The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-07

Tho situation of AHairs-The Miners Demon
sgratien In SchuvlElII County-Thc Sentiment
Of the Mass R1eetina-RumOrs OF n Universal
rike-QuOtations, Etc
The situation OF affairs in Schuylki county is still
unchanged From present h10atlohs ~ the prospects
through the entire summer: and trouble OF more
serious nature, should the strike continue for that
The great demonstration OF the striking miners
took place at st. Clair on Monday. The procession.
including about i've thousand men, representing
nineteen districts, marched from ST. Cialr to Port
Carbon and Pottsville, and from thence back again
passing the once OF the Miners Journal at Potts
vile, groans were given by one delegation for that
paper, which is accused Of being the organ OF the
operators but which, nevertheless has for some
time past been endeavorng to beat some little
into the heads Of the bewildered mining community
At the meeting various speeches were made which
calculated to greatly distort the already imper
feet views now entertained by the miners. The
W. b. A. who appears to be directly the opposite Of
clear-headed person, and who opened the exer-
cses with address terribly denunciatory of the
whole Pennsylvania press for not supporting the
miners in their movement. To an outsider this ad
dog barking at The % moon, by which action NOBODY
but the dog and those in his immediate vicinity are
disturbed. This presiding gentleman, who, by the
upon $1,000 year paid by the Workinemens Associa-
tion for his services He is not practical miner
himself and, it is said, could not earn decent wages
at the business He is an Irishman by birth, bat
came directly from England, which country he was
obliged 10 leave on account OF his connection with
one Of the addresses was made by a miner from
Tamaqua, who gave vent to terrible threats of war
and bloodshed in case the demands should not be
complied with. ave will have fair play or we will
to the battle ground with rife for rife and horse for
horse" were his words; and every one who knows
anything about these miners knows that these
words would not be entirely brayado should the sup
posed necessity occur. The makers of "cofin no.
tees" and other peculiar institutions would be both
willing and competent to rush to their destruc-
ton In this manner involving innocent ones in their
general overthrow should they become blinded as
to consider 1t necessary. This binding process is
now going bravey on under the tutorship OF wilfuly
blind leaders.
report comes to us by telegraph that a deter
mined effort is on foot among the leaders OF the
strike to persuade the Lehigh and Wyoming men to
join them, and thus cut off the entire supply. The
leaders are perfectly sensible of the fact that they
cannot succeed unless all the important regions
supplying Philadelphia suspend which fact has
been self-evident from the beginning II this move
ment, If such movement there is, should succeed,
there is certainly slightly better chance for the
men, but If 1t should not then certainly the leaders
But the Lehigh and Wyoming men are at present
receiving fair wages and in the main are satisfied
with them so that 1t is very probable that they will
prefer to remain in their present condition rather
than to enjoy the pleasures of idleness for season,
as the Schuylkill men are now doing, knowing that
such pleasures not altogether peasurabe in the
end. Their felow-feeling will hardly stand such
test.
tonnage for all the regions now in operation has
largely increased over that OF last week. The
Yesterday has an increased tonnage Of SiO7 tons
having brought down of all kinds 434 tons during
the week. AT Mauch Chunk there were transported
from the Lehigh region over the canal and railroads
(the Lehigh Valley and the Lehigh and Susque-
hanna) 1923, 1926 II tons against 81 1853 II tons the
week before, an increase of 32, 767 C6 tons.
The quotations for coal at Port Richmond are un-
changed, but are merely nominal, as the stocks are
very nearly exhausted The supply is about equal
to the demand there appears to be no disposition
to accumulate stocks at present prices The current
rates Of freights for the week ending May are as
follows Portsmouth, 81; Boston, 81 95@2; Cam
bridge, 80; Fall River, sl'I5: New Bedford s1'75;
Salem, sl.90; Providence s175; Aliens Point and
tow, $780, New York, 81 '201 30 Troy, $40 Wash
ington, 81 10. From Baltimore: e:-Rhode Island and
| points on Long Island sound, s225; Philadelphia,
s11OG1 20; Boston, s250@2'60