The Portland daily press., 1888-01-06
ON THE READING.
Yesterdays Reports of the Progress
of the Great Strike.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5.-The Reading
Company has decided not to issue the pro-
posed circular to its employees. The rail-
road strike is unchanged. General Manager
Mcleod thinks the miners strike cannot
cause coal famine.
Grand Master Sargent, of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, has taken stand
OF neutrality regarding the keadlng strike,
and is sustaining the support OF members OF
the Brotherhood, who refuse to obey the
dictates Of the Knights of Labor.
SHAMoKIN, Pa, Jan. 5.-Eight hundred
miners of the North Franklin collieries one
and two, struck this morning.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 5.-The employees Of
seven furnaces owned by Carnigie, Phipps
q Co., at Braddock, today demanded 10
per cent. advance. The firm claim the con-
dition Of the steel market will not justify the
advance, and that the men must accept
slight reduction.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, Jan. 5.-Among the in
dividual collieries that today conceded the
advance demanded by the strikers was the
Thomas Coal Company, and the keehey
Run cOlliery here. This leaves the Reading
alone in the hight in this section, with only
four individual allies in the whole lower an
thracite coal field. A number of defections
have been occasioned among the non-union
railroaders owing to the ostracism and in
conveniences they meet No boarding ac-
commodations are obtainable by them and
the company is compelled to transform sew
eral freight cars at Mahanoy Plane into eat
ing and sleeping rooms, while of1ceS and
machine shops are likewise adapted: The
joint committee today began the publication
of the Pointer" weekly paper intended
to present their side of the case. The miners
met in mass meeting tonight for special or
ganizati0n.
READING. Pa, Jan. 5.-The Hardware
Company, which employs over $50 men. to.
day held conference with the moulders and
agreed to advance their wages. The In
crease was unsolicited. The men signed an
agreement to work at this advance for one
year.
More coal trains than at any time for the
past "a hours are coming down the main
line of the Reading railroad tonight This
is not due to activity in the Schuylkill coal
regions The latest from there is that less
individual coal collieries are working today
than at any time heretofore. But two
mines owned by the company, the Bro0kside
at Tower City, and the Suffolk at ST. Nicho-
las, are operated.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan, "a special to
the Press from Pottsville says: "Tha
miners strike is more complete than ever.
Hitherto the number Of idle and working
cGllieries has been willingly stated at the
Office of the Coal and Iron Company. Today
the officials there said they had been In
structed not to give out the figures. The
miners say the reason is there are nc ssead-
ing coal collieries at work at all. The best
information is that the Suffolk colliery, near
Mahanoy City, and the Brookside at Tower
City are still working, but with crippled
force"
Bradstreet's estimates that 10000 mine
workers and 1900 railroad men are on
strike.
Powderly has directed Lee and Farne to
select committee from the joint executive
board of railroad men and miners to pro-
ceed TO PHILADELPHIA at once to present the
entire matter to the general executive board.
The board will be speedily summoned to-
gether for the purpose of acting upon the
statement of the strikers.