The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-03
ON THE READING.
Trains Moving Regularly but More
Trouble Promised.
Miners Resolve TO Join Cause With
the Railroad Strikers.
AceneraI Strike Promised to Com
mence All Around Today.

READING, Pa, Jan. 2.-The Reading
Railroad Company handled on its main line
during Sunday and Sunday night, 3172 load
ed and S073 light coal cars. besides 1242 load
ed freight cars. The trains were all moving
slowly. This virtually cleansed the coal re-
gions of all loaded coal cars. From now on,
shipments win be very light
President Anthony Lally, of the Miners
and Laborers Amalgamated Association,
saws that all the miners will strike tomor-
row. The feeling throughout Schuylkill
county is decidedly gloomy and coal is get
ting scarce everywhere. Only about 5000
tons are in stock here.
Reports from Mahanoy. City. Mahanoy
Plain, Garden and Shamokin this morning
said the situation was unchanged and the
strikers were getting ugly. At Gordor,
Mahanoy Plain end Shamokin non-union
hands were being guarded by the company's
police force. There has been considerable
stone throwing in the vicinity of Locorst
Summit, but no one was injured. The
strike is notoyer by any means and serious
trouble is not unlikely before many days.
The strikers places at Fressona were prompt
ly filed this morning.
Threatening Trouble.
SHAMoKIN, Pa, Jan. IA meeting of
Knights and railroaders was held today, and
general strike of miners and railroaders
will be made tomorrow throughout the an
thracite region, except in the Wyoming Val
ley The miners strongly condemned the
course of the railroad company and the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and
made an appeal to the men who contemplate
coming into the region to seek work to re-
main away until the strike is settled. They
Irnna
ers not to entertain ''scabs," and declared
their intention to fight to finish. The en-
tire coal region was represented at the meet
ing, and the sentiment was unanimously in
favor of lockout. Everything is quiet and
business greatly depressed. The miners
declare they can stay out six months.
Adyices tonight from the interior towns
in the coal regions say that the coal miners
will probably strike tomorrow morning,
when all coal traffic will be suspended.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Jan. 2.-At 10 o'clock to-
night Chairman Lee said the strike was on
and not company colliery would be work
ing tomorrow A few individuals offered to
give the advance but they dare not ship by
the Reading or Lehigh roads. This only
leaves them the Pennsylvania with which
line scarcely any have connection. Lee
leaves at noon tomorrow for Scranton TO
have a conference with Powderly by special
arrangement. A mass meeting of 1900
miners at Mount Carmel to-day decided not
to mine pound of coal unless they get an
advance. No shipment, in any event, will
be made on scab railroads.
Out of the Receivers Hands.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2.-1he Reading
railroad today passed out of the hands of the
receivers and the officers of the road assumed
full control in accordance with the order
from the United States Court The receiv-
ers have not yet finished all to be done be-
fore they really retire, and are hard at work
upon the settlement of accounts. and the re-
port which will be submitted to the annual
meeting of the stockholders Monday. Presi-
dent Corbin will also have report.