Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-10-08
MEEKS, TENN.

DPetfd 20 me NedOS.
AS me and Mrs. David" had to
move last week failed to contribute
my few lines to the News SO far as
news is concerned, that's scarce ar
ticle away out here in the sticks.
d Some of the victimized miners have
been able to get work at other mines
out here, provided they would be right
good fellows and not raise any disturb
ance in any way, and some have gone
to Oklahoma, and some to other parts.
l heard of a fellow the other day,
one of these petty bosses, cussing and
recussing the universe, and then turn
ed around and said that man that
would not send his children to school
ought to be hung. He never stopped
to think that he had just cussed out
the very foundation of schooling for
the coming race. Take Coalmont, for
instance. There have been thirty-two
men refused work and forced to leave,
thus compelling them to take their
children out of school, and that to
such an extent that there is strong
talk of removing one of the teachers.
There are from 40 to so children in
daily attendance now, when | am sat
isfied that there was at least $50 as
signed to the school under the age of
81. So you can see how well interest
ed they are in the children having
schooling. There are, to my own per-
sonal knowledge, people, while few in
number, that are unable to send their
children to school for lack of clothes,
especially since Jack Frost has visited
us mountain people on the night Of
Sept %. =
Now, then, if the operators succeed
in getting these men back to 10c a
car, as was the case in 1898, would
like to ask how will people send their
children to school then, and sometimes
think it would be the best thing
that ever happened to this part of the
| country if the companies would cut
the price down until it would be an
impossibility for a man to exc out a
miserable existance, and then maybe
some of those fellows would wake up
to sense of their duty
| wish to relate little incident that
happened out here Just after the strike
was called off. There was fellow
who got employment under the Sc
vance Coal Co. at $3. 90 per day to
help break the strike, and just as soon
as the strike was declared off, they cut
!. his wages, don't know how much,
but anyhow they reduced him enough
for him to cuss little about it, upon
which he was promptly discharged and
had to leave. OF course he in the out
set expected to be cut in wages, but
Rn the other hand, he expected the
krike to last some 18 or "a months,
ht as it only lasted about - days. he
kly got about $40. 90 out of it, and, of
lurse, he didn't like that, and ] guess
the truth was known, there were
5everal more fooled.
/ intended to say something about
(niners buying up coal lands and go tC
kputting out their own coal, but as
"Uncle Tom" is going to discharge
every man on the mountain if he don
y vote to suit him in the coming cleo
4 tion, and since he is against every
{ move that is to the benefit of the la,
boring man, of course he is against
1sthis move also, and so | guess | haf
j better not say very much about it,
Ewant to say to "Tom" that be haC
1 better keep his lip out of my business
or else | will let the public know just
what he is. If you cannot spat al
me through thu columns of the News
you are not honest, or you would moi
say so much through Mrs Grundy
as you know that is monopolistic pa
per, and won't print articles for any
body except you. So kindly ask yor
to keep your lip out of my business
l will ring off for this time with thu
promise that l will try to say some
thing in my next letter on the cooper
ative mining system.
PARKWAY DAVID.