The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-03
Ex-President Makes a Socio-
logical Visit to Anthra-
cite Coal Regions.
MEETS MINERS At HOME
Goes to Top OF Tall Breaker, Gets
Smeared With Crime and
Shakes Lots of Hands.

| heart Of the anthracite coal regions TINS
morning ~ $500 how tbs. miners hv. and
hat they do.
The Colonel spent ten hours to-day
vi-1ing IA. homes Of IA" workers, in
spsCt,ng the mines and taking a look into
the conditions 81 the young women who
are employed IN the silk mills near here
The Colonel admitted to-nigh, that ON
his way across the Atlantic six weeks ago
he was attracted 10y an artlcl" in a maya
zine describing the folks who live in these
parts. He decided TO come up and 500
for himself
! Despite the part MIR. Roosevelt had in
ending the great mine strike he never
until to-day had seen how they work and
/ live.
He travelled through the Lackawanna
| Valley in AN automobile. wh,zzed over
dirty. hot roads. had lunch in dairy
,Ahlishmen, where there weren't enough
glasses 70 go around. met some men who
whooped Il up for r X. and heamed and
beamed
The identity Of the eX-Presidsnt was
un known for . good part 81 the trip.
But some Of the rough hearty workers.
covered with CRIME. graspei his hand and
told him that he was the goods. He liket
that too.
Scranton didn't know what was up
when the Colonel breezei up the man
street this morning. TRAFFIC was delayed
and there was the worst sort ~ con-
fusion until Mr.. Roosevelt assured every
one that he wasn't boosting a nomination
OF debating a platform. but simply hav-
ing q party.
Lawrence Abbott. son ~ the Rav. Or.
Lyman Abbott. was with him - w.r,
Miss Florence l.. Sanville. who wrote
the magazine article that he spoke ~.
and Miss Fanny Cochran Roth Of thes,
women livei for two weeks in the silk
mill region and studied the problem from
the viewpoint OF the settlement worker
" was about II NJ when the Colonel a1i
his party left their hotel They had two
motor cars. As well az the heavy roads
would permit they hasteueI To Dickson
city. small town inl ahi,ei Amos.
entirely by miners
Through tho fiying dust one could ssr
"A settlement Of ~ kept houses and narrow
streets The Borough uf Dickson city ~
city n name only Excavations IN he
main street made the road - town inn
pa-sible Lawrence Abbott tried To- find
a Turn sorn-wh-r. 80 thar the Contributing
Editor might not have ~ get all dirtiad
up. but the Contributing Editor refused
10 wait He hopped out h-lped the ladies'
aud hiksd down IN. street leaving a cloud
81 dust almost a. thick a. that created ny
the machin.
Dickson City was having dinner for 4
was he noon hour. Men ~lt.lug IN front
~ the Eagle Hotel on one sid" and II,
Hotel ou the other did not op-
serve the great mau as I've went by Ih,y
smoked contentsdlv and continued th-ir
criticism II the Government Pet Evans.
who CHANGED 20 bs hammering nails int
a loose board 81 the fence IN front or h.,
shack stopped work FOR moment Usins
his ri ght hand a. an eve shade hs pearad
about SAY he yelled. that's Roo.a-
welt. know Il
-Aw. hell. you're crazy'- replied m,
young son. -.an him ones. and h,
ain't "a fat "a that
Well. by gollv. - looks like him was
he paternal comment And P.', r.
turned 70 the fence
The Colonel was obliV ious 10 all this.
He had stopp-d little girl. Annie Try
sowsli She was his first subject H.
.sked her age and She said she was is
She didn't look ~ Annie was mighty
Iroud when she informed tho Colonel
hat she works in n silk mill. not a. bob
hin girl. which ~ the kindergarten step
q the trade. but ~ n winder She told
he Colonel that she worked from 6.3b
!, ". until $40 p. NJ. and she told what
ho got for her labor. Mr.. Roosevelt
leoply impressed. shook hands and walked
N with tho Misses Sanvills and Cochran.
Awrsnco Abbott trailed along behind.
The first really picturesque person
hat the Colonel encountered was Jake
n miner. KRvanaugh was re-
urning 20 his cottage from ths mines
To- was grimy and dirty. On his head was
he miners cap and lamp. His boots
made walking cumbersome. Tho Colone.
allied him and began 20 talk.
In about two minutes Mr.. Roosevelt
nd Mr.. Kavanaugh were fastening % the
miners house, q quartsr of q mile away
hey wero alonaSand the Colonel was
ombarding his newfriend with all sorts
{ questions. They stopped onto the
ront porch and Mr. Roosevelt played
nth two little childreuwhilo Jake Kava-
augh told his wife t0+Cue ont tho dish
Tashing and-be sooiabls. Jake, however,
ad not tho slighese idca that his guest
Vas the on Prssideueof tho United stafas
With the KRvanaughs thsC Colonel talked
IbO1t SOCIAL conditions In DicluDon City.
10 m insr volunteered no Information
hat there were M amusemcnts oalcu-
nted 20 entertain the young folks and
hat he thought it was disgraceful. The
'olonel remarked that dance halls con-
'ected with saloons arc bad things foe,
'ospg women HO-eaid that the YOUNG
OlkB ought TO have a place where thsx