The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-08
THE LONG STRIKE.
Negotiations at an End Between the
Miners and the Corporations.
The MINERS STEADILY DEFIANT.
All Their Proposed Concessions
Derided and Rejected.
The Strike of the Mine
LabOrers.
The MINERS STEADILY DEFIANT.
HOW TT WAS INczTED.

SCRANTON, Pa, May 7, 1871.
The action OF the miners at the meeting yesterday
afternoon has been
AN EXCITING TOPIC
Of discussion throughout The city to-day, and may
be said to have monopolized public attention from
religious services. Everybody has been surprised at
the aacrity and tirmness with which the miners
ana laborers have accepted the challenge
from the managers OF the Delaware Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad Company, and
the most astonishcd people are the very
individuals who have provoked this defiant at.
titudo on the part OF the worKngmen. 1t Is gen.
orally admitted that the miners have offered fairly
and shown most praiseworthy disposition to bring
about resumption OF work upon honorable TERMS
and thit as men they cannot be expected TO do
more TO concate the unwise persons who control
the destinies OF the railroad corporations. 1t Is also
conceded that the three great companies IN this
country have been handsomely
CHECKMArED
in their efforts to discover the iners' Union by I'M
worthy appliances; for Notwithstanding the appeals
made to national prejudces aud the attempts to
array the laborers against the miners the organlza-
ton IS more consolidated ana harmonious to-day
than ever before. There is no mistakng the fact
that oil tue labor for the miners In this section is
still controlled py the men holding out and there IS
not the slightest prospect That work Will be re-
sumed, unless the companies show as much dispo-
sition to concede and conciiate as has been ex.
hbited by the miners.
THE RESPONSIBILITY
for longer suspension rests entirely with the meh
who are mlsmanagng the business of the corpora.
TONS and against them popular Indignation IS now
being expressed In no measured terms. These men
now really keeping this section IN idleness and
bringing ruin upon the community, aud they con.
troll the corporations The miners have honorably
ana sincerely proposed to go to work at the rate Oh
wages paid In other coal regions, offer equitable
to ali parties In the controversy aud they have been
met by
DERIsIoN AND INSULT.
They have no resource left but 10 walt until tins
companies desire 10 purchase their labor Ut living
rates; and this they dIspassonatey resolved 10 DO
yesterday. They are decidedly III earnest, and VIII
oer no other concessions for some time 10 come, II
ever. They have the means for prolonged resist
ance, as time WIZ demonstrate. everybody Is OF
course, anxious 10 ascertain what the companies
will do next, since they have failed IN
THE STARVATION PROGRAMME
ana the plan to Ioment the jealousy and excite the
passions ana prcudices OF lev illiterae men, who
have been reached by their cmissares Everything
Is again at sea- with no beacon 10 warn against the
shoals and rocks Which may oeset the track SYM
PATTY runs strongly with the miners. aud Will IN
crease as they have never claimed tue right to
Interfere with the management OF the mines In and
about tins city only so Tar as TO leave work when
the companies made an unprecedented reduction OF
wages, with an avowed purpose OF forcing tncm to
mako a str kc aud stop operations. Asa syslema-
tiled plan seems to have been adopted by the ad-
| hercnce OF the corporations to Incorrectly state
| THE POSITION or THE MINERS
| In regard the question OF arbitration IL may not
be out or place To say that the entire body OF them
act with the greatest unannity under the decree Of
Judge Elweil and have chtlfely abandoned all Ideas
of controlling the mlnes which they might formerly
have entertained. As class they have shown hae
they arc much more to be depended upon for OBJ.
SsSfs 81 & aa S asy6smens many
be expected In Il few days.