Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06

| mining do not show hat the occu-
| patton is extremely hazardous II
is pointed out that the miner Is eA-
posed to no extremes of temperd-
ture. His work is lone in an atmos-
phere not unlike that of Mann
moth Cave, SO well are
| mines ventilated, and in an un-
changing cellar-like temperature.
After a short days work the
miner is free to enjoy life in Lynch
or Jenkins in sue a climate as
health seekers go far to ENJOY.
Lynch has nearly as high an eleVa-
ton as Roekbridge Alum Springs IN
Virginia, or the hotels in and about
Asheville, N. c. ALI OF the conVenl.
ences and most of the luxuries OF
life in a first class city are pro-
yided. The miners residence Is near
everything his wife wants in the way
OF table OF household supplies
Necessary living is not high.
The rapidity with which moLey
is spent by miners and their fam
lilies indicates welfare above that OF
a majority of skilled laborers in
GLIDING those engaged in %occupa-
tions such as bridge carpentry ana
outside painting on city buildings.
which are as hazardous as mimi g.
The miner who has come out OF the
mine covered with coal dust, caked
on by perspiration, goes to a bath
house which compares favorably
with that of the Y. NJ. G. A. IN
Washington or New York. After
ward he may be seen playing bill
lizards or attend a picture show, at
tired like a business man, or 1dlnS
oa the street in khaki according to
his bent. But his wife and his
children nearly always are Well
dressed. and nothing is too good OF
too costly for the family table.
The elaborate system of welfare
work in the model mining camps is
indeed inspiring, but the labor turn
over indicates that it inspires the
student of industrial RELATIONSHIPS
more than it does the miner. He
takes it all as a matter of course.
He seems about as happy in the less
We'll equipped camps. He drifts
from one to another often with
seeming aimlessness
Some observers claim hal in the
Kentucky coal fields men are more
restless where they are best housed,
bes. fed and best amused. The rea-
son ascribed is that tho miners in
the great coal camps feel no sort of
! allegiance to the soil, no matter
how long their residence at a given
camp, while miners in many of the
smaller operations have a love Tor
home which keeps them there.
Some Miners May Own Homes
Visitors are impressed especially
with the living conditions and the
apparent loyalty of the miners 81
Stearns, a timber and coal opera
ton which has its administration
buildings on the Cincinnati South,
ern Railroad near the TENNESSEE
lire. Here the miners are given
under stipulated conditions, oppor'
Il tcnity to acquire surface rights te
land. They may build their cot
II tages and own them and live IT
them in the style to which Kentucky
rnuuntaineers are accustomed. 1nt
result is that a great proportion .
the miners here are na..yes, Thell
log cabins peep from the pines ii
tya.ioua situations so -rlcturesqu'
that they look as If they had buii
them for a movie camera to shoot
They are wholly withou. the con
veniences which make a miner'
home in a modern camp much AK
an apartment in Chicago or NeV
= OTks N4NCS VI lAAAASAo ANAS PaS4
water from the spring" in native
yernacular, feed pigs n a per, ant
keep chickens. They know thu
hardship of strenuous labor. Blu
seemingly they have no desire 4
move, and their men share then
local attachment.
In Floyd County. in the Big San
dy Valley, native miners predomi
mates. There are no camps in TIL
region hat could be called shov
places of Kentucky coal felds. BIT
native miners, resenttng the intrp
sion of foreigners, are inclined u
remain in one place. So great.
do they resent the presence of out
sIders that importing labor into TIL
field may cause bloody clashes. II
times Of large coal orders there j
difficulty in getting enough labor a
the native coal population is no
dense.
In the model camps a miner W
nothing but his household goods
That as a rule he acquires at tn
company store after arrival. Oftsl
he sells 1t and leaves it when h
moves. Nothing binds him to tn
place. Nothing inpedes him If h
wishes to move. He goes like
city lodger. leaving one furnishes
room to take a similar n In an