Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-11-16
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Replies TO "Jolly."

Mr. Editor: Please your Honor |
want to saw few words to Mr. or
Mrs Jolly in regard to the soup
suckers.
Now. Mr.. Jolly" won t you come
back home and get you one more square
union meal? And you l and sang
song. Il once was a union but now |
am gone. Now, let me tell you that
we are personally acquainted with
those parties who have been visiting
SO much and congratulate them on
stirring about so.
Business is business and want to
call your attention to the year 1894,
when the strike was lost. What did
us poor miners gety
Listen: 80 to 3915 cents per ton for
coal; 80 cents for driving mule; so
cents for running hand pump; other
work in proportion At that low scale
of wages | believe that you had rather
be GOOD, nice soup sucker than a
scab. Say, Mr.. Jolly, by golly, don't
YOU remember when the Co. informed
all drivers that the mules should be
brought from and returned to the barn
at their own expense. Wasn't that
good thing for all men who were living
on the mountain? Mr.. Jolly, amt
YOU enioying some of that union work
vet? Don't that kind of work suit
your faster Say, Mr. jolly, what about
the time when the company wanted TO
balance the scales with 6 pounds off
What occurred when the company
gave us our just weightY We put the
coal on the scales for you so fast you
couldn' keep it out of the way.
Come, Mr.. Jolly, seek a shelter in
the time of storm. Say, Jolly, wake
up, | believe they ought to stop this
place and let it catch up. Darned if
it amt away behind
Say, Jolly, you spoke about Morn
ing Glory Said that you kept him in
hot house. / wouldn't call it hot
house. He told me that he didn't call
it hot house. Said that you could
throw dog through the cracks any
where in the house.
You must be hurting about some
soup. What has gone with all the
chickens in your neighborhood that
you can't get one to make you some
soup? Back in that 4-months strike
some time ago white beans made good
soup, didn't theyY | was at your
house and helped to eat some of them.
BY gum, they were sure fine and you
told me they were union beans.
You said that the union had gone
dead. Say, were you down on Sept
4th where you could see the march 2
There were 496 union men and boys
marching. You don tell me that it
has gone dead. If I can find out that
it has gone dead | will go straight up
and leave my shoes for some good old
scab to wear. 1t is like this. The I'M
ion is here and it is here to stay.
Mr. Scab, are you not enjoying the
two week pay? Let me know in
your next letter if you are getting a
two-weeks pay or monthly pay How
about it any way? Well, Mr. Jolly,
will try to correct a few false state
ments that have been told on Dave
Shadrick in regard to him visiting
with load of corn. Dave Shadrick il
a union man although he don't belong
to the union He is for us and he hal
not been anywhere at all except Il
Chattanooga about two weeks ago Il
sell some beef cattle He asks no seal
for anything except not to visit hin
too much as they might bring about {
conversation that might not suit them
If you don't think that Dave Shadricl
is for the union just ask j. NJ Morri
son. He can tell.
Now, Mr.. Editor, our little town O
Whitwell is progressing favorably.
don't think that it will be long unit
the company will say: swell done
thou union miners. You have Tough
good fight, Come now and prepar
for a settlement. and enter these mine
under a union scale prepared for you
from the foundation of the. Unite'
Mine Workers of America.
Will ring off with best wishes to tn
News and its host of union readers.
Yours truly, a glorious Union man,
u. II.