Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-04
WANT IT ENDED.
Business Men OF the Schuylkfll Valley
Want President Corbin to Arbitrate
the Reading d ificulsy.
Stdss Determined - Fkseen Thousand
Flint Glass workers oks on Strike.
THE MINERS OUT,

THE MINERS OUT.
SHAMoK1N, Pa, jan. 3.-The miners
strike went into effect this morning at all
the Philadelphia and Reading Company's
collieries in this section with the excep-
ton of North Franklin, Nos. and 8.
In addition to those at the Reading Com
pany's collieries the miners went out 1T
the Pennsylvania shaft, owned by the
Union Coal Company, the Enterprise.
owned by the Enterprise Coal Company.
and the Garfield, owned by the Garfield
CoaI Company. An arrangement was en-
tered into at the Nelson shaft, Excelsior.
Hickory Ridge, Hickory Swamp and Lam
caster collieries whereby the proprietors
agree to pay the old rate of wages until
the strike is settled. The collieries now
idle in Shamokin gave employment to
$500 men.
STILL DETERMINED.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 3.-The great
railroad strike is still on aud it is charsc-
terized by the same determination Of both
sides to stand firm that marked 1t from
the beginning. The company says that
1t is overwhelmed with applications from
laborers in search Of employment, but
that they have enough men in reserve to
I'll any number of vacancies that can DOS
sibly occur. 1t is said $1,000 Schuylkill
miners are idle to-day. II is Impossible
to tell the exact number of Reading en-
plo7es who have quit work.
GLASS WORKERS DIFFICULTY
PITTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 3-H. Sellers
Mckee. prominent f:nt glsss manuiac.
turer, in an interview states that no
prominent firms of fruit glass manufac-
4ur ypnn1d or r1S hit oil g.
tories on account OF trouble with their
employees. The number of factories was
forty-three, and the number of skilled
workmen employed over 5000, TO which
should be added 1000 or 5000 other work
men, making total of 10000 or 1900
men whom shut down would throw out
of employment. Workmen other than
those actually engaged in making and
shaping glass would probably work until
the stock in hand was exhausted. It is
understood the difficulty is to be solved
by g committee from the Flint Glass
Workers Association whose decision is
to be final for workmen in all factories.
1t is stated the reduction recently made
in the prices of coke will not affect the
wages of coke workers. It has been de-
cided that the reduced price will only be
in operation during this month. This
decision relieves the coke district of
great anxiety. l. had been thought that
S reduction OF wages would certainly folv
low a reduction OF the price, but t1e
operators have agreed not to change
wages for the present. They also decided
that the reduced price would only be
temporarily.
WILL BE COSTLY.
NEW YORK, Jan. Sine strike among
flint glass workers hiss extended from
western manufactures TO eastern facto-
ries, and the men who left work in fifteen
factories in Brooklyn, Philadephis, New
Bedford, Boston, and Corning, N. Z,
failed to return 20 work yesterday or to-
day with two exceptions. In the east and
west about Ii, 900 men are now out.
Prominent manufacturers said this after
noon thss the strike bids fair to be long
and bitter one. He doubted the possioil-
ity of conclusion in 1883. The output
of the country would be decreased four
fifths by the strike, and il it lasted twelve
months would entail loss OF between
81 000, 900 aud So, 100000.
DECIDED TO STRIKE.
ASHLAND, Pa Jan. S-Fhe Knights OF
Labor held s meeting here last night and
decided to go on strike, and, as con
sequence, there is but one. Reading col
liery in this district working to-day, and
that one is shorthanded. Riley & Co.
have made q satisfactory agreement with
their employees. and their collieries are in
operation. This agreement. il is said, is
continuance Of the wages in force dur
ing the psst few months.
SHUT DOWNS EXPECTED.
READING, Pr =, Jan. 3.-Had the strike
on the Reading railroad proven success
ful and traffic been entirely paralyzed
there could not have been g more genuine
slarm throughout the great industrial re-
gions Of the Schuylkill valley than there
is to-day. Prcprietors of large furnaces
and iron works in this section predict ii
the mines are ehut down for tWo weeks
that majority OF the large establish
ments will be obliged to close owing TO
lack of supply Of coal. Many OF them nave
been running for weeks short OF coal, and
most Of them have less thana weeks sup
ply on hand. They gave the railroad COM
pany orders for coal over month ago Du!
the officials have not been able TO M
them II the strike continues any
length of time m.ny sm.ller establish
ments in this city and vicinity will oe
compelled to close down. All industrial
cities and towns in this sectiou, sucn as
Reading, Birdsboro, NorristoWn, Potts-
town, Hamburg and smaller pisces re-
ceive their coal over the Reading Rallroso
and with a stoppsge OF WORK az tne
mines trade will be entirely paraly 2 20
The Penn sylvanis Railroad ships very littie
coal TO these places. L is estimated thai
ia this city slone from 5000 TO 5000 men
emploved in iron works which are 10
urgent need of coal. Not one has week's
sunply The time between sunooWn sno
d.yiieht is usually busy time for the
shipment Of cosl over the Reading kali
road. The average run OF cars through
this city during these hours is 1000 cars
LIST night but 1000 were run 90 ana