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Two Genuine DarkiesWe wi *it* nt Kalin lt;’reek Monday an*) coining down on train No, II. Inter* \ii'W*'ti two Jot black darkies who w*ov froth from the southland. On** of the fellows who, if }»o**ibU\ wan a shade darker than the other, wan vi*ry talkative. The nook of a pint bottle «(w eo nap Ion cm* in an Ins Id** pocket of hit* coat. This chap said ** these darkles got back ti* Alabama some way; don’t know where wo am at.: better V out of work among people what knowx uh than among strangers, Then he wan tod to know' if the white )M*ejdc would let t hem perish up hero, Their story to u* was the name they told a I hi Hois (\mritr reporter while In Dulloii Mon-forenoon, which U a*- follows: Theyalleged that they had Ivcn engaged at mining in A la twins, but at the time they wen* induced to come north by the Shawmut Coal company, they wore on a strike, the same as the miners in Pennsylvania. It was represented to them. i*o they allege, that they wore wanted to work at grading on a railroad and to mine a little coal occasionally. For the railroad work they were promised SI.50 par day, and for what mining they did wore to get 50 cents per ton in a six foot rains. When they arrived here they wore told a mistake had boon made In tho price of mining. The scale was forty cent* and tho colored moo fouml that instead of six fwt the vein being worked was from three to four feet, and that there was no railroad grading to be done. They claim that they were surprised when they diacovorwd that they had been brought north to work in a region where a strike was on. and the fact that they are skipping out a* speedily an they can to elude the guards, make* their statement appear as truthful,
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Reynoldsville Star
Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jun 13, 1894
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