The Portland daily press., 1877-08-04
THE STRIKE.
PENNSYLVANIA
General Strike Expected In the sheman-
d0ah Valley.

TEAMS n ANA.
A General Strike Expected In the shenan-
doah Valley.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-The prompt resistance
of forty citizens to the mob at Scranton Tues
day saved the city from PittsDurg's fate. The
men who were driven from the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western shops on Tuesday
now loudly denounce the mob. The Lackawan-
ma Coal and Iron Company will set the men at
work promptly.
The stoppage of railway transportation dur
ing the strike has caused the cessation of
mining The miners strike was simply an af-
terthought. Not one-third of the miners favor
the strike, but they are overawed by the rioters
The apologize tone OF the local press is mis-
chievous. Prominent officials of the Scranton
coal companies say there will be no mining for
the next month. Sixty per cent. of the col.
lieres in the Schuykill region are owned by
the Reading Coal and Iron Company, the re-.
maioder by individuals Half of the men in
the mines OF private owners are striking. In
July the individual miners made 81 per cent.
reduction, but the Coal and Iron Company only
took off 80 per cent. Hence their miners con-
tinue at work. The August circular of this
company announces small advance In wages.
The Shenandoah miners, at their meeting
yesterday, resolved on general strike.
Trouble ut Plymouth.
WILKEsBARRE, Aug. 3.-Rumors are rife of
trouble at Plymouth last night. The railroad
was blockaded by crowd Of men, women and
boys. The telegraph wire between here and
that place is cut. Trains on the Valley Rail
road have not yet started. A freight train at
Fairview, 16 miles from here, is detained by
strikers. Supt. Muchell called upon the sheriff
to 60 to Fairview with posse and dispense
the strikers, but the sheriff has not yet acted.
The military are waiting for the civil authori-
ties to exhaust their powers.
Four companies of soldiers. were sent to
Fairview to-day, and brought a freight train in
which had been stopped by strikers. The mail
train south, which was abandoned here Wed
nesday, was taken out to-day. A striker who
assisted in stopping the mail train Wednesday
was arrested to- day by the police. The Lehigh
start Affairs at Plymouth are quietng down.
The Situation at Mauch Chunk.
MAucH CHUNK, Aug 3.-No freight trains
have moved to-day on the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road except on the main line from Penn Haven
to Easton and the branches. Considerable coal
was sent south on the Central road Of New
Jersey, but no other trains started. 1t Is
thought both roads will be opened tomorrow
without serious difficulty.
Attempted Incendiarism.
HAzELToN, Aug. 3-An attempt was made
last night to burn the Lehigh Valley freight
depot here. The fire was discovered before it
made much Roadway, and was extinguished.
Precautions have been taken to guard against a
repetition of last nights incendiary attempt AL
though most of the Hazelton mines have re-
sumed operations this morning miners in the
outlying colieries were reported restless and
dissatisfied.
Scranton Quiet.
SCRANTON, Aug 3.-There were no riotous
demonstrations in the city today, and it is hop
ed the worst is passed. The miners manifest
no desire to return to work, and several men on
the way to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Wes-
tern car shop were threatened, and they re-
turned to their homes. Every industry of any
consequence in the valley is idle with no sign
of early resumption.