Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-22
LARGE AUDIENCE AT JACQUES.
Miners Glee Club Cleared Over $500
 Last Night.

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 Indescribable must have been the pleasure which the nine members of the Miners Glee club, from Edwards vile, Pa, received last night at the Jacques opera house, where they gave a concert before an audience of more than 1000 people. For several minutes after the glee club had finished it's first chorus the opera house rang with deaf ening applause, and it did not subside in the last until the miners responded to an encore. Such was the enthusl- asm manifested by the audience throughout the evening. Well did they express their sympathy for the thou 1 sands of honest miners who are waging a terrible fight against an army of un- principled capitalists. The opening number of the evening was a selection | by the American band. under the lead ership of Prof Fulton. The band played very well last night. The sing l ing of the Miners Glee club was a rare treat and was decidedly pleasing to those present. Several solos were ren. dered in charming manner by indi- l yidual members of the club. The miners costumes and wore sprig of green Heck" which is the national em- l blem of Wales. The glee club did re- markedly well last night.
 After Mayor E. G. Kilduff, who was l presiding officer of the evening, was l introduced by Chairman James Toole 1 of the arrangement committee, spoke of the object of the glee clubs ' visit to this city and also referred to I the miners strike. He said in part: Strikes are serious things, and this one is more than ordinarily so, inas- much as the entire nation is affected by it. What the outcome will be am unable to state, but the only good soItl- tion that appears to me and one which am fn favor of is the ownership by the. government of the necessaries of I life and public utilities such as the coal mines, railroads, telegraph, etc The earnings of the many great railroads are enormous and an idea of the amount of business done by some of them and the great difference in the 4 rates may be gathered from the follow l ing little fact I know of one great coal company that received lately a check for $750,000. which represented the rebates allowed by the railroad on their business. What must the volume q Of business be when the rebates amount to such a sum? Now, if the T government can run the postal system as well and proftably as it does, 1t stands to reason that it could do as
 well with all public utilities The gov- ernment pays good salaries, too, and do these great corporations pay as goodY (Voice from the audience, "No.')
 The Hon F. P. Guilfoile also ad- dressed the audience during the even I ing He was in good voice and han died the subject of the miners griev- ances in fair, impartial and inteIli- gent manner. He said that the miners were only asking for a living wage, so that they might live decently and edu- cate their children and not have to put them to work in the mines when they, are only 10 years old. He said that the
 miners ask for the right to organize
 and it was only proper that they should since all the coal operators were united I .in a powerful organization The att i ', tude of the operators may be stated as follows: They say to the miners that N they must give in to the operators or pack up their trunks and move out of Pennsylvania. He referred to Presi- T dent Baer's statement of God giving the operators the mines to operate. and said that he agreed with Homer Cum mings in saying that it was about time
 MT Baer had shown his credentials. In regard to John Mitchell, the mention of whose name was greeted with great applause, the speaker said that he
 would one day rank with the nations
 heroes. MT sGuilfoile's remarks were
 heartily applauded
 I After the concert the American band { donated to the glee club the money re- ceived for their services during the
 evening Over $500 was realized by the concert and the members of the
 glee club are profuse in their thanks for the kind and cordial treatment which they have received from the peo.
 pie of this city. Manager Beach left J to-day for Bridgeport to make arrange
 ments for concert in that place next j Sunday. The balance of the company
 will give a street entertainment at
 Naugatuck this evening, and they may
 give another entertainment there later l in the week