Daily Republican., 1888-01-28
THE ZINE, AGAIN CLOSED.
mr oorb,ns sta,smept-an Agreement
signed by the heading Company.

signed by the neading Company.
eBKSAsEoAH, Pa, Jan. 27.-Ths
VIM. Penn ooliiery vas shut down
again to day, the men claiming that
they agreed to fill the breaker FOR local
supply only. The Kebley Run oolliery
is still being worked, but TO night the
Joint Com mittee issued . circular oom
mAnding the men to quit rythiDP
but dead work." and denouncinR as
'seabs" oil the men who are now
working 81 Reading oollerles. It is
believed, nom the expressions of the
kehley Run miners that they will diI-
ebey the order and continue nt work.
sHAAoKIF, Pa, Jan. 27.-The
Enterprise Oolliery has been forced to
suspend indefnitely. When the miners
resumed work 1t W3s agreed that the
production OF the mine should be
loaded into PernsylvApia Railroad care
aud delivered to the Pennsylvauia Rail.
road for rantportatioD, thus al wing the
Reading Company a short haul only.
The Reading Company refused to sc
oept the Pennsylvania cars, thereby
causing suspension of work. At the
Luke Fidler and Cameron Oollieries =
rush was made for employment, and
ab0ut 400 bands vera taken on.
NEW YORK, Jan. 81 27-BrRdstreet's .
to morrow will contain an intersstin q
article In regard to the merit OF the
Rsading strike Tin order" 1t ssye,
"to get the Reading Company's version
OF thediscrepancy between the claims
made By each side. the following In.
quiry was wired to Mr.. Oorbin on
Thursday: 1T Is importan. to know
whether the agreement between your
comDany and employee, made Septem.
Der l4th, included o provision or not
that the employees should return to
work after January LIST ut the old rate
II no advance had been agreed to BY
other companies by the latter date.
Copies OF two district agreements
have been published, one without that
Clause and one with 1t. Which was
signed by the repreBe entatives OF your
company and the miners, or were both
eiaptd2 The strikers repudiAte the
contract you outline In your address on
Monday, sDd exhibit one In which your
company agrees TO an advance for eight
months and nothing more. VIII you
kindly wire the solution OF these con
hictiug stAtements2 We desire TO dis
cues the strike intelligently, and to do
so should know the status OF each Of
these contracts referred to. Kindly
wire explanation to-day and greatly
obliRe. EDITOR BRADsrREErs,
The reply te!egraphed was as fol
Iows:
"'The agreement, copy Of which Ap-
pears In my published statemen dated
January 81, WAS the only one ever
Gigned or agreed to b. the company or
any Of It's Representatives.
AUSTIN CoRBIN, President.
'Philada., Jan. 28'
"lt will now be in order for several
people 10 explain. Mr.. Oorbin uses an
agreement With Mr.. John a, DAvls's
name sppeaded, which, as Mr.. Davis
wireG ue, was not signed by him.
i looks rs il several thousand indi.
Viduals and one prominent Newspaper,
at leasf, had been deluded. Mr.. Oofbin
appears to have made good his position
SO far rs the attitude OF the company
toward the strike is concerned. There
are probably $1,000 coal miners, some
5000 railway and machine shop en-
ployes, dock hands, GOAL handlers and
other employees still on strike ia the
Schuylkill and Lehigh regions.
"rhese fgu'es are believed to be
under rather than over the real total.
Ia addition, thtrs are about q, 800 EN-
ployes idle aJ over 40 shops and other
manufacturing establishments, exclu
sive OF 2 900 furnace men at 10 fur.
uaces, idle because of banked fires due
TO high prices rather than scarcity OF
fuel Very little further restriction oi
y oduct.0n is expected, owing to lack
Of fuel for two weeks to come, ns btu.
minous coal, or anthracite and coke are
being used freely
BrAdstreet's. In another column, says:
"About $50, ,000 strikers ia 1887 lost
10, ,000. 600 days' time; 161, 200 strikers In
Ave strikes lost $40 $50. 600 wager. The
estimated wages sacrificed by all strikers
Inst year aggregates $13 5e0. COO About
one tenth OF the ind ustrial employees Of
the country struck In 1887 an average
OF 27 days eacn, losing aJout ont
mouths time"