New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-02
READING STRIKERS QUIET.
NEW EMPLOYEES WORKING UNMOLEsTED.

NEW EMPLOYEES WORKING UNMOLEsTED.
| STOVE AND MOROCCO FINIsHERs VOTE MONEY TO
THE IDLE MEN-A CRISIS EXPECTED TUESDAY,
PHILADELPHIA. jan ,Specab. b.-whether 1t was from
effects Of the terrific southeast rain storm that has
prevailed all day. the fact of 1t being Sunday or
both the strikers who have been wont to hang around
their old positions at Port Richmond no where
to be to-day. "The hands, Superintendent
Keim said to-day, doing their work satisfactorily,
and In few days they will perform duties equally as
well the old hands. The Reading Conventions
order would have affected nearly 5000 men In this
city, but of this number less than 1,4O0 quilt work
These places have all been filed and although many
Of the old hands have asked be reinstacd we are
determined under circumstances to employ them'
Up to this evening Port Richmond has been quiet,
and Police Captain Quirk anticipates trouble what
ever. To-day meetings held by strikers at NO.
Poplarst, at Richmond and Nef sts., and at Eighth
and Spring Garden sts The proceedings were con-
Quoted by assemblies No. $500, No. 1871 and No.
6,Ss5. The members of these assemblies Will remain
out. Assemblies representing the stove and morocco
hnishers renewed their meetings today and voted
money to support tho strikers.
At Ninth and Green sts, the passenger trains were
sent out on schedule time and no trouble Is antic-
pated Tomorrow being general holiday tie strikers
according to of their lumber, have agreed to re
main away from the new men 1t Is however. The
| impression that Tuesday matters will come to
crsi-, and In all probability the men who ale tiring
OF the strike Will ask TO be rens.ated and will even
60 so far as tu leave the Knights of Labor.
kEADING. Jan To-day an Informal meeting OF
representatives from the Knights OF Labor assemblies In
this city whosc membership consists principally OF
heading Railroad employees was held here The situa.
tion was again fully discussed and 1t was given out
the sentiment OF the employees that under no Cir,
cumstanccs would they strike because they CONSIDERED
along tho cause Of tho Knights of Labor. A number
that they would be guided by the action Of the Read
| Ing assemblies
coal passed through to-day. About eighty men were
| employed here to-day and sent to Port Richmond to
| take the places Of strikers.
| POTrsvILLE, Jan. I (Sp.cidb. AS foreshadOwed In
| tho dispatches from here to THE TRIBUNE last
night, coal miners strike will probably bo ordered
throughout the schuylkIll region tomorrow. The
| Company and individual operators have already an
ncunced that they will positively not the increase
| Of wages demanded Old residents say the spirit
among tho miners Is similar to that manifested pre-
| vous to the great strike in 1870 whom 10000 mep
S Se enS ,Dns coa ro Chairman
| Ice, Of the Reading Employees Executive Committee:
here and says that there will surely be strike OF
the miners.
STRIKERS CENSURED FROM THE PULPIT.
THE REV. FATHER POLLARD. OF PITTsBURG, con-
DENNIS The EPITHETs "sCAB" AND BLACK
| SHEEP"
PuTsBURG, Jan. (Speciat). From the pupit or st
Marys Catholic Church, in Forys this morning.
the Rev. Father Pollard pastor OF the church, de-
|
his regatioH who engaged In the Black Dar
mond Steel Works strike. The majority Of his parshion
ers workngmen and belong to the Knights Of Labsr
The priest said that number members Of the church
had been guilty Of using bad AID obscene language to-
ward men who had taken the strikers places in the
works This was violation OF the laws Of the Brother
hosd OF St Joseph Church order to which they all be-
long He threatened them with expulsion He said that
number Of thcm who members Of the church. had
called their brethors "scabs blacks hesp," and ether
| af furfh RinV and
appying vile epithes to them He called their attention
| to the order of the Knights Of Labor, and asked
| IL their membership In the order warranted such
conduct II it did they should leave 1t at He
fersd the anpathy between the Church and secret
| societies, and named number Of prominent church
dignaries who were opposed TO the Knights. The mem
his the subject OF bis remarks
were too engrossed in the order and the time
the Knights of Labor and the Church. stick TO one and
leave the other great many members OF the brother
by ths attack OF their pastor After the mass special
meeting in the old school house was called ana IA % .he
treasurer Of the society and requested MS presence
Of Labor great deal Of dscas.s was INDUCED by
tho members who seemed to think they could run their
eral OF the offered their designations The
priest counseled deliberate actios. snd as II was
sp.c"l meeting. the designations were laid on he aoie
numher Of the members OF the brotherhood SAID that
there would soon be split In the order there over
one-half Of hem were gong to join ST. kerihs PARISH
BRUISER QUINN KNOCKS OUT HIS RIVAL.
AGAIN CHOSEN MASTER WORKMAN OF DISTRICT
ASSEMBLY 49-A SMALL MAJORITY.
James E. Quinn reelected yesterday Master
Workman District Assembly No. 40 OF the knights OF
Labsr This is a sad blow to the better class Of work
men in the district assembly Net only with the best
element of the working classes has Quinn made himself
dsliked, but people outside ths organization have
learned to distrust him. and hereafter when thcrs are
any troubles in the dstrist his reputation will In
tefero greatly with satisfactory and speedy settlement
Meme will want to treat with him. The prospects are
that his election will drive many lscals and individual
from the organizations and now that the doors
of the American Federation OF Labor wide open to
receive all local labor unions that have become
dissatisfied with the Knights 1t will he an exceptionally
hard matter prevent gigantic stampede to the Fed
Grafton
The election close and bitterly contested The vot
in. place the regular weekly meeting Of the del
esatss to the District Assembly at the headquarters In
Pythagoras Hall yesterday. John ~ shaw. popular
mel ia ber OF tho Organization run on the antadnin
isratsn ticket. His friends assembled at the hall early
we'll shaw received Us votes according to tho CENT
of his friends, and Quinn got ls2 votes lunns siae
the count and claimed lI0 votes for Shaw ava
1s5 for their man shaws rcu Is said that Qninn was
drunk aud abusive and that he frightened men iho WV
ing for nim.
RAISING THE WAGES OF PRINTERS IN ST. PAUL"
ST. PAUL, jan 1 tSpeeial.-The pro2rlctors Of the
newspapers published in this city and the E1ecutiv
Committee OF the Typographical Union have been en-
gaged fot a month in making new scale or prices
for position and at TO days mes ng OF the union o
price raised cents per Thousand ems on the compq
stion for both and morning newspapers 1ns
makes price moruins newspaper csmposltisn A.
cents and evening 81 cents. In consideration o, re-
ceiving cents increase the union agreed 10 aisw
advertisements to be set by the week ana - waive a
claim tho measurement Of cuts This was agreed upon
by the propreters In preference to straight Two cents
raise measurement OF advertiser nents ana cuts
has always been the source OF petty Wrangies.
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TO DISMISS EVERY TENTH MAN
ST. LOUIS jan / (SpeeaD. The $1,000 empsyes OF
the Gould system are much agtatsd over an order wch
has Just issued for reduction OF ten per cent In
the number employees Of all departments Inc order