Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
MINERS MEET.
Determination Of the Reading Ra1-
road Strikers to Force the Com.
pany to Terms.
The Wyoming Miners to Strike-Fur.
naces Closing in the POttsville Re-
gi0n-Meetings Held.
Nailers and Feeders of the Ohio Valley
Meet For Coalition-Another Strike
Probable.

READING, Pa, Jan. 9.-The run OF coal
down the road since mldnieht was but 500
cars, while three weeks ago to-day there
were shipped through this city 6SOo cars,
drawn by slxty-one engines. At the car
shops in this city the books show that the
number of coal cars in active service on
the road is about 10000. Nearly all OF these
are now lying on the sidings in the coal
regions. Navigation closed on the
Schuylkill canal on December 10, and
about two dozen boats engaged IN
the GOAL carrying trade, each con-
tanning several hundred tons OF coal,
became ice bound. 1t was not expected thai
this c,al could be moved before spring, but
now every pound has been brought up. The
Reading works purchased several boat
loads, and were happily relieved from clos
ing down. The information received at the
company's office in this city is that yos-
terday's meeting of strikers showed that
there is no break in the miners strike.
Shamokin appears to be the hot bed OF the
present strike. The assemblies which met
recently III Elizabethport will be organized
soon. Upon this occasion the railroaders
will more clearly define their position in
the present strike.
EFFECTS AT POTTSvILLE.
POTTsvILLE, Pa, Jan. 9-There is moth
ing to record in the progress Of the rail-
road miners strike as having transpired
here yesterday. The local assembly Of
knights of Labor held a meeting, and it
being Sunday the attendance was unusual
ly large, but nothing of moment was
evolved From all reports received up 10
last night there will be neither accessions
to nor any defections from the number OF
colliers at work at present. The regular
capacity Of the Brookside collery is 2JO
cars day, while not more than twenty y
day have been cut since the strike. The fur
naces Of the Pottsville Iron and Steel Com
pany, three in lumber, will be compelled
TO shut down for want OF coal. The rolling
mills of the same company have sufficient
coal in stock to last for some time, and
should it become exhausted before addl-
tional supplies can be obtained, b.tuminous
coal will be substituted. Notwithstanding
the claim that there is no interruption Of
traffic on the Reading railroad in conse-
quence Of the strike, reliable reports from
fremont, Tower City and other points in
the western end OF this county, say that
no freight trains have reached there since
Thursday last, and the merchants are max
ing serious complaint.
EXTENDING THE STRIKE.
NEW York, Jan. "a conference was
held Saturday night in Jersey City be-
tween representatives of the various trades
involved IN the Reading strike, and it was
decided that the men should be ordered out
of the Wyoming mines. This action, it was
said, would practically stop work In the
anthracite coal region. "A prominent men,
her of district assembly 49 said yesterday
that the knights had fully made up their
minds to fight this strike to the end, and
would make no attempt now to secure arbi-
tration. Closing the Wyoming mines, he
added would result in thousands Of men
being thrown out Of work, from want Of
fuel to run factories and mills.
CEMENTING FORCES.
WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. 9-The nucleus
for cerenting the scattered forces Of the
old nailers and feeders for tho Ohio val
ley and the West was formed yesterday.
A mass meeting was held and the utmost
unanimity prevailed. All were bent on
harmony and the closing of the chasn
that has so long separated them. A motion
to organize under the banner of the ANAL
eamated Association Of Iron aud Steel
Workers was carried by a unanimous vote,
and those present. numbering over 200,
were at once taken into the organization.
PROBABLE STRIKE.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 9-Scott's miners
will meet to-day at Suter station, and it
is about settled that they will strike for
the Columbus scale, which other operators
in the district ara paying. The other
miners in the district, irrespective Of or
ganizatlon, promise to contribute five cents
per ton from their earnings to support
Scntt's men Wh; e idle