, 1869-06-16
COAL
The utncr4s S1Fikcs
From the Philadelphia Commercial Li,t.
TIlYTNE EfTR E1Rk

rLAy1SG WITH FIRE
It Is bcCemWlng an annual question whether the
miners OF coal IN this SEate are NOT to stop work
every summer. We are getting somewhat used
TO the stoiJ Of niness' strikes, which commence
be MORE agreeable to work than during the severity
Of Winter: The stIltc Of 1858 vas said to hive
been ORIGINATED BY tas nineta n Bat i resulted u
latter rad large stock Oh naad, the result OF
osez.prodncsion a 10. rates Of wages, and when
sneir III 1s eRp1s5tra r Tse aasa'ase sosi ade e
q nses iost nothing By the s.rtke. j enabled
suffered accordingly What might have beea a
losinG hCsiness wss uhdc = profitable one to the
,sn Gwnsrs e l.Fgc IT, oaly sufferers wess
waEcs they might have Eventually gntned. did not
compensate for the tdleness which they had
lie ttnse Of 1ssa was not he unassissed M u vofK s
Of The miners. The operators h1d no objection
to il, for their interests II was considered good
stimulated 4 ne noysmsnt T Ills was so,
brought into operation forces whica coal
iiops, or supposed questions between tne
miners and operators, are beginning to assume an
aspect which they ueycr presented before. Hlih-
employer should pay 50 much more for days
work II was roatter Of the !abotcE and Of hls
ht1e. Which conld he managed oy the Will Of the
his OWL htczest. But nov the working miners
having been, 1t Is believed, encouraged to COM
terms eutirely novel They claln aataori.y 10 de-
s9@5 ~ ssa1Is' s.a sa sasy demand A. hsIs
basts, n hlch Ia to be determined BY 1Ied per-
centage upon the crice resltzed for coal THIS ia
q proposition unprecedented IN the business and
the sulr, II It Is Acceded TO, must be that the
miners will become. to : certain degree,
partners With the operators. 1t may be verT
good policy Tor the workucn, and il successful,
n41fe nfr mi
tiEc during tnesr stftles Bas the conseqaeaees cons 6
to she oEeratots and shippers may oe momeatous.
Tasy WI not Be abls 70 say. = heretofore. Tnea
hare The sole right to determine how much WORK
they shall do. They must be dependent upon the
class, are ignorant and e4alJ TO he svayed b.
MISREPRESENTATION Or passion. The prosper is GER
tainy not plea sing one, and 1t proves = want Of
have encouraged any movements among lhe
miners which would gre them ideas OF their own
There Is smother consequence which msy be io-
volsed tn thls matter. Already the scarr,ty OF
anthracite Ia encouraging demand for the aoft
the Pennsylvania coal fields By their combinations
Increase the Price OF fuel to soch degree that its
cost becomes bnrlensome upon ibe people, they
highly injurious to them. They are now cncour-
agcd W the protecuon Of United S:ases laws,
which pisces duty upon foreign Goals sufficiently
Of this favor, they combine 10 Increase the price
OF fcei upon the consumer by schemes which
competition in business, theJ must expect lhat .
strong hostility will artse against them IA the
minis Of the people. II the coal-co1sunlnK IL
interest and The balls of Congress ate invaded
Win Thousands Of petitions foF ice sade IN coal
AnyCne can zee what the result mnst be-
fTnm EAe Philadelphia Press.
The following resolutions have heen passed
aHcst unanimously By the Miners and Labofefs'
! Association, Of the aniorac!tc coA fields Of this
wa1ar.., The object e ou: sus2ea.Iaa hx, to a
L e. &C. s9s
a2rtfy hist sing 70 ths Ia.Iket: nd hleh .as
sS. 9
I'll sn & t. tha Il q ~
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Sc I he be- e IL q q se
eoetr7; TosM prefss ste.ty nd hesithv mt1tet.
iot sbsfe far days wages fo1 f,,T days wotk:
Fe.o;:.4 That. taking iate consideration the e-e..
eevs - eEasefate 10 ssd Fl:t or daases. IA not
Ssa Sc sfP ssa tsee e fsasa e
s4..s1 Tast CO or slis1 ihe 18th tas II. a.srtet, oe
lsaHehe: Whtch ean azee With anp9oTera t. basis
| ks12 EGE Q1a0922 O. febA0tk(40G 90 1ttSIsE
The Tunnel MT Detroit
The following report Of the debate before tie
Railway COMMITTEE Of The C1nadtzu Parliament
on the subject Of tuunel1lng the Detroit Rvel vc
take from the Toronto Et6e:
"Ar. Irving, Solicitor Of the Great Western WIS
heard, 2Ed a1Eaed that under tho Jet OF 1855 the
Crest Western h2d actao1uJ 70 construct e!tht.
| tEnsel Or bridge, and stased that the
| coErany h2d taken so.ne preliminary
fteIs Nr. Reed, tie Chief Engineer, stated
tie character Of The preliminary s1rFeI. lie mid
| trs1 and horinFs Of the Detroit River were made,
4 viii view to determine the most favorable nte
| for tELnel, and tie prohaoie cost Of the same
| The Gepth OF the ftTer Ezs foF7y feet Bu1tngs
| had been made to the depth Of over 100 feet Tia
bottcu had BEEN folud TO be OF = good material
| We Esd been considering the plan Of sinking iron
| tubes dredging, IN The cEst place, 8 trench fur
| them II tunnel Kere constructed It Uould ~
act1e TO Laid 80 feet elov the bed Of The fiyer
and the approaches EolId have to be uTr- 4 m IL
| Gu each side THIS would be very expenxtye me
| whole project Vas one calling for Epod deai ol
careful examination and confederation xnd he
] was net prepared to uake IN estina1e cr give =
| couelus1ye opinion on the Brb}eet
! "Ar. OCornor, n. P. fer Essex, denied the
sistt ela!1ed tor the Great Western RaiIH1J but
! at at ereuts, they had allowed It 10 be drawn
OCT efeEea JeAr3, and had used only to ob1tEuci
! the construction Of = more southern 4nd useful
Line OF railway required BY the Western Peninsula
Ct Ontario, Of which Essex = part The Crest
Western Wished to hare monopoly, to the t1etr1.
| ment Of the country. The ra!l*4J Vas construct
| Cd along the northern line Of Essex, and wAs Of
Little benefit to It, Or the counties Of Kent, Md
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