Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-02
PENNSYLVANIA,
NEE TING OF THE MINERS AND
LAEDRER'S BENEVOLENT A.
ISOLATION AND THE ME-
CHANCES AND WORK
INGMEN'S So
CTETY
THE LABOR RIOTS AT HAZEL
TON,

PoTTsvILLE, March 30-Night-A
meeting of the Miners and Laborer's
Benevolent Association and the Me
chanic's and Workingmen's Society
was held in this city to-day, for the
purpose of organizing and framing a
constitution for mutual protection, =
Twenty three districts were represent
ed, President Joi.n f. Walsh, of the
Miners Association, IN the chair. A
full representation of both Urgauiza-
lions were present.
John SIney. President of the Miners
National Association of the United
States, came here from Cleveland,
Ohio, on business connected with the
above meeting, and reported that he
f,tyors the alliance.
The following resolutions were unau-
imon.ly adopted:
Re$oircd, That we hereby agree to
form All alliance for mutual protect
and general benefit of all, eacn or
ganlza'ion 10 preserve it's individual
character auu charter.
ResOtrcd, The tie Miners and La
borers Benevolent Association, and
the Mechanics and Worklngmeu's
Benevolent Association be governed
by the same rules now governing the
Executive Committee of the Miners
aud Laborer's Benevolent Association,
aud entitled to the same representa-
ton pro-rata.
Re6Otccd, That the Miners and La
bOrer's Benevolent Association, aud
the Mechanics aud Workingmen's Be
uevOlent Association do work In har-
mOny aud sustain each o.lier in mis-
and all ST ST,2 n fiionl-
ties, both morally and financially,
until justice Is done both.
4 dispatch from SLanokin this eve
ming states that the miuers continue
Joining the Miners UuIon orgaLizr d
there recently, and it Is supposed thnt
they will suspend work III all the mlues
suun.
Unusual quiet prevailed throughout
this region to-day, aud the laborIng
associations d+pi ecate the acts OF viU-
lence commit d at Haz!eton yester,ia,
by their CO. WOrkuieu
ILquliy was made to-day from the
Masters OF the Philadelphia 4 Read
Jig Company'S shops, at CressonA and
the Schuylklii Haven shops, whet her
t:leir meu had resumed work and 1e-
nOunced their connection with the
Labor-rs Union. as reported on Mon
day. They both replied that their
respective shops have full compile
menJ OF men aud that coal beavers,
| engine wipers, yard men, &c, are ali
at work, and applications for Jsitions
from non L MON mrn as well as resign
ed Union 1nen are beng turned away,
there being no further vacancies to fiji.
Every coal, freight and passenger en-
CINE OF the Mine Hill Road, except
such rs were under necessary repairs,
Was out on tue road to-day and en-
ployed, aid there IL no further doubt
that in these localities the Com
pany's affairs are beyond embarr ass
ment from the Laborer's Uuion, not
w;thstandiDg the orders at the above
two places combined numbered a
membership Of about 700 men-mill
men and boys.
MAUCH CHUNK, March 3O-NigLt-
\, arly $50 armed raiders were III pro-
cession to day, and visited Yorktown,
Spring Mountain, Audeureid, b aver
Meadow, Evansville, and other col
ieries, on scouting expedition, aud
made all persons stop who were en-
gagged on dead work. No one was III
iured and 10 damage was done 1t is
reported that 5000 bags of flour
were purchased for the miners in the
Lehigh region last week, with fluids
OF the Worklngmen 5 Benevolent A.
ISOLATION, aud Is now delivered In the
neighbo hood of Audenreld and
Beaver Meadow, whence 1t will be
distributed to those in need through
out this and adjoining regions.
PHILADELPHIA, March 3O-Night.-
The Pottsvile Miners Journal OF to-
day, says a circular was issued yes
terday denying the statement mad III
this Journal yesterday that the en-
ployees OF the Z: & e. road at Schugl-
kill had connected with the NJ. &
w. Is. A and had renounced the So
ciety and were prepared for work, The
Information as published was received
in this Office late Sunday night and
there was no time to inquire further
concerning it. We have TO state to
day that the employees Of the Reading
Railroad Company at Schuylkll Ha-
ven and Cressona have resumed work.
HAzFLToN, March 30-Nig ht-Th3
mob which left Audenreid this a. n.
for this place VS. Intercepted at h.
Beaver Meadows Mines by Father
Marvin, the Catholic Priest of And n
reid, Who persuaded them to disre"
anu return to their homes The Hsze.-
t"pians have thus escaped a second
invasion which threatened seri JUS con
sequences, and everything IS LOW
quiet, Many shots were fired last
evening by the rioters while ral:ying
their fot ces, tlv2 IF which went through
q window Of the YHvRtown C0mp4ny'>
store al Beaver Brock Two of their
hremeu were, driven from their work
aud one of them compelled to loiu the
ranks of the rioters.