Since September he had thus at last been able to establish his famous provident fund, which was still very precarious, only including the inhabitants of the settlement; but he hoped to be able to obtain the adhesion of the miners at all the pits, especially if the Company, which had remained passive, continued not to interfere.
Aussi, des le mois de septembre, avait-il créé enfin sa fameuse caisse de prévoyance, tres précaire encore, ne comptant que les habitants du coron; mais il espérait bien obtenir l'adhésion des charbonniers de toutes les fosses, surtout si la Compagnie, restée passive, ne le genait pas davantage.