The New York herald., 1870-12-11
fHE MINERS STRIKE In THE LUZERNE
CGAL DISTRICT.

From the Pottsville PAL Miners Journal Dec 81
dlcuty that exists among me miners ana Iasorers
employed by the companies In the Wyoming coal
Held These articles are calculated to magnify dill
cuties deceive the public and also TO raise the price
or coal The price Of coal, 1t is well known, has
been below the cost Of producuen for the last three
stock the market and there ought to be an advance
at least Of fifty cents ton TO the producer to enable
n IS o coal 90 aa
vance, and any dgure beyond that sum ought to be
resisted. The market sis well suppned with coal,
and there Is ample ability to supply all that is re-
qulred from the different coal regions where no
ainiculty Is likely to occur The greatest dfculty
made IN the city papers by parties interested, who
desire to affect the markets-andjt Is anOtOnousfacr
thar whenever the price Of coal has advanced largely
II has been caused entirely by such publications
made In our cities. The reason Is that these papers
know but little about the business, ana they cannot
tell whether the publications sent them are correct,
who send them.
lows: After the former turnout In 1869, these eom-
panies resumed work by paying higher wages than
ever the Miners Basis called lOr. These wages
these companies continued to pay up to the lrst
OF December. They we're considerably higher
than the wages paid in Schuyklll county during all
OF 1879, and the consequence that the indlvid-
ufS operators and companies In the other regions
~ continued TO work in 1870 were forced to pay
the same wages. 1t was generally understood that
the object OF these companies in continuing these
high wages with lower prices Of coal was TO prevent
the W. b. A. from Keeping up their union IN all the
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that caused the continued difficulty IN Schuylklll
county during nearly half the present year. which
as the suspension continued In Schuylkill county.
on all occasions the W. b. A. said 20
same wages that the companies pay and
that they also pay in the other reglonsg'
In reply !. was generally stated that Il Nv was mpos-
ket, and situated as Schuyiklll county was, when
the market could so easily be overstocked II ali
worked, and that so long as they held out In Schuy-
Kill county the w. b. A. here enabled Them TO keep
up prices and pay good wages by keeping the supply
nom Schuylkil county out Of the market. This vas
the situation and this was the reason why the nigh
wages paid In the other regions, and they were
thus s enabled to increase tneir supply nearly
county Tell short OF last years supply nearly 100000
tons
regions in adopting the ''Gowen compromise" and
going to work this Increased supply caused decline
in the price OF coal, ana wages LII Schuylk declined
on the compromise coal declined; but In LuZerne
| and carbon counties the same rates oil wages con-
tinued to be paid up TO December l.. 1t Is known
that the companies, since coal has declined below
tine cost OF productlOn have been negotiating with
eacn other to reduce the wages on the 1st OF Decem
Der and have given notice to do SO. The wages re-
| ceived In the Luzerne and Carbon county regions
! were very good throughout the whole OF
| was unusually prosperous. In the ShamcEin, and
particularly schaylKill county, ii has been quite the
reverse. Every part OF the trade received remuner-
ating prices except the producers who have all suf.
fcred IN this region to greater extent than at any
| time since the rebellion broke out
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but IL depends IN some measure on the prices tnaJ
were paid before, which vary at different collerles.
| The companies may have made 1t large so as 10
open the door for compromise. There Is no strike
as far as We can learn except with the three com.
| panleS named, and they may hold out all
winter without materially Affecting the coal market,
as the other portions OF the regions can supply all
| the coal required. We warn the public abroad
against any panic with regard to The price of coai.
There is no necessity, we said before, under any
circumstances that an advance OF more than from
nty TO seyentyve cents per ton should lake place,
and this is necessary to save from positive loss,
and also TO enable the operator TO pay living wages
| to mis- employees And nothing VIII put up the price
OF coal beyond the sums named, uniess It is the i'm
| prudent and foolish articles published by the press
| In our Cities VINO seem to gl0at over anything that
they can create sensation upOn regardless Of the
eject IL may have upon the business and the con.
| SuInerS at large.
We have no doubt that all the difficulties will be
adJ dJused as TO commence next years business in
good time TO supply all the coal the market will re-
qure. The people in the coal regions are learning
considerable, aud NO parties care about holding out
long wnen fair offers OF adjustment are presented.
II there is likely 70 be short supply OF coal and
prices are likely to advance much we Will give due
notice OF the II Is neither the interest OF the
producer the trade or the consumer that prices
should nuctuate beyond q fair remuneration to all
parties and there is no design IN the coal regions 10
bring about any other result, Notwithstanding the
sensational articles sent to the cities by silly CORE.
spondents or interested partes who desire to create
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