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Show ITK OF COIL STRIgjUFFEIl Life in Tents Ceases to Be a Novelty in West Virginia WILLIAMSON, w V . Dec 2fl Life 1 in n ftrikiiu1 miners' tent, oolpny, along suj rlveri ,i"s lng slnpe ecescd to la. o novelty to the men. women and iMldren Who malir 110 the lonlsta. hwl to (lie I'OStial visitor it presents many Interest -lia,- on as..;.. Whctl Hi" miners in the MittrfO county ' field Hiroek last July to nf'.re. their d-mand d-mand lor r -. ..r o o.n of the union, many I ..f en m (eft ti ij company houses thev occunlcd. In s InStanoea. bhIi-h'ariti.ti bhIi-h'ariti.ti brick cbitagQs with slestric Mollis, and went 10 live in tents provided by Mm union. There tee m.Ht of tli-m lav.' remained with their wive nnu families A typical lent colon) i n.a: known as I, Irk 'rek. nostllnc In lo valley bs-twotn bs-twotn Ti.p rlyer apd (hs mountains-There mountains-There are 21 tents, sheltering approximately approxi-mately 100 persons. Martin Jo at Ice, a M ikhm miner, presides over Its destinies 1 president, having been elsoted to 'hut office by the colonists after h had l-fen scleeteq by llje union i Supervise 1 he distribution strike bsnoflts and Buppllos With 1dm are some 60 nin alio women ami about an many pntldren The Ktriktns: miners busted IheinsQjvBsj dvHng summer monha iiii their gardens wnioh ';oli planted as noon tt I 1 0 tentf were pitched, int now that I winter has Ci me they are seeking such '. ik OS thl v 0n fmi. other than work m the non-union mines. The women occupy their time with their household duties, and with looking after '.h. ehlldren and chickOpt- The children have notblnfl f" do bul play, nn no provision for schools has PSSH made f..r them The chickens, of Vritlch there ssora " 1 nsldcrable numbers, havs the pun "f eamPi at 1 have proved of value In providing eggs ar.d I In usual Sum IS) .'inner Willi itie fl..orUi.- in th.' t. niii v will 1.0 will fixed for the winter,' said I'r.'.-l- d.ni" Martin, a r.ati." of Mingo county, "It's true the eamn in not ftS Inrce as when wr first taqtQ here. Perhaps 4 hundred folks have moved awa- the men to work In unionised flolda and taking Lpsir famillei with them. But we have liad only two men go Into nun-union mine. We'll stick." Some of the women' 'n camp took a Hvei in tor est in the late election, Mr. Martin oonttpusd, and u few 1 thsm '.1-ed. '.1-ed. They were standing firmly by their husbands In Ins IndustrTal fight, he usid, anti t:ie wow n t wlirmt ihe e rrespodn-enl rrespodn-enl talked oonflrmed his statement MinT and ilmlr families in t...- eight 1 tent colonies In the district received support sup-port from ih" I'nlted Mine VVqfK' r Each man Is allowed $C. B week, each woman s ami oaoh child ii The relief . . 10 1 in the form of chcck3 made out to the head of egch famliv and la to le pent where he hoot.es f. r fo.nl. t'loth-liik' t'loth-liik' .!' i-i inipt'licrl a.i i; loci. ve have had surprisingly little atck-nobs atck-nobs in the uolon. " sa(e) Mr. Martin. |