The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-02
COAL MINING SUSPENDED.
OVER THIRTY THOUSAND MINERS
AND LABORERS IDLE.
The Few Men at Work Preparing to strike
-Lawiessness In the Lncknwnnnn and
Wyoming valIeys-The MoIIies Mt Work.


-IawIessness In the backawnnnn and
Wyoming valIeys-Tbe Mollies Mt Work.
PORT RICHMOND, Pa, Sept. 1.-The re-
duction OF wages went into eject to-day In the
coal districts operated by the Philadelphia and
Reading, the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
cru, and the Delaware and Hudson Coal Com
panies. The decrease is ten per cent. on the old
rates of pay which sends the miners wages
down to a very neaRre sum. During the past
month the miners and laborers did not average
tl2 for tho entire months work. The suspen-
sion Ia now almost complete In the Schuylkill,
I,ackawanna, and Wyoming regions, and also In
tho Lehieh region. A meeting OF the Lehifh
operators will be held at Hazelton tomorrow to
arrange basis OF rates for shipping coal To the
seaboard, and to determine uron the miners
wages. 1t Ia thought the operators will follow
the action Of the others and mako ten pei
cont. reduction. The number Of unemployed
miners and laborers in the region is ABOUT l2,0oo.
Tho miners working In the Lackawanna and
Wyoming regions, where the mines OF the Della
ware. Lackawanna and Western and Delaware
and Hudson Companies are situated. are pre-
pairing for strike. and II Is reuorted tue LehiRh
men will Join them. Ata HYDE Park meeting
OF IN n employed hy the Delaware, l. L'ckaw nna
and Western Company II was resolved to FIGHT
the monopoles. and assist their brethren in the
nght. The entire number OF unemployed men
In the various districts OF the northern coal
fields Is about 10000.
The Iawlessness which has prevailed for some
time past In the Lackaw anna and yominz val
leys is increasing daily. The desperadoes who
have terrorzed the neiehborng towns Of Scran-
ton. Dunmore, Hyde PARK. Greenwood, Meadow
Brook, and others, stil continue their outraaes.
Murders, robberies, and Brism are OF fire.
| quent occ urrence. be Molly Maguire murders
| Of Mrs. Dalton, John Dunn, and Crosby Brady,
| at Greenwood and Avoncale have caused in
| committed 10y the marauding Mollies noar Pleas
ant Valley, last night, in the vicinity OF one Of
| the mines Of the Central Railroad OF New Jer-
| sey. The victim, Bernard Brannon, was an hon
| est and deserving miner He bad received
| a CONN notice but would not obey the cowardly
| mandate Of the Mollies to quit the place.
| The operators Of the Schuylkill region have
| held another important meeting, and, although
| they have accepted the terms OF the Pniladel-
| phia and Reading Coal and Iron Company under
protest, II Is believed they will be unable to live
| up to them at the present low prices of coal.
| IL has been resolved that each operator Try the
experiment at bis cOlliery or colliercs for a
time, and then decide as to his future course OF
actton-operate or suspend. IL 10 generally be-
| heved the latter will IN the end be the policy
| adopted by the operators. The shutdown Is
| almost general in that region now. Those cot
| heries now running will continue until the mat.
ter Is Cenuitely arranged. lDe Idle mines Will
| rem In closed There are some lO.OOO miners
| unemployed. The feeling Is very bitter against
| the company. aud we're the operators al q to re-
| the result. The impression l. current In we'll
| informed coal circles that the suspension and
| reduction Of wages movements are but sbtswd
| schemes the part Of the companies belong
| ing 10 the lately dissolved comOpattOu 10 get
| the miners out on a strike. ana then use the
mately rush 1t ON the depleted market and force
|