Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1915-05-12

, as with all other classes, some o. toe0
who are better managers and caa eeS
along on less and have better sur
roundings than others; bat Tie major.
ity OF them are men Who rented tAeoe
box houses at from 81 to eie Doota.
OF course. their manner OF living ves
very poor among them, with What eosy
had to buy being % very hi0h ao4
their having 20 little Doosy WITH
witch TO buy. hence they lived pin.
cipany on bres6 asR SbsAsAs 1A0-S -
tatoes and sweet potatoes. anA . great
deal fsyrup which 10 raised aro1oA
in that section Of the country-they
make = good OF syrup. cane syrup.
which IL very cheap. They 5use -
simply the absolute necesstties q ufs
without any Of the laxurtes.
Chairman Walsh: And how abost
clothing!
Mr.. Mont somery: Well. abost q
par With what they sat-or1inasy
clothing. just very ordinary cSoeA1nG.
Chairman Walsh: Are ~ DooDeo
all white or are part of tAo0 ooeosO4f
Mr.. Montgomery: TAe GAs FoDair
ers were. yes. 4
Chairman Walsh: Were vhee veps|
people:
Mr.. Montgomery: Tee.
Chairman Walsh: To ~ so0e GEL
eral idea nov about H. hvtvA0 eonds-
tions down there. ! vealA neo ~ ~
tell Ne further: Yoa say tAae i
rt.ss sSsSV y~sss. ~
few years At any rate. you avssAGo1|
about SIS . month?
Mr.. Montgomery: Yso.
Chairman Walsh: HaA yea Q h0-
iny.
Mr.. Montgomery: Yes.
Chairman Walsh: How n that With
reference to adequacy Of vaes ~ .
man to raise family o. In that usiGA-
borhood?
Mr.. Montgomery: Wen, II q ~.
II | could have-the tina vas rsisoaG
my family. had . small fa0ily; 1
had only two in my family. tvo soas;
and while was missing the0 I vNo
getting l6's cents an boar. BY sAo
time | got to where Oot - csoss q
hour my boys were gr0wn, anA voek.
ing in the shops themsolvsa. OF
course, could get along bsttsr than
man that had = lot of ANAL ehil.
dren. little boys and giris coming up
that he had to clothe and feed as1 ail
that sort OF thing. But Il % happsaea
that when l went to McComb City III
had some property. had some laDA. II
sold that and bought . hoos in Nc.
Comb City. That enabled Ne. noe ..
having any rent to pay While I vas
raising my children on this sixteen
and half cents an hour. althoush Il
took my monthly wase-my moothly |
wage would average about 80 month |
' for about Is years-no. not that long |
about is years my wages averasod |
about ga month.
Chairman Walsh: Was the work
laborious. was the work hard!
Mr.. Montgomery: Why, Dot nscss-
sarily.
Chairman Walsh: The general char.
acter OF IL?
Mr. Montgomery: Well, the general
character of 1t was repairing cary In
that day and time. I Was Q car re-
pairer then. during the first few yeary
worked with the company. OF
course, II was comparatively hard
work. Yes. sir A good deal OF Il vas
just all could possibly do because
never was so very stout,-for In
stance. handling car wheels where You
have 10 change wheels on the cars.
Chairman Walsh: What are you do
ing now
Mr. Montgomery: am not doing
an,thing
Chairman Walsh Have you been
out ever since the strike.
Mr.. Montgomery: Yea, sir. |,
Chairman Walsh: You mentioned ,
about owning your own home,
Mr.. Montgomery: Yes.
Chairman Walsh: You live IN Nc
Comb
Mr.. Montgomery. Yes.
Chairman Walsh; Are there other
employees there that own their homea,
Mr. Montgomery: Yes. smp,oyss. a ID
few. YES.
Chairman Walsh: Did any oe 49, /,
leave. or are they all stili thsref
Mr. Montgomery: They have an N
there. hardly one there. I do ~ Il
know of but one other man that ovDaI
his home In Mccomb City When ~ |,
strike commenced that y there tnAnv. h
Chairman Walsh: How many -
lownsss. would yoa ay.-yos say a
~ 0sre-could yoa Apr ximsSa-I
ove us tAs nnnhss ~ mos epoo1n. ]
ealy tAAA thaes
ar AsaAGuner-.- cs,. there vsrI
l,sassasAss - svuss boass thsss