New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-01
FURNACES SHUT DOWN.
INDUSTRIES PARALYzED BY THE STRIKE.
THOUSANDS OF IDLE wORKMES IN PENNsYLvASIA
OUTSIDE OF THE COAL REGIoN-TEATuREs
or THE STRIKE.

THOUSANDS OF IDLE wORKMES IN PENNsYLvAsrA
OUTSIDE OF THE COAL REGIoN-yEATUREs
or THE STRIKE.
fBr TELEGRAPH the rRBuxnJ
READING Jan. 3l.-Conservativc men who have
carefully reviewed the situation Of affairs growing
out OF the great Schuylldn and Lebigh miners
strike cannot any longer disguise the fact that
the labor war will be relentless and bitter and will
have paralyzing effect on the iron industries Of
Eastern Pennsylvania. The furnaces one after
another are going out Of blast. Some other estab-
hshments such as steel works. rolling-miIls etc.
which depend upon the furnaces for their iron,
having their sources Of supply cut on must close
down aiso' and the loss TO the community by tho
closing OF so many mills and factories can hardly
be estimated In dollars and eents. Before the
strike the iron business was good every furnace
and mill was running; now more than one-half
have shut down because their coal has run out
Within radius Of few miles from this city q
sufficient number Of men have been thrown out
OF furnace work to support from 1000 to 5000
people. The LeespOrt furnace Is still in blast,
coke being used. The Topton is out of blast: so
Is the Temple. The Mount laurel Is running,
but the Lyons and kutztown furnaces are shut
down. The Alburtis and Macungie furnaces
In blast; they receive coal over the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad The furnace at Emans is out. Tho
two Bird Coleman furnaces ut Cornwall are closed
down, but all others in that vicinity in opera
tion. The two Sheridan furnaces and the Robe
sonia, the largest furnaces in Pennsylvania, pro-
ducing 1000 tons Of iron a week coke and are
kept in operation. At Pottsville all the furnaces
are out. The Maiden Creek, at Lenhartsville, is in
blast The Cornelius at Columbia, is out.
Chicldes, Nos. and 2, and the Vest, furnace at
Columbia supplied with coal by the Penn
sylvania Railroad and kept in full operation.
The Donegal and Marietta furnaces out
Chestnut Hill No. 3, the St. Charles and Aurora
at Columbia are in blast and the Henry Clay at
the same place is closed down. Furnaces are out
at Port Kennedy. NorristOwn and Conshohocten.
At Pottstown, Becbtesville and Phoenixvillc they
are running. At Birdsboro one furnace is ont Of
blast and the other will be banked mp In a few
days. One Of the Keystone furnaces in this city
is running and the other is out of blast.
Many Of the above furnaces which are In blast
have been compelled to resort to coke with bad
results 1t is predicted that If coke is used long
I'm these furnaces they will be ruined and will
have to be rebuilt These furnaces each produce
an average of $50 tons Of pig iron week. From
this it can be what the communities outside
of the mining regions, which depend on iron
works for support, are suffering. Only one section
of the State is enumerated in the above list, hut
in other regions It is fully as bad Well-informed
furnacemen predict that March will see the
shutting down of every anthracite furnace in this
region.
As for the strike that is still going The men
show no signs of yielding. The company SAYS it
has few mines working, but it is only with small
forces, and they are not as rule cxnerienced
miners For instance, to-day the company shipped
from the entire regions 80 cars Of coal. That is
Just exactly one-half Of the output Of its Brook
side Colliery alone when it is working full-handed.
The miners still object to mining coal even il
they get the advance, as long as it is shipped by
the Reading Railroad. The individual operators
who willing to pay the advance feel that they
are being ground between two millstonest On one
side they arc being hampered BY the railroad and
on the other by the miners.
The operators OF the William Penn, private
mnc, issued this notice to-day:
This company will resume tomorrow with union or nom
union men, whoever eoms to work They VIII be taken
shipped by the Reading cars.
1t is not believed that the eomrany w!n snc-
ceed. This attempt of the company is looked
upon test Of the strength OF the miners II
the William Penn can resume, then it will be
serious blow to the men.
The eyes of the entire region are now turned TO
Pittston, where 800 delegates representing tho
miners of the Wyoming and LaclSawanna regions
are In session. In these regions 39, 600 men and
boys are employed, and they will be strongly
urged to strike TO support the 10000 strikers il
Lehigh and Schuylkill. The majority Of the
miners are not in favor Of the strike but will
follow their leaders II these miners strike all
anthracite coal supply will be cut of, and coal
famine will come in ten days.
The Reading Company made vain effort 10
operate Glendower Colliery to-day. When the
superintendent arr we'd at the cOliery this morn
ing he informed the men performing dead work
that they would be required TO mine coal
also. The majority OF the men refused and were
discharged. A few remained and succeeded IN
loading few wagons with coal When the coal
was abOut being hOisted the superintendent ga~
the signal. but the engineer, Daniel Ford, refused
TO move the engine, and he was also discharged.
This stopped the machinery. and no further at
tempts were made to start up the breaker
In the meantime the wives and daughters OF
the mcr on strike were preparing a little sur
prise-rafoy for the Glendower non-unon men. 40
o'clock this evening women and children from
Taylorville and Glencarbon 70 the number OF
seventy-ive. each provided with loaf Of bread:
marched to the depot near the co!licry and awaited
the arrival OF the scsbs,n IS When All naa ts as
stepped to the front and read the following ad-
dress:
Gentlemen Our husbands sons and brothers now
wages We the wivs and sisters OF those now on srke
appeal you that once bore The mprns OF manhood 70
this struggle We pray you not 70 forget y2gr
old motto, The Injury or one - the concern vi
are willing with and IN proof
thereof each one OF has liberal Donation
At the conclusion Of the address the women
offered each Of the men a loaf OF bread. hut
the offer was refused whereupon the women
beaped upon them all kinds Of unl<ind epithets
and pelted them numerically with brad: Tho
men took refuge In the miners train and were
soon out Of sight hut the cheers and yclls OF tho
women and children were heard several squares
away.
CONGRESS AND THE STRIKE
WAsnIyGToN, Jan. 31.-The House Committee %