The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-10
CITY ENCs.
TIE COAL TRADE.

The Scranton strihe-rhe Rxsdss FROM achuyi-
Mill stopped-Uompiete Tonnage fer she
Week-Quetations,E Etc.
The leading event is OF course the eonsa nm alton
OF the strike in the Scranton region. 80 far 10
sonesns u.s. tne strike Is OF very little account thai
by the operators. The Immediate effect will be to
steady prices at this port, but there will be ne
eessity whatever for great rise In prices the more
especially as the season is pretty well over aud our
coal region devote itself almost exclusively to
supplying The CITY and line fer the winter, But even
th6 New York market need not he much Affeet at
present. as there an abundance OF stock already on
hand at all the main depots or it will to the
raise in the price, so that all the coal which they
have now on hand and which they have mined at
low rate may be sold at high prices and at large
profit Under the circumstances the company is
under the imputation OF being concerned in bringing
89out the strike which is undoubtedly 70 their in
1t is charged upon them in addition that they are
always endeavOring to crush out individual opera
tors by an abnormal state OF the Market either one
way the other and such state of things they can
alwayk bring about by reason OF their power as
owners both Of the mines aud OF the transportation
facilities In their endeavors in this direction they
have been particularly successful, az least In theiI
own particular region.
satisfied with what they called the 'miserably low
rate Of wages" were procuring travelling hcbets
and were making of in large numbers 70 Tue upper
regions in the hope OF obtaining work at the higher
rate there paid But the sudden and severe lower
ing OF the rate OF wages in the latter region has sud
denly put stop to all such Intentions, and those
who thought to better themselves now remain in
Schuylk, where they are mostly content to work
for what they can get.
That the Scranton men should strike at the great
reduction In wages which was suddenly put upon
them was not to be wondered at, though strikes are
always to he deprecated and avoided II the COM
pany made the great deduction with the expecta-
tion Of leaving room for a compromise, they were
for once mistaken In their calculations and We are
heartily glad of it. But il they purposey fixed the
rate so low in order to precptate the strike for their
own interest we sorry that the men have fallen
into the trap thus set for them. The coal trade
ought not TO be arbitrarily ruled by combination
either on the side OF men or employers, and any
thing looking towards the thwarting OF the unjust
demands on either side is to be welcomed by all
who are in any way Interested in the trade. more
just system than that vogue will be more easily
obtained when the present arrangement is per-
sonaly found to work Unsatisfactory to all parties,
and this state 1t Is hoped is now nearly attained.
The striking parties are the men employed by the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, the Della
ware and Hudson, and the Pennsylvania Coal
Companies. Why those belonging to the last two
have Joined the strike is not known, 1t was only
the Lackawanna Company that proposed to reduce
wages. The strike in the regions worked by these
companies is general, and some collierles have
stopped in other regions not on account Of strikes,
bat from want OF orders
The following is the complete summary OF the
trade for the past week. as reported for tue Potts
vile Miners Journal OF to-day