New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-05
OPINIONS EXPRESSED HERE.
A COAL COMPANY OFFICIALS ADVICE TO AUSTIN
CORBIN.

A COAL COMPANY OFFICIALS ADVICE TO AUSTIN
CoRBIN.
President Austin Corbin, of tho Phadelphia and
Reading Railroad Company, was In Philadelphia yes
terday but dispatches received at bis office In this city
stated that there change in the miners strihe.
Five colieries at work and several others wcre
idle for causes outside Of the labor troubles 1t Is
understood that President Corbn will issue Immediate
Iy notice. addressed the miners, that those who do
not roturn to wock by the first Of next week may con-
slider themselves discharged by tho company IL was
not known positively that Mr. Corbin had pupilshcd
this ultimatum but his intention was not kept secret
Tho result of this action Is not regarded as certain
even by Mr. Corbn's friends and mon Of long expert
ence In the coal regions doubt its expedlency. An
officer of leading company said that the true poncy
of the Reading Company would be to starve the men
into submission.
"If President Corbn should adopt the same meas
ures that he has found successful IN crushing the rail-
road strike, afraid that his difficulties nave JUST
begun The value Of breakers and other worAs ia lhe
mining district would 10 very small IL new men wcie
put to work Many miners own thelr houses anu ih
other ways aro interested In projecting tho Ncauihg
property but II the company attempts 10 import new
men the strlkc Will become a disaster We had
striAe ABOUT twenty years ago. but we simply starved
the men and at the end SIX months tney were Siad
10 accept our terms"
Thcle seems To De a strong impression among officers
of ina prucsu coal com panle, the stthe ny tho
vau,ns nlllcrs tno trouuies III the Lehish
REGION The Lchgh sIrihe mas Dcon supported chichJ
by Inc keauIns mon, Who now Iuay a,A ior return
tavors 1t Is Tor these rcasons pcrnaIs that pcisono
most famlIar coai trauo az not tear pro-
opgca disturbance. 1ney arc agreed aiso That tnero
Is NO uanger VI a coal famine In Ncw-forK An Omccr
ol one evipay rApIaineu the Situation In inns way
"Mncn wero running uIuer aiio,mehl We coh-
sdeicd 2JU,UvO tons large output lor caen VI tic
iIlsL unrcc mouths tho Year. Ihc colpancs now a.
mUfA easily produce tnat amount, even II lhc 10
hIgn anu ,nS snoau MOI DC setticu ihcro
niay s.alcy ON Inc iino "a inc he"dhs haii-
rUa, IL Inc strihc cUnthuce, ic" iulh"SoS !" '
Ioauius u.strIcL wAI have " 30 out VA pi"St Aha'
cru.y iooai uouDie, anu II Will not ahce' 'ho
general situAl'Uu'
eXI,cl any scarcity the here VI duy "hoic
cAccpt district drecuy ucPehteht Oh tno
scnul IAlll aiicy Ior imnicuiate suPpiee lie rc-
Iuarhcu: Inc compalc, last year mheu o,oVo'ooV
more tons than III Year before ana II Is hot IN
the stochS tdew ater IL MIST have gone INTO us
trpuon and either In tho hand, Vi retail dcaieis
or cons unlers. The stocks at tiuewater are lgnief
than usual but elsewhere there is probably fair sup
ply. The openness OF the season enauied the COM
panes STOCK up many distant points that might have
ieit the interruption OF navigation This month ana
the months are generally light ones, and this
season, In fear of tho Lehgh strike wholesalers and
retail dealers laid In their supplies In November and
December to carry them through to March The
Wyoming and Lackawanna miners are perfectly con-
tented and the only effect of the Reading strike will
be that the more northern companies Will mine some
1000, 900 excess of their usual proportion
have heard to-day of indications OF a collapse OF the
Lchigh region strike One prominent individual ep-
orator informs me that his men have gone back TO
work. There Is for an adv ance in tho re-
tall price, there Is no danger OF shortage OF coal
outside of the Reading region and have heard of no
disposition Of the reales to try to secure exorbtant
figures"