, 1873-12-12

| AAsAe ~ = AAA"seos@taN NAAAHEAS VA A&lTOUE1-
| dnlo Contest with tho DcGnsv1ru Il
| Hudson C0nl Company tho Title to
tho Houses They Hnuvo Built aud
Occupied for n Lonr ,Ccrrn OF Ycaru.
Scranton a fDec 81, ca,rr.nondence ~ n. yr,o Yort
iieraid, v NV 49," ""
What promises to bo ono of tho blttorcst coll
tests tint has yot boon wngol botwenn iullor md
capital in The anthracite coal-tlc!ils Of Po,,,yyi.
ynnia hus been inaug1ratod between tho Dol
aware l. Hudson Coal Company aud its worl,mcn
+! ut CArboutlae City. few days ago lilo Com
pany, through it's mining boasos sBi,ol noticus
to some of tho miners mud laborors In aud
around Cnrbunlale, who hold land on it's prop
orty by what Is known US tic squattora' ri.ht
Tint, Unless thoy signed leases for ticr Its, iots'
! thoy would be discharged from tho works. This
action Oh tho part of tho Company fell like O
thunderbolt among tho mon, Who look upon it
ns n-kiud Of unirstiliablo co,,p do main Ia roh
tlsm Of tho little homes, which tnany of tlom,
by upwards Of forty yua,n OF inccssa1lt toll, Ind
crea1cd; and accordingly tlloy rofllseJ to comply
| with tho ultase.
The Company discharged several men. md .n
| Indignation meeting WIS forthwith hold. in
which resolutions woro adopted declaring this
| arbitrary conduct and volunteering to gipnort
tile mon who had boon discharged rs long as
they woro out Of employment. a committee
WAS appointed to whit on tho Compauy'B repro
sentative in this region with yiow to a settlo-
mont OF tho difficulty, and he answered that tic
| Company's order should be carried out regard
| less Ut consequences.
|
| and resolved to resist the Company to tho bttor
end rather than submit to syatom of vi,lanaso.
| or accept leases Of the land, the ownorshi, of
which they claim by eguattcr right of over
| twenty-ouo yoaya peacoablo possession,
| I visited Carbondnle this aftoroou, with a
yiew to oliclting Tho real facts in contest that
has produced tho most profound s.a.e Of raeling
in this region. Carbondalo Is seventeen miles
from Scranton. on the Lackawanna River, mud is
tho Oldest city in tho valley, It iB bult in tho
| bosom Of Lackawauna Valley. Tho bleak, black
hills Hopiug MP gontly east aud west Of tic oity
arc dotted here and thsro with the bogrimod and
miserable huts Of tho squatters. Tho city itself
! is struggling oonoorn, its principal street
| being upwards of a milo in longth, anil mostly
| lined with Irregular and old frame buildings,
| The Court-HollRo is modest brick structure,
standing in tho public. square, and at q short
distance half dozon churches, almost in q
! cluster. lift their spires heayenward while all
around tho city tho blnck coal brcaters loom up,
soomiug to lend their color to store and church
ana spitc:
ctA ADant tSs san saors
ing purchased that tract of land with view to
developing its mineral treasures, found q great
difficulty In obtaining mea to work III the miuos,
owlug to the extreme isolation Of the place, al
vol rs to tho dangers that presented themselves
at that day to men unacoustomod to work in the
coal tninos accordingly the Company, through its
mining engineer Mr. Clarkson, offered, as an
inducomcnt to workmen, lots which they might
CHARGE In this way about 800 acres wore dis
posed Of. Some men took merely space enough
for cabin, rome one acre, some two, and somo
ten, and 80 OH. Tho busy hlvo Of industry WIS
anon started. Tile coal-ahaft was sunk, tho
breahor erected, and out Of III uninyiting wilder
uesB OF morass and forest tho worxtnen brn,,rbt
neatly titled gardons, and built up ouo Of the
most thriving cities in tho county
years ago, ,yllon tho Company brought suit against
IN Obstro1>orouH Hauatter Sa1,tly hfoDounld for