St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-04
THE STRIKE STILL ON.
The Great Railroad Strike Is
Assuming Enormous
Proportions.
Coal Miners Make the Situa-
tion More Complicated by
Quitting Work.
Several Mining Companies Ae-
cede to an Advance Of 8
Per Cent.
A Coal Famine Predicted il
the Mines Are Idle Many
Days.

railroad strike is still on, and it is char
acteriZed by the same determination of
both sides to stand firm that has marked
it from the beginning. The company
says that is overwhelmed with applica-
tiOns from laborers in search of employ
ment, and that it has enough men in
reserve to fill any number of vacancies
that can possibly occur. 1t is said that
$1,000 Schuylkill miners are idle to-day.
1t is impossible to tell the exact num-
Der of Reading employees who have quit
work.
THE MINERS JOIN IN.
SHAMoKIN, Jan. 3.-The miners
strike went into effect this morning at
all the Philadelphia & Reading COM
pany's collieries in this section, with
the exception of the North Franklin
Nos. and 2. In addition to those at
the Reading cOmpany's collieries, the
miners weet out at the Pennsylvania,
owned by the Union Coal company, the
Enterprise, owned by the Enterprise
Coal company, and the Garfield, owned
by the Garfield Coal company. An ar
rangement was entered into at the Neil
son shaft, the Excelsior, the Hickory
Ridge, the Hickory Swamp and the
Lancaster cOllieries, whereby the pro-
prietors agree to pay the old rate of
wages until the strike is settled. The
collieries now idle in Shamokin gave
employment to $500 men.
WITHOUT TIE REDUCTION.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 3.-The rail-
road coal operators who posted notices
yesterday ordering reduction in wages
of cents per ton, decided to-day to
withdraw the order for few days for
the purpose of giving the Knights of
Labor more time to compel the opera
tors not paying the Columbus scale to
advance wages to the standard scale.
A committee of miners left for Wash
ingtOn to-day to see Congressman W.
l.. Scott and prevail upon him, if posi-
BILE, to pay the Columbus scale. If un-
successful the K. of l.. will order a
strike at all the mines where the Column
bus scale is not in force.
WILL PAY THE ADVANCE.
MOUNT CARMEL, Pa, Jan. 3.-The
proprietors of BellmOre, Morris Ridge,
Mount Carmel, Central and Excelsior
cOllieries, employing 1900 hands, have
agreed to pay the per cent advance on
the $3.50 basis pending settlement by
the Reading company and work will be
resumed tomorrow. The Alaska, Lo-
Gust Gap, Locust Spring, Monitor. Mer-
riam and Congressman ScOtt's Pennsyl-
vania cOlliery are idle, and the miners
are determined in their demands.
SHAMOKIN, Pa, Jan. 3.-The Enter
prise Coal company has agreed to pay
its miners the per cent advagce de-
n1onHn6 at a oil
shaft having failed to reach an amicabIe
settlement with the proprietors will
strike tomorrow.
VERY CONFIDENT.
POTTSvILLE, Pa, Jan. 3.-Each hour
seems to be strengthening the strikers,
now that the decisive step is taken. The
conservatives are fast becoming bigoted.
The war promises to be long, bitter and
costly. Two companies and about fif-
teen individual cOllierieS worked to-day,
but tomorrow scarcely half this number
will be in operation. This is rather
small proportion out of the 100 usually
busy in the Schuylkill region. The la
Dor leaders are jubilant at the almost
unanimous Obedince of their mandate
to strike. Chairman Lee, of the rail
readers committee, to-day went to
Scranton to personally importune Pow
derly's support. This obtained and
their self-congratulation will know no
bounds.
A DIFFERENT AGREEMENT.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Jan. 3.-The joint
committee of Miners Amalgamated as
sociation and Knights of Labor met in
this city to-day and promulgated a
counter statement to that issued by
President Corbin, of the Reading road,
a few days ago. They declare that the
agreement for four months from last
September as signed, differs materially
from the one made public. They point
out that Mr.. Corbin said in his circular
that the Reading would never pay less
than other companies, and that already
eleven companies have conceded their
demands. The manifesto declares that
the die is cast and that general strike
at all the fifty-five collieries of the
Reading company and at all other col
lieries in this region, except those con-
ceding the Sper cent advance, will be
inaugurated tomorrow morning. In
addition to the Reading and various in
dividual collieries. all the Mineral Min
ing company's PENNSYLVANIA railroaD
operatives in the Shamokin district
have gone ont