Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-09-10
WORDS TO "UNCLE TOM, MORE A.
NOM, AND DIVERS OTHER POINTS.

Editor News:
Well, the people in this country are
getting along nicely, that is, the un-
ion people As to what few few non
union people there are here they are
beneath my notice, and do not know
how they are getting along, but if
was going to guess | would guess it TO
be very poorly, for they don get any
thing but scanty living and kick
by the boss, and that is too good for
him, for he ought to have to gather
poke ''sallit'' on the halves for liv-
ing and his half be taken away from
him. do not stop with that. Any so
called man that is in sympathy with
a scab is just as guilty as the scab and
ought to be fed out of the same spoon
with him.
We are being treated very cruelty by
the governor and soldiers and guards
since this strike has been ON. Gov.
Conner ordered the union tents torn
down and there was crowd of sold
iers went to Republic and tore $50
tents down and left the union people
furniture lying there exposed to the
weather, but, thank the Lord, they
had to go and put them back up. But
never mind, it will all be right some
day.
saw in last weeks issue of the
News that there was a man at EN-
pire, who said that he was not only
a man but gentleman, but never
mind what he is, we will let people
Judge for themselves But l think he
has his nerve with him when he said
that he doesn't care who knows that
he is working at Empire during the
strike. If | were to scab | would not
want sick dog to know it, let alone
men, for I could not give a healthy
dog straight look after scabbing.
That man said he could look any man
in the face. | say hurrah for him, for
he is the first one | ever saw that could
give anybody look. 1 believe that
the reason that they can't look at any
body is because they feel condemned,
and another is because they have to be
so humble to the bosses, and are so
afraid of them that they get the habit
of doing that way.
Well, l see in our newsy paper where
there is a man who calls himself, "Un.
Gle Tom" l do not call him that,
call him tom" for if he writes the
truth, he is no relation of mine what
ever, for would not claim a relation
that is not true union or at least tall
so. l enjoy reading our paper, but in
spite of all that | can do it makes my
hair stand straight on my head when
read such slobbered over stuff a.
tom" writes. | am sure that the
editor of this paper is true unior
man and gentleman, and | will ven
ture to say that such stuff makes hin
sick, and | am not trying to dictate tt
him but | would not print such if
were him. "Tom" seems to think i
very wrong for man to look at hi
own poverty and at the other man
wealth. | think it is a slam on FIRE,
America that man, because he il
poor, can't think what he pleases
have been a coal miner for the last tel
or fifteen years, and have worked a
coal mining before there was any un
ion, and we got from 75c to $i.00 pc
day. 1t went on so for long time
Men were loading great big cars called
ton cars, and they did not know how
much they held for they had neve
been weighed, and were paid the pitt
full little sum of 27c per car. Whel
we got the union the company go
scales to weigh the coal on and whel
they began to weigh it we found tina
we had been loading from $500 t.
1900 pounds for ton for ~ cents
and then we were paid 80 cents per tol
and the coal was weighed every day
In 1904 there was some trouble witt
the companies and the men, and W
udu u SITlh6 anu bu6Io were IOJ u
men like some of our writers VIII
came and took our places, and we los
the strike. Since then we loade,
5000 pounds for ton again at 30
per ton.
Now, "Tom', you had lot to sa
about bulldozing. That seems to b
your text Now, who is it doing tn
bulldozing. l will answer before yo
have time. The most of the troubl
tnat has been in this state since thi
strike has bean started by the littl
tin horn guards that the companie
. hired. There have been eighty uniO
men arrested in this state since tn
strike has been on, and only one foun
guilty and fined one dollar for tres
,, passing, and there have been fit
guards arrested and thirty of them al
out under heavy bonds, and seven al
. in Jail and not allowed bond. Who
doing the bull-dosing1 Is it the unio
men or is it the companies
Now, tom, if you can't give I
something better than what you hay
been giving us, for Gods sake don
{ write any more.
D Now. word to More Anon"