The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-21
ANOTHER STRIKE PROBABLE
The Reading Miners Resume Work in
Majority of the Company's Galleries,
Bnt Claim that the Corporation Has Already
Violated Its Agreement. and the Strike
May De Renewed-0ther News.

SHENANDOAH, Pa, Feb. 20.-There was gen.
eral resumption of work at the Reading collier
les this morning Indications point, however,
to the men going strike again in day or
two, the company having already, as they claim,
broken its agreement TO victimize the men.
This, they say, was done in a general discharge
of engineers and others who refused to hoist or
handle coal during the late effort to ''scab" the
eollieries. Five engineers. a boss loader and
two top men were discharged at West Shenan-
doah. two miners at Shenandoah and two pit
men at Kochinoo. and two others are on the list.
At Mahanoy City. over one hundred men were
discharged to-day and the feeling there is in
every sense bordering on riot.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb 20.-Master Workman
Lewis, who is in charge of the Reading miners
strike, and who ordered a resumption of work
this morning. has to-day received kilograms
from the master workmen at Shenandoah
and Middleport declaring that certain of the
strikers being Disseminated against.
and are not allowed TO return. Mr.. Lewis says
he will investigate the matter, and, if the facts
are as stated, and he has doubt they are. the
strike will be resumed inside of three days. and
will include not only every miner in the Schuyl-
kill region. but engineers. fremen, pumpmen,
and everybody else employed about the mines,
both above and below ground.
Split in n Trade and Labor Assembly.
CHICAGO. Feb 20.-Ths Socialists and con-
servatives, under the respective leaderships of
T. J. Morgan and Mark l.. Crawford, succeeded
in turning the trade and labor assembly into a
bear garden last evening. The fight was pre-
cipitated by the committee on organization. P.
II. McLogan, as chairman Of the special com.
mittee, reported against the admission of the
ALL hal ,ho Tpfn Icon ia1.
istic) He said that the union was antagonistic
to the trades assembly, that it was 81 political
organization, and that its delegates not
entitled to admission. The committee or
ganization took opposite grounds. Crawford
made bitter attack upon the Central Labor
Union, and declared that the trades assembly
had nothing in common with them. Michigan
said the members of the Central Labor Union
were nearly all Socialists and Anarchists who
desired to capture the trades assembly for polit-
ical purposes. T. j. Morgan jumped on Nc
Logan, accused him of selling himself to the
Democrats for So day an employee in
the election commissioners office. and made
other unpleasant charges. McLogan shouted
that the Central Labor Union had inSulted the
American flag, and was greeted with a storm of
Kisses and groans. Il hate socialism" said
Crawford; 'it is opposed to the teachings of
Christianity. Socialism will ruin the trades as
semhy"
Richard Powers. of the Seamen's Union, said
"I'll tell you, gentlemen. when men hiss and
groan at the mention OF the American nag 1t s
time something was done. Kisses and cheers.
A man who will do that is traitor [yellsl. and
should be treated as such"
Great excitement ensued for about five min
utes. during which the delegates yelled, hissed
stormed, waved hats. umbrellas. whatever
else convenient. The chairman in vain
kept up an incessant rapping for order. Powers
continued, and said that if the Central Labor
Union admitted the conservatives would
withdraw. Finally, after much tumult, the
question of admitting the delegates put, and
ho list yynU nv a 1arD m
in the Trades and Labor Assembly is now in
evitable.