New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-01
MINERS NOT SUFFERING
wow THE. NEEDS OF THE STRIKERS AXE
prrv: NET EATING IF SAVINGS
FUNDS DISTRIBUTED
TO NEEDY.

-,,-l,-. Fem Aug 81 (SpectaN MS Is ''e
-, ,o.t r. the anthracite strike ana He',
,i.. the efforts of some sensational '6Fs''
- re-7 rr1pOssible % mo any Suiie -
~, -,ril.frg miners due 10 lack OF 1000. ~
-, -, j., the region-ahout two-thlros 81 t'ir
w m, went on strtke-it is douotful
= - r., ~ rsr cent have earned any money
=. .to strike began. and the earnings o. '"9S
ho have obtained odd jobs have IN no" IS
.-,,s1rsd what they would have MADE IN 'i'e nm
rsz7,ita this fact. and the desntuuon 1t
e. Glance ba expected cause. there Is no slsi,
g Tho mining hamlets of starvation ana
" --l..bl,- few instances have the charitaoie
-:..{.. had appeals for aid from strikers wives
nr children in actual need ,
The national treasury of the United Nine
- 80 not give any financial aid until the emo o.
~. and while the actual figures cannot De "o
I'D !, = believed that up 70 this date the sum
- s,5nn Is more than the national union mas
di,.i6ed in the three districts Of the region
1,,,cr1v estimated there are now about one
,-,4red thousand strikers in this region aIo SUM
three hundred thousand dependent ui0il
+ta+ there have been about four hundred thousano
s.-s,... Of their wage earning capacity since NAV
- ID vet they are not in such need Of 1000 that
they are suffering /. IT,,
This remarkable condition Is due IN PAR ="
.-a+ior that many of them made Tor IrS
e--,l-a which was for year or more known
ne inevitable The thrifty among them mao pul
10 -o,,e money In anticipation of the idle tunes
n come and this lasted them consldefaoie I'm
and Is still lasting many. The locals 70
-pe,, belonged had also, with only shsh1 M
s,.,as continued 10 increase the amounts N
:, nc -e-t.s "a that when the strike began al
a., los1s we're we'll prepared to aid those IN neeo-
Within ten days after the strike besah IN
are received pay for the Two weeks OF july la'i
two weeks. which, with economy was ei.oueI
nrovide for them for month. mus ',e -,
,or+t If -he strike was hridged over ny the IN
mediate earnings 49,
The second month found some calling on me
locals for aid but they were the inproVloeh', "i'
had not saved for the idle times as the fia'o,,|
had These the Locals cared for wlthoat "oU
while the great majority lived on ""s' ''-'
saved. .-4 -
II N. third month which ended on August -
,be eavincs of many were eaten Ut, ana me u
r,ards upon the locals became more lieq
7-be,, il vas that the strike RELIEF funo "d9 W
-fr,,to7 in small amounts. to he sure but appar-
eat Of plain wholesome food This reie[ Iun 10 =
distributed At the rate q % man and wife and
III cents additional each week for eFery g,iu ~.
olnFa nrnar IN cases where there are more than
NC striker in the family. only the head OF me
tIniy a - too that each order shall consist
Of enough flour TO last the fa IS W b,,,. any
thing else This reief is given only 70 tno ? N
ttas eaCh case before deciding that the ap-
piicant entitled ~ relief IN this Lns5lle f-o an,
the present contributions an amount which shoui9
the strike continue for weeks an9 not1S. ~ IN
creased number Of applicants each week ,.
Those strikers who haLe sayings IN me nanh or
or+ies which they mortgage. those who have
s;t AZ the stores and can give the storekeepers
notes those who have aid sent to them by rela-
tives working outside the region those VINO ate
provided for by relatives who are not miners and.
in fact those who have any resources OF Whatso,,
ever nature are not eligible to snare IN ms IsI
fund. that the supply Of rehef Is SreIcheo as
much possible LII, -,
not asked for their share Of the fund. and claim
Ia he able for all the members without
from their townspeope to aid in getting food and
soliciting committees have been sent out making
Is now on-have been good picking. for the Iaoor
vote is large; business people themselves dnq6 G
strike could not and preserve the good VIII OF me
sympathy with the cause have given what they
could. and it has oeen only in few INSTANCES t t
materially aided in keeping up the supplies
There are some among the strikers VINO are TO
paruGuiariy among The Welsh and Lrlsh NM
miners. Rather than he seen going there and
submitting to the cross-examnation of the com
ing little money here and there and eating Up
the house they have built with the savings OF
As to the endition Of the locals the t amount snt
N. natfor7aI tras7 Ts sun boeS TToanS If Is i'm
possible to learn. For good and sufficient reasons:
they say. each keeps secret the resources. and
financial statements are tabooed but the sur
face there IS no sign Of any hunger or the plnch
OF need. and the talk Of the strikers Is not OF
starvation or hopeleSSness Their" is some com
paint mat Inc men who have resources Srouid
not share equally Of the money they have paid to
me locals win the tmprovtdent and with mos
Hho. never having been unionized. are sun on
strike ana are getting aid to prevent them return
ing 10 Work Tor wages. But this complaint Is not
SO great that ii is being overcome by the
ieaoerS OF the strikers. There is also oh1ecuon
70 me store order plan. many of the men wanting
money instead Of orders. but again, for A wise
eL,I.s - Is given instead OF moneS, an" the
results d'hleNed are much more satisfactory