New-York tribune., 1871-05-03
THE COAL TROUBLES.
NEGOTIATIONS AT A STAND, AND NO PROSPECTS
or A sETTI EMENT,

NEGOTIATIONS AT A STAND, AND NO PROSPECTS
OF A SETTLEMENT.
SCRANTON, May 2.-The excitement OF yester-
day has partly subsided, and every man asks ns neigh
bor What nexti The delegates do not wshto run tho
risk of incurrng the OF the miners Dy
ing to negotiate lower figure than u lo fne re'onS
vote in tho different districts shows that tne Des"o
and Hudson Company delegates were instruoteo
bv the miners to offer 81 90 ana" nothing
less. unless overruled IN tho Conventipn 1ney
fought hard yesterday against q TO- and vers oiiy
beaten by q very small majority Tho proposlion
TO resume work for this figure was made by ono OF INC
Delaware Laokawanna and Western delegatea ana any
lower offer would have been oyarwhelmngy oere21eo-
The powers Of the delegates were 90 limited ~ previous
instructions received from their dstrcu that tney oouo
have made no other offer without violating thef ailn
with the miners. Tho matter now rests with the mon
II they have new instructions to give. tho delegates VIII
carry them OUT but at present they vii not aet on thsr
own responsibility.
Tho miners themselves are unanimous IN feellng ana
sentiment but poverty and the apparent utter useless
Of proong gng the contest viii induce respectapie
minority to agitate further compromise. This Is par
tcusry true OF tho Delaware and Lackawanna miners
II seems to be the general sentiment among tho bus'
ness men that the only chance the miners now have Ia to
20 to work without naming the terms, and srbtrate
wages aferward and tho Indications that the Com
panes are ready to mako such an arrangement
The men, 10 Is thought could be Induced To ar6rate
wages before entering tho mnes but they repe the idea
OF entering the mines without knowing beforehand what
they viii receive for their work Considerable coal was
mined in Tripps slope today Rumor states that the
men at work were threatened, but investigation.
shows there Is truth In it Tho military were sta
toned at convenient distances. 1-i.s --'-'--a@ 70
ANOTHER NINE IN oPERATIov-THE ULTIMATUM
OF TIE SCHUYLKILL OPERATORS. ~.ses
Porrsv1LLE, Penn, May 2.-The works OF
Miller Grae Co., In tho Swatara region. ls miles nortn
of the city, resumed work to-day. They propose ship
ping coal by the canal The rates Of toll and Transporter
ton Is 81 to Philadelphia by that route and 90 TO New
York. - -SzSSF'sF
few Of the general council delegates nave arrived
here and the rest will reach here early In the morning.
The final ultimaum Of the sehuylkn operators Is 80 for
outside aborers Oil for inside laborers sle for miners
with reduction Of 10 per cent from the - basis on con-
tract prices The few delegates present toghs al tho
Merchants Hotel entirely In Ignorance as 70 tho re
son why the council has been called together and they
seem unanimous In favor Of the lower counties resnDs
work at once. '@<->-~' - a'-'>sA = - > -
THE wLKEsBARRE MINERS GOING TO WORE.
WnKEsBARRE, Penn, May 2.-Au the men
formerly at work for the Wilkesbarre Coal ana iron
Company have accepted Mr. Parrishs proposition and
expect to resume ON Thursday.
ANNuAL MEETING OF THE LEH1GH COMPANY
HOW THE INTERESTS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
ARE CoNsERvED-A DEFICIT oF OVER
100000.
PHILADELPHIA, May e.-The Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Company held their annual meeting to-
day. The report Of operations for the past year show
deficit of over s7,OOo which Is attributed TO Losses
fro,a coal strikes. The report sayss ~-= - '- '~s
aThe position assumed in tnfs contest wnsndt doter
mined by the managers until after ful denDerauon
and il had been asceTtaned that the demands OF the
men were yielded to, 1t would DO followed by demands
from other branches of the service and seriosE ebar
rass the future operations of the Company 30 that not
wthstanding the prospect Of serious loss from ions
for the year II necessary than 70 fasten policy upon
the which would subject Its property 70 the 10
mands OF Others and result in the employment OF its
whole capital solely for the benefit Of hostile organza
zatiOns"