The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-25

The Feeling nt scranI0n-t;rand Mass Mcer.
ins OF Miners TO be Held ut Hyde Park
NIiacrs Expected to Modify Their ferms-The
Phtsfoo Worlimcn Becoming Rc-tive-Fa.
vorabio Prospect for E,rIy Resumption.
SCRANTON, April "a, 1871.
few German miners went 10 work this morning
in slope No 4, owned by the Lackawanna Coal and
Iron Company agrceably 10 the resolutions passed
at the meeting on Saturday night. The movement
has caused no excitement among the other miners,
and were the matter mentioned as current item OF
news on the street 1t would be deemed OF
no Importance. The men who have gone into the
mine are not members OF the Workingmcn's Benevo-
lent Association, and they only produce coat for
the furnaces and rolling mills OF the company their
action does not the least AFFECT the questions be-
tween the great companies and their employees.
All the Interest the coal troubles now centres In
the grand mass meeting OF miners to be held In
Hyde Park tomorrow, and everybody Is fcverishly
anxious about the result 1t Is safe to premise that
the miners wi modify the terms last proposed
to the companies. and oner 10 WORK Tor
81 10 per diamond car, falling 10 81 II the
corporations are willing to compromise at
that figure. Should the companies still adhere to
the terms already named by them-elghy SIX cents a
cart is probable That the deadlock will continue
a month or more longer. say to June. when 1t must
collapse from sheer exhaustion on the part of the
-
tanned them.
IL WIN be cheaper and safer for tue companies to
meet the men upon fair compromise, such as |
have alluded to, than wait for the deaoueWeM sug-
gesed. IL IS important that the men should go to
work cheeriuy, and not feel that they have been
starved into submission. They may have to labor
nc the companies at last, but SUCH al arrange
mcnt win not last long. They VIII he out
az am Just soon as they bave means To make an
other ght, and tine same trouble which mas caused
90 eNuense ana apprehension VIII DC enacted
over and over again t 4 more LIBERAL spirit AMI
mates the employers. The companies can belter
afford to conclliate little now than crown their
triumph at such RISKS ~ they wen know Will follow
the men are forced to accept the which caused
the strike IN December. Ever so little magnanimty
their part Just at this juncure VIII be productive
OF much goon. - IL, -,
Pittston but probable that VIII all be settled
IN the course OF the week. the meeting AT Hyde
Park will have great influence with tue men IN that
| quarter. Mr.. Parrlsh's men at Wukesbarre have
been In consultation all day, aud II Is Thought mat
tiers VIII he arranged bv tomorrow or next day. Mr.
Parrish employs about three thousand and when
they go 10 work operations must soon commence
In other sections. Altogether the prospect looks more
favorable Tor general resumption IN the course vi
the ,presentweek. something definite viii Oe known
by Wednesday or Thursday when the miners COM
mttee conclude their ntervlew Win tNe compd-
MES representatives. Until then everything VIII oe
speculation. The people here are more hopeful anu
| cheerful than they have been Tor several months
| past, judgment being now exercised, instead oI
| passion, aud hence the favorable turn IN ah'irs.
J
! Advicc-Locai Arbitration 40 be Adopfsd-
/, Work to be Resumed the Maush CHUNKS
| and Ashland Regions.
PHILADELPHIA, April "a. ISL
The advice of the HERALD regarding local aroitra-
zion IN the mining region Is being adopted py potn
operators and miners Mr.. H. W. Clark fresideht
or the Lehigh coal and Navigation COMPANY, 80.
oovea a telegram this evening asking him to meet
,no n,ners m MS employ at sumont Hill and settle
! the d,nerences between them BY local arbitration
Mr.. CLARK will meet them tomorrow.
| II 70 believed all the miners In the region near
| uauch chunk viii resume work next week, and Ia
| sn,a manner All the miners throughout the upper
and lower regions viii eventually enter upon = gen.
despatch from Centralia, Pa says the miners
| Of Columbia county, at meeting held thls AFTER
noon, resolved TO accept the operators proposition
| made on saturday. a..
| A despatch from Ashland says the miners Of DIS
\ trict No. o, " orKiugmens Benevolent ASSOCIATION
have also resolved TO accept the proposition Of Sal.
urday.