New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-09
THE MINERS NOT SUBDUED.
REFUSING TO YIELD TO THE READING.
.pry EXPECT PRIvATION BUT DO NOT EXPECT TO
srARvE-sIx HUNDRED AND FIFTY CARS
or COAL TAKEN OUT.
fnx TELEGRAPH 10 THE TRIRuNE.1

RrAprNG. Penn, Jan e-1he miners seem
unanimous in their demands and say that they
,rill not return to- work until Mr.. Corbih comes
70 terms. Mr. Cortin says he is determined to
condnct the railroad and its interests without
the aid of labor organizations and merchants all
over the coal regions have about made up s"e,, ",
minds that II they carry the striking miners oh
their books they will be ruined. This Is sups,al-
tally the situation to-day and the odds agaihse
There is little doubt that Mr. Corbin had de-
tci::nncsl to grant the request OF his miners lor
the continuance Of the per cent auNance my n.u
they not taken up the fight OF the S.r,Kne M ran n',,
readers whose places have been hiied py hoh-
IN working force from Port Richmond to
Wilamsport has been cut down TO a mininun l.Ian
and only few extra men outside the regular
freight and shifting crews are at WORK. iuie 10
comotives have been housed and every prepara-
ton is being made for long siege ,ra;rororos
There seems to be feeling OF muinerence
among many Of the miners throughout the re-
gion" said Daniel Coyle, an old miner OF NOUN
Carmel but as we are IN tne s ~ tor sng u'1o
rest settlement on any terms IL our organization
Is not to be recognized. The young men nave
to watch the battle There must he no vio-
lence. We will not stand that. II the hght Is
10 continue it must be continued fairly ana nom nom
estly. Our people are honest or at least, tnsS ,S
are not likely to 90 back on their trends VINO
stand by them in a crisis like this
Do youbelieve the merchants are i'll ear
nest?' o. oil
Some are and others not. We can get all
Tho credit we want Some of our men are poor.
II is true but we propose to stand by them.
There may be some suffering, but there Is not the
slightest danger Of anybody starving.
The Reading Company mined twenty carloads
Of coal at the BroolSside colliery on SATURDAY, ~
They were only able to muster fifteen OUT OF 4oo
miners The Suffolk coery at St Nicholas was
closed on Saturday at noon and 1t is not likely tly
that it will he started up to-morrow. The
Knights of Labor and the Miners and Laporers
Amalg mated Association held meetings all over
the region to-day and reports received here to-
night indicate that the men are about as firm as
ever and apparently hopeful Of victory. Six
hundred and ffty-fve cars Of anthracite coal were
Transported through Reading from the mines last
night and to-day mostly from the individual col
lieries
NEARLY FORTY THOUSAND CARS IDLE
THE sTAGNATION IN THE COAL TRADE SHOWN IN
COMPARING TWO DAYS ONE WEEK APART.
READING, Penn, Jan. a-sunday is usually quiet
day ia the coal regions, and this was exceptionally &c.
The run Of coal down the ROAD since midnight was snly
500 cars while to-day three weeks ago there were
shipped through the city tho enormous DuHber Of $500
cars drawn by sixty,one engines. The number OF
coal cars in the service the read about 10000
Nearly all of these lying the sidngs in the
coal regions Navigation closed the schuykll Canal
OIL December and about two dozen beats engaged in
the coal carving each containing several hundred
tons of coal ice bound north and south Of this
city, 1t not expected that this coal co1d ne moved
before spring, but every pound OF 10 mas Deen
bought up The Reading iron works purchased several
boat loads and happily relieved from closing down
snaBokin appears TO be tho hotoed o. .n9 nd
in the mines and s there where the most leehhg Is
shown against non-union msn
The District Assembly or Reading rallroad III
which recently in Elizabethport will be perman nt!
organized in this city next suaday IL % expe h ce % . @
then the railroaders Will more clearly denne 'ne po
ALTON in the present strike.