The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-04

element viii be let loose upon the community Men
ssmartlng under sense OF wrong and humiliation
sempating the deprivation of their arhllies-goaded
~ Mants OF companies oilictals and harassed By
sinister councors-will not rush pcll-mell into tho
mines at the corporations, bidding and upon the
G%orporatlons' terms OF eighty-six cents per car.
~ the valleys for twenty miles are the giraqe-
Split OF retaliation and revenge; ana there u nd
!elne 70 what extremes desperate men may be
Imagine cxigencies which may arise Thatthe miners
WIZ make no attack upon the military Is certain nor
VIM they attempt to interfere with those whom they
denomlnate "blacklegs,n working Tor small opera-
tors but the trouble may be expected when the
acts OF violence and outrage II viii reaurn q gnnJ
sized standing army In Lackawanna valley 10 main
tain order Whenever II is made manifest that the
miners are to be swayed by sense OF revenge
instead OF restrained BY confidence that the worst
Is past and eventually the corporations viii incline
to more liberal propositions.
The depressed state OF affairs In Scranton thus far
into the summer must continue II there - no at
70 some S and cos that
more than they arc now doing. Efforts viii be
made to have collery here, aud there 10 TO work,
the grand result Will not 90 touched. The amount
OF coal produced VIII De too insignificant even for
c comment ana matters WIN hang along until the
now apparent We must walt for developments.
The military force In Scranton has been IN
This movement has been rendered necessary By
the details for the Trip Slope and some other
pOltS where uiHlcuity mas been anticipated. some
OF the officials Of the large companies make light OF
the resumption In Wyoming Valley and say Il will
not effect their position IN tho least This may or
may not be true In $780, wnen the basis
system was lnaugurated, the large companies
held ont about six weeks ana declared
as iervently then az now that they would never
Yield their men an advance. Eventually they did
yield and gave the miners more than they ever
asked lor ana more than they ever expected thus
actually educating 10 the very prolonged resistance
and expectancy which they now so bitterly combets
but on all hands 1t Il conceded that the condition
OF things Is extremely gloomy and unpromising ana
business men, although their strait Is very mucn
exaggerated, are darkly, deeply beautifully Glue.
significant event took place ct Scranton this
morning. President Gowan. OF the Reading Raft
road, ana President sam Sloan, OF the Delaware,
LackawannQ and Western Railroad, passed through
appearance OF these allies IN the coal conspiracy at
this luncture foreshadows there Is something In the
wind OF Importance; Ia the present posture Of
&nairs Mr.. Cowan IS the strong support Of the
Delaware Lackawanna and Western corpora
ton In ITS arrogant position, and MT. Sloan
must be particularly Anxious to still keep
the Schuylkill region idle. It Is doubtful Il
the yedopbtable president Of the Reading Railroad
will be able to withstand the hre IN his rear when
the Schuylkill operators will realize when coal be-
gins TO move from the Wyoming region in full guam
tty. 1t Il thought that Mr.. Sloan Will have to man.
age tho unpleasant fg hit on his hands alone. Th0
situation Of the coal dead lock can now be Illus
trated by driving pick into block OF ice-there u
no telling what direction tho cracks Will take,