The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-17

have boon creating dsscnson ana rebellion among the
Lehigh workngmen for some time past, nave stirred
up terrible feeling among the MIXERS OF Beaver
Meadow Trcshow, Audcnried Yorktown, beaver
BrooS Iranesvills Landlord and other mparativey
isolaked mining villages
Should men show a disposition to work in tho mnos
under tho protection OF the operators terrible
culinary trouble Will most undoubtedly occur rho
dos peras spirits among the strikers and notorious
Molly MLguires rcndezvousing IN the Butler Valley
have been mingng together, and the belief current
that some diaboiism Is being planned and which will
bs tho event Of the operators attempt
ing to work tho colierics with non-unon miners.
CONCERT ACTION AMONG OPERATORS.
prominent anu reliable Lehigh operator says that
while general combination possible amopg the
companies and Individual operators for paying the ad
vanced 10 is very probable the
will make their own terms with such miners US
they may employ from the army OF unemployed work
nsmen In the region. In this method ~ adopted
by any OF the coal keep mines running II
is believed grave business difficulties will result.
But small quantity OF coal Is held by tho Lehgh
operators and not more than go 600 OF prod
Is stored ut Perth Amboy aud Elizabethport ~ j.
and other seaboard points and Their prospects for
future are therefore anything but cheerful.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINGS.
If the action oil the strikers their delegate meet
ngs, held in various parts OF the region to-day can be
considered as any indication OF the general spirit of
tho w0rkngmcn IL is sale to that strike NAV
be continued until winter, unless the demanded ad-
vance Ut twelve ana u half per cent Is PAID At the
meetings, which were largely attended and very enthu-
siastc II resolved TO hold out Tor the scale
wages until the last moment aud not 10 accept any
compromise price for mining that might be one by
the operators comprising tho Lehgh Coal Exchange.
PROVIDING FOR dizziness.
Some OF the prominent ''south sidc' operators
threaten general lockout should Tho golfers aud
uborcrs continue TO strike much longer, thcy
1t will pay them well 70 close ucs AS 10
pay higher wages tor producing "the dusky dia-
inonds." With the possibility OF being 'slocked outn
Of the collicries Tor Indefinite period, expert
cncng great desttution misery and suferng In their
homes the position OF the mass OF tho workingmcn
becomes more ptu as the days engthen. In antici-
patton that the threat Of the operators will be
carried into execution, and being resolved to
MAINTAIN the position they have assumed in the
contest, the miners and other coal workers about
organize relief associations to help them through
the crisis that Is impending II SAID that ample
provision can made Tor the % 900 persons depend
ent upon the mines for occupation and velhood.
Committees now visiting the adjacent agric cultural
districts soliciting food from the charably disposed
farmers, and liberal donations are being collected
LyKESs VALLEY.
1t Ia reported that general strike has been agreed
upon by the miners employed in the Lykens Valley
district, whore much dissatisfaction has been
stoned by per cent reduction OF wages. This
strike will make the trouble complete in nll the
regions in the state with the single exception Of the
Schuylkill district.