The New York herald., 1877-08-29

hanoeo ana prominent railroad empIoye sngnuy IN
jured on one occasion. but nothing more ser
Gus to chronicle Those who live here viii testify that
tho streets Of this cy pedestrians at any
time day or night and that .the sharp crack or
revolver and the cheerful squeak OF tho vic'im aro
things which local reporters strangely enough. never
hoar Of but are reserved especially tor travelling
correspondents IL. .,.sr',..
Nor arc our merchants In such deploraole straits
nnnncaliy ~ many would suppose from reading 'ne
highly colored reports on The subject business Is
dull here RS where is II not? and the cessation OF
mining labor has made oven dulcr. but there arc
thousands oil people IN this Immense country VINO 40
not depend for livelihood upon mining, and whose
trade maintained al about It's usual hgure Wnen ine
does DOT SIT in sacScio.n and ashes waiting FOR
resumption. Tho hard rimes are not OF recent datc
they have been hard tor many months, and there 70
no branch OF trade, whether In the coal eelus or not
from one end 10 the other of this long valley OF me
susquehanna, which has not felt injuriousy the com
not one business man ten from Scrau on TO North
umberland, VINO could to-day pay his Indebtedness. II
chants Of Wkesbafre aro IN better circumstances than
tho:e IN smaller PAGES. They are doubtless troubled
a. tins s%s 70 pay al Ss but = mot sns o
paper 10 asked and given to extent that would have
seemed incredible ten years ago nnd Sky days paper
strike oil tho miners has been productive OF hurh that
IS destructive and dcmorazing trade, and Is likely
TO produce much more but It is unjust 10 saddle upon
the strike all the evils of business stagnaon which
prevais and which Affects alike New England and the
Pacific States the North and South.
NO END 10 THE STRIKE YET.
TIE condition OF the miners stike Is uncnansed,
and the men seem Determined to hold out to starys-
tiOn's loint before resunng work. UP 10 THIS tnno
the mlners havc not felt kceny the need OF work.
The weather is pleasant potatoes and vegetables are
abundant aud cheap, and the want Of clothing has not
forced Itself upon them There is certainly = large
number OF men. principally those with families, VINO
bs Ss % sSS 10 s @
tunately have the ear OF the majority work kn2men
never arrive al pccunary conclusions by arithmetcal
means They mover nguro SO as to prove conciusivey
70 themselves that If they obtain advance of
the percentage claimed after months idleness II Will
take several months work TO make up what they
Some OF the have done this, but their hard,
practical common sense Is dissipaed by the cry OF
"BiacSles and the perils OF starving family iado
into nothingness before the fancicd wrath OF Of
TOO MANY MINERS fa
There is one solid unmUvabe fact at the bottom OF
all these mining troubles aud no AMOUNT Of spccous
argument coored theories Gun dispose OF II,
TO wit-ihere Is not now, nor WIN there % or years
full and steady EN- loymcnt for all the miners In the
region That rs tho stubborn and unpleasant TACT.
There too many miners Tor tho coal required TO b"
mined, and strike Will succeed strike and agreement
VIII follow agreement as hollow truce with time, but
there Will he settlement q solid foundation until
the number OF miners reduced TO that required by
the demands OF trade. This Is the settled and ex-
pressed conviction Of the shrewdest aud most clear
headed OF the operators IN the valley The doultses
attending the solution OF this question are many and
grevOus. How are The surplus miners 10 bc en-
poycdS They love their dangerous and oneroas labor
men cannot 10 compelled ADOPT avocstions to which
they are avcrse nerc does not ut present seem any
way Out Of the difficulty, but Tho time may comc when
the state, IN the interest OF public prosperity and tran
quillty may be compelled to Intervene
POLITICAL CoMBINATI0Ns Ns
From the runs Of business has sprung into life q
political plant whose growth has been as RAPID that
oil weed nurtured INTO strong life by decay The
workinglnon nave combined to obtain that supremacy
Associations have been formed ana oua,ncd sud.
den strength. having for their OBJECT the cccuon of
V apyc in Nm nc ehncA
organizations, which are recret, take solemn pledge
to vote tor this ticket and no other at tho ensuing
election. Heretofore the combinations OF working
men formed for poltical SUCCESS have been
hampered and finally rendered helpless by the d.
vers!y Of opinion among the men on party questions.
