Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-12
soMEoF THE MINERS WEAKENING

| Already There Are nutterings of a Coming StOrm-Prespects Looking Brighter for n Settlement of the Trouble.
 1 SHENANDOAH, Pa Jan. 11.-Only one in- ! dividual colliery in the entire Shenandoah 1 district is now in operation and that is the Cambria in the southern part of this town | The William Penn coal company was forced to shut down this morning. A number of it's employees reported, but not enough to l make it worth while to start. Superintend- ent Lewis brought all his powers of persus- sion to bear upon his men yesterday after noon to induce them to work and was given to understand that they would do so. His
 miners were making as high as 30 a day un-
 der the new basis, while the outside men re-
 ceived from $1.50 to g. The advancing
 scale of coal was expected to largely increase
 these rates. The colliery employs seven
 hundred hands. As soon as it was found the colliery had to be shut down the managers of
 the company were notified to re- fuse credit to parties dealing at
 the store. 'sCash for coal and cash for goods" was the order, aecompa-
 nied by the notice that no more overtures
 would be made to the strikers to work. The company's store at Lost Creek will also be closed against the strikers, while similar action is contemplated by many business men here. The Cambria colliery operated
 by Smith & Go. employs one hundred and fifty men and but for it there would be g perfect coal famine. The Reading collieries are all empty save what fuel is held for their own use. Discomfort and dissolution is beginning to show on the faces of the men, They are becoming conscious that by embroiling themselves in the railroad troubles they are losing ground in their own fight and are not pleased at the fact. Already there are mutterings of 8 coming storm.
 READING, Pa., Jan 11.-Fifty loaded coal cars ars all that passed through from the coal regions since noon up to late hour to- night and there is every indication here that coal mining in the Schuylkill regions is at a perfect standstill. All the towns and vil- scarcity of coal, almost bordering on fam- inc. Probably among the worst sufferers are the people who were in the habit of driving to the breakers and taking away coal in teams as they needed it. This has been stopped. Owing to the short supply of coal and the uncertainty of receiving enough to supply it's needs the fire in the Macungie fur mace at Macungie. Lehigh county, have been banked so that if the miners strike is settled within five weeks they will not be compelled to go out of blast.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The board of trade and transportation to-day adopted a resolu- tion deprecating "the unfortunate differ ences which have arisen between the railroad and coal companies and their employees" and expressing the hope that such differences may be settled by arbitration or otherwise.
 PHILADELPHIA, Jan. H. Everything seems to indicate that plans for the termina- tion of the Reading strike are now being formulated. President Corbin left for New York late this afternoon and Master Work man Lewis of the Miners assembly says he is awaiting that gentleman's pleasure for the appointment of another conference. It is the general belief that MT. Corbin will meet the representatives of the miners either tomorrow or Friday. It was learned this evening that the proposition of MT. Corbin whatever it is will be presented to meeting of the business men of Potts vile to be called at once. The merchants are to undertake to treat in some manner with strikers with view to coming to an under standing.
 PoTTsvILLE, Jan. 11..-Subdivision No. 12. Miners national district assembly, officially decided to recognize the railroaders' troubles and join forces Reading city execu- tive committee took similar action. Secretary Benzman in the name of Chairman Lee off cially promulgated the strike order by which not colliery goes into operation as long as the Reading company uses non-union train hands to ship the coal