The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-01


past, and have not tasted a morsc Of meat in that
time Some OF the men have little gardens attached
Their huts and these they have planted thoroughly
with corn and potatoes, which are now DC for
use Several OF them would be unable TO exist
were they wholly depending ON their pay. that
they can make resst.ncc, and out they will
struggle nsrd 10 secure tho increase twenty Ave per
cent which they demand "Misrair Sloan do DO sur.
were discussing the situation at the corner yes
tcrday. HE do be surprised 200 see because We as
.aoor Tor ninety cents day aud support
vile ana three childer, | do These
and similar comments are freely circulated Tho high
salaries pad 10 the leading OF the coal corpora
iions form the text eloquent homilies amoLg the
poor 10 their iamishing eyes It Is mo- hing Short
s,n 20 pay president OF coa company $685. 900
year whilo abcrer earns ninety cents 10 81 day,
and then has 10 work only half time making his in.
come merely half that amount No, the miners viii
no' return to work, neither Will the mine engineers.
mremen or pump hands employed to keep the minc
machinery IN motion.
RrIxous FLOODING
rms is tho hrst Tune In The history OF the region
that the IN no pumps were abandoned Even during
the TACT that IN The lace diving the ruuous
SUI OF flooding the mines and thereSy throwing them
iiic lor years the men give such movement their
hearty support shows how deep and bitter the state OF
feeling among them Is they not only iodorsc ih,s
wili uphold them IN seeing that no ''black-
legs" takc their places They thought they
permitting tho company's foreman ana cvii
cngineers to man the pumps a few hours and try
return to their post It will be Impossible what
threatens such loss The Delaware, Lacka-
wanna ana western Company ships coal from thirty
hve mines, and IN most of those the rush Of and
foul mir curing an OF ldicncss Is so great as to
destroy the workings in very short time nccessato
inc use oi new machinery, props and
new suotcrranoan railroad tracks. Supcrintcud-
On. s!orrs informs me that one cclicry
over twenty years. accumulated sufficient water
IN three days, some years ago, as to keep the men
pumping u out eight months before II again
underground
aud miles IN extent, and It's passages
great uepth and tue extent aid MAJ nituac o, its
workings, ms well as the rapidly with which.watcr
risos there 90 TO show what disastrous consequences
may DO expected from the present idcness
particular alone.
THE MINERS pIsAPPoINrEp
Tho miners and iaborcrs are very indignant at tho
nouncc as biackegs and upon whom they throw ali
blame OF the present dllhcuity. 1t was feared this
torcepted at various places along tho line as several
threats were INDUCED IN TO that effect, but thus far
miners OF the wyoming Valley, In the neigh
borhood OF Kingston and Plymouth, have madc
several threatening demonstrations at those points,
ana she Lac.awanna and Bloomsbury branch OF tho
Eeawars, Ltckawanna and Western road, which
passes through that part OF the country, still block
aded Tho train which was seized mt Plymouth by u
mob, last night, has not yet been removed, and It will
be necessary for tho company to call IN
! the aid Of the military before they can
place that portion of the road again in
running order The mobs have tho utmost contc mpt
for the militia, und nothing but the regular troors viii
DO sufficiently elective to Inspire them with proper
degree Of respect Tor the law. Tho Commune quite
strong here and the most noticeable feature OF
ihcations IL that the miners and others
conduct all their meetings In secret. have just been
Informed that there nro several companies
| nightly Tor drill and who strongly IN
sympathy with the struggling miners, whose
hict with the military. One of my iniormants, who
seemed well posted on this point, told that Sat
mon drilling 10 Hold on he borders OF the Hyde Park
woods. These men are armed with brccch-loading
rifles and Will maze desperate eight should thero DO
conflict Of the men aud tho military. Tho miners si
remember with much bitterness the upprovoked man.
ner IN which some OF their comrades were down
on tue streets OF Hyde Park by the militia during tho
long strike, and many OF them hing for oppor-
tunity 10 pny bncS the debt with double in erest.
| EXTENT MINERS STRIKE.
Tho miners strike now extends from Carbonate TO
Nanticokc along the nitro Wyoming and Lacka anna
valleys Yesterday the men employed in The Della
ware and Hudson shops at Carbonate were driven
from their work and compelled to join In tho strike
and the ironworkers throughout tho region also
| idle.
havo just been informed that the employees of tho
Lsckawauna Iron aud Coal Company manifest desire
Mr. w. W. scranton, ono OF the boidest and bravcst
men IN Tho region promises tina, he viii protect those
| he has just published he says r' '--"-
~ all where afraid for us am
willing aud prepared 70 protce. them and when tho force
call the state tho United for such body
to e
state with emphasis hat for one do not tlak moany
Iievc thai state Of Affairs cpn continue which
Willis and may SEEM to 30 prevail wSss
for while in the end tho law will itolf en-.
forced and eventual defeat and shame will surely tho
| fate OF those who oppose IL.
Mayor McKunc continues at his office day and night,
and assured to-day that no thought this trouble
far IRON being setued He is diligently using hrs
good Offices bring about solution OF the com plica.
tion but he wound wdo and deep 10 DO hoaIcd
| by Establishments.
| TUE scnuYLKLL REGION
Tho coal operators of the Schuylkiil region arc
" htchl hnef
page OF mining here and tho papers pace urge
upon companies and not to miss the Opportunity
thus afforded them OF rcaping golden harvest.
| A TRAIN STOPPED AT PLYMoUrH-rHE NAILS
| srNT BY PONY EXPRESS
| BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALDl
| wILKEsBARRE, July 81 1917
The rejoicing here tho starting OF business on
tho Lehieh and bloomsbury road yesterday was OF
short duration, the stopping OF train at Plymouth
last night by mob eTectuay cut on Communication
again at that point. No trains have passed over thu
road to-day Mails arrive by pony express from Scran
ton. The Southern mail reaches here from Hicks
Ferry, station on the Lehigh aud Blooms burg road
where there strikers 10 interfere This mail "a
carried up tho Susquchsnna River ON steam yacht
THE sTArU QUO
Matters on the Lchgh Valley and tho Lchirh and
| Susquehanna roads o slutu quo.
DEMONSTRATES MINERS
The miners are soldiylng rapidly, and have stopped
all the pumps at the coierics IN this vicinity To-day
some riotous demonstrations were made at tho mncs
at Nanticookc six miles below hero. by miners who
drove tho engineers away IRON the pumps All the
mines IN this locality are fng with water Tho mill
tury still at Lee Park, under orders TO march at a
moments notice. kumors rifo night that G. N.
ernl Hancock, with tho regular troops will be
morrow The citizens getting irrttatcd over the
! delays made the part OF the state govornme mt
The arrival Of mail two or three days old does not