The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-17

will screw the pipes and gar them slxrl,'
and the young people will reel to the tune
of Tullochgorum.' Poems Will be recited.
speeches made and memories OF the land
Of the brown heath and shaggy wood will
be recalled. Christmas and the Fourth OF
July are always celebrated In hitting style
This is particularly true OF the foreign ele-
ment. who prize the liberty and institutions
of this country, and testify their devotion
TO them in all ways. The coal operators
only speak contemptuously of the foreign
element during strike On March the
man with the leek in his hat is known to be
follower of st. David, and on ST. Patrick's
day our Irish friends let the world know
that they still true to the old sod.
Beneficial and fraternal societies -four
ish greatly among the mining population.
work with a pick in the mines. Such so
cieties as the Catholic Total Abstinence
Society and the Good Templars. have done
wondrous work for sobriety in the mining
regions-indeed. II is hard TO overstate the
good they have done. All OF these hold
entertainments and picnics, where whole
some amusements are rife Children speak
pieces local orators declaim. singers try
to excel each other, ball games, band con-
tests, foot races and dancing tend TO drive
dull care away The miner backs his favor
lite ball club. foot racer or makes what 10
locally known as roar.
1.-The miner. generally speaking. is a
great reader. Papers from home, the best
American magazines, works OF standard
poets. the daily and weekly papers. treat
ises on mining and the mechanics of min
ing the rule, not the exception in the
miners homes. Reading-rooms and debat-
ing societies flourish. and from out of these
spring the John Mitchells, the w. b. Will
sons, the John p. Reeses, the w. ID. Ryans.
John Fahys, T. d. Nicols and hundreds Of
others whose ability and eloquence have
commanded the admiration Of the country.
DURING A STRIKE.
During strike groups OF the strikers
will be seen in many directions, while
someone of their number reads the strike
account from daily paper. 1t is amusing
to hear the remarks they interject into the
reading. If they think the statements are
incorrect one says: The son OF thatcher
another grits out from his teeth. It's the
skite in the COB he should get; or That
If the account favors them, it's Gods
truth
special pride. If there is only one green
spot in the town. It is found I'm the church
yard. The church Is always attractively
painted though every other building In the
tewn is weatherbeaten and blackened. The
rectory and the parsonage would be cred
Its 10 much more pretentious places. De-
spite the fact Of many nationalities and
fraternal feeling among the churches
IF one church gives fair to raise funds
the members of the others patronize IL lib
orally, and much of the gracious feeling
which exists in mining town among its
inhabitants is due TO the broadminded and
brotherly spirit exhibited by the pastors
OF the various churches. Many coal oper-
ators, greatly to their dscedit have tried
to infiame racial and religious animosities
but the United Mine Workers were too
shrewd for them. The operators supposed
that the national antipathies would be per-
petuated Lere and thus labor organiza-
tion prevented. If the United Mine Work
ers never did anything else they deserve
the heartfelt thanks of every lover OF our
country for molding these discovered and
discordant elements into HOMOGENEOUS
mass of loyal. self-respecting American
citizens"