The New York herald., 1877-08-30
7HE LABOR STRUGGLE.
Strikers Returning to Work in
Different Sections.
PLEASANT VALLEY OUTRAGE
An Attempt to Ascertain the
Miners Will by Ballot.
IN THE COLLIERIES.

THE STRIKE NEARING ITS ENp--MiNERs AT
WORK IN BEAVER MEADOWS AND STOCKTON
MOLLY MAGUlRE AGAIN.
MAucH CaUSK. Pa. August 90, 1871
The impression is now general 10 coai circles 'u"'
the great miners strike OF 1877 Will be thnx OF 'he
past within a few days. The mines al hazie'o"'
Beaver Meadows and STOCKTON are now in iuii opera
ton and as It understood ha, the companies gencr
aly have agreed make concessions 10 the sriKers
similar 10 those made by tho operators whose coeres
arc now in operation the prospects Of an entire re-
sumpton on Monday next are decidedly excel
lent Tho miners who have resumed work At the
t,oIer,pe colleries have made the following terms
with The com When coal sells per circular OF
the chigh Coal Exchange for s. pcr ton at tidewafer
the miners wages shall be 81 cents per two
ton car with ten per cent advance and decline in tho
market price OF coal. TO wt:-When coal declines or
sells TOR so than So the seaboard the miners
81 cents per will be reduced at the rate OF five per
cent, which will be about SS cents per car II coal
sells 81 less, or - per on the reduction OF the
miners S? cents per shall be at the rate OF ten per
cent which Will leave il rs cents per car II coal ac.
vances sells say for S. the miners 81 cents per
car shall be increased the of per cent, max
ing il 81 cents per car, &c. The wages paid TO
laborers, drivers and others In and about tho mines
will be tho in 1873 When coal sells at S5 per
ton company aborers VIII be paid 80 IS per week and
miners aborcrs $40 20 per week, with ten per cent
advance with the price OF coal at the seaboard II coal
is selling for SO so per ton the wages will be
about follows Miners, ~ cents per car;
miners laborers IS &c per week; company laborers,
SIS 40 per week On the above understanding the out
side workmen will be paid regular compensation,
which viii be an increase over former wages. Tho
prices as above per carr paid for big vein mining.
The Wharton vein mining has been 10 cents per
1t is not definitely known whether this Will
be continued or not, but II is very probable IL may.
As the other districts where mining has been
sumcd the coiiers OF the Coloralnc district very
iuhiiant over obtaining these terms, which are con
sidcrei entirely satisfactory The men think they
have gained q decided victory in the battle for wages,
and are now exhumng the "dusky diamonds" at tho
iivellest imaginable, and the production will soon
be in such quantity as will certainly prove highly
profitable To both operator ana miner.
MAGuIKE
The old spirit Of Molly Magurism appears to pro-
dominate in localities, and the threatening ati
tude OF the awiess element unqucstonaby "reventsa
general and speedy acceptance OF the operators
proposition The operating companies and individual
operators, perceiving where the trouble lcs in the
rollleres, have assured them Of fu anu adequate
protection. II necessary the two batteries OF the
Third artillery stationed at this point viii be removed
to points where Intimidation may be attempted.
There IS general apprehension IN some
OF the isolated mining hamies. that trouble
At The colIeres Is attempted More dread OF an out
break in the North sdc' OF the region prevails than
elsewhere. To prevent and Illustrate any uprising
special body police patrols the district day aud night
and every possible precauion has been taken to check
open ouilawry The situation many OF the districts
however to be unsettled, uncertain and threaten
ing, and, white at this time everything bears peace
iul surlhce Startling and thrilling events are liable to
occur At any moment
scnuYLglLL QUIET.
Affairs generally in The Schuyikl region are quiet.
All the mines running 10 Their greatest capacity,
aud, perhaps this favorable condition OF things may
continue Tor some time. very peculiar thing cou-
nccoD with tue trouble IN the schuy XII region Is the
fact that the labor aeltaors from the Wyoming aud
Iackawanna rcsions, who cane into the Middle Coal
Fields have made contracts with the Operators and
gone to work IL is alleged the leaders OF these ncen-
diaries have been employed by the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company Those who are
qaanted with the "ways thai are dark and tricks that
VAIN the coal trade naturally regard Inc
SUI picious, aud rightly think Franklin b. Gowen
has boeu engaged in queer business. II,
supposed, English capital has fostered the troubles
the otner regions, so that tue Philadelphia aud
Ecadng Company should reap harvest, the compa.
MES ot the Wyoming aud Lackawanna districts ought
to make some nvesti. alton INTO the matter. GA the
other side tbore has collusion between
Philade phia and Readpg corporation and the agita-
tors IL behooves Mr. Gowen TO rise aud expIaln Jobs
10 bring about strikes that prices al the seaboard
could he elevated, are not uncomncn In the
coal rgons of thus state. IL is alleged
that the Molly Mcguire element has also
been frequently used 10 hasten aud perpetuate
strikes John Siney, the former president
OF the Miners NaiiOual Association formerly Eng
lish couon spinner), now keeping notorious Molly
Masn're salUoa at 81 CLAIR, SchuylkIll county, has
openly boosted oi having received $4,000
tam coal companies to SOW the seeds Of dlssens on
among the miners and lnstigute cousiracics and
strikes While no particular parties are named com
report mixes the names OF CERTAIN prominent
operators win these plots and countcrpDts News
paper correspondents have been paid TO stir up strife
III the coal Ids and even the newspaper rroprleors
themselves have been subsidized to create open
rupturcs among the workingmcn. The ra~cality of
some operators Is remarkable, aud expose o some
oil the tricks that arc resorted by them To Obtain
market would be startling as well Interesting TO the
wcrlu. The HERALD correspondent has given IN this
despatch bret review oi some OF the meIbods
adopted by the merccnary and unscrupuous coal men
10 hurry speculative prices but 1t proposed to iur
ush facts IA this connection early day
TROUBLE INDICATED.
While the resumption IS general IN the Shamokln
region, there are Indications OF trouble Sew
eral notorious Molly Mngulres have recently been
arrested Tor completely IN murders a1d other outrages
and much excitement has been Occasoned among the
lawiess characters Of the region. AS rioous mon
stration Is threatened any moment IL announced
that three companies Of three months volunteers that
have been organized ut Potsvilie to be
disturbed county to-day. IL having been discovered
that Dennis DOnnelly, Il notorious Molly leader, was
a participant in murder OF Thomas sanger, super
intendent OF Raven Run colliery. aud his assistant
james Wrcn that desperate character Is I" be arrested
and tried for the crime
THE ERIE MINES.