The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-13
MINING TROUBLES
THE STRIKE AT AN END.
YORK TO BE RESUMED.

SCRANTON, May l2.-The long strike
is.ertainly, thougt slowly, drawing to
sclose, the sensational reports to the
pess and the specials to the New Y ork
dilies to the contary Notwithstanding
Alarge meeting d the miners and Ia
beers was held tbs morning in Belle
W. from which he most satisfactory
reslts must follW as a consequence
The first busines before the meeting
was to hear the Nports OF the commit
te.. The committee, who were sent to
Hamptons min.last night, stated that
thew had encountered the men who
were formerly employed in the Brlgg 8
haft and askd them whether they
were going to wOk there in the mine
or, if not, Wheeler they had any objec-
tions 10 the Bellvue miners going in on
Monday. Sev,nl of the men at the
shaft replied tia they were ready TO re-
sumo work on tie terms offered by Mr.
Scranton, but tley would hold a gen
eral meeting thi morning and bring in
the result of th.ir deliberations TO the
Bellevue meeting that afternoon, which
they did, anG reported that over one
hundred miners would resume work IN
the shaft on Monday morning, when
John McHunp offered the following
resolution, which was UNANIMOUSLY
adopted:
Resolved, That the miners and labor
ers of the Bellevue district accept the
terms offeredby Mr.. Dickson, and vii
resume workas soon as the mines are
thrown opento use. -,
At this iu,cture delegation which
had been sent to consult with MIR
Stores, General Central Agent o
the Delaware, LacKawanna and
Western Railroad Company, put il
on appearance and quickly made then
report. Mr.. Gerrity, chairman OF the
delegation, which was composed 0
Irish, German, Scotch and Englisf
laborers AMI miners, said he had jus
left Mr.. Stores and had a full discus
sion regarding resumption and the
means to be employed to accomplish
that result. He said that the officials
of the company had advised the labor
ers to remain steadfast and adhere
strictly to the new organization they
had lust commenced and they woulc
soon reap theil reward. Mr.. Stores
assured the committee that the da,
was not far distant when no doors
would be placed upon the breakers fo'
the resumption Of work, and the mer
who choose first to enter would hav'
work and protection. He (Mr. Stores
thought that in case the Delaware an'
Hudson Canal Company men refused
the terms offered by Mr.. Dickson, th'
works would be thrown open by th'
18th inst. at the farthest. All tn
speakers were loudly cheered.
A meeting of Delaware and Hudson
men in accordance with the above prop
osition will be held at Providence to
morrow morning to consider the matter
The man Mcdonald, who was hur
by the Welsh rioters on Tuesday still
lies in critical condition. His fellow
laborers have made up a small contrl
button for him out Of their scant.
means, but not enough to help hin
much.
Intense excitement was created II
Scranton last night by an alarm OF fir
from the direction OF the Briggs shaft
Many people supposed it to be tina
structure, but it proved to be a smal
building used as carpenter shop, thougI
the fire is supposed to have been tn
work Of an incendiary.
LATER.
1t is now generally believed tha
the resumption will become general du
ring the next ten days, because tn
com panies have offered the same wage
which are paid in other regions. :.
With the exception OF a slight dis
turbance last night, between som
Welsh and Irish laborers in Hyde ParI
everything has been quiet since the rio