Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-08-06
THE STRIKE.
The Coal Miners Strike.
MILITARY FORCE AT PITTS.
BURG.
Threatening Demonstrations Of the
Mining Ku-KIuI.
The Miners Wrecking Trains.
Reinf0rCements Constantly
Arriving.
Running of Railroads.
Running of Railroads.

NEW YORK, August T. The coal hoppers al
New Stratsvllle, Ohio, were burned Thursday
evening. IL is feared this is the beginning of law
lessness in the Hockn valley.
Scranton letter tells the pitiful story of min
ers' suferngs. Large families are living on SIS
or w per month. Meat is an unknown luxury
Women and children are actually dying for want
OF food. The miners are determined TO hold out
for better wages.
The Lehigh Valley II. II. officials at Pittston
declare they Will discharge all strikers from the
comPany's employ, and if protection is not guar.
snteed the road will be closed.
Gov. ilartfanit IS i'll at Ptston, but refuses to
leave bis car. Despite powerful military protec-
ton at Scranton, but few miners have returned to
work. The few who seek employment arc
warned to desist by the strikers
Regulars continue to arrive at Pittsburg.
AT Harrisburg ten Pennsylvania railroad en-
ployes charged with violence. were held for trial
Yesterday making thirty five in all. Thirty strik-
ing employees were also discharged yesterday.
Thirty seven iioeis are jailed at Reading.
Lehlgh and Schulkill region miners and labor
ers are apparently determined to re-estabsh the
workingmens benevolent association, the III ne is
trade union. As soon as that is reorganzed a
general strike is anticipated.
In the upper Luzerne region, coffin notices are
sent to "blackleg miners, or persons obnox ious
to the Molly Maguires.
The strike in the Summit Valley district of the
middle coal fields is now general
Lawless miners from wyoming dist let wrecked
a coal train on the Mahoney division of the Le-
high Valley road, Thursday night. The brake
man was killed.
A misplaced switch on the Cataw issa branch of
the Phiiadelphia 4 Reading road, was discovered
just in time to prevent the wrecking of the ex-
press train.
Col. Styles "a Pennsylvania regiment. from
Philadelphia at Scranton, will demand to be sent
back, on the ground that the law only empewe cred
the governor to call them out for ten days, while
they have been on duty fourteen days. They
synpathze with the ghastly misery they observ e
WnKEsBARRE, August 4. All except the night
trains are running on the Valley road. The
freight trains run regularly. Gen. Hucdekoper's
division is stretched along the road twenty miles
guarding it. Affairs throughout the valley are
quleting down. The Lehigh and 6usquehanna
Co will not attempt to open the road for several
days.
The miners held a large meeting at Danas
grove this z. NJ. They sent an invitation to May
or Lewis and sheriff kirkendall to come and in
form them why the military are here. The mayor
made speech counselipg them to be peacable
They adopted resolutions asking that the military
be taken out of the valley. The Lehigh 4 Sus-
quehanna road will start trains on Monday.
HAzELToN, August 4. The delegate meeting
Of miners of the Hazelton region, to-day resolved
10 ask for an advance of II IL per cent from the
10th inst The company to be given until the
10Th to signify its compliance. The main object
of the meeting is said to have been the reorgani.
zation of the workingmens benevolent associa
ton; but nothing definite is known as the result
on this point. Miners who heretofore have beer
very active in organizing strikes, expressed them
selves to-day opposed to strikes as long as the
Schuylkill Co. continued.
The committee of safety of PittsbIrg, after
thanking the Secretary of War for the aid fur
nished by the regulars, requests that permanent
force be kept at the Allegheny arsenal to be al.
WAYS ready to quel riots.
Gov Har!ranft has issued an order thanking
troops for their services th9 past fortnight, and
relieving them from duty.
A Willkesbarre despatch says that of the "a
rioters arrested, evidence was secured against on
ly 3. The others were discharged.
Five hundred masked men are holding secret
meetings nightly across the Susquehanna at
Nsnticoke.
Many people think that the trouble at Wilkes
barre are not over yet.
Gov. Hartranft has gone to Harrisburg and
Pittsburg. He dismissed the third division for
their apparent sympathy with the rioters.
A Pittsburg despatch notes the departure oi
several companies of regulars for Wkesbsrre.
Tom Scott wanted the county commissioners al
Pittsburg to settle the claims for losses by fire
&C., but they refused holding that the county
was not liable.