The New York herald., 1871-03-01

but think I'm pretty well posted on mining, ami
|. boyss" '.Yes, IN course ye arc, Jack. Ye're the
boy tnat knows IL from the first pick OF the axe To
the lawn OF the mine" said stalwart Irsnman.
CLAIMS so splendidly endorsed could not well be
SAID he:-''The operators agreed TO pay the three
dollars basis II all would suspend on the 10th OF
only pay So so basis-hoding out. as ia
were, an lnducement TO suspcnd-in fact. driving
out against us for deprlvng the poor people of coal
In the great cities and putting up the price OF GOAL
The operators really fear us, be Jasus, for fear
will unite politically and beat them at the polls ON
some question:.
One man said:-"I have been thirty-four year In
Ameriky, ana damned onct did be put out OF my
mind till the railroad cOmpa MES combined agin US
to keep the bread from the childers mouth.'
TINS morning calling for martial IA IL ii law the most IN 10.
tense Indignation was manifested. "Well now."
sad a boy from the sod, "let them come on via
their martial law; the boys Will be there to meet
them, and II old Bannan editor Miners Joursaall
would only come to the head OF them we'd hang tho
old cuss to tree. Wlrrah but 1t would be his last
klck.n
49, Then some extracts from the HERALD were read
by O'Brlen, and more cheers INDUCED in.
Begorra, eut ts the friend OF the poor man Is the
HERALD anyhow"
'Well,n continued O'Brien, tive want only living
wages. II the boys thought the operators would
not cut them down from the 81 SO basis they would
go TO work but just as soon the market got over
STOCKED, ne COB, the reduction would Begin II
would suit tile operators If the boys would always
quit when the market Is full ana commence when
THERE ARE CERTAIN PARAGRAPHS
In the Philadelphia resolutions very bitter to the
miners. They say they have been most shaIneniliy
srepresented by the operators and by certain jour.
mails.
Tue following paragraph in the resolutions or the
Philadelphia meeting operators was ut once pro-
nounced fraudulent They say the agreement there
published was never entered into:-
their year 1871 81 90 basis as agreed upon
III November last sliding down the per
s er ton ana decline the price q
higher rate than under this basis they would be entitled
to when coal three dollars per ton Port Carbon until all
1--WE want coal 30 sell at New York ut not higher
price than i've dollars, and three dollars at POrs
,dI carbon; w, We want want our fellow men IN the large
and consumer can have comfortable living"
EXPLANATION OF TIE BASIS SYSTEM.
When miners work on the three dollar basis their
wages are fourteen dollars per week; inside labor
ers receive twelve dollars and outside laborers re-
tract work. which sometimes allows miners to make
a lew dollars more per week than the above rates.
WHEN THE 81 SO BASIS IN OPERATION
with the sixteen and half per cent reduction,
miners are paid twelve doliars inside labsrers ten
dollars, outside laborers nine per week eacn, except
contract work.
The sixteen and a half per cent reduction means
q reduction Of sixteen and half per cent from
pay is fourteen dollars per week they actually re-
ceive but $11 20 and SO
THE CONDUCT OF THE MINERS
has thus far been very good. Instead of engaging
In outrages against innocent people, as pre-
dlced they would, they have remained remarkably
quiet
what they may do when it is settled beyond all
question that resumption VIII not begin Tor some
time IL Is hard 10 say. 1t Is believed. however that
the rules OF the WorKingmen's Benev olent Associa-
ton and the efforts OF its officers will nave sautary
enect-ha: no outrages OF grave nature will occur
during the suspension.
Popular Sovereignty Among tho Miners
New Basis Offered by the Operators in the
Lchish Region-The Question to be De-
ciGed by Baiiot-The Miners View OF tho
SituntiOn-WOrisiuSuien's Opinion OF iae
New York Herald.
HAzELToN, Pa, Feb rs. 1871.
secret meeting OF delegates from all the miners
OF the Lehgh region was held this afternoon to take
into consideration offer from Taggart Butler Il
co. 60 the miners to resume work. A HERALD re-
porter the only press representative admitted.
The following Is a report OF che proceedings:--
tins board that ne willing 20 work on the basis
and % e Ps i s Sn sos
On M ae 0 q VIII Il i1n $ OF so
a. coal shipments begin from Ezabethpor, for basis for
Resolved. That while we appreciate the justice of this
on one M we are n1t at Liberty to accept It. until laid before
Resolved we confer with all the miners in tho Le-
tgh region and report their action thereon Thursday
deem unadsisable to comply with their proposition be
resolved Tha, behalf Of all the miners the Lehieh
Tor is and independent during the CRISIS
That the HERALD readers may not be misled by
the offer OF 81 SO per ion made the miners by rag
gart Co., / would state that the general basis In
this region is SIS, while IN others it is but So or
81 90, the superior quality OF the coal mined IN the
Lehign region always bringing the highest prices.
Grand Council Of tho Miners Union to
be Heid-Unpopuinrity OF the Terms
Offered by the Operators-The Miners
Unusunlly Orderly md Qmiet-False Re-
ports Of Riots md Outraaes.
MAHANoY CITY, Feb %, 1871.
A meeting or the Grand Council OF the Miners
Union will be held here tomorrow TO discuss
o1cialy the late offers OF the Lehigh and Schyikill
operators. The delegates are arriving and all the
men very orderly They still persist In saying,
unoff1clay, that they will not accent the terms or
the operators. The result OF the meeting tomorrow
Is looked forward to with much interest.
miner was arrested al stockton ana sent TO
shot at man named Buck, yesterday afternoon.
Thediffculty arose through jeaouses In connection
Notwithstanding the reports OF riots and outrages
that daily appear In the Philadelphia Inquirer the
miners were never more quiet. Not the first drop
OF blood has YET been shed nor single rail- torn uD
any OF the roads More than tnat, there Is little
or no drunkenness among the miners. HERALD
morrow.
Miners Meeting In WiIlcsbarre.
WILKEsBARRE. Feb. %, 1871.
The miners met here this morning, and adjourned
until March I, without transactlng any business.
The Pittston Miners Refuse the Terms Offered
ny the Companies.
PITTsTON, Feb. 90, 1871.
AT meeting OF the Pennsylvania Coal Company
miners Pitlston, February 2 they refused to ac-
cept the terms offered by the company to mine by
the car and insisted on mining by the ton as here
tofore, at prices IN the same proportion az paid by
the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western Company.