Show JU I r CHILDREN IN TUE MINES hINES S I Lila ot 01 In Ch ho cite Coal Coni Regions 1 I w tho on the raIlroad chilli I a tIto n I a that thai ho he filled lIh coal pile tor uso tO In Int I LL rook stove ove o child er It 11 years t lok bk 11 I du over pale nn hIli d Ills very cd t I Jle he heI ot or Iti hi ond nJ I for tor 1 withering V r ct e eI th tb lle tor or I u I a od H tr en ou our 1 t I old 1 WylI tho U SAn g in 01 oric In 11 the tho breaker rt rd work And ou lid I does nil the other lad ure not striking k th te n hen t It In Iii for tor nu he naked ou oj a ent en J I you OU III I I Pared detective aInt n Dy t A I g nys I r In his hla tears b by lit I was Willi mer merely ly I a vIsitor te 1 and Aud that t I W was S livina In a aI ar aa I he r me war a your york work In Int I said t It over there liea lie he that black structure out f 01 tM to In a t tall tilO tho l our hundred kS In 10 that bu I 1111 11 1 that nil all nilis allt this town Fo o b kers In I We go 10 to work nt at atthe is t d la is II anti and stay until G 6 We I the he mOIn for tOl Wo We Weer It comes out ot coal nil as over ti tb 11 er pick out aut the tho anti ller dosee 7 nil IiI we 1 rat suggested I lher until 01 got Ct U Ud to It It I l I PrettY and III makes dusts du cal Ill The Tho breaker kind kiad of get et got to 1 winter o you teJ tei In cold nil all day Hut But lie he hel lieM beta M I 1 tO tG r I mind It no noIr Y l d proud thing I 1 kiok about fh rita onlY Ir tho thi coal cuts my I te e 11 the thC coal will once In a ae PitiS naIls ort oft and wear Jt e lear 1 ti he be has to ta down dOTI to tile tilO bone bOlle so 50 untIl they henl up UI 1 of Cf or ii It too bad that they cant cantI of the coal from I run t 11 a fellerS fingers off a his WIlT I much do you day The most you ou can cents 1 ft itY the breaker Is SO cents a d day Y In Jh that t In two years from rn 11 nIt L I on 40 cents I nm am get geton et worked In the tho lon on 1140 TOU rOU iker Ever sInce ole me adder was far In the mine In a gas for tor life you know Ei must have been everi you old OkI when you ou picking cell al alte te Child hesitated Well how lie he raId Eald old olti It maJ cs no was waR o ot and Me papers apers Ii nn hull has got ot em nOW They t The Im work to I 1 13 when liTI Sy I ADs OS Ci 1 that s shat I 1 WIlS Are many In III the breakers younger In TOU oldest t I Iii ot of the sure Im one 11 1 ii GJ 0 cents Most MORt ot Of cm theIr t and fin years old but added II all right though he The papers say there nil all allU U II In en 11 14 YOU YOC eer go to school the fist tune time In our talk the thet t td nd laugh I not with the Innocent but with laugh o of the bid of mann man ot of to lie echoed Say mister yo TO out mOlt be I a green hand band hy lads I 12 go to no school Ih pork Jork tn In the breaker As lie he art ot alon along the thc rth the heavy suck sack ot of coal on hits his lit litti ti shoulders he looked back bace mt at te ae O as though he be won m 1 hat e manner ot of man this at be who auld e for a mIn mInute ute Ee that II a born under the coal coni It Ir cloud could ever receive time the light II I IS ID education n Tte child spoke the sImple truth do not go 10 to In Ill They work In the brea breakers anti t e Intellectual and physical stunting I childhood saddest Vart Jart ot of life lite It the The CO that Is s brought liP up In cars Us te base ot of the shaft Is III In lar largo e hs Just a mis It has hos been or out ut o of the vein Prom From the cars tt it II hi dumped Into crushIng machines It into IntI the various sIzed lull In Whir It Is sold to the mr 11 ar aro In the cupola II I the top tp ot of the breaker and ond ruin s th breaker takes Its name n k broken at 01 tails falls Into enormous re s1 on the hoer helms below the her the sieve It rough ouCh bus that po 4 to tho floor when u II load 1 on freight cars car t tt th the coal Is more or less slate slat rock it itt and to this out ot of the aln lit r of Is th work ot ote e boyt s and 01 old 1 employed In the ikera atS ened to t the edges edgell or of the chutes I It where the workers sit f morning till night forever tr Cr the e bl k stream that hews past It em rAn An ordinary breaker employs f om m 4 Q to GOO coo boys and men Over Oer e r sang ang of c 50 Is a foreman Le e of at the breaker Is as asai l t 1 a ai 1 Its I II is isi i si but l u er r Is a heavy I of at roa lust The sieves make wb den n tr clouds or of tm it is to leI th br r r Strung along the thea tall alI a i a t f ama that connect e In ines IInes These are arc sup HUp tItS Lt t toh l lit building In winter