Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-01-27
A HELL ON hARrH.
How ssht,tr IA h, Of Aonisn Nah
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lun ciARKvniI sLAvs prs

Senator CLARK, Of Montang, Il being
tried By the unltsi states senats toe
bribery Of the NOntana legislature aud
buylae hia WaJ into the senate. The evil
dsnce shows that he sRs 20 unpopular
that he had 70 debaueh the legislature
and spend huntreds of thousands OF dol
lars To crafty bis ambition this par.
venu ofOesus has smiFohed the good name
Of Montana In the mud Of corruption,
and ruined the regulations Of all who
took bis gold 10 exchange iof their man
hood.
Il ls interesting 70 hnoW how this
multi millionaire has heaped up his gold.
II the Clafkyills coal mines In the west.
EN- portion Of New Mexico afs felt
sample OF his methods In Montana and
elsewhere, " IL easy 10 understand how
he has accumulated euch = vast sum Of
money. he has secured his hoard Of
treasure by grinding the souls and man
hood cot OF his employees.
THE CITIZEN Of late hes heard much Of
The slave pens st ClsFhVlile, aud has
made investigation q the msthOds o.
that coal mining camp, tn, details Of
which ATe 4 Disgrace 10 American civil.
EitiOn and cerlallly they are not Credit
able 10 the wonld.be statesman from
Montana and his slave driver at the
camp.
Mr. A. A. Jones, late engineer at the
Clarkville coal hilnes. called At this Office
yesterday aud gave unsolicited many de-
tails Of the frlghtiul condition OF things
II the camp. HE evidence was supported
by that Of two other coal mlaers In this
city who recently worked q. ClAFkville.
Mr.. Jones desired that the facts should
be published ~ warning TO miaers 70
keep away from that mlelns camp. lie
left there because Me-. BresheFton. the
manager. made II impossible for him 10
live with bis family at that place.
Mr. Jones said. among other details Of
how this man Brelherton runs the camp
The ClaTkville mines are owned BY Sen.
stOr Clark He owns all The land In the
Vicinity. ills man BretheFtOn Is cant
ing phirisee. q combination Of Ufiah
Heap and No Pecksnii The miner who
works at Clarkvills eau work ten hours Q
day during thu entire year, never get 8
good meal aud never spend cent for lux
urles aud come out 81 the END Of the year
In debt TO the company store. There Ia
long list Of extras taken on. o. his
wages. There IL = hospital tax and no
hospital; u library tax, school tax, water
tax and numerous other incidental ex.
penses 10 come out Of the miners hard
earned wages. All unmarried employees
must beard at the shanty operated by the
company aud pay s26 per month. The
married employees must buy ali their
supplies at ths company store on pain Of
discharge. The prices at the company
store are about twenty per cent. higher
than are the same goods az Gallup. and
Gallup prices are not noted for small
Dass zach miner pays ~ per month for
a bare bunk OF boards In q shAnty. He
must buy his bed clothing from the COM
pany store. These sleeping rooms are
sxlO feet In size and each contain four
oE tiye hunks.
The boarding shanty Is ths execrAtlon
Of the camp From eighty to one hon.
bred men must eat their meals there,
There Ia one cook and one waiter. The
food II Of the poorest quality and IL piled
along the center OF the table. In the
ruth 10 get something TO eas the stronger
crowd the weaker aside, and often pool
fellow II thankful 10 get q cTusi Of bread
and a cup OF coffee. Any complaint II
cause for discharge.
A watch is kept day ani nighi 70 pre-
vent any emplOye Ia the camp from buy
ing any supplies al any other place thar
the company store. No one IL allowed .,
ride 10 Gallup on the company Wagon
without q special permit from Bos
BrelheTtOn.
The miners pay more than enough Il
sustain q first Glass school In the camp
but Bretherton, Ia addition 10 being post
master, mine boss and general factotem
also experiments the school, and thI
money collected from the miners eitheI
goes into his pocket or into the capaciouI
tlll OF the Montana senator. Last fal
Miss Maud Custer, OF Albuquerque, Al
excellent tea'hefs was employed 4
teach the school at Clafkville She wa
willing and anxious 20 teach she schO0
10 help her blind father provide for thi
family. She gave general satisfaction
but could not stay. She has Informed Tai
CITIZEN that BFetheFlon made II impos
slble by his interference for her 10 teacl
the school. Mr.. Jones said that Brother
ton found young man who would teacl
the school. set ~ librarian ant
teach the sunday school. aud that b
agreed 10 work Tor Less than Mis-
Clusters WAS getting, and that old mai
Rrethsrton purpOsely annoyed her :
make her resign.
Mr.. Jones worked -four months ~ engl
neeT at ClafksVllle. He IL q practices
miner aud engineer, aud for three year
wRs engineer at the Crescent mine q
Gallup. He Was hired At 10 much
month after he had removed his fsmli
10 the mines from Gallup, hla hour
! WeTs increased from tea 10 twelve; lhel
! be Was forced 10 do his own aFing o
b quit, and he quit He says the mimi
arrangements at the Gallup mines A.
perfection In comparison with those a
ClaFksyllls.
This IL the way Ons man has grow
rich. I. IL wise provision Of pFovidene
that such rich men have 10 die. lGstea
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