The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-29
THE COAL TRADE.

The Prospects of General ResuIn ptIOn-
Buzsrne not yet ReRdy-Lehigh and
echuyllxill AnxiOu s-ArbitratiOn Again -
The Complete Tonnage for the Week, etc.
The most connicting reports are now being re-
eeivea az 70 the prospects Of general resu upton
vi "VlA u tne aBtnraclte Gal regions To some the
situation looks encOnfaging but pssite views are
held 10y others, Some set tue time for general re-
sumption vt the lst OF May, but these Will probably
be disappointed in their calculations even as were
those who nXed upon the LIST OF April as the happy
S some or una Teies and % worS rs not resumed before
that time they Will probably defer 1t again until the
list of July and will continIe deferring 1t uutil
something is dene. The explanation is that matters
ave mixed up that no one knows definitely any,
thing about 1t, and so cannot predict what will
happen.
the regions to very small limits. In one region
the men have either to accept the offer OF the gn
,rs OF the miues or go TO WORK without any agree
meDt being made, taking the best they can get
Afterwards In another region spirit or concession
OIL both sides is very evident, aud wOu amount to
something it not that sehshly interested men,
styling themselves leaders, stand in the way aud
insist upon seeing and Judging everi thing that
passes between the two parties, aud preventing any
thing from coming to head which in any way in
lures their own individual positions
But whatever is done towards a settlement in any
region cannot amount to a resumption Of work until
terms have been made in ali parts aud the regions
all ready to resume toge her; for until this is
agreement and the high toll schedules that is il
they have the smallest particle OF good faith be-
tween them and by so doing will prevent anV one
gon from Tesuming while the rest stand idle and
81 take the monopoly OF tue trade for the time To
such course a majority Of the operators are
brought to this pass they feel inclined to
light it through to some desirable end. If work were
resumed in region, the starving men in other
regions would go 10 the working region and obtain
work, and allow those who are better able to continue
the strike in the other parts of the field Some OF
the miners also are opposed to such movement be-
they think that when one portion goes TO Work
the rest will not be able to obtain good terms,
having to take what they get, account OF the
| trade being supplied and the demand less. They,
| however, must remember that even il they should
| be successful in obtaining Just what they want
which is very unlikely, because the demands are too
| high-a general resumption would in the present
state Of the trade gut the market in few weeks
| time that the terms could not be paid, and then
| either another suspension must commence a
| lower rate be accepted.
AT present the Lehgh region appears to be in this
| state OF readiness to resume and only awaits
settlement in the other regions In Schuylkill no
agreement is probable for time, but the spirit is
through the thraoom of the leaders and act. Salts
factory arrangements on basis with the cO-opera-
| tion of the railroad company can undoubtedly be
made in short time. The upper region appears to
| be the farthest from any general settlement.
That the position is stated in SChuykill is shown
by the action on the proposition OF the Philadelphia
operators which the leaders with all their influence
| were able to defeat by only very small majority
The men in their district meetings before the edcts
| of the interested parties known, adopted it
with alacrty. This was done in all places where it
| leaders themselves reside.
| The men who are standing out for higher pay,
now that everything is lowering, after holding out
ana suffering so long, exposing themselves only
to the ridcule OF the public ana do not OBTAIN anS
| sympathy for their suHerings. Steady work at the
highest OF wsges for months to come caunot
what has been lost by the longcontinued idleness
| Such idleness must not expect sympathy. The
wages that it is proposed to pay are high. No calcu
latiOD should be made on basis wages, which the
miners always base their figures for publication be-
cause many do not work upou basis at all, but upon
contract. The average wages for contract WORK and
the wages proposed per car by the companies in the
upper regions in reality higher than obtained
by skilled workers in many departments OF trade.
Miners az not skilled aborers, and to claim equal
| Nytfh Rnrn fArl intG thnr
cBanics is enough, without Camoring for more aud
asking the sympathy OF the world because 1t Is not
| obtained.
| In the Luzerne region the men are very anxious
to resume, and there Is hope for basis there,
the majority are ready to do the companies wish,
and go to Work without any specific terms being
| made beforehand. Some OF the miners are asking
for mass meeting to decide the question, bat tha
the leaders resist for various This going to
| work without any arrangement may be for the oest
that region but II it were the issue in SchuylKl
| county IL should not be favored; not on the same
grounds, however, as those upon which the leaders
| OF the miners dsapprOved OF 1t. What is waited
here is something definite before anything is done
so as to prevent recurrence OF the same dihicul-
| ties in the future
The English system OF arbitration does not appear
to be popular it was, because 1t has been tried,
ard IL has been found that 1t cannot work satisac
| torily in connection with the W. B. A. as it is now
| organized and governed. Tue refusal Of the miners
to submit the questions in dispute to the decision OF
| an umpire proves Concluslvey that they are ia the
| wrong and know it. fair umpire chosen and
| sgreed upon by both parties must rule fairly or at
| least make a near approach to it. Sdch an umpire
could give only decision which would undoubtedly
be against the miners or at least the most unjust OF
| their demands. They know that their demands are
unjust and therefore rightly afraid to trust tnem
To falr Judge whose decision they would be obliged
| to accept.
The following is the complete summary of the
trade for the past week, reported for the Potts
| vile Miners Journal OF to-day
|