Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-10-01
BElLvllLE, I'LL.

Shiloh worked three days this week
| don't know whether they win work
any better or not but | hope they will.
and my buddy got job at Benton.
about 20 miles from shere, but we are
waiting to see whether they will WORK
here. If they don't work Monday and
Tuesday / think we will go there.
Some machine men quit since the
work got dull and that put us on the
day shift, and we hate to leave before
we get the benefit of it. You union
men in Alabama should go to Benton,
ILL.,, as there are four or five mines
within ten or fifteen miles of there,
which they claim work four and five
days week, and most of them work
six. Rem City and Christopher, they
claim, are fine. 1t seems that every
place in the state is working pretty
we'll except the Belleville district and
if they never work over three or four
days per week, it beats being in
state that you can't breathe IA long
breath without permission from some
cut throat or ex-convict whom the
company and authorities employ to
guard their property and protect the
and leaving them exposed to rain and
sun. Mind you, the companies put the
people out of their houses by law, or
at least they said it was the law. The
only wealth the most of the miners
had was large families, so they we're
left to the mercy of the people. The
union authorities got tents, which was
the only way to provide them with
shelter, while the gOod-hearted farm
ers and some others who were lucky
enough to own some land, told them
to put their tents on their land and
stay as long as they wanted to. Then
the governor said: ''Cut down the
tents; they can't live in them" What
were they to do He might as we'll
have said, you've got to move back
in the companies houses and go to
work, regardless of the price" Talk
about free country and Justice
suppose when he ordered the tents cut
down he thought that it was justice
to leave the women and little children
exposed to the weather after they had
been put out of the houses Everyone
with authority to prevent this act,
that would allow it done, much less
order it done, is as heartless as a hol-
low tree, but he is your officer, you
elected him. He is yours, not mine.
A person should look at the principles
they offer, not the promises they make,
for promises are easily broken. The
next candidate who says he will work
for your interest, if he comes around
with lot of promises backed up
with free moving picture show, don I
let him fool you Weigh his princi-
plies against his promises and his pic.
ture machine, and see which over bal
ances, but mind you be careful. 1t is
better to stay at home than go anC
vote for one of these grafters
| started this letter for the last issue
but went away for work left Sun
day and came back Monday for my
card and old clothes so l could go t.
work | first went to Christopher. NJ
luck, as | was looking for machine
| then went to Rem City, which i
about seven miles from CHRISTOPHER.
got work for myself and brother. At
las Morrow got work for Sam Mitchell
and himself, so we went out and Onl,
one machine was ready for us. Nor
row and ] took it. The second day W
worked poor Atlas got covered up witt
coal which fell off the face of th
room. 1t broke his right arm and hi
back. We brought him back to tn
hospital and the doctor says there i
no chance for his life. 1t is only
matter of a few days until he passe
away. We are very sorry for him an
his wife. The local at Rem City pay
all expenses at the hospital and will d
all that money can do towards prolong
ing bis life,
Shiloh worked one day this week.
don't worry forI have job wher
they work every day except Sunday.
I heard that Brady Jones, of ,Sayre
went to Oklahoma Now, if you hav
MT left Sayre, just come to Rem City
| wrote him letter If he has gon
"Bonny Boy can get it and read it.
Now, "Old Black Joe, - of Christie
pher,I am almost your neighbor.
hope | will met you some day, an
then we can talk things over. Yol
are right in chasing those self-rraiser
gentlemen out, for | don't like non
union men any way. | suppose yol
know big Jim He is machin
man at the east mine | intend to cal
on him some day and hope to NEE
you. If wasn't an old married mai
| would tell you what pretty cir
said that | saw on the excursion from
st. Louis, and she said her home wa
at Christopher l never told her | wa
married, for she didn't ask me any
| l,,, al,