Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-03
Roosevelt in Heart Of Anthra-
cite District Seeking Material
for Story Descriptive Of In
dustriaI Conditions.
GUEST IN HUMBLE HOMES
OF UNDERGROUND T0ILERS
Colonel Accepts Invitation to
Visit Breakers Where Boy
Workers Wear Out Lives in
Heat and Dust,
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| fBy Morning journal sDecial Ieasss wirsl
Scranton. Pa. Aug. 2-Theodore
Roosevelt spent the day in Dickson
| City among the workers in the heart
Of the Pennsylvania anthracite re-
gion. While the real object OF his
trip is not known. it is said he in
| tends to write a story descriptive OF
the fields.
lie met and talked with the men
who dig the coal as they came from
the mines black with CRIME. He
| talked with them about their homes,
| their children and their manner of
| living, II learned from their own
| lips how they look at life. He
| climbed to the top Of q coal breaker
and spent an hour there In the Sitting
| coal dust so that he might see what
| the boys who work have to do.
He spent another half hour in a
| silk min talking with the girl work.
ers. He plodded two miles through
| the dust, up hills ana in an manner
| of places and he returned to Scran-
ton as evening was drawing near,
| black with Crime. but smiling with
delight 1T his experiences.
Many Of the toilers had no idea Of
tho ex-president's identity, which he
took care to conceal when possible,
until after he had finished his talk,
But he was almost detected when he
passed one grocery store. After he
had passed, one Of a group OF men
there called out to a member OF his
party;
say that's Teddy Roosevelt, amt
it?" but the others would not be
lieve II.
Colonel Roosevelt walked on in the
dust until he met Jake Kavanhugh, a
minor. who was walking down the
street. Ne had just emerged from
the shaft and was as black as a man
could be. He had on the fun regalia
Of a miner with big boots, a lamp in
his hat and a dinner pail In his hand'
Colonel Roosevelt stopped him.
II ant 10 go home and talk with
YOU said he, and Kavanaugli
agreed. They walked up u side street
to a small frame house with most Of
the paint worn off. Kavanaugh led
the colonel In and sat him down on
the porch. Then he went inside and
! brought ont Mrs. Kayanaugh and the
two little Kavanaughs.
Ii was the noon hour. so that Kav-
anaugh had time TO talk with the
FORMER president, who spent hair an
hour there. lie went inside the
> house. looked at The small neat rooms
a, and complimented Mrs. Kavanaugh
ON her proficiency as n housekeeIer
| sst.... II A..l. .H..t h.4l ~ thg
porch. where the talk concerned
mine life in general
al Everybody soon became aware o.
Nh. Roosevelts presence and the
whole population rushed out to see
him
o Mr.. Roosevelt tore himself awaN
a from the crowd pt length and turn
q ing from the main street. walked uI
"a the han toward the Mossiac noun
tains AZ the top Of the Hill is clus
= tered q eroup of ugly black building
pt the mouth of "A mine. As h'
y walked UP. Isiah Jenkins pattere6
u down. barefooted in the dust. 1enk
ms is a miner. He had on no coat
NO hat. mo- shoes. He had inst conn
FROM the mine and WAS Dlack Will
BE- uNlNNf AWANAAfA ANN'0N WV NA'l'lNN NNf
n and the men shook hands Jenkin
ID offered to show him the breaker an'
the colonel accepted.
They Climbed three flights o
stairs to "a dizzv height and reache'
the top ct The chute. colonel Roose
Welt found three breaker boys VIA
kept ON sorting tho slate from tn.
coal as they talked with him TIL
dust was stirling and the hee In
tense. hut the colonel stayed there
quarter of am hour. when he can
down he was AS black as "a miner.
Jenkins took the colonel home an
they toun Mrs jenkins ON her knee
s,ruhbing the Kitchen floor. Tn
colonel went over Co the sink am
washed off some OF the dirt heforI
ihe would shake hands with her.
The party then lett the village am
motorcd Co Preeksile. d hamlet tou
miles further north. There is "a sill
miu in preekNille and colonel Roose
Welt went through u talking witt
Young girls Who spend thcir day
winding siIk thread on spoois.
After he mad removed the dust a.
his hotel he met John Mitchell. for
mer president OF the United Min
Workers cot America He talked owe
labor conditions with Air Mitchell
for some lime and l,sn went in hi
autcmohile to Wilkcsharre eighteel
miles AWAY.
Early in the morning ne viii star
with Air.. Mitchell Tor AN an-das tou
ct small towns around MnkeSbarrc
lEN-PRTSIDENT NAY VISIT
SIR1kE-RIDDEN REGION