New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-17

The object Of Soety such arrangements win
Bylaws repunsn, to the constitution and laws Of
wealth Of PeunysDi. to :hs instrument be passed BY ma
shall 6s scppse Of sf work on account o. wages
si' be ai :
matters With them the eommii. S,u Uncovered 10 es
,si, of he members pr"sevs sbI h. Sys asa
weeks notice shah be given previous leaving employ account Of
No branch dsc. shall leave their employment any
without decision Of Convention which shall be called for that
80 member h, be entitled benefits from hi, Association NATL
he shall bsye been member I months nor shall any member receive
benefits who sba be the Of bis neapo By HtoInon any
Here are some Of the grievances which the men pro-
test against viz The collection OF all bills whether they
month hands his account in to the Office without consult
ing the miner The operator charges i've per cent for
beef for enough TO make up for five per cent.
Next are the doctors bills The physician charges IS
single person Inc men are not very particular aDOn.
this item st they think that they should be allowed
Instead OF having the operator do it for them.
pha il the case rs serious one The SHOEMAKER bill is
collected at the end Of the month"; the butch
ers bill. Instances are related where the shoemaker
took mans measure collected his bill at the Office and
then never finished the Job Usually the operators have
stores which they compel the men paroni2e This they
say against the laws Of the state and they feel greatly
geved that they cannot spend their money where they
Called an average days wages. Usually man can mine
70 tuns a day. which, according to the "basis" aud
s s sFoss redeps for 0en day per work a M
Now each miner has 10 furnish picks, shOvels drills,
paper Irvine needles and scrapers; he is also required
TO furnish aborer TO assist In the mine and to pay the
at least rs per day aud they have 20 be paid whether
Tie miner Is successful or not All things beng favor
able the usual net cleared per day VI H. This
is when coal is worth so at Ezabethport 20 II per
day - every will exclalm, This IS more than our
say that coal should never sell higher than s. nor less
than q And they say that the present prices show
plain because coal Is so high in New-York
at the present time steady market is what they want
the round They say that for years and years they
worked for 81 per day. while the operators making
fabulous sums and proof Of this they point to the
known fact that many who have engaged in the mining
business have made haRGSoms fortunes in few years:
change to come and II they getting good price
have been defrauded out Of One thing is certain, and
that is the determined TO have share in the
profits SO II the operators fancy "bulng" the market
they must pay for IT. The miners all declare that they
suffer greatly because the operators allow the price OF
coal 70 advance t has during the past Summer sui,
they do not propose to let them make SO much profit
hereafter even II there is no coal sent TO market Said
they blackguard because cannot read and write
We would Ike TO devote part Of time to books and
ors are opposed to the EisRtHoRRr is% IL was the
universal complaint that the operators were not In favor
standing ts however the Welsh and English mothers
teach their children to read and 20 write;
Surely 10 II sad 70 hear the ruehearted Welsh VINO have
come across tho TO find home In the land OF the
free complaining that time for study and culture Is de-
largest coalnne companies In Pennsylvania says they
have no trouble with the men If they are treated as h
be good reason for the present strikes $50
body Is making money in the coal trade The miners say
they not The operators say the same The commits
retail dealers affirm that they do not care whether
school keeps or not" From what can learn the opera
tors the railroads and canals and the city spectators
the OF ali this trouble The following statement
significant The cost OF mining and delivering coal at
canal in Mauch Chunk q so per at this date. The
expense OF shipping IL tolEEabethport Is s. To- to Port
Johnson % TO Hoboken, - 2O 10 South Amboy 81 10
ting coal to ErabethpOrt is IS CO. leaving margin OF
81 90 per tun for the operator when coal held at q 50
Tor the continuation merchant aud retailer is - So out
DC whatever Is. The railroads and canals take IS 10
for transporting coal to Elizabethport from Mauch
only fair profit In reply say that the per
tun for carrying coal over the Pennsylvania Central
Here a few facts which railroad companies will do
well 70 consider me Philadelphia Nsrth American OF
aud Ohio Railroad made the following statement before
the regular Board Of Directors at the monthly meenR
The cOacarrying interests IN Pennsylvania have
gently pressed this company to advance materially its
lard rates IL has been uged that At an advance Of
The net receipts oil the company OF per month the
n the company used The company. however look
comprehensvey at all the great interests involved has
spring ls6ss2 80 per Of 2OO0 pounds from Cum
Derland Locust Point shipping wharyes and proper
rates from other points. While this rate Is but
little and quarter cent per tun per mile-a
deemed by railway companies generally to be unre
the company 70 continue 1t during the present aud the
FMS policy Is directly the reverse of that pursued by
he coacarryng interests OF the anthracite regions The
Reading Road for 20 miles, has advanced its rate TO 81 so
Der un thus doubling the rate per run per mile charged
~ the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Notwltn-
standing the greatly shorter distances OF the anthracite
egons from baltimore compared with the Ouminous
Oa regions yet the rates OF the Northern Central Rail
oad and other companies have been such as to cause.
n combination with the cost OF that COAL the price |
harged TO consumers IN Baltimore 10 DC from sSto " o
The INCREASING demand for the semtbituminOus and
from West Virginia, Georges creek ana tne
nore and OHIO COMPANY in addition to the facilities
furnished by the completion OF its double track 10 Peu-
md coacars The aggregate OF coal transported east
ward for ten months from the SOh Of september 1907 to
nded 3lst Of July. 1862 lOSs04 tuns have been trans
ored, showing an increase for that period OF tso2S
being Of cent 23423 tuns OF this coal
ave been carried three hundred miles upon our railway
the supply Of the gas companies OF Baltimore, New
The manner in which great mOnOpoes are con;
uctmg business Is tending to build up Philadeiphla ana
Baltimore at the expense OF NewYork City. death-bed
epenance may do for sinner, but the railroad com
anes OF Pennsylvania, OF Newfork, and OF New-Jersey
viii shortly find that there are exceptions TO rules even
The vast adyantages 70 the manufacturing and conf
nercal interests OF Baltimore which secured by the
tariffs coal maintained by the Baltimore ana ONO
aarket rates for Cumberand COAL viz: q TO IS per
OF lao pounds delivered at manufactures accessible
" water In the harbor for steamship purposes &c. The
normous difference upward Of a per tun) between the
rice at which coal transported by the Baltimore and
)ho Company Is furnished as compared with anthracite
oas causing consumers to substitute the FORMER TOT
he latter.
The operators right in thing They say that the
per cent miners claim should not be based on the
rice OF coal I'm NewYOrk but at MRuch Chunk because
he tolls may advance so cents making tine price go up
ccOrdngly while they do not reap corresponding re-
urn from the commission dealer. The men have been
wiDded go often that they are afraid 70 trust the
perators for fear they will make tho price OF cOa at the
hines vary suit themselves This can easily be rene-
led by deductng the tolls from the price quoted at
,zabethport.
Another point in the coal question has Just been devel
ned, 1t alleged that there now lying at different