, 1877-07-16
Lnbor-Trouhles III tho Various
Cons-lsegions.
Suspension Of Colliory.0pcrations, and
Thousands of Men Thrown
Out Of Work.
Msllfe.haguirism In tht Vicinity Of Shausffn-'
Fritst!j Opposition 10 tis taNless
SMiely.

s"sp,s ~ =, e "n,a.na 1.r.r" ..or.
oes" -. ~. .v''A' ~ III" ..s.a"...,a.,
page, by tho great mining anu tfan"noftston
ACCUSATION OF WORK
NJ s,,c,, nf the mine. a. vcrc tho,,rht ncccssarv
~ rost,,ot tno .nnntv rho sn.o,;sh,nno f,o,,
t ~ w.. .,,,s 49,. ..a,,,. - at.,nt,s ~.
Nantscokc, In the Wyoming region, is tho only
ono Of Tho large corporations that has,
~ ~. c,o.,t n. rnlI;cr,c.. An i'm.
ss.,,ion orcv,,,. thai. Inst a.
ptess'oh prevails ..,.,,,> '"a'' 'ast n,u,a
soon as FfahKlln u toWept
President Of the rhtInlclph!a & Reading Coal
Il Iron Company, arrives from Europc,-he 10
now on ms wsy across t1e oseaa , w. ,o'ant scnes
suspension WI. DO ofaetea ny III tno p'ohnnsns
companies. The 2oth Of tue current month Is
announced "a tho date Of tho shutdown at the.
s",s :t,aa,". - ~. nrot1rc,ion ] th,s .cason viii
ot ssopposs, ~, e. 'a ,,an .r, '.'s % W.,
reach % 900 tons; xh'ch VII! oe M an e. increase
over tho product Of last year OF b,o0o,o00 TONS
Tho companies ln the Lykens region have
sroprxp rnopucrloN ron THE ssAsor.
n.. ..n...o ~ ! ,,,.n, th,s yosr In. arresta.7
Ihc tonnage OF hykens' tnls yea3, aas e.eeeea N .s
that Of any previous > yea' a ~ lnc "aeory o. aae
arc deprived Of employment by the suspension.
Several o. tho sompa"'es arc expecting "osssrn
reoaenn& 10 Of Of .er eoer,es
Tho largest proportion Of tho schuydktll
County mines nre either entirely or partially
closed. The number ot col!iert, laoorcrst @ nna
and il Is possible the number will bo lncreascd
within short time. So far as this particular
district Of tho coal-te1s is concerned whllo hut
few Of tho mines arc stopped, harEliy one Is ns.
woEAIngfnen arc ltAc, "ltn out Ntt!o p1osPecs VI
carly employment
What attis still morc gloom 70 inc atfcauy cx-
ccct1ingly slrcary situatIon In al dtVslons Of Tho
coal-ountry, Is tho announcement Of tho in.en-
tlon OF the companies TO abaauon ana
cLosH ALI THE suHrLus coLLlkRtss>
II such sshemo Z 4, carried A., iato efteet, lnlly
hoo0 more miners Will pg added 70 Inc army
OF unemployed men. The various eotnbtna-
tions invented BY the operators to regulate the
production and markctlng ol anthreclto duel,
haa resulted IN tho formation OK an opposition
movement on tho part Of the miners. This
movement, which xns atlndcd to In a late letter
to THE TRIBUNE, has now reached to oil parts
of tho Mid1le Coal-F Fields.
Tic pr1mc-tnover in the organization OF thc
Miners and Laborcrs' Labor union-ls Chafics
Tarclasc, OF Mahanoy CITY. lie ts assisted by
John Parker, editor Or tho 4uahuany. pa'tear
Eecottt, the trst Freh!dent of the old Alincrn'
and enthusiastic meetings Of tho work'nTHon
arc atilt being lcld IN tho m1utna
towns, and It claimed that ths'
Union hos already secured memoefsnse'
VA sAtVtVV "st4est
ttves alono Of the Middle Goal'ticlds. Mtctlacl
l:andy, President OF tho Catholic Temperance
Union Of PENNSYLVANIA, IL also Mtattnfuishcd
aEtator III lh3 ntners, cass: Inc fnc1upef-
ship Of tho schuyiktii County lodgcs o1 N" so-
cicty is large. sonlG nl ;lena haYltg i,u nan cs
upon their rolls. The Union, which Is com pofea
Of tho rnoru tutellgcnt1, skilled, industrfcsls'
and sober class OF tho eo'llory'opesat'scs's ao'a
BACKED 81 SEVERAL or 1rA LEADING onRR'
AToRt
Of tho Wyoming region, rho lavo been wnnt-
lug to create 6gnt with tho schuylkiLl opcra.
Agents Of tho Union arc travelling from point
10 paint. urging tho Wosklpgmsn y co-ope rate
n tho moTeancnsi and "tale motto 81 tho asy y
IA fair days. waRes Tor fair days WORK ;''fhie
| the song OF tho u1cn ut their meet!nEa's;
'sSo cheer MP, my bonny collier lad
Yan never mnnt give way;
For II your ma.ten beat you n0"'
Thcy'l! soon seduce your pay"
The Laekawsnna m'ners afe ilkcw'ho prepar-
Ing themselves, In a&x:ordanec with rcss lntion
previously passed At Convention at lytss Park,
~ Tha aRss. Il WIZ ,t
| Shenandoah mud Mallan0Y dlstricts arc still
| holding out afninht tho proposel rcd.S:tion o1
wagea; anu theirs arr good Indications tnotwitl''
standing reports In tho c0nttary) o tho trouble
hcrumlng widespread, should tho contemplated
further reduction nnl suspension OF operations
be ed on the 10Th lust. The expression
Of tho dissatisfied morktnEmcn ls that as tl!e
| pIEBEUt P4y - 4Qk VHVASA Aps hA%nH oA0A tAttt
families to sul,sist upon, they might AZ we'll
strfko for nn advance and bc "locked-out," NJ
10 continue work will
oxLy CONTRIBUTE 80 MUCH MORE WEALTH
| to tic urAerupuous n,li speculative corpora
| tlons that have piled up iunctIse quantities Of
coal at tho different ttle-Hatcr lcpots. Tbs
anthracite fuel now l!oating At Port Mclnnond
| Port Johnston, Elizabeth, Perth Asnloy, ata 1t
tho storIng-pofnts in the Tegson, vi! reach
! 5000, ,0O0 uf tonst aud this toRpagc ID being
augmented daily,
Tho Wyoming and Lackamanna Companies
will experience 10 difficulty In disposlny ut thcis
Westurn anu Northwestern lnarkets; and
| through this agency a0,no operators expect tu
rcnlize large profit. this wintcT. hpprehen.lye
the managers Of the phIlu11elphla s. Heading
Company have sent cunasarics to Scranton, tG
| nogoftatu with certain operators for o suspension
| of operations beloro tho general shutdown II
agreed upon. This tchGme ~ get soiue bust
s,es4 cannot posslbly result In any good TO the
| torporat!otl, % nearly I'll the Western and
Northwestern dealers flnye already contracted