The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-09-28

One hundred aud twenty-five thous-
and half-starved miners and .laborers
in the Pennsylvania anthracite coal
regions have laid down their tools IN
despair.
One hundred and fifty thousand
women and children must starve with
them unless public conscience is speed
/ lily awakened to a true sense Of the in
famous conditions which prevail under
the rule Of the coal trust, the railroad
trust and all other trusts that have
combined to coin dollars out Of human
blood and accumulate wealth through
/ the distillatiOn Of human tears.
Empty stOmachs and Paupers' graves
give the answer to the republican cry
Of the full dinner pail and prosperity.
The anthracite coal barons forced
down the price Of labor and forced up
the price Of everything the miner had
to buy. There could be but one re-
suit. The end has come. The greatest
labor crisis Of the century has been
precipitated by the coal and railroad
trusts.
In the meantime the trust has jump
ed the price of coal into the realm Of
wholesale larceny. Every consumer in
the land is a victim Of the robbery
robbery more Infamous because it
steals first from the starving miner and
then from the consumer.
On Monday Mark Hanna made a
| speech in Chicago in which he defiant
Iy declared that there are no trusts.
The issue is before the American
peOple-whether Hanna is right or
whether more than q quarter Of q mil
lion ragged and starving human beings
in Pennsylvania are right.
Last Monday Mark Hanna, boss of
the republican party and defender Of
imperialism and trusts, gave a banquet
at the Union League club, Chicago, to
q party OF gentlemen whose combined
wealth aggregated 100000.
On the same day $4,000 Pennsyl-
vania coal miners laid down their picks
and shovels because the coal trust re-
fused them living wages
AT the Union League club banquet,
given by Hanna, the plates cost SIS
each. The wines were costly beyond
the dream Of LucuIlus.
The ragged miners fed their wan
faced babes that day-on black crusts
and water.
Look Upon These Pictures
Mark Hanna depicted to his million
sire guests the prosperity that had
been thrust upon them By Mckinley
and himself, and demanded a Iordly
contribution from them WhereWith 70
"perpetuate the present sdminIstra-
tiOn.n
On the same day the hard coal trust
raised the price Of its products one
dollar ton. The proceeds Of this rob
berry is expected to buy the election Of
William Mckinley.
In the meantime 10000 men, women
and children are left to starve By the
coal barons, while Hanna brutally de-
eIsres there are no trusts and that
everybody has full dinner pail
Grievances Were Many.
The miners grievances have been Of
long standing. For years the average
wages has been less than 50 cents a
day. While trusts have forced miners
to pay an increase from Is to 45 per
cent for food aud clothing the wage
scale has remained the same. The
miner was compelled to pay s2-T5 per
key for powder, which cost the coal
trust 81 keg. The miner vas forced
to dig $3.50 pounds Of coal for a ton,
and vas also compelled to purchase
his supplies at q company store at
trust prices.
The situation in the mines is per
haps best described BY James Crsel- /
man, Who Is making q personal iaFes- {