the souls and bod
les % her family alive. and the remain
der she puts ia What she regards as a
place OF safety. II her faith in banks Is
weak she has some secret hiding place.
a box under the hearth. a dim corner IN
the cellar or perhaps an old leather bag
( or belt. which never leaves her person.
II Is estimated that OF the three million
/ OF dollars IN savings depc sited Ia the
banks OF Hazleton. two million are IN
the names OF foreigners. and the cashiers
state that large percentage OF the de-
positors are the womt q Of mining fami-
lies
when the strike actually comes these
brown foreign women take a fresh reef
Ia their domestic economy and draw their
shaNls a tuhe tighter under their chin.
The husband must have the price OF on
occasional tipple to keep up his spirits.
But the wife will 30 barefooted through
the long winter rather than dip into her
savings for her own comfort. though. as
Ia very many cases. these savings
amount 10 thousands OF dollars. There
will be black bread instead Of white On
their table. aud small allowances OF dark
mo asses will be- substituted for sugar.
There will be no murmur from the female
{ members OF the tnAttuu a. AAet know
how TO endure and 20 wait.
The foreign woman Is seldom caught
unawares by strike. She hears the
murmurs OF it's oncoming even before the
more volatile American woman does. And
she siralghtwny sets her household 90
rights for the impending danger. During
the past month or two she has been garu-
ering the harvest Of her small vegetable
and fruit patch when the corn ripened.
[ itself upon the goodness thereof. Just
enough has been doled out al meal times
to provide nourishmenL The remainder
has been dried in the sun. TO tide over the
strike The same may be said Of beans.
potatoes. grapes and Fquash. The writer
stopped at one house where dozens OF
I cucumbeTs We're spread IN the sunlight
turning a mellow god. The housekeeper
Of the humble but trim domain was asked
20 what use they would be put. and
she tersely replied.
We c0oka an eata some day"
And when the strike Is over. the for
I eigncr's family may look trifie gaunt.
there may be dark circles under the
/ mothers eyes. ana fresh stoop In her
shoulders. but there are srll savings In
l the bank The return voyage TO their
birth place. or che coveted ownership Of
liule shop market or saloon Is Just
little further on That Is all They will
grasp II some day.
Among English Speaking Miners.
The wife ,of tho American. or more pro
/ perry, the Eng.ish-spcaking miner. Is one
Of the most steadfnst oval women IN the
I world. young woman recently came
/ home from an interior city. where she had
I gone to visit friends and purchase her
simple wedding trousseau. The first news
thas greeted her was OF the impending
/ strike. Her friends supposed. OF course.
I that the wedding would be postponed. but
/ they counted without their bride. The
/ wedding By her request. was hurriediy
consummated. and she met the protests
/ OF her family and friends with the ex-
/ PLANTATION:
John needs me now worse than ever.
/ lie has no mother. and n home vii keep
/ him out OF mischief We both have 20
/ live. strike or no strike and were going
/ 10 ight a out together Hen be the bet
ter of for a cup OF tea or coffee with me
at home than for a glass OF something
warmer with the boys down az Bradley"
And something IN the quiet air Of de-
| termination. yet kindly smile. of the
1 young bride promised that the boys"
l would see little Of John at "Bradley's"
1 II Il only 81 company house that win
7 shelter the newly welded pair There vii
be no lace turiains-so those windows for
/ the next few months. but there will be
/ a stronge. true heart beating tn unison
/ with that Of the brawny young miner-the
/ sort Of a heart that makes mischief for
| the mine owner. and happiness for his
/ employees.
/ At one small but comfortable home.
where the husband has been earning from
I 80 TO $40 a month for the support OF his
/ wife and three children. l found ample
/ preparation for a strike Of moderate dur
alton The mother reminded one strongly
/ OF a New England housekeeper. spare OF
/ figure. short Of speech. but warm or heart.
/ and one looking well TO the needs OF her
/ household. Talking OF her plane. she
/ said:
The miners wife Is always credited
with being either shockingly penurious
/ or hopelessly extravagant. Some Of us
! try TO strike a medium. Ny father was
a miner. and with my mother I lived
I through several strikes So. when / had
I a family OF my own. I know enough to
prepare for such an event We are am
bilious for our children. We don't want
7 them to be miners We are educating one
I boy away from home FOR profession be-
cause a distant relative has Interested
/ himself In the boys future We have not
I saved as much money as We might have
I done, because I want ms children TO hc
wei dressed. self-reSp ecting. and I won't
I lct them work out till they have secured
an education. 10 you see We have not
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