The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-19
FROM THE coal REGJONy.

Tf sSssSs y,Ss Of
Dissatisfaction Il has Caused.
Special Despatch 20 The Euenirg TeLegTdph
SCRANTON, Pa, Aug. 19.-The Republican of
this morning contains the followinp:-The finale
OF the suspension movement is eliminating with
great rapidity. The developments of the past
three days have shown concusively that both
companies and men are ripeIfor a resumption of
work, but MS large bodies move slowly, it is
natural to infer that some time would be wasted
in truitless negotiations before the miners would
formally abandon the basis and accept the tempt
ing wages now paid for that class of labor in the
Valley.
Wmle the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Companies men have unfnchngly demanded
the basis at their several interviews this week
with the general coal agent, it is significant fact
that the burden of their talk hasbeen to elicit from
that officer a specific proposition for an advanced
rate of wages
We have been personally assured that all ex-
pectaton of a basis had been abandoned by the
men two weeks ago, and that if the agent would
offer the men the wages paid by the Pennsylva-
mia Coal Company they would accept it as terms
of settlement, and be in readiness to 90 to work
at once.
Whatever merits or dement's the question of
power to successfully withstand the claim for it,
and this they will do, if necessary, to the bitter
end. Learning last evening that Mr. Thomas
Dickson, President of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company, was in the city, we called upon
him to inquire what policy he had adopted
towards his men in this crisis
He was emphatic in his assertions that the
principle of the basis would never be enter
tanned under any circumstances by his company
The rank and file of the miners and mine
laborers are uneasy to be at work The leaders
have avowed their determination to abandon the
basis and with it their disastrous alliance with
Schuylkill and Lehigh.
The committee have said that an offer of
Pennsylvania prices will be accepted as a COM
promise, and the strike terminated: and last,
though not least, the Philadelphia and Whining
ton Railroad and the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Companies have officially signiicd their
willingness to pay the Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany's prices.
The Doings in the Vicinity rWiIISesbarre- The
Water in the Mines.
Special Despatch TO The EUening TcleTrGDh.
The Union this morning has the following
from Hazleton:-Matters are quiet among the
disappointed laborers at this point. The pumps
were stopped on Sunday morning in conse-
quence of the engineers refusing to tend the
engines, and from interference on the part of the
labOrers.
When Sheriff Rhoads arrived on Monday
night with the engineers from Wilkesbarre he
found that the mines were rapidly filling with
water, and in a few hours incalculable mischief
would have been done. The pumps being started
it was found that the valves had been reversed,
and tampered with to such an extent as to be
perfectly useless. The defects were soon re-
paired and the mines relieved of water. No
attempt was made to interfere with the en-
gineers, and the pumps have been working
steadily.
On Tuesday the laborers had a meeting al
Wegan's, which was preceded by public de-
mOnstraton, and procession headed by brass
b nd from Harleigh. The men were peaceable
and quiet, and from the appearance of things
the sheriff was OF opinion that he would not be
| needed.