The bee., 1901-02-21

feeling prevail, as is the case in re-
gard to the good citizens OF Madi-
sonvillo who are in deep trouble over
the fact that they are being bull
dozed by u. M. w. OF African de-
scent who has concluded to play tho
cowboy act and is therefore daily
seen on the streets with big re-
volver buckled TO him sending terror
to the hearts Of the peace-loving
itizens. This same man was caught
in the act of carrying concealed
n deadly weapon and taken to Madi-
sonville for trial and turned loose.
Thus can be seen the evil results
following the release Of the guilty.
The failure to mote out justice en-
courages the lawbreaker to become
more bold and in the end leads to
acts of violence and the sooner jurors
become convinced of that fact the
quicker the roughs and toughs of
creation will learn that the act of
going around the country fully
armed is not only encouraging crime
but is q standing disgrace to the U.
M. w. who aid and abet their fol-
followers in SO doing.
We have endeavored to keep before
the readers the readers of THE BEE
the important fact that nine times
out of ten the miners who quit the
st. Bernard Coal Co., or any coal
company in this county. to become
members of the u. M. w. are class
of laborers who live beyond their
means and run in debt, or in other
words they care nothing for
the interests Of their employers as
long as they can live on the fat of
the land and as soon as they are told
that they must pay a. they go they
are ready to join the pauper list.
But this condition of affairs is not
alone confined to this county but it
prevails wherever the u. M. w.
strive to secure a foothold. Below
we quote from labor journal a por-
ton of q letter from one OF the men,
bers of that organization. A sad
case is here depicted but the little
boy talked too much for the good OF
the order, and the fact shines out
plainly that the company here COM
planned Of carried this family when
it owed the father nothing, and took
care OF him in time OF need but the
poor fellow was led stray by false
promises from the U. Al. W., who
dropped him and allowed his family
to suffer the pangs of hunger and
other trouble brought on them by
poverty through enforced idleness:
"I will try and inform the boys
through your paper how the cause
of unionism is progressing. 1 wish
you all knew how hard the operators
make it for those who are bold
enough to join the union. For In
stance, only last week 1 met q boy
walking through the snow in his
bare feet. When asked what he was
doing in that condition he replied
that his father had been discharged
because be had joined the union.
1 asked him why he did not go to
school. He said: "'My papa can
not get shoes. He got no money for
last. months work. When he was
discharged he was not even with the
company store.'"
One day last week the South Dia-
mond miners broke all records for
one days work. The fact is the
miners in general of this county are
SO stimulated by the pretence of the
idlers among them who have so mis-
represented both the employer and
employe, that they nave determined
that the production Of coal shall
continue to increase il their labor
can do 1t.
One of the recent visitors to Nadi-
sonville remarked when he came
away that he failed to see many U.
NJ. w. over there. A friend told
him that he would have seen them
il he had visited the saloons.
Seventy-five dollars were recently
spent while on q drunken debauch
at Henderson by several members
of the u. M. w. The minister OF
the Gospel loses his influence, as he
deserves to do, when he departs from
the high moral plane, so should the
labor leader when he comes forth to
battle for what he is taught is the
rights of his fellow man, lose the
respect OF them, when he returns
like the hog wallowing in the mire.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. ga wom-
an was discovered today working as
breaker boy in the No. 6 mine at
Pittston, and she was discharged
The discovery was made by her hat
falling off and her hair tumbling
down. She had been working there
picking slate for couple of weeks.
C,a H. an Italian Her husband is