Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the anthracite coal regions of ...

58 Reports of the Inspectors of Mines. [No. 10,
different tilings in and about the mines, and that do write, occasionally, to
the inspector, become known to the mine operator or his officers ? I would
state that there are always parties connected with every mine that act the
part of a telephone to tliese ollicers, pretending that it is done for the love
they have towards the said officials, when it is altogether in their own in-
terest it is done, and at the expense of any person coming within their
reach; and, as I intimated before, tliese loud talkers are not very particular
who hears them, and seldom think so mean of their fellow workman
as to suspect any one of them of treachery, unless he has been known
previously to squeal. This, togetlier with the fact that tlie officers, or any
one else, are able to connect words an