The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-06-15
KEY WESTWARD.

rev realize the RlBanJic TASK unuSt-
taken by Mr.. Flagler in extending the
Florida East Coast Railway IN Key
West. The expense in preparing for
this great Undertaking 10 simply enor-
nous. Almost an army OF men are
busy framing the timbers which will be
transported TO the keys for the building
Of depots, houses, etc. On the keys
are several thousand men at work,
blasting out the rock and building the
r0adbed A considerable distance has
already been completed, and it is said
| by railroad men who have inspected the
complete work that it is the best road
bed in the United States. -Ocala Ban
ner.
The Palm Beach News notes what
| the Ocala Banner says and adds: 'Mr.
| FlaRler does not neglect the material
welfare Of the wOrkmen engaged in this
! great enterprise, which must greatly
| benefit every town and city on Florida 3
East and West coasts. Two refrigera-
tors have Just been completed for the
use of the extension steamers conveying
| fresh meats 10 the men employed.
Their capacity is 1900 pounds OF solid
ice and 1000 pounds Of cracked ice.
! These insure good. wholesome food for
the men, Two large house-boats have
been built and thoroughly furnished,
and two more are under construction
and will be similarly furnished for the
sleeping accommodation of the work
men. Their complement is 100 men
each. What more could be done by a
philanthropist even, and it goes without
saying that many of those workmen
will be better lodged and better fed
than they were ever before in their
/ lives.
when we thoroughly weigh all these
conditions for the betterment of the
working man, does it not make us
ashamed of those takers who are con-
tinually squealng about 'one-man pow
er, autocrat and other senseless eX-
pressiops. Instead of Tapping let
them 90 and do likewise.
Last week there was in this city from
Jacksonville labor union man of high
rank, accompanied by his wife, for the
purpose Of having some kind of confer
ence with Governor Broward, and who
informed the writer that the state of
affairs down at the East Coast railroad
extension operations were in deplora-
BILE condition.; that workmen were kept
galley-slaving it under guards with
guns, and that they were dying in large
numbers, almost every day. He stated
that the newspapers of the State knew
of the great hardships, abuses and out
RACES to these poor, oppressed and out
rageOusly treated working class of peo-
pie, and that none except four or five
would dare publish line in denuncia-
ton Of IL mot mentioning which five),
and that it was the purpose of the labor
organizations at Jacksonville to estab-
lsh a newspaper that would dare give
TO the people Of Florida the true facts
in such matters. We reminded our
friend Stonewal j. Triplett, whom we
have known since our young boyhOOd
days in Jefferson county, that such
thing could hardly be so in free Ameri-
ca, particularly so in sunny Florida, and
suggested that such matters, if they
truly existed, should be called to the
attention Of the authorities. He had
conference with Governor Broward the
next day, and we presume he posted
him.
The Palm Beach News statements
above are contrary to Mr.. Triplett's
statements and we herein give both,
feeling there must surely be some exag
geraton as to the charges Of such terri
BILE treatment of human beings on Mr..
Flagler's great extension. However,
let the public be informed as to this
matter, and abuses stopped, or such re-
ports put an end to.
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Claude L'Engle has purchased the
Tallahassee Capital and will move his
somewhat fiery Sun TO the Capital City
and will undertake TO establish there a
weekly paper which will cover and cir
cuate through the entire State of Flor
ida The enterprise is somewhat
strenuous one, yet it would seem that
l. Enge ought to be able to accomplish
il If any one can. At the same time it
is announced that a new daily paper IL
TO be established in Tallahassee. and
there will possibly ensue an exhibition
of journalistic fire works Tampa
Times
Not necessarily so at all. We have
been informed that Mr.. l. 'Engle's in
tensions were far from stirring up any
such unpleasantness in this neck of the