Tho irish, as rule, are democrats, while the Welsh,
Scotch and English are, In the MAN, republicans.
From the best Information to bc bad, aud that is
meagre. this dimcuty has been IN great measure
by the choice OF candidates. and unless sold
out by unscrupulous demagogues, the worEingman's
ni Bot whe the choice Of csnaas..s eviucss
snrewdncss In concatIng the diverse and jarring
opinions Of the workingmeu u does not display much
Judgment as to the cabre 0i the material For the head
OF the ticket William II. Stanton OF Scranton, named
to take the place Of Judge Dana the bench Of tho
good lawyer and emincntly fitted lor tho position
stanton is young man hardly thirty years OF age Of
no especial ability with no experience at the par OK
ccpt such may be acquired In the Court 0t Quarter
Sessions, and whose rccvlnnendaton for the nomina
ton lies in the strong Welsh support he would
although himself a democrat A man named Nealon,
from Carboudae, is tho candidate Tor Sheriff Ot him
little Is known, httle IN iact to prove
cuslvely that he Is not man Of much weight, his
influence Would have ero this have made itself
known anu felt For Recorder, Councilman KIM
ney, Of his CITY is named, man utterly unit
tor any Official position, q dcmagogue ana disorgan-
iZer His name was doubtless placed ou the ticket
reward Tor his affiliations with the strikers aud FOR
their interests These are. perhaps, local mat
ters, hut are important as showing the class Of men
who would be placed IN once II me wofk,ngmen were
except the rendered or thought TO have been.
Both Stanton and Kinney is perhaps needless to say
arc politicians pure ana simple. the formation OF
this party puts entirely new iace political mat
ters In this county. IL is not known when, II ever
the workngmen will hold their convention, but II ii
occurs before that OF tho and inc nlter
ccpt ether all or part of the workingmens
ticket, tho combination would be strong one
not to DO defeated unless Judge Dana could be
induced 10 run an Independent candidate In which
his spotIess reputation, undoubted ability and 1T
ness for the Office w0ud probably achieve success
Sh hould the democrats nominate ticket OF their
one of two things will incvtably happen-eithera sell
ns out of one OF these tickets or the election Of hc re-
publican candidates few days ut the best will bring
matters to a head. Much, as will be seen, dcpcuds
upon the time OF holding the conventions OF the work
ngmen aud democrats and much more upon the action
taken by them. Tue SUCCESS or defeat OF the working
mems ticket in this their stronghold will have great
and lasting effect upon the efforts OF worklngmsn else
where 10 Obtain political supremacy. disastrous
overthrow here or an equally disastrous selling out
VIII paralyzc future Efforts for some time to come
would doubtless result active organization in other
counties Of this State and other StaVs The subject
is therefore, one worthy oi more man passing
interest, from his germ may spring into
full leaf and flower a plant whose leaves
may IN the years to come oversnadow all
the land. 1t is a well established fact political
history that the efforts OF worsingmcn heretofore
have been pullided utterly destroyed by tho du-
plcy OF thor leaders, who have either transferred
tho whole organ ,zaton bodily into the ranks OF one
of the two dominant parties Of the country o. have
when this possible sol out, put the money Ia
their pockets and absta,ned from real work. though
loud III professions. Workngmen have not as yet
learned wisdom, and the Same evil confronts them
to-day as IN ycars past We have already card OF
few shrewd ana unscrupuoYs politicians IN PM adc-
reason is PLAN. These ant IN political ways
fluent takers and profuse IN promises. Workingmen
have neither time talents TO udd these little TRIM
mings 10 The edges oil their regulations, and quite
fall into the trap OF Tho candidates In this
county Is lawyer or petty ability, and another
inaoninist by trade a politician by proiesson. How
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