Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-07
THE BLACK DIAMONDS
BECOMING SCARCER AND SCARCER ALONG
THE READING LINE.
Coal Takes Another Jump III Prics-Small Ship
m515 Yes.uday-The Miners C3uadeal Of
Winning Their Battle Outlook DARK
for the Railroad Men

READING, PA, January 6.--It is evil
dent from decreasing shipments down the
railroad that the output OF the cOllieries in
the Schuylkill region is growing less
During last night and up to noon to day
but Goo cars have passed down the road
The advance in the price of coal is bring
iug The cost Of the strike home to every
body throughout the Schuylkill Valley.
Coal dealers in this city have been inform
cd by proAnceTs that egg stone. 7mall
stone, PEA and chestnut coal would he ad-
yauced at the miues 81 per ton over the
ruling price December 81. The coal agents
oI the Reading Railroad Company were
not Offering for sale any coal in that sec
tion. There has been considerable anxiety
as to whether or not the company would
continue to furnish individual operators
with cars.
According to a special dispatch from
Donaldson, Schuylkill county, Miller X
Co, operating at New London, had in
tended paying the ; per cent. over the
S2.5U basis oi arbitration, and when the
settlement has been reached, Mr. Miller
said be would pay his men the same As
other operators. 4 committee called on
him at his office i'll Pine Grove and were
informed he could not continue ; per cent,
as the company had assured him that if
he did so, they would not send him any
cars.
ANOTHER COIIIERY CLOSES.
The Suffolk col!iery at AIahonoy City,
which was working wi,h Il small force oi
nOn-union men, closed down to-day. This
concluded the Reading company : attempt
to run ITS Coliieries without the Knights.
The detection among the nOu-uniOn rail
readers continues, and it cannot be said
that the company loses much 10y the de-
plrture of some of them. So Tar there has
heen no trouble between the individual
operators aud their men relative to the
handling of their coal by the Read
ing railroad COmpany's nOn-union en-
ployes, The conservative and leading
element o! the Knights is opposed to COM
plicating the present situation, and en-
dangering possible negotiations by con-
lttlllE lllN lAl4A NAl Ahf " 1Nll bAlNA W.
the miners All the moral influence and
financial aid that the miners can give they
will extend heartily. They do not want
TO lose the business sentiment, that is in
their favor and steadily growing and
which will manifest itself in meeting Of
business men here tomorrow to appoint u
delegation TO act in conjunction with others
| from county towns to visit President Cor
bin and urge on him the wisdom of arbi-
trating the present troubles, and avert dis
aster for the general industrial interestI of
the coal region end dependent communi-
ties
COAL HANDLERS DISCHARGED.
There are some forty furnaces located
along the line of the Reading Railroad,
and today after much correspondence the
Reading Coal and Iron Company supplied
some of the most needy furnaces with coal.
',,. - ~. ~ 'G,,a, 80 si.,ht~ ".'.t" NO, -
More discharges OF raIIroadvrs employed
in tie coal carrying trade were made here
to day. The total number djschlrded
from Philadelphia to WilhamspOrt is "a,
tmated at ,UOg.