, 1876-12-04
COAL-TR0UBLES.
Bad State Of Affairs in the Penn.
sylvania Anthracite Regions.
Reduction Of Wages and Of Pro-
ducti0n.--Apprchcndcd
Strikes.
Thirty.tlve Thousand Men Out Of Work
--.DeBtitution and LaWlessness.

Thirty.ave Thousand Men Out Of Work
--.DeBtitution and Lawlessness.
sptctal Correspsnd<nce af Tae Tribune.
WILKEs-l,ARRg, Pa., Dec. 1.-Tlcrc Is a lively
prospect Of trouble IN the anthracite coal re-
gtons before long. Ever since tue dissolution
Of tho coal combination, the mining aud trans-
portatton companies aud individual operators
have been curtaittng production at tho colllerics,
tho 1.chigh operaturs being the only exception
IN thIs Fespcct,-and reducing the miners wages.
The ssnall and tndcpendont operators l,ave been
forced, necessarily, to adopt Inc reduction pol
ley, both ~ rcgardA production and wages, by
the unnecessary and unwarrantcd encroacil-
ments and oppression Of the heavier operating
companies.
Production and wages have been shortened 10
n very low point already; but II s under
stood that still another large slice IL tn tc
taken OIL tho rnfncrs' pay some time this
nonth,-tlc exact datu probnbly being
The 18th inst. The only coliers
who will not he affected BY this movement will
be those working In the inincs ol tho Lclgh
rcgion The reduction will 80 into elect in all
the other regions, and
AFFECT $1,000 wonK,SoHEn.
The miners employed IN some ol the colllcrcs
in tho Ecluylkill district hnye already Ind per-
'entaee saaen OIL 'he,r wages. seterai 'oea'
strikes arc In progress in the sha,nokin region,
the inulcontent eoilters Icing the employees Of
| the Mineral Kun AtlrIllC {E Rollrood COMPANY,
There Is much dissatisfaction manifested nilioiiE
all classes Ut workiuEmtn, ard 1t is not tmprols-
able that the present trouble 1nay have cventu-
ated II, All extended aud serious stril.r before
tue publication Ut this correspondence IN THE
| TKlnCkE.
Some OF tho operators Il, tile schuylkil region
aud thrre vcrv strong nroability tn @ Of ttTtSer
stupfmgcs as tho month adyaucue. Prominent
| operators say the suspension Will he complete
throughout nil the regions By tho LIST Of Janu-
The LehIg'i t. WEes-Barre Coal Company
| whose recent financial trouble With the Ctni1l
Railroad of New Jersey has been satisfactorily
arranged, is running liz mines upncratet in lie
1.cltgh anu Wyoming regions on thrce-t,1.artcr
| time; but shut.<!uwss i.i other districts where
| the Co.npany's mf,,es nre Situated are constant
! ly taking place All the nt,crt antl lahorrrs of
4 the Gotnlany are suffering a reduction u be-
| tween 10 and 20 pcr cent III their wages.
The aggregated number u
| UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
IN the eoal-6elds q Pennsylvania at this writing
Is placed Mt f,00O. Large acrcsslons arc being
made to this yast army utmost daily by dis.
cllarges. Willie the unemployed men arc spread
thru'igh ali the districts, tl'e largest pronotton
VI ware T Lacka,sanna 4 Western, @ @ and Delaware 1 !:
Hudson Companies
| The tfcsttt1,f fnn misery and conennpcn+ 1or
lrssY,esss mr.. ,srert In ,;,anr dfy,ixnNs - The
I.nrkawanna and Wromin. ra'irvs' Ths ~ 49, trIic @
n,runp the nnrrattyes ri t,,r iic}aw,r. 1nrrn.
wnuna & Western Railroad S,omnnnv stlji r",,.
tlnucs. AS both tho conflicting elc1ncuts urc,
t},rv Inv; nssu1nrds thc nrnanscts n IN e,rlv
ndi;,sttnent Of the r,,nturc aT' mt yerv rnoJ'
Tile strikers have been guilty Of lnuuy criminal
o,,ti,nrtics ri Errnton ~ ,,r"yrnt nnr f;,4 hnr @
n,,trnrra linn ncrsnn or nrrnner+v m}t,tu I'm
limits ri the inI,nic,nl,tr Thrrr arr ,no,v
Irrnrrntc snlr.ts amo,~ III. maI'ntItemt nnc,s-
tir!s somc II who,n Hsvn ~ t,c",, r',nnerta ,r,tb
numerous lawIcss nc,s. Il IL allrprd Tin. In.
i,rloc nj thc D"inware I.scHawanna {. Wrs,.r', u
HntinI CIranr a. Sini,oIsnn m.ar ser.;,t ~
which ,ras rnccntfv hrnn, ,r"s itr.I ~ a,.1 ~
th"m' '" No ""'A-1' "A0 '''" - 'o''e "a
| 'A~ rrr au,p,r ~ p,.r.Yrrexr,.
try alone, but It would APPEAR, from the events
tlat hayc tEnnsrsred III the .nhl'llc coal fields
| WHHlH luE DAEk HeEk+ tlak nnutuGf AlUalF-Ml-