The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin

antithesis between the natural and the artificial is pronounced in many respects; especially at that place in the river where it runs through the steep banks o

year is the one sight that gladdens the eyes of the miners

e river, and appear to the eye of one who knows their purpose, as the gibbets that dotted the shores of England and France must have loomed up before the ma

torture. It is constructed to effect a double purpose, the achievement of the maximum of production and the expenditure of the minimum of human effort. It is the acme of inventive genius.

ca; they must be imported, and that, too

en the attenuated manhood of the aliens it attracts, and when they are

e monument of the civil

commercial as superio

dustry by the establishment of railroads, the mines at this place have been worked without intermission. The population of the town has been increasing steadily for the past thirty years, until to-day it reaches the proportions of a populous city. There is little variety in the citizens; but the contrast they present makes up for this deficiency. Broadly speak

. In contradistinction to the custom in this country, the business has been taken up by others than the worthy order of sextons. That this condition should be, is accounted for by the fact that there is a paucity of churches in the town, and that the sex

n are apparent. That such a spot should develop in a State high in rank, and among the oldest of those comprising the greatest republic, seems incomprehensible. In the very State where the Declaration of Independence was sent to the world, proclaiming that men are created

nvestigation of the conditions that have created the modern institution of voluntary slavery. The scru

You know what that means. I have asked the men of Shaft Fifteen if they intend to starve, an

very man who has ever blasted a ton of co

ey, that if they make a single move that threatens the property of the P

will not a

men. That settles it. The world is big, and if they can fi

ter weather has set in. The pits and the breakers can stand idle while the demand for coal at an advanced price is created by an artificia

al answer. The mines and break

nsultation with Mr. Gorman Purdy, the president of the company. Their closing remarks as just quoted are u

o each other,

ved his three years in the pits; has been transferred to the breakers when the signs of failing strength are perceived by the mine overseer. In another y

he mines w

rve. Well, you can te

hat the men w

reatened to strike for three years. It's getting to

ious query of Metz. He detects a hid

rike this time, and that it will be the b

t we can get the coal miners to unite. If one

illed by imported miners,

directions, and every train will be boarded. The men

re unconscious of the a

apparently been watchin

shadowed the mine for

nds within earshot. He

steps up to them, "you don't want to forget that there is a Sheri

tentiously retorts the miner. "We have had one taste of Pe

ible," continues the Sheriff. Then he walks on towards the office of the Paradise Coa

s not a time to talk. These sturdy men have a reverence for words; they use them only when the occasi

been in this region for twenty years, and know where the rights of the miners end and the rights of the mine owners begi

l be of importance to us all, you will he

of a promise from his fell

n the square." They will let no event of importance go by without reporting it to ea

He is bent on seeing Purdy again, and of appea

ey of the Paradise Coal Company, a young and brilliant man who is

Trueman," is

preoccupied lawyer. "Have yo

men are determined to strike. I have spoken to M

the truth clear to him, that the men will unquestionably resor

ain the situation. I know what the men are likely to do, and what concessions will satisfy them. Metz, I assur

he men have

day or two,

Stores for their food. Well, the notice has been posted that no more credit shall be extended after

pponent of the "Company Store" system; now he sees that it is

"will you come with me to my office now, I want you to go over some of the details of the 'Homestead Strike' with me. I want to see wha

ad, Metz answers i

hich period they review the events of the great iron strike of '92; the reasons

tead affair, Metz explains the existing griev

or proper protection for themselves in the mines. These things they have asked for time and again-little enough for me

cede to the miners. This living, meagre as it was, s

You cannot snatch the bone from a hungry dog, without dang

ar as that goes, there is not a man in the labor organizations of this country who does not keep in touch with the events of the day.

that has brought on

stricted operation of mines made it impossible for any two, or even a considerable number, of the mine owners to unite

in operation all res

ures, make it impossible for any mine to be s

oal at the height of the summer season, when big shipments are ordina

the Trust shut down wo

expect. They have been submissive, because the suspension of work came in the summer time wh

three of the mines next Saturday. This throws the men out in the cold of Nove

assents Trueman. He puff

he anthracite coal field of this state. It was back in 1876 that the last of the Maguires was hunted down. Of course there is

the miners were recognized

. These newcomers have brought with them the racial prejudices and institutions that caused them to be enemies in their native lands; they constitute a dangerous element in the population of this country. So long as they are able to get food they remain passive, except for the feuds t

bloodshed. It may not be at the initiative of the miners. But the fear of the magnates is now arous

Mr. Purdy," Trueman says, as he extends his

h the progress he has made in ad

he private office of the Preside

ase of a widow who is bringing suit against the company for the recovery

sful termination for the company," are Mr. Purdy's last words, sup