St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-18
MINERS STRIKE over,
The Reading Coal and Iron
Company Miners to Re-
sumo Work.
An Agreement Entered Into
Between the Men and
Copbin.
The Railroad Strikers Resolve
to Continue Their
Strike,
And Are Unsparing in Their
And Are Unsparing in Their
Claims of Alleged
Perfidy.

louisville, Pa, Feb. T.-MaSter
Workman Lewis arrived here from
Philadelphia this evening, bringing
copies of the correspondence between
himself and President COrbin looking to
a resumption of all the Reading COM
pany'S mines. Mr.. Lewis Immediately
went into consultation with the men,
bers of the joint committee with the re-
suit that his action was ratified, and an
address would be issued at once order
ing immediate resumption. This sudden
turn in affairs produces the liveliest
qualification among all classes except
the striking railroaderS, who are thus
abandoned to their fate. Lee and the
other railroad leaders are furious at
Master Workman Lewis and unsparlng
in his denunciationS of his alleged per-
fidy. They are in close communion to-
night, presumably striving to devise
some eXpedient to meet the new phase
of the situation, but the universal Opin-
ion among the outside community is
that the railroad strike is now a hope
lessly lost cause.
THE LETTERS.
philadelphia, Pa. Feb. 16.--AuStin
Corbin, ESQ. President Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad Company: Sir-Being
desirOus to bring the strike in the min
ing region of the Reading Coal IL Iron
company to close, i'll order to get the
working people in and about those
mines to work, and speaking for those
workingmen, | propose to order a re-
sumption of work at once, upon your as
surance that | can promise the men
that after they have gone to work and
the mining operations are in regular
progress, the subject of wages will be
considered in conference between the
company and it's, employees, or their
representatives, and upon further as
surance that no one shall be discrimi-
mated against by reason OF his connection
with the strike. Yours, etc.,
w. T. LEWIS.
The Philadelphia q Reading Railroad
company. Philadelphia. Feb. NV. 7.
Lewis, My Dear Sir: ] am in receipt
Of your faver of this date, have con-
suited Mr.. Keim, the president of the
coal and iron company, in relation to
its contents. and am authorized by him
to say that it is substantially in accord
with our position and such action would
be satisfactory to us. No one will be
Disseminated against because OF his
connection with the strike, so that it is
not understood as protecting such men
as have made. or attempted to make,
personal assaults upon the men remain
ing at work, and provided further that
in any conference over wages the
miners are not to expect us to pay
higher rate Of wages for mining than
those paid by the other coal-producing
companies in competition with us,
namely: The Delaware, Lackawanna
! q Western, the Delaware q Hudson,
the Lehigh Valley, the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation company and the Lehigh d
WilkeS-Barre company, but with the
understanding that we are willing to
adopt basis that shall give our miners
as much as is paid by either of these
companies. 1t is understood that the
wages to be paid on returning to work
will be on the old $3.50 basis, and will
remain under that basis until a change
shall be mutually agreed upon. Yours
truly, AUSTIN CoRBIN:
While on the witness stand before the
congressional investigating committee
this afternoon Austin COrbin was asked
by member of the committee whether
or not the report was true that the
miners strike had been declared off.
Mr.. COrbin replied that he did not know
whether there was any truth in the
statement or not, but said that he had
information in his possession which
justified him in expressing the belief
that the miners strikes in both the Le-
high and Schuylkill regions would be
ended within week.