The Portland daily press., 1871-05-15

SCRANTON, May 13-[Special to New York
Evening Post. THE miners of the Working
nen Benevolent A ssociation at Hyde Park,
near this city, the headquarters sf The Della,
ware, lackawana and Western Company's
workmen, talk sneeringly of.the proposition
male Yesterday by Thomas Dickson President
oil the delaware 81 Hudson Canal Co. 10 fhe
men OF the two companies. They declare to.
uay tnat, tney VIII take no notice of it. The
miners OF the Delaware & Hudson Comnanv
beld meeting at Providence this morning and
V0ted upon the proposition, aud it was rliect-
ed. MI. Storers, General Coal AGENT nj tLa
delaware, Laekawanna IL Western Railroad
last evening assured ,he laborers of that com
pany that if the miners refused to accent ,he
proposition The mines should at once be thrown
open to laborers and they should be invited to
enter the mines upon the terms named by
Dickson. In the present aspect there is no
DOUBT That serious disturbances will ensue if
the la6oreIs enter the mines. The Welcb ma-
ers say they will never ork again until heller
terms are offered.
louisville, May 13-The RESUMPTION of
work In all the coal regions is now fast b.com
ing liked fact. In Schuylkil work will GEN
orally be resumed Monday. The independent
companies OF yoming are also preparing to
resume, ana IN the regions of Columbia and
Northumberland counties special agreements
have been made. The miners OF the Iebiob
Coal and Navigation Co., will also Commence
on Monday. The anthracite trade is now q
Io9 ,Oo4 TONS behind last year. Last year we in
creased 1,7l6690 tons over 1869. Had no sus
pension taken place and the offer made hy the
operators and companies been accepted the
market this year would have taken from 300
OO0 to 2,O0U OOO tons increase at low rates.
which would have removed nearly all surplus
production nom the market, SO that another
years trade would have absorbed the whole at
increased prices. As it is there will be no in
crease OF anthracite this year and we NAV fall
htue ahort OF last year, and the whole in
crease will be made up from domestic and for
elgn bltumipous coal, so that the anthracite
TRADE Will be IN the samo condition next wear
as regards the ability to oversrock the market.
From the best information there is transporta-
ton capacity equal to 725, GOO to 100000 tons a
week during the balance of the season. The
whole supply OF anthracite coal sent to market
last year was l5,368, 437 TONS. We have already
sent l, 7624la tons to market and for the le-
mainder OF the season we can send at least
4S0Ooo tons on an average up to December,
which would bring it up TO the supply of last
year. II the prices should rule at about 81 so
put on board at Philadelphia, and say IS at the
shipping ports at New York, We think the
market will take about last years supply, but
If they should from any cause whatever run
ABOVE THESE prices on an average we doubt very
much whether the market would take within
half or three-fonrtbs Of million of the guam
tlty sent to the market last year, and the ball
ance wGuid be made up entirely with bitumin-
GUS coal, the increase of which already is at least
100000 tons. Therefore it is much better for
all interests to have a regular business with
far prices for the balance of the year than a
fuctuating business with higher rates and d.
mnished consumption,
THE RESUMPTION OF MINING.
ScANTON, May 14-The general resumptiop
OF mining here has been considerably posipon-
uprisings and disorders not unlikely to follow
these complications