, 1870-12-10
THE GREAT COAL STRIKE,

1k1l!n Staring tho City Of Scranton
In the t'AEc-FWentT-S,vo Thou-
snuu 5lcn stnnuanx sa1e-E:xckae-
na~nt In sbe Coal ReKion-Tnc
Conference OF ths Cnp,ta1tst-.
a"f' ha 'oe. 81 9; *ess1,*p'"drree sr" Of r st''
The contemplated. et,iko Of tho miners
throughout the Anthracite coal ragiouIhas At
list Iaken place. and twenty ihousa.d wotk-
men are re soiu.el* ss1islpg to tesist tho tiog
price Of their coal before wiuter fairly s+ta in.
At the last trade eale, sbe price Of coal being
fraction less than 44 per tou, the three
companies controlling this traffic concluded
10 reduce the rates paid miners is ceuts on
each car The miners hare been receiving
II 81 fer each ci.mond car load, out Of whicR
they have Leen compelled to hire two laborers
At :? dty, and pay the expenses OF blasting,
poxG. fuees, and oil.
To load reven cara Is good d1y's work 1t
give the mintr - II, or 3 net return for his
tkiAed 1sbor OF about S4.a5 day. Nov the
mpsnies composing the ruE havn reduced
the rates OF pay Is cents On each car Th:s
would allow the mire1. only abant Sl.10 for
4 long day spent hundreds Of feet beneath
| - surface Of the eartb, and exposed to hor-
| ture Ike those Of Ayondsle or Ca1bondals.
For come time past the miners and labor
| ers in the counties Of Carbon. Schu5lkill, Co
luubia. Northumberland. and DAuphin have
1
but the mote moderate And conservative
voices Of those employed in the Hyda Park,
BelIevslle. and ke1eer diatricta, in Luze,ue
County. have been heard in al Asseo.bla9ee
and by all depusasions who v1c;ted
Scranton for tbs purpose, and delay w.s
urged hut to-day grand couoci] wss hold
At HYDE Psrl. opposite this city. and =
majority Of 658 declared in favor Of An imme-
1ia,e strike. At this moment nearly 15. 900
men are out Of employment in this county.
| $&t ktnn+ a .f,l L.
wires the membt rs Of the Miners and Labor.
ers' Benevolent Union are enrolling in the
| grand ARMY Of St ikert. THIS society is com.
pe sed OF Weltb, 11sh. English, and Germans,
and numhcra over 10, ooo members, iii boand
by the result Of the meeting Of the grand
courcil.
Their President is Mr. seiny, IN 1sisbmar
| OF Schut1kil! County Tho union has fuue
Of over 5a00. ono, Ill OF which the stsikers vii
expend rather than submit to the injus,ic.
, il only scheme to raiee the prico Of coAi
after which tue companies will accede to thei
d.nandn- Meantime. however, much suffer
ips from et1d and hunger will ensue, notsith
; | standing the coal companies esy that they d
/ not regulate the price Of labor By the price 0
| coA1.-
lhAd IN interview with Ar. Ruthren. chic
, | clerk Of the coal department OF the Delaware
: IarkawannA L Western Railroad Cc1n oan,
to-day. He raid that the companies ought !.
3 I QAFG CQt CCWB tuo p1Fe F1!A 10I u11111DR II
z coal ti1 noIths ago, but that not having don
!, | 30 than, they are determined not to give
= now. He added that the company had sbor
l. 151. 0e0 tons Of coal on hand, which Is di
!. ttieuttd in the yards X scrsntou, Port Waal
a | instop, Hotoken, Elizststhtowu, S5racuA
>, Oswego, DnHalc, and 1thlcA, and in tran.is
10 Great Bard and New Hampton iuncuo
,e The three great compani.a which control Il
r AptkyHcite region ars the Delaware, I..ck
m wauna. Wee tsrn Coal Company, the Pen
l. ,yly,.i. Coal cowr.ny; .od The Del4Ta
.. employ rea1ly forty thousand m IN, includil
IA btalt M md labor:rs employed On The ee
e- eral railroads which transpa11 the coal. l
re- It the latter sympatbize with tbs strikers. II
re are necess ai,ls out Of employment when
ur rniuelx are not at work
Il The presiding eenius Of The grand coun
OF II Hyee Park last night md to-day is John
i'd Lewis. Welshman. who has amaesed I lit
ie. properly, and has unlimited tndueoce over
on counsFymeu. who arc very numerous IN Il
~. couIt1v- Much excitement exiets among
~ cla.ees in and around Scranton, ~ Iii.
). recognized II tho gre ateat Strike ever atteu
:. ed il the United States Should it conti1
~ ~ Ill virteT, this city must look forward 10 III
w Several tyadetmen ereu now t11k Of moyl
s1s- out Of the coil region altogether.
die Enosa Of the miners can be seen coaveEsl
to in the etreets, while iii the har-roous ,
W. fayo1ite reeorts Of theirs. Muck liquor
drank. and t.orlble is Apprchended. o.
Gu two roltcemsu ire here, AID, should anv
.t'3 olerce be attempted, they can d. nothing
te- Ml. Samuel Sloan, President OF tho Dr.
ths Ware, LackaE1nna i Western BAlroad CO
~ EAoN. eaAIed to1 -" 1o1A s11s e'En1s6:;
,ns stockholders Vt beth the railroad and c
nsa companies. Delegat1oos from the Atjoin
ers counties are expected to arnye here tom
ter row. and there probably viii Be deal Of
re- | c!temenI heAo943ne* nc St'lzena ~
in. AZ Angr5 word has been spoken