Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-12
A GLOOMY OUTLOOK.
ECHOES OF THE GREAT CONTEST
 IN THE MINE REGIONS.
The Mines of Wyoming Valley Supplying Nearly All the Coal Transported-Ths . Busy Haunts of Industry Crowded by Idle But Determined Men.

Busy Haunts of Industry Crowded by
 Idle But Determined Men.
 READING, Pa, Jan. 12.-There is consider able excitement here over an expression re ported to have been made by President Corbin that the strike is not now a question of miners wages alone, that the miners have made the trainmen's fight their fight, and would not go back if arbitration were prom. ised them. It is claimed that under no cir cumstances will the miners go to work unless all trainmen discharged after the order was given to go to work be reinstated.
 There has been no improvement in the traffic of the company. Not coal car came downi the road yesterday. New rules for the guidance of the railroad company's employees in this city. issued by Superintendent Swell gard, have been posted in all the shops. They are regarded as unusually stringent.
 PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Jan. 12-SuD-division 12 of the Miners National District assembly 135 unanimously and officially decided yes terday to recognize the railroaders' troubles and join forces with them. Reading city executive committee took similar action. Secretary Benzman, in the name of Chair man John l.. Lee, officially promulgated the strike order, by which not coIliery goes into operation as long as the Reading com pany uses non-union train hands to ship the coal, and this has been finally and assuredly determined upon.
 The order to strike includes all laborers' helpers, yard hands and minor employees at the shops, and everywhere not now out This action was suggested at the general ex- strike is in force the leaders are to officially place it before the board, and they to place it before Powderly.
 The mechanics' assembly, however, com prising machinists. carpenters and skilled workmen employed in and about Pottsville by the Coal and Iron company, decided almost unanimously that they would not strike under any conditions, no matter who gave the order. Like action was taken by the skilled mechanics at Reading.
 MT. CARMEL, Pa.. Jan. 12.-The only col ieries in operation in this neighborhood are the Belle Moore and Mt. Carmel, both con- trolled by individual firms. The capacity of these two collieries is about 225 tons daily. They ship over the Pennsylvania road. Not single coiliery belonging to the Reading company is in operation. All is quiet among the men.
 SHAMoKIN, Pa.,-Jan. 12.-The Enterprise is the only colliery in operation here to-day. This colliery started tuesday, the miners receiving the per cent, and no coal to be shipped over the Reading road to be han dled by non-union men. The Reading com pany has large force of special policemen on duty here, but the strikers ara orderly.
 ASHLAND, Pa., Jan. 12-Everything is quiet here to-day. All the collieries are idle, and the outlook is gloomy. Our streets are crowded with idle men, but they are all quiet and orderly. They seem cheerful, and are generally sanguine of winning. Busi- ness men hope that some satisfactory way of tha Lo J L,,t the outlook is notencouraging.
 SHENANDOAH, Pa., Jan. 12.-All the col lieries in this vicinity are idle to-day, and the situation Is extremely dreary. The William Penn and Kehley Run collieries have stopped entirely.
 MAHANoY PEANE, Pa., Jan. 12.-Lawrence & Browns coIiery is il operation to day, but only few men are working. The ship ments will not exceed twenty cars. When full-handed the shipments are hundreds of cars.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-The Coal Trade Journal of the week publishes figures show ing that there were 58, 563 tons of coal mined last week by the Reading company less than the corresponding week of last year. The Reading Compeny mined 4O,OUO tons last week, and the whole output in the Schuyl kill region last week was 60,U0O tons, as against 125, ,276 tons in the first week of 1887. In the Lehigh region 112,490 tons were mined in the first week of last year, " hile all that were mined in that region last week were 33, 769 tons. The mines in the Wyo- ming Valley appear to be making up almost for the entire deficit in the other two regions. In the first week of 1857 274, JAG tons of coal were mined ill the WyomIn Valley. Last week 445, ,329 were mined, or %, 1S6 tons less than were mined in all three regions during the corresponding week of