Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-01-18
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CITY thas Needs Ash Carts ana
street NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Special correspondence OF the Republican.
| WILKIsBAkRs, Pa, Jan. 10th
The miners committee Of Charles
Parrish Il Co.'S men, met again or
Tuesday last on Canal street and for a
while deliberated over the advisability
of adhering to their demand for an ad-
vance of wages. IL WAS finally agreed
that the committee (about twenty In
number) proceed in q body to the office
Of Mr.. CHARLES Parrish and notify that
gentleman that they were entitled to
an advance of wages, and that they
had agreed upon demanding 20 per
cent. Mr.. Parrish received the com
mittee with courtesy and provided
them with the handsomest and most
comfortable chairs in the city. The
foreman Of the committee explained as
fully AZ he could the reasons why the
men asked to have their wages in.
creased Mr.. Parrish then made his
speech, the gist ot which was about as
| follows:
That be could not, under any circum-
snances think of changing the present
rates, that the price of coal at tide
water would not warrant the company
anything like q reasonable profit, should
they concede to an advance. He also
stated that his company was loosing
NJ ri ar a
on the matter was useless, the men re-
turned to their respective homes Fri
day evening another meeting Of the
Empire men was held at Weiss's Hall,
Brewery Hill. " was there decided
that the miners of Parrish & Company,
would not enter into strike, rs BY 80
doing they would only be cats paws for
the laggard and lukewarn men of the
other companies. Thus ends for awhile
at least any difficulty between the min
srs and the operators of this valley.
THE MINERS TO REST.
The report last week that a tempory
stopEage of the coal mines would take
place, was generally looked upon as a
rusc gotten up by the coal companies to
frighten the miners back to their cham
bers without asking for an advance in
their wages.
1hese suTui'Ses See'ii W 10 o"'y 'n'as,
mary az the companies nave nec'uea
upon short Suspension, as the follow
ing dispatch will explain itself
NEW YORK, Jan. 10Th, 1882.
GEO. II. PARRISH, Superin tendent,
Will stop work 10Th, goth, 2lst, 10Th,
2.th anu zoth anu commune through
feDruary or longer II necessary
80 You see TINS agrees WIN my let'er
OF last week. III "Q'cn ! saiu ina. coai
would DO no cheaPer LOT some Iilhe'
Inc upper i'ehigh coai company ~
SINKING ne" sloPe a1 neDer'o., ~
which the coal IS reporteu 10 DC 10 ieet
thlcK. 1h's auditioh 10 tne "orhs Vi
the company ~ ~ sad VIII give en-
ployment 10 loo addillonal meh'
me Whippoor"lll coliiery ~ Salu 10
DC lhe Dest paying illne I'D Ino Coai TO-
RlohS. MessrS' Tailish anu y" i,i"as,
operators, nave BONANZA III this reu
ash crop.
Inc hungarlans employed at the COZ
lierlcs hereabouts are gradually castihg
on their Dear clothins ana aohhlhR
billed shirts ara plug iiats' :,
we nave mad several cases OF sthaii-
pox ia TINS Guy ana shouid not won
der II 1t became epidemic II hitny
streets nave ahyehlhg 10 uo WIN L.
This city lays IN valley anu isa baslh
into when all the water rom Two
ranges OF mountains hows. There Is
very llttle natural drainage III tne
streets-a Rre"I many nave none at az.
Inc art ana hith ias IN the streets
from mohth TO ihohth' ohly On" vi C"o
streets are paveu with cobDles the
ground Is SOIL ana ust now IL Is fearful
II you "alio W croSS Ino seioe' you
have to wade through moving mud.
Johu Randolph exaggerated IN declar-
| ing that the ONO river was frozen over
one half the year ana ury the other
half, but the remark OF Tom Benton
that the Missouri RIVER was ilttle 100
| thick TO swim III, anu not lulte thlcK
enough to walk on Will MT these streets
just now.
The other day l saw poor lorlorn
looking specimen OF humanity scraplng
the streets. l asked hlm how many
streets. he sald 1our. just thlnK Oh
1t, four men 10 clean inc streets or
city OF q, 1000 inhabitants.
! | have yet In residence OF two
"onths to see the first woman or man
cleaning out gutter or scrnbblng, a
sidewalk, and such thing as an ash
cart is unknown. They nj. the back
yards with ashes and rubbish and once
or twice year hire somebody to haul
it away; and yet taxes are very high.
Somebody is making money here, and
H.. '.,.,s,s,, at;r .hn,a oII f,oiau
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