New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-25

Scuser 1870 They Ten 10 a. 80 - To- and 80 49, The fcl
lowing -me of the sums earned by inside sboTcrs
thai at the coey above mrnthoned: j. 70 uayh,
ga 49, % days, So so % days 30 IS J. n day. s 60
average s3i n Ur less than hall mat earned " ~"
who had worked through any considerable portion on 'ne
n ON Jay wages Inc ~ ~ IN thc nrre of coal
will also STRIKE the reader as violent one Ihe new
three cents in coal These principles however repugnant
they may I've TO the laws OF political economy ana ~ e
ordinary methods OF paving for labor, are Drnly
established in the coal regions except In the mines
Of the three Northern e0npamesl, ana ~ - ', ~
ssae osnpected with Wages M between the W and
the operators, is chen apdby chOp work shall pe soP
ss e coa ranges % below 3 So and
their wages docked below the rates w9 9hair no no
stion this point they bring forward e,t en,:
arguuent-to quote from Mr.. Sneys supoly nj
Knowing from past experience that we can fa tell
the market demands in eight or nine hl4l' INF WORK
usthat we must not suspend nor cease arises
Ehmf Me,,P We would wish them or any otner one II
the eSief oSeSs W The Association is 70
regulate the supply Of coal which goes nension OF all
& b e M noai regions Dreading the com
petition of the great producing and csriy az first dis
posed to look ayoraby upon this s not take
but ndng that the first general phe NertSern men
10 sse part in IT, and that the second was the
@ n9pension theory has fallen into general dlsre
mute Had The sangnne expectations on !ne ras srst
Sraa1sd been realized should have had the remark ARK
able phenomenon of business paying hgh & Sn
bjch srofts and at the time Of such ha,ule INA.
II was constrained forced dleness three months IN me
year % avoid Cutting the market Win narehp Se az
tracted into IT, and finally might see mining caPac
supply the market in ar 3 9 mon,hs deDess &
stead o. three.
Another feature Of the Miners Union TO which oper
ators most reasonably and srenuousy object Is the
scnnage OF lob work about the mines by committees OF
the branch" Every operator has many stories-anus
ing 10 outsders-to tell of his annoyances of this kind
shoud ne hhe two or three men by the day TO sink
hole somewhere drive an air shaft the first thing he
knows "A committee will wait upon him To estimate
price per ward be paid FOR the labor Should he hire
them by the piece, at their own price, committee VIII
appear and raise the basis This the operators ae
count.
HOW TIE MINERS RECEIVE THE OPERATORS
PROPOSITIONS.
TMAQUA, Penn. Feb. 24.-The propositions
submitted yesterday by the meeting in Philadelphia
cannot accepted until they placed by the EXecu-
tive Boards OF the several counties officially before the
several districts of the Workugmcns Benevolent Ass0c
alton This Will require two or three days llhe. Inc
i'm this immediate vicinity DO not regard them very
favoraby, because they require members of the Union
Oreg0 their right to call out Union men whenever an
sompt rs made to infringe upon the laws of the Assoc
alton by the employmcnt OF 'haokleg.," or, In other
words, men not belonging 10 the Union, several col
cres are now at work In various parts of the county,
and paying the So basis, in spite Of the high tolls OF
these, several are working on contracts 10 supply
furnaces in the Icbigh and schuylkill Valleys.
CARD FROM TIE PRESIDENT OF TIE della
WARE AND HUDSON CANAL COMPANY.
To ne razor OF me TrtGUHe.
SIR; Great injustice is being done this Com
pany by The publication Of articles in the daily papers
which grossly Dsrcpresent the facts 1t is alleged That
al the time suspended work tlbont he LIST Of De
cembcr las) we had a large amount Of coal on hand
which WAS held back with the view OF obtaining eXorb
autratcs result Of the suspension. Tie following
statement fun and true exhibit of the amount Of coal
stored by this Company on the lst days Of December
January aud February, with The sales each month and
The average price received for the haIno:
S,O,4 OF rQ-i .Ncr 80. 1910
guas Tons
A. I0rtse .ltie5 IL l-;.s............,. ii-S
A. Eoudout.... ....... HOE
81 Ncet6Wheu. HOP TOTAL ,.....s.' 'lSjt,0
Al New lot. aGo4t... l.sO