The workingman's advocate., 1869-05-29
THE MINER.

The suspension has taken place in all the
counties mining anthracite coal in Pennsyl-
vania with the exception Of HYDE Park in
Luztrne county. No definite time has been
Fixed on to resume work but if n is the in
tenti0n not U resume work until the i'm
mense surplus Of coal has decreased 70 a rea-
sonable amount, June lst I be about the
date.
The city papers all report the suspension
a strike and, in commenting on It, say
hat the miners have not said what they
want, nor DO the operators know the causes
Of the strike. This is none, no doubt, in
the interest Of the deslerst; he general pub
liz not knowing Of the immense stock OF coal
% hand, WILL without protest, pay an in
creased price for coal, on dcoosaa' u ats scar
citl 81 far as the miners are concerned,
ample notice was given OF the intended sus-
pension, and if not one ton OF coal was cut
before the first Of July, there would still be
10 actual scarcity. The following from the
Miners journal is interesting, 50 f.i as 1t
explains the contemplate action OF toe mi.
usrs If Hyde Park
" "LUzssNE CousrY CoAL OPERATIONS
LUzerne Cognty coal operators, particularly
the coal mining and Transporting eompa
nies, are very selfish, if no. mean and greedy.
It is known that two years ago contest
sprung up between the coal mining and car
rying companies and the employees, which
caused a turnout, aud lasted nearly three
months. Il w.s local affair, and the
Schuylkill County miners were not asked
70 stop, because here was a demand for coal.
Last year difficulty on the eight hour ques-
ton occurred IN Scbuyikili County, and al
most asgcneral suspension Of the trade took
place ia the Schuylkill and Lehigh Regions,
which removed a surplus of sboht 100000
tons 0f coal from the market and saved
heavy losses to the trade. SchuYlkill and
Lehgb counties bore the whole brunt OF
this suspension, and this squared the din
Gu'ties in these regions. This year It was
4 known that the market would be Overstocked
/ again if all the e0llieries were to be worked
/ full time. The FIRST proposition to remove
this difficulty, by the carrying companies,
came from LuZsrue county. 1t failed, owing
to the greediness Of some Of the parties.
7 The men undertook to do what the com
paDies desired, but failed to DO. Now, after
1 the men had agreed upon a suspension in all
the regions for a period of about two
weeks, one Of the companies, after the men
At Hvde Park had agreed to join in the Jus
pension, and after due notice had been given
to consumers to lay in stocks TO last during
the suspension, prevailed, through intimida-
tOn or other wise, TO induce these men to
violate their agreement and 20 to work, ex-
pecting to reap the advantage Of such an
operation, and then induced their papers
to charge the whole suspension upon the
operators in Sebuylkill County, when the
suggestion frss came from Luzerne county.
If this is not meanness, we do not know
what is.n
MEETING OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE AN
THRACITK &C - FIELDS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Pursuant to call of the President, the
Council met at Hazelton, Luxerne county,
on the afternoon Of Wednesday ,l7th inst
A full delegation of members and all the
officers were present In addition TO the
: above, there was present special delegate
from Summit Hill, Carbon county. also one
from Hyde Park, Luserne county
The convention proceeded to the transac-
.ion Of the business which came legitimete
ly before it,
The special delegates from Summit Hill
and Hyde Park were allowed seats and th'
! privilege Of speaking but not OF voting II
! the Council. For reasons satisfactory 20 tn
{ Council, the privilege was afterwards with,
r drawn from the Luzerne county special del.
egAte.