, 1874-01-18
THE LABOR QUESTION.
no Improvement In Affairs in the PENN
sylSania Coal Regions.
A General Strike Considered
Inevitable.
Strike Of RoIling-MiI' Operatives at
Newport, Ky.
The SCHUYIKuL COAL REGION.
Special DitpatcA to 1as CAteuao 1si5tn1.


Special Di.pascA to 1as Chicago 1sibsans
GENERAL STRIFE.
WnEsBARHE, Pa, Jan. 17.-The miners in the
schuylk region decided at meeting to-day not to 70
into the mines until their demand for the basis Of 1873
Is ncceded. The strike In Schuy1kn 91uuty has thus
been inaugurated-
Special Dapateh TO T1< Chicago Tribune.
PoTrsvH1E, Pa Jan. 1.-THE Executive Aoard Of
the Miners met in this city today and officially H.
formed tho operators Of their rejection Of the Is
basis proposition In the following letter.:
-, PoT7sV1llE, Pa, J.n- II.
ey Ne hsTe Sa ha day asrsed to abandon our de,
Pi'ees 81 s'S sess
ed, va haye desire to enter into aght With you
Yours respectfully {signed), JOHN srE1.
QUALIFIED AGREZMEsT.
During the session 1t resolved that members Of
the Association should BE- permitted to work for ope1a
tors who will sign agreement to continue paying tho
1873 prices during 1871. A there quite number
Of individual owners Of smaller colerea who are will
ing to do hiz the eect Of the resolutions will prob
o1 ns s 20 aS 1ey
Thursday, that ii 9iu furnish it, customers Win col
ordinary times they carry their own GOALS.
BLAcKLEos.
m M r. efGptea e e es
In any eoiery for less than tho = Is prices excepting
only such as may b. engaged in second onet-work or
brings us face to face with what will probably be long
md costly stoppago:
and will hold out until midsummer and the Company
a equally resolved not to succunb. There are rtnor1
Of troubles in other parts Of these coalAe1ds but no
reliable evidence Of the existence Of any trouble Of
magnitude.
THE ANTHRACITE BOARD OF TRADE
composed Of individual operatives also held meeting
tons to make Because they caa DO nothing Ttthoat
TO ae 1,,oedassd Frs.sl
PorTzyLE n nIt1t Pa, I'm 1-Ths EsecatiTe COMMITTEES
unanimously rejected :he Gowen proposition, and
,ndorted 1es9lation allowing men to work IN any so
b II TRs onF xs e p'' ns
was held 4 tho Phiiadslphia Reading
co.1 md 1so9 r., companys o@ee; aowen >was
tadng seaoa, declaring lint they lad no fa5tasr
prospects Of long and extended strike.
n TIE sHAxoKM Dw1R1or
the operators haye not agreed to tbs 1873 bsais
routes. Other operators making shipments over t6e
PhiladephiA + Beading Railroad have Joined the
GENERAL BUgPEN6IoN.
The Daily Standard sayB " There Is no longer any
doubt Of the fact that there ia general suspension Of
onf 5e IN neadns 'ae nd n9'sss es
has taken, the eeusstion Of l.6or ri be
prot1acted and costly. Suspension h1s fairly be-
gun. When or how it viii cad no one can predict.
The men are well Organized, hare full treasury, and
their rights. Tho Company, the other hind, de-
ternned not to make single concession, and GoWen
has begun policy which looks a. though he would
,pro1nct the fight indefinitely. To supply the rail-
roads and the local trade Of PHILADELPHIA he haa begun
shtpmtns Of coal from the Iehigh region branch
Of his road connecting with that 1egon, 1t lower
rates than he ordinarily charges to transport It ove1
the main roads from Port Carbon to Philadelphia
Among the smaller operators thero Is general feeling
In favor Of paying the basis Of 1873"