THE LABORING CLASSES ARE GETTING TOO MUCH MONEY.
OFFICE OF THE
CONSOLIDATED COAL MINING CO.
To Stephen Elkins, Washington.
Dear Son-in-Law:—
I shall be home Thursday. Am very tired and worn out. I do not believe that I can keep up this pace for six months more. My back aches, I fainted from over-exhaustion yesterday, and the only food I can eat is pre-digested milk. Please have Murphy, the foreman of the mine, discharge the laborers who are agitating for higher wages. We are now paying them 80 cents a day and what can these ignorant German and Irish laborers expect? They never earned that much at home and yet they dare to come over here and make these preposterous demands. I never could tolerate the Germans and Irish anyway. However, do not mention this fact before election day.
Yours affectionately, Henry G Davids [** signature]
MAYOR HARRISON’S CONFERENCE WITH JUDGE PARKER AT HOTEL SEVILLE, NEW YORK
