The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1910-03-30
INTERESTING SIGHTS
Viewed by Miner Delegates in
and Around Cincinnati, Dur.
ing Recent Convention.
Echols, KY, March "a, 1910.

Echols, KY, March "a, 1910.
Editors misunderstanding been In
Cincinnati since the evening of the
14th inst, going as a delegate to
he special international Convention
of the United Mine Worers of Ameri-
ca, and the convention having but
very little work as yet to do, as the
Joint Scale Committee has been in
session and the general convention
has adjourned from time to time
aaiting the report of the Scale Com
mittee, in order to pass off the time
/ have been taking in some of the
sights in and around Cincinnati.
/ went to Ft. Thomas, seven miles
out of the city, over in Kentucky.
We did not have much time to spend
out there, but we saw the barracks
and quarters. They have nice build
irgs, grounds, driveways and walks.
We saw two old style cannon dis
mounted. on display as relics of the
old war days. We were on the
grounds at roll-call and witnessed
their maneuvers which showed great
training. This was a beautiful and
= impressive sight
also walked over the great Sus-
pension Bridge crossing the Ohio
from Cincinnati to Covington, Ky.
, I had read of the bridge and thought
! knew how it looked, but when /
saw it it did not look as history had
described 1t. There has been an adj
ditional cable added and 1t also has
iron truss work all through to strength
en- and steady 1t, so that now wag-
oIs, street cars, horses and people
travel over it at any gait desired.
The members of the convention
were invited out to see the City Work
House, some seven miles out Of the
heart of the city. There were some
200 of us went out in the afternoon
and went through the work house.
They do not all break rock, as most
people suppose. 1t is only a few of
the shortest term fellows that break
rock. The fellows that are sent for
any length of time are put in the
shops where they make brushes of all
kinds and wire goods and various
other articles, too numerous to men
ton.
Next we went into the home for
in they were all assembled in u
kind of entertainment hall. There
were about 300, ranging in size from
just big enough to walk, up to IA
years old. The professor of the in
stitution seemed TO appreciate our
visit very much. He had the chill
dren render us several pieces of vo-
cal music which was something re-
markable for children of their age.
Then they were cheeTed by the min
ers, after which the professor said:
Boys, let's have three cheers for
the miners" and so they did. Then
we witnessed the children leave the
room, which was equal to military
company, so far as training was
concerned. We were then shown
through their dining room. bakery,
kitchen and sleeping quarters, then to ,,
their work shop. We We're inform
ed by the professor that the boys did
their own cooking, serving their own
meals, making their own clothing and
shoes. We were in the shoe factory |
and saw shoes in all stages of COM
pletion where the boys had left off
when time came for something else.
They have about six pairs of shoes
each--three pairs for Sunday and three
pairs for everyday wear. We went
down to the drill grounds and watch
ed company of them go through an
army drill. They were commanded
by one of the boys, l suppose about
IA years old. have seen State mi
litia and United States regulars drill,
but / don't think | ever saw more
perfect drill than this. Then the
band composed of thirty boys, came
out, and rendered some as fine music
as | ever heard. The part of this
trip that was most interesting was
to draw contrast between those chill
dren as we see them now, and to pic
ture them when they came here. Some
of them were sent here for offenses
committed, while the remainder were
children who had no other place to
call home. S. G. HUNTER.
SIeeDIess NIGHTS.