Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-17
NOT A FOUND OF COAL MOVING.
ane Bt0ckaae % the ReaAtng rail.
road COMplese-Ssrtkers Confident.

The last coal shipped down the Reading Rail-
road from the schuylkin regions was on SATURDAY.
according TO dispatch from Reading yesterday.
since then not pound has come down notwith-
standing that on sundays the heaviest shipments
Were made before the 81 rike What little coal f.
taken out Is all reserved by the company The
TACT that no coal was shipped during those forty
eieh' hours has been eagerly seized upon by the
oeiesaes who attended sundays convention az
heaoihg, and nearly all OF whom remained I'm
Reading over night. They say that u shows the
sohoity OF the strikers all over the schuylkiu
regions Before their departure. Chairman John
IL Lee ana National Master Workman Lewis both
expressed themselves freely on the strike Chair.
man Lee said that attempts had lie. n made 70
throw cold water on the convention and the strike
oul mat Monday mornings reports frOIn the coal
~, ,eS,ons showed how completely the mines were
ucu up. lie predicted that In that state they
would remain until the company was agree
ane 10 settlement and basis ialr and iusf 10 tts
men oo,h miners and railroaders Mr.. Lewis Was
positive that the men were now solidireI ITnless
,he! Mere granted their demands he predicted
mat tne mines would not again start up this win
VI. Tue "hoie order, said be, would now take up
the nght, and miners and rallroancrS woult stick
together. In the latter opinion an the laaders ~
the pres strike who were sim In Read Nc acr-s
The appeal TO the general executive hosrd ~ m:
order 10 endorse the strike as drawn up by sun
Gay convention, VIII be sent to thai body In a
rev uys Inc telegraphic aiylc'Fs OF the leaders
before they len Reading were that an mines were
stll closed down, and that indicafi ems OF s..ttl
iheht NeIc never turtber - than now What ara
known as the "Dld Government" paper mlll. Al
Ivy Mllls Delaware County. closed down Monday
morning Tor want ~ coat Many yearS ago All the
currency OF the nation was made az these mills
IL u "erc not ior the large quantities uf ske nov
shlpped 10 Re ding, every one IT the THIRTY eight
furnaces along tue Reading Railroad would he a.
reauy hle; but the inaIOrity are Kept gong w
using coal and coke mixed.
NO sTRIkE On IHF PESSsYLY.SI.
The diincuities between the PENNSYLVANIA Com
pany and It's employees VIII he adjusted without n
strike, according 10 a Pitrsburg dispatch. The
officials of the company have given the grievances
committee 10 understand that certain CONCESSIONS
Will % made within the next few days ana Win
lhls information the cummiiter i -rIecIy salts
ncd In fact, there ~ but one question Ierwep
the company and the employees. and that Is r.
Saiulg TIE scale OF wages o. ba paid on the leased
or branch lines operated. Manager " A Baf-
Win claims That the leased liue, have been Losing
faller tAdn making money. aad that 10 advance
wages on them would, consequently, be an MUS
uce 10 the company. On the otuer naud the men
claim That IL Would not be fair 10 accept an a A.
vance Tor the mainline employees .and p.rfit tus
workman on The branch lInes. who have been VII h
them IN the present light. 10 rontllue work for
theold scale. However. even tais az .stiou Viii
probably be settled amicably. The .inployes IL
tae Pennsylvania Company attfiDJte Iie lunaln-
hatory uttefances which have appeared IN tie
papers 10 discharged Morkmrn. wbo circulate ne.
ports Vi strike out OF revenge.