Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-04
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE MINERS ARE NOW OUT Many Thousands of Them
 On Strike. THE PRICE OF cOAL GOES UP. Senators Preparing to Talk Tariff. THE SECRETS OF THE SENATE Traitors In The Republican
 Ranks.
THE SECRETS OF THE SENATE
CORBIN WILL FIGHT.

The Knights Must Go On the Reading System-Thousandso of Miners Go Out In the Coal Regions.
 l READING, Jan. 3.-The worst news antici- ! pated in connection with the Reading rail
 road troubles has been received from the coal regions to the effect that every colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad com pany in the Schuylkill coal basin quit work to-day, sending thousands of men out on strike. With the exception of a few indi- vidual collieries about Ashland and Mahanoy City, which agreed to pay their miners the eight per cent. advance, all the regions are idle to-day and it is question whether the miners in the individual collieries will not
 join their brethren. All is quiet in the re- gions. Coal and freight trains are moving and the railroaders' strike has quite drifted into insignifcance; it is defeated. The miners strike is HOW the topic of all. The individ- ual colleries will be able to supply the local demand for coal if they are not interfered with. There are rumors that the company will not furnish the individual collieries any empty cars to ship their product, but this is denied by the officials. From now on the coal shipments will be very light There is movement on foot among the bus
 mess men of this end of the Schuylki1 valley to hold meeting in this city and bring such
 pressure to bear upon President Corbin as
 to cause him to consent to arbitration of the
 miners strike at least. It is argued that the immense industries of this section of the State cannot afford such