How Hungarians Work In Pennsylvania

The importation of Hungarian laborers in hirge numbcrs by the proprietors of the large coke works in and around Uniontown has produced a great deal of dissatisfaction among native miners and laborera. ïhere are now in the neighborhood of two thousand in the whole coke región. So far they have oniy attempted the commonest kind of labor, such as drawing coke and digging coal in the former occupation, and also that of "forking cara, which consista in throwing the finished product of the ovens into the railroad cars. The women assist the rnen and do fully as much work. You see them everywhore at work among the men, their stumpy lïttle fingere ana peculiar dress making them ererywhere distinguishable. While at work they wear a little coarse shawl thrown over the head, concealing all save a patch of dark skin and a pair of small, bright eyes. A man's coat, with the arms cut ofl', frequently adorns the arms and body, while a short, thick woolen or flannel petticoat completes the toilet to the knees, where it is met by a pair of men's top boots. Armed with a steel prong fork, a woman will fill a box or open car with coke in something over five hours, for which her husbanC or the man she works for.receives $1.60. Then shouldering her fork and taking the shawl off her head, she trudges to the company's store to make her purchases for the kitchen, or rather the "pot," for nearly everything these Hunfarian laborera eat is boiled in this "pot," which most of them bring with them from Hungary. It has been alleged by the enemies of these people that they are very promiscuous in their habits, but thh is not generally believed. There are nearly as many women as men among them. In respect to the economy and frugality they display in their mode of life they greatly resemble the Chihese. One of their nuniber will walk miles, if necessary, to a butcher's shop and carrv off, with many expressions of regard and delight, the offal and refuse of the butcher shops and slaughter-houses. Theycook these in the "pot," together with water and beans. This, with bread or crackers, make up nearly their whole üleu Out of a pay of fortyfive dollars, the average pay permonth, they will draw thirty-two or thirty-three dollars in money, tho balance being consumed in store orders. The American or Irish workman receiving the same pay will on pay day, owing to hia more lnxnrious living, most likely be several dollars in deht l.o the store. The Hungarians consume a vast, quantity of the ohe&pes't whisky, which they drink like milk, but in tiiis they are not outdone by their fellow-workmen of other nationalities. They are favorites with the operators because they never grumble about the rent nor the price or the kind of groceries they consume, They do their work not only cheerfully but giadly, and never strike. Colonel Schoonmaker, who is the largest individual coke manufacturer in the región, says: 'The Hungarian comos here to work. He ia anxioti3 to work and eager to save. If tho wages are low, he rcgulates his expenses so as to save even then, and there are many tilinga that American and Irish werkuren might learn from him with profit." There has been some improvement among them ince they have been here. The women wear longor dresses and cleaner ones than at iirst. Many of thom wear shoes now instead of boots, and although tho men still drink whisky thev drink it at home in their houses and not on the streets. They come here among the very lowest of the population of Southern Europe and probably the oft'spring of serfs or slaves. They look on evory well-drcssed man they see ipon their arrival as a lord or prince. One of the paymasters here suid that a nuniber of them tried to kiss his liand when he first paid them. All of them save the money they make and many of them send it back to Hunsrary to bring over their friends and kindred. - Uarri.ibura (I'a.) Patriot. Diiiidoe Junction is uite a place for possengers '. chance for Ann Arbor and Toledo. Bárdly a train but what gets passenjreis trein there and jnst soon iMilo geti liis wind mili factory, forty by sixtv conipleted, thon look out for a blow.