The New York herald., 1867-04-07

New York city, poluresqnsy situated in a delightful
vaiiey and surrounded on all sides by thicky wooded
nfis from WHOSE tops pleasing view may be obtained
OF the surrounding country s the centre or headqaar
srs Of what may Be called the mining districts Of Jer
sey, and Is a the present moment tAs scene Of .
strike" which may yea become very serious IN ia con-
sequences a Aaia4 Fs 6io Aesi letrea 81
In he neighboosd- that is within an area OF ten
nitsen mles-here are about fourteen or afteen iron
sand TO two hundred and hfty thousand tons OF
orc q kind lar superior TO that taken from
the Penasyivsnia mines which only gives thirty
hvs per cent Of iron. while the Jensy
ore yields in many easss much eighty and eighty
tnres per cent These mines Of an immenss value
winch has not yet been thoroughly developed they
unsned with the best and most improved machinery,
N winch alone there cannot b less than three million
oo'ias capital invested, and employ upwards Of two
thousand hands, tho great majority Of whom are
soregne Al least two thirds OF this number are Irish
the remainder Ii composed Of Cornishmen, Welsh
Dutch, swedes and Norwegans, and scarcely single
Yankee 70 be found In the entire crowd In regard
70 the natonaltes It curious fact that an English.
man and Ccrnshman arc looked on as natives Of
difsrest countries By miners in general ON the same
ground, 1t 10 to be supposed the Ishman supposss
Connausht to Be out Of Ireland
OF the miners the Swede and Norwegian arc the
qaieest, the Cornish and the Welsh the most indus
tzious and the English, Dutch and Irish the noissst
On the other hand the Irish become ssnxed'' and
attached TO particular mine and settle down thers
while the CornwaIlers and Welsh only walt IN one
place to scrape up few dollars and then "travel
Tho Duch, Swede, Norwegian, and oven English and
Welsh alae, and drench themselves with beer frater
nally but Pat keeps aoo goes in for bad whskey on.
liyens the time with friendly rows, and lights with him.
self when nobody else will obligsn They reside close
to the mines In little wooden cottages mostly all of
which are the property Of the mining companies, VINO
rent hcm At rates varying from So 80 10 81 per month
The "boss' Of the cabin married man, and board
three four Of his fellow workmen, who regu
larry each morning comes at seven O'Clock proceed
to their shaft and wishing good bye TO the light Of day.
and almost earth ITSELF descend hundreds Of
low the surface there labor until the evening bell calls
them TO rest and up to earth again.
Unless by the ish church or religion fs rarely at
tended to, except In the case Of the Welchman who
constantly and aentively studies the writings Of tn
Scriptures from Bible printed in the language OF the
ancient Celtic race. and as the others wander
around and spend their spare time in profane or
amusements the silent weIchman explores as closely
and into the OF the sacred book
on sunday as he does into the deep of the earth
when laboring for the daily bread on week day.
day. The contractor gets moro. This person. who may
or may not be one Of themselves as the name implies
or o % me
control and supervision and paid at daily rate by
the company, who, after deductng such from the fun
value OF the work. hand the balance to the contractor
whose interest II therefore is to keep the closely 20
their duties and who often makes this wise from 500
to $500 and $3.50 per month"; and this from the labor of
only eight or ten, very seldom more men Still how
ever this plan sometimes works we'll and satisfactorily
to those miners OF gang who 'go partners with the
ondf fpRru ind Anf AasoA
ship and work with WILL and receive the end of the
month portion Of tho contractors profts This it is
the state Of affairs at tho Irondae mines up TO
last January, when new company having as
somed contro, contractors were changed, new ap-
pontments made, the men became dissatisfied
and since then have entertained very hard fee ipQs
against their and other employers, and have sab
rosa, been agitatng tho question Of an increase or
Goush asserted BY good autho.ss Tie orisn Or
not Of the affair." the discomfort Of the men, however
eliminated in . strike last Monday, when numbers Of
Early Monday morning party OF miners evidently
obeyng preconcerted course Of action marched to six
work 70 givs up" This command tbsv 'i instantv -
obeyed, and many OF them Joined the ranks OF the
.'ssrker Who, amer accomplishing their purpose
lowing day they visited other mines With the ike re-
suit and continued their viaitailons up to ay when
obliged them also 70 abandon work They have % wen
succeeded 10 their purposes that the hands OF twelve
the mine, = have isfs snsi, e%plSymsut and g conss
lowing mnes:-rhe Carbon, Dalrymple Dckersou
Byram. Swede Iroudae, Orchard, Allen, Mount Pleas.
sbeso % ."as oonss.e 70 ana sor.v hosa soms
other works with certain amount of ore within tvsn
heavily by the action os tneir men Those Who haun
large quantity OF ore ds out are threatened bv the
miners that snail not oeremoved for shipment from
have been cautioned against airing any of ~. but =
was thought, howsssr the s1kers would have more
this many were mistaken. To-day large partv of the
men. almost a Of them armed withSsavv ss,cks nv ..o
@sss Hns
turned again. and about sixty Of thom stasned thar,
selves At the end OF the Main street. on the
from Doveeto the Dickerson, Byram and othG, ~ ,h
mines and there stopped the teams, made the return
the town, and thus prohibited them from cart r
looked quietly and the proprictors and presldss
OF the mines were utterly powerless to defes,
their rights against such a crowd Of men
Indeed, in point OF fact there disturbances,
the men have acted quietly and cooly though very
selves in an orderly manner though am sorry 10 say
not IN very Legitimate manner. there are police
nor officials here, apparently to prevent such Illegal acts
who already number close 500 when collected from
the several mines, and the grcaicr number Of whom
their visits to The town invariably furnish themselves
with dangerous looking sticks
There Is fair number-some say moro than one
half-of the men who would be anxious and want.
ing to work. but are afraid Of bodily harm and will not
take tho risk and they get pad until the orc
is removed Therefore these poor fellows are against
their own desire, out OF work and out Of money and
opposed or at least alphabetically inclined towards the
movement which keeps them So They 0nnos go else
where without their money, and may b seen in the
daytime sitting lssiessy and sady-manJ Of them
men Of famies-around the grounds q the mines
whore they now spend their time without rccsivng
that pay Of which they very badly sans In need.
At tho mines the steam machinery 10 kspt going,
for instance, should che pumps be soppd the shafts
would become filed with wafer that eyenif the men
were 70 return they could not 60 with york for -four
or i've weeks The cost Of runniug the mshnery s at
least $50 per day. The proprstors, therefre intimate
that should the strike continue they viii obliged
let the water in, and thereby end all chanc work for
some timc 70 coma One company, havinia supply Of
SUFFICIENT 10 last their requirements 70 two years.
have announced ther intention OF doing nonore mining
this year. Nearly Ave hundred men are, herefore By
this action, debaFrsd OF al chances Of eloymeut In
this district
where the matter will END, and whether he win
continue 70 abstain nom roting h - verhard 70 say;
but the following events very likely TO occ and which
suggestive Of trouble present person
who win ciossly study anairs ~ they aret present
Men who q undoubtedly ID tine case Wit the miners
have been paid poorly. cannot fail % rsh the end Of
their purse strings soon, and then will come /
4 cYv for bread and tho mis- cannot