vinter L tit Ill Is needed In the tho thoat t e 7 IJ h II I ever eer allowed to per ver at ruh jU h hI breaker llIn rR sa say tho en re tit bf the breaker Is t a L I outdoors nett Tt that on tile me In Its tc It an sworn Ill before tore 1 a aA j ot A t for tor every cery boy hu t rn r Iii to Ici 80 C tur ten tenI rk I breaker The Tho atlida It t I t A v s a age to he be I 12 years ears tier ter Th rl there It Is no such t tits tr te at hl bor lor In the 8 III icy tho I 11 I In tact act every breaker brenker It t o the I gd age b bIn by la J I sate lt ot of In n That means mern that 1111 Li ner er xer ker boys bos father must Iv loshia his 11 I In order to toCE CE tl s t I it a lire life employment that VT J ct be o of in 1111 not iq but also tram contact Ih th re p ent or ot of 1 at ht so limits his field ot of he I Is ot of necessity con b brt to shrivels ls his Intel tty cf rrt bIn Il Is anti lends to I rute hIts i lre t ben e II hh who champion lon the bit ri general principles C Ile I g Ing ng Into the merits 1 7 I n the miners rR small the t to ma de o rao which Induces IJ Qc ot of Oil an edu eduL k L tJ rights ot ever eer ar th p flag but m mJ my miti J ft t mIners and theIr phil eLe ur IS led me Inc to believe the thet t t j 1111 II an 1111 much flinch nil arm the tho 11 fly rell responsible for tor the 1 Lilt bUd Ltd n t at o the min mimi mimic tI hl 1 I that the he condition M c t 5 4 would bo be borl ps rt tJ 1 It I t the I Present strike rl J I 1101 rt iT tor or the miner minert of lila I t 5 S U Ie I 11 I miner l is the thc two or orn n I 1 that hIs hIli chIld chilli can canIn In 11 I bi not make enough p ate for cot II Income to corn com come rt th f ot of all mini e offer Ir to the his riI If tn r from rom the theCo r I l lie Co To Q a very er large extent nt tIme tho minor takes his hh child to time tho tram time troglodyte tc tins haH the tho ut of chilli Far tIme the miner there is 1111 mm other uther worM ilium the colliery tow ii a t Is 18 othe vocation tam at his imis than time thE coal cOlli hi ark bu hii t the ho t mu imir taut this vIew only goes to hIs hili awn that lInt lila life amid lowering him The Ih image ot of God Is Iii with the soot of at the minI mImic Why the lad 1111 work hi Ii the the miners have said to mime me lie He Ira Is strong nn ani It If he to the lie h ho be around o of the tho doing nothing hook wont help hOlp bun much In the tho mine maine Another Indication of the of at the lit habit In Antha cite Is till the In ha time tho land thur duro 1111 tile thc last 10 years ot of the which mambo 1 a for tor the tho labor lawr of at miners little daughters A percentage o ot of nil the tho lmos ho worn In till United In III 1110 In hi tte hulls In the ot of lit In these 1110 employed of oC lIttle gIls rhey are ure paid under the piece work amid are ure to earl from 1 O Oto to 3 POC Iler week ieok limIt of age nt at which girls m ate to work In is Ia 13 Por child earn earmis a I at the tho loom Oil arm Is on arm nl file In th mm mill olleo she sho is 19 13 11 years ohl Yet Yel one not have havo to employ close cloHe scrutiny to Beo eo that very I r tew fest ot of tIme the girls are oro over 10 They Thoy are arc miners children time the sIsters of at IOs bOs who under it 11 sworn guarantee ot of 1 12 time lire the slate out ot of coal conI for or 40 10 edits a 11 tiny Why the stocking ers era selected Anthracite for tor their thell faCto sites o they know that time tho child labor L by their cult CAli be more immure readily Iii lie thu humid of at the miner titan thun else eIe In the ho United States rime realized the prO prey ot of chilli when they callie caine I Ito to Anthracite My t chillI was ns a 1 gIrl ti 11 said When In my Wild was III tIme the ca cave In time tho tOys to work In time tho breaker The Tue ot of lie to a place for tor IIII tury nt at the baum whole she could make fO 0 a day But she 12 yours old said I 1 Oh easy matys almo lots of o theta them are oro YOU younger lor mior that You can hine the papers minnie out uny ago you rOil to for fOl hmil C n a dollar No I sa ys I hi I It over ovel time the says 1111 mut to toll tell no nolI lI iIi s anti auth because o of at that I cant lie about her age although Id like to do It for or time tho monc Ill her to the tho lie day Lt IJ I 1 says Im ot of What I 1 done IJ clI when sue sho ivere 12 yenta mint l months Cioll oti otilie lie he took her rime fhe alto sho hail kInd ot of turned limbo o 0 Amid site could coul not mint jiO go to anti toil tull all up lh timers rc her hier was it II If H Nichols In him the tho Christian T |