, 1870-12-08
STRIKE AMONG THE MINERS
A Coal Famine in Prospect.

Scranton, tDte. y Correspondence u the Stv Fo'k
The coal miners strike which has been
vicinity, and throughout tho anthracite coal
r. einn, embracing the counties Of Luzarne,
Carbon, ScAuylkiil, Columbia, Eorthnmber-
land, and Dauphin, hiss been rapidly de-
I%cloling lsself. and will probably culm.nate
Tomorrow morning. The meetings, Whleh
cav, did not seenlt In anything positive, bat
Ills afternoon the uiaozs and faborers OF the
Hyde Patk, Bellevue and Eetses districts,
in Luzerne county, In which Scranton il stu
ated.. have teeu holding strong lodges, to
which the press are not admitted, ia their gen
oral localities, and unless soms compromise
h affected between the cmpfnyers and the
p,ne1s the readers Of the Herald will have I
Elcncid chance to pay fifteen dollars to
k&aL,een dollArs ton for coal this w1uter-
h tic Elk couutlea winch have enumerated
fAr44e arc 30 600 miners and lAboreru at work,
@Ay Welsh aud IIi.h. 50 that tho strike
= / Q called 4 thoroughly Celtic movement.
u ho employ this iareuae force
"a .&1r are the Delaware, LAckAwanna ana
N<Ran Coal Company, which Also is ths pro-
rxtetor Of the r ultosd Of the same name; the
Delaware and Hu~son Canat Coil Company,
which owps the canal OF tho same narne, aud
III. Pennsylvania Coal Company, which ovn
| a railroad In Carbon Ct'unty, ON which the
cars nm By force OF gravity. The 61st em-
| ploya Il, 600 men, the tecund 5000. and the
last 5000 MINERS and lAbovcrs- This large
trnds snd protective association, called the
| Miners and Laborors' Benevolent Union.
wlicn has grand council. tbs presidct OF
wlich ie John Sneeny, Of Schuylklla County
The association is divided into districts. and
| each district sends delegates 10 the CT
Council. Mr. Sxeeny il an lrishman. The
mipctr, who In their turn hire laborer., have
leen reco receiving el-31 per car for each
one filed in the miLe after the coal has en-
shkeu from the firm mass. This includes
lie lal,orer A fair days work for the miner
~ill be tie & ling OF seven cars, which will
bripc him S9.l7 Out OF this amount the
MINER pays to the two lAbOrsrs Who Artist him
| TO b]aet md fiji the car about - = day eAch
then the exptnee Of blaeting powder and OF
for the filling Of the Eeveu carr will be q,
which leaves the miner about s4-l7 for tbe
fillipE OF the seven CARS This wAs at the ole
rates. Now the three companies who coutro
this coal traffic have reduced tho rites II
cepta On each CIR. &c that now the miner
must either DO satisfied with u eents . q! q!
ont during what may be = bitter winter o.
hunger and cold. Instead Of nine d,llats api
seventeen ccnis Tor day's work, they Al
now to be reduced to i've dolEazo and eight
cents for the game labor, out OF which abon
two dotlarr and forty cent? must ho paid q,
/
and ell, 1esyi1 the miner, who is buried L
the eazth all dAy long. about two dollars An
forty cents for Lis skilled labor
Tie great m.jotity Of the Welsh, Irish
and Germans who work In the mine
! are porseseed OF 3 very fair degroe Of in
teilirence, and night schools. cve'us gram
mar sehocle, glee clute, choral, semperAne
and philosophical ard debating societies NJ
: semmon amo1 them. Tonight the errate.
J e1cien cot reigpa among tho minere Ill asoan
Ilscce, With cfo>ed doors, and oollo,ing
, cc,ne On ~ to whether thoy shall adopt res'
!. ccmrrornise 10 60 to work 1t reduction I
q2k cents car. which is half tho rate o. :
I U,de Taik District is, oelievs, for col
rfomiee. Should the grand coupel adopt Il
1ctofution 10 sutpand, ,hs 50. COO miners y
!. etop work and tho strike will, perhaps. pro
i The gresteat ever krown in tie United ssAtt