The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-06-05

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should be freely circulated among you. This
say without egotism, mind you.
Ashland. Pa, MAY isaa.
4 Go1D.-The men at Grassy Island shaft
suspended, and after being out Two days
20, scared anu relurned a. work, but were
informed that repairs were being made, ana
/ their services could be dispensed with for a
couple Of weeks.
LAST week Sonuykl county sent 775
tons Of coal u nsIket-agaiust lJ0 41o-tOr
VI The cor espondIng week "a iss, t-4r.
v Tu4Er are no quotations ~ coal by the
cargo 10 this city. The retail price remains
about the same as before the suspension,
and there Is no good reason why &c shoul
/ advance.
| TINS Scranton company have raised ftcir
Y prices % csEts ptr TN.
The following viii ey.aain me Of the
means by which tue Iuzerne coal compan
4 res endcavor to control the coal market, by
cheating the state The railroad companies
/ mentioned own al the coal transported over
their roads:
HARRisBUKG, Nav 13-Judge Pearson this
morning, sitting 10 the Court Of CommoL
Pleas for the decision Of Common wealth
cases, decided two suits IF general interest .
The cases were against the Delaware, Lack
awauna, < W@tern Railroad Company and
the L3ckawanna & Blooms burg Railroad
Company Toe claim u the Companies was
that their bonds, on which Tx was imposed,
were mostly held by the residents OF New
/ York and other States, and that Pe1nsylya-
MA could not lax the property Of citizens q
other States. The Court decided that 4 the
property vas protected by PENNSYLVANIA, y
could te made 70 pay its share q taxation.
\ Judgment was rendered against the former
Company for $40 ,JOl and against tho latter
for $50 00o.
Tbs Scranton Republic m'-in defend
ing the action Of the Luzerne mon-am0n-
other asser- ons ID reference 10 the miners OF
Schuylk,Il county says.
"St0r.es are told W miners starting such a
run as this, and making a tip tO the old
country, the coal coming down Of itself, be-
ing regularly hauled, away, and the foreign
tourist credited with his days work every
day during bis absence. Il is said twenty
car loads can often be tax IN out at the cay
work Of a single miner
TT the editor credited any such stores, We
admire his -ULlibllity- ii when writ.ng
ID, he knew ita ialseuts~. IL shows 10 what
desperate straits tile Luz5rng men are put
W 10 find excuses fir their contemplate
conduct.
A MEETING was held 10 Grandyille on Sat
urday the 22d., Messrs Siney, Parker, VIII
hams, Humphreys Kelly and others made
stirring addresses, calling on The men 60
stand iirm until tie condition Of the trade
would allow them to resume work at iiyiag
wages.
The action Of Hyde Park was denounced
IN scathing terms.
A sCoOEssFUL operation Of the TRANSMISSION
of blood was recently performed By DR.. En-
rico Ahanese, at the hospital of Palermo,
Sicily. A youth aged seventeen, named
Giuseppe Ginazzo, of Cinisi, was received at
that establishment on the 20 Of Septem
Ter last, with bad humOr on bis leg, which
il the end rendered amputation necessary,
I the patient being very much emaciated aud
lab0Ung under fever. The operation reduced
him TO a worse state than ever, and it be-
came apparent that he was fast sinking, the
pulse b.ing imperceptiOle, the eyes dull, and
lhe body cold. III TINS emergency, Or. AL
bauese mad recourse 10 the TRANSMISSION OF
blood az The OILY remedy that had not vet
been tried. Two assistants Of the hospital
offered to have their VEINS opened for the
purpose, and thus, az two different inter
vals, 800 grains Of blood were introduced
into the patients system. After the frs
time be rec vered the faculty Of speech, and
stated that before he could neither see nor
hear, but feit 81 Il he was flying through
the air.. tie is now i'd fair state 81 re-
covery.
FOREIGN.
The GREAT Miners STRiKE.-The strike
among the miners, according to recent dis
patcaes,w ia lass until Juue lst, aperi0d Of 8
weeks, IL Is asserted, being required to con
sumo the surplus coal in the market An
other strike Of week ID the middle Of Au-
gust it Is stated will ue required ID reduce
the production I'D a. 10 increase the price of
coal to a paying rate. The mines worked
up 70 their iui capacity, il il asserted, FRO
duce from 100000 to 600. 0U0 tons Of coal
in excess o. the demand, and a suspension
Of four weeks, il is believed, will be requir-
ed TO regulate the supply. The Miners Tn
ions, i IS reported, have recently adopted
certain regulations in reference to the diff
ferent grades vi labOrers and miners. Thus
IL has been ordered that an inexperienced
hand must serve two years as a laborer in
the mines before b. can act a. a miner. Mi
ner coming from foreign countries must
proyo that they have been working at that
occupation for two years before they can
obtain positions, and hands entitled to
places 10 the mines must be furnished with
work N preference to strangers. miner
Il forbidden 70 take as partner any per
son under tweDty-ora E, unless be be bis own
son, or the son of a miner who has been
killed or injured by an accident in the mines.
The wages OF iaborors are fixed at not less
than 81 % a day, ead of miners at not less
than 81 IS.
Don't stay Long.
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