Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-01-17

The Executive CotnInitiss OF the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Employer Convention, having charge
OF the strike, met at P0ttsville ON Mon.
day. The plan OF o, tion determined
upon includes the sending out OF oom-
mittecs Of investiRation, Bgitation and
explanation, the distri button OF litera-
lure giving the strikers aide Of the CON-
troversy, and making prominent the
stand of the Reading Company against
organised labor and tho holding OF In .
diRna,ion and sympathetic meetings.
Chairman Lee said arrangements had
been made for carrying the flght befole e
the people OF every town and city in
the country.
The Joint Committee OF tho Board of
Trade and CITY Oouncil of Reading, Ap.
pointed ID present q memorial to Presi-
dent Oorbin, indicative Of the feeling OF
the business and manufacturing com
mtttses of the schuylki!l Valley, last
night prepared an address which will
be sisne1 and transmitted 10 day.
Up TO late hour last night no coal
had been shipred over the road. Ii is
said what little Ia taken out OF the
mines IL needed By the company. Yes.
terday the On Rinea on the Lebanon VAL
ley and East Penn Railroads COM
menced burning btluminous coal. 1t
Is stated that an attarDpt TO work the
VIM Penn nina at ShenAndoah W III be
made to day.
A numbsr OF tn q mon who voted 70
work on 6aturday are said TO be deter.
mined to also carry out their views and
noR.un'On labor 10 being secured TO run
the mine. These men are TO bo paid
the . per cent. advsres demanded
The Knickerbocker loo Co., which has
large storage houses at PoJtBville, md
every winter harvests thousands OF tons
OF Ice from the FunbliDg fnu dams just
outside the suburbs, this morning put
large fJroe OF men Co work cuttin 2
ice. After work ing an hour or two
they ascsrtaiued that The ioe was 70 be
shipped via the Reading railroad
wbereupon they promptly dropped theil
tools aud refused to work unless they
should receive satisfactory assurances
that the ice would be shipped by tat
PenusylvAnia roai.
The railroad GOAL operators Of tht
Pitts0uTg District met yesterday and
appointed DELEGATES 10 represent then
At the Joint National Convention o.
Minsrs and Operators, which 10 TO b.
held In PittsbnTg on the 2 h prox. A
committee WAS also appointed 10 confer
wish the miuers In arranging Q scale
for the district. The Joint Convention
will adopt scale Of wages for the var
ious regions
The employees of tho Troy Steel and
Iron Company In Troy, New YOrk, ,hAvl
refused TO accept the reduction OF Il
per cent. proposed by the company AnC
all the works will bs cloJed. Tne off
GERS Of the company sAy tbty have 40.
cepted . reduction In their salariel
greater In proportion than asked OF th,
men. The company paid tl00. 900 |
month In wages.
The difficulties between the Pennsyl
vAnia Company and It's employees will
according TO despatch from Pltssburg
be Adjusted without o strike The OH
cials OF the company have given thl
Grievance Committee to understand
that certain conceesioDB Will bs mad
within the rext few days, and wI.l
thia information the COMMITTEES is tntia
fed. There is now but one queStiol
betWeen the company and the en-.
ploy es, and that Ia regarding the seal
OF wages to be based on the leased o
: branch lines operated. Manager w. a
Baldwin claims that the leased line
have been losing rather than nakIni
money, and that to advance wages or
them would consequently be an injns
tice TO the company. On the oLne
hand tile men claim that 1t would no
be fair TO accept an advance for t.
main line, employees aud permit thi
workmen on branch lines, who bay
been with them In the present fight, Il
o9ntinue work for the old scsle,