New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-20

had aid a all IN consumers at n ton piece 90 keep 10
out OF tho hands OF and thus had managed
to supply the poor the ordinary price Inc present
strike il attributable at bottom to the bad system OF
paving wages Oh a basis OF price per ton. system
pursued mainly In the schuylk region. The basis az u
IL called IL the minimum price Of coal per ton, below
which the wages Of miners Is not 10 DE heereaS'u tut
instance basis I'm the tschuylkili regons " oo per
ton II coal sells higher than that the wages Oh miners
be correspondiDgy increased one cent J" 'he'
III IL sells below that however, the wages must not oe
correspondingy decreased Thus the miners nave an
interest In high prices and at this season OF the year.
which is the dulest OF the coal trade they sro no'
only for an increase Of their basis but also TOT an III
crease In the price per tou, that they may get corre
spondingy higher wages The Delaware ana h'u'oh'
Delaware Lackawanna aud Western, and pGnnss' nn
Coal Companies all pay regular wages gN t ,,ra to
so much for every ton he produces without fesru ~
the price brings when sold and oTanaIy tro@ tho
sompisasions growing out sast ons e fruitful source
of strikes the discomfort and restlessness among thef
men when they suspect that the Company - FAX aooh,
strike should extend to any the companies VINO pay
the regular wages because the present 10" price vi %
c"a et area covered by these strikers include. but
small portion OF the schuylk region, and ougn no. 10
cause any coal famine unless indeed tho hirke coh
tinues and spreads The last strike whlch maze coai ~
high lasted six months Coal cheapes now tpep reson
that there ia always greater demand Tor IL NJ na' se"
Mr. HART. Treasurer OF the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company said that it would be impotic on ue
toe demand does not warrant and the large supply on
baud forbids It, His company alone neid 2o ton: de
Honesdale Penn, easily accessible 10 tdewat r Oy e
OF canals, and 10000 tons Immediately on noe
water at present He did not believe 1t at all prop.pio
that the strike would extend to the region occupied ny
ms company nor, indeed take effect anywhere onl ,de
OF its present which was very sman part OF 'no
schuykill region. ,, ,,,,,.-
j. i. Wilson, sales agent OF the Lehgh ana WHkcs,
barre COMPANY said that he raw no reason 10 perNc
that prices would unless the strike were an un
usually long one. There had been general shrihhaG
ia values and reduction OF wages since the hnaicai
crisis and the miners had come In for thef sharo Oh
ducton like all paid labor TIE mines OF tue 'ngl an,
WiIkesbarre Company had been closed on DC 81 III
order that they might take an inventory OF the pro
perty preparatory enectln9 the lntendcd coISyul
non with the Honey brooke Company. Iney coull not
do any mining during this ana hau NOT
TO- whether the miners struck not A. Tor the supply
of coal now On hand he could quite pOSlyey t.'
there was enough at tide-water to meet all hcmihd
| until July. ~ $500, u,lt,,. c,oi
| Mr. Quntard OF the Philadelphia and Reading C9al
aud Iron Company said he did not believe Tue ,Irlhe
would affect prices to any great extent HIS own Cou-
| paDy bas $1,000 tons at tide water