New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-28

Scranton. Penn. September p
Ny Dear Brother Your letter OF the 18TH INST
impressions Of the strike and the strikers Will give
During the three months / have spent in this val
ley have had ample time, because of the paralyslS
the conditions here. So much has been said and
written by the sen m PFeS eooon that
must to agreeable disappointment when NJ 1
more more comforiably dxed than great many well
salaried government clerks could ever cream, cream
(strangers surely in Washington surrounded by
wekept tt lawns ana noweT m the hoses With hot
and cold water electric lights, carpets ano ni -
6 6ae and AFFECT p pov Of such
homes owned by miners can be seen mere IN 2e b
ana vicinity; and their number is muIup t ny
every town in the coal region OF course there Is
quality of houses. But after my three months tour
IN The c6at region a he found in the well beloved
Washington. yea. in New-York; and in the
nfforts AT luxury as are furnished by the plush
album eight day -mock-porpnyry-c anu s3@i on
neither in mentioned homes nor in the bet
ter class of company houses live the men who send
mule drivers or door tenders. committing perjury
the child is Twelve years and over When land
good garden land can be sdcGtfG a rrG hndnr large
tracts. which can be leased FOR any term OF Seas
that oppression and greed" are doing very large
stunts in the coal region. .,,-. - .,o +ro,,t,os
of the striking miners there are three. The first
and greatest being
IGNORANCE.
Ignorance Of our language. laws and free insti-
tutions by the foreign clement .,5 meaning Of
ignorance of the first principles ana mean fn3 9s
ignorance of the fact that simple organization:
unless for good purpose and wisely led VIII not
avail them for any nan fbe Zoos is limit to the
patience. forbearance and long suffering OF en-. Cto
american no PeoP a IN ~ The aBnSea the possession
of power would lead them how soon 'neg " our
b a6s an s sTG dynamite The Golden Rule and
ne maxim Live and Let hys have mo PeaGe rs
they would provide for SUNDAY school pich . anu
man una Si body is a vaGdeviIle attraction,
Second place is taken by the
NUMEROUS SALOONS.
where will in the places where S s the m 16e
wages where vice the lowest dirt and ignorance
most prosperous Institution In shenandoah have
counted seven saloons IN row OF eIe srht Ss
the licenses aone of these saloons during the last
Portable homes for themselves ana fanies' hadaty
Even at this writing when most Of that o class fS er
or by contracting bills they never intend 10 p ~
the saloon does good cash aha the Beloved
saloon porch. while the Women and fhidF fep f d5
snd Ge Of next w2teq n tae Inc cum
And here let me cite INSTANCE Of the Hng
in oompany houses pqyn no rent frd ha'e these cum
when an operator Wiling TO grant an concessions
5oIses an 'i' bos5Jtsis was refused by the high
ruler Of the independent miners Of District No
Mr.. Nichols, But the depressing, slave driving
Of the Pittston schools and are furnishing the the
neSgsSFy f4si 70 ETep os six bcrmisson to start
his machinery from men, 80 per cent Of, OF W f@n
Oppression and tyranny an| the other per cent to
escape the pententiary. knout and sallows
- in r,. list he
LABOR AGITATOR,
who could not exist without the other two.
He would be dead and voiceess as lump OF
GS %n to Sep h o rtet Of the aes things in the
world to do for speaker is to convince an isnofant
by the heel the soulless opprcssor. that Il Is not
produces" etc etc, ad nauseam. 1t is simply i'm
possible for people at distance TO conceive. ny
seen men ready To- renounce their allegiance TO the
miners lnion and resume their duties as hus-
bands and fathers only to be prevented from so
doing by the specious and outright lying promises
OF the leaders,suGh threads as the pT9msea IN,
selection or bishops, Senator'S statesmen there Is
standing with the JAILED Toters) and last the
slim hope that the ia%ad 5 W. f tb ,o
very men who We're not satisfied with g 80 to 50
day haye taken the places Of day 6 ah9 Gs en- the
yenent not to be able to 90 so PTalzs that IN
for scab) to the men whom they have displaced
L
Ajax deriving the Lightning while that running
T Of his feo tae looks to me- very much Ike
a lost iacnass ''swiping bite by the roadside,
striking mine workers are anxious to return 70
fear of the other . per cent who so far have been
of the coal region with dynamite guns and murder
Gus looking Knives thar they subject large part
of the countrys population to the danger OF freez-
eases the coming winter: that they are utterly
careless OF the fact that by remaining idle beggars
themselves they deprive tens of thousands Of hon
est workers who have never seen mine of their
chance 70 support themselves ana familes sympa-
thy with the poor, Struggling. miner and mine
worker battling for his rights tand every one
crates in large quantities
District President Nichols sets the date Of the |
He knows that the deluded friends of the strikers
who come. through sense Of mistaken kindness,
new will realize that when cold winter comes and |
Sis T have To be pad IN psse n & fda
(Which cannot be had) they can thank only them
their contributions. When that relief ceases 9s
OtheIloa-or rather Mitchelrs Nichols's and Fa- |
lining the eSders nests viii have been nes s 9o oa
and the free and Independent mine workers will be
allowed or perhaps ordered back to work by
Doubtless there individual cases of wrong
winch ought 70 he rlshted and remedied. This is
the case in other places where the millennium has
eminent clerk sometimes nnds occasion TO grCwl.
But no wrong was ever righted with shotgun knife |
cure is too great and obiterates in cases all
signs Of the would-be doctor. A number Of old
in England. ireland. Scotland and Wales have
expressed themselves to to this effect: Trades
calling a strike when the union treasury is fun |
and incidentally giving the leaders chance TO
before. are menace to the and prosperity of
lar Is on the verge of ruin from this cause alone
IF union leaders will lead their followers TO better
lnteleCIudl conditions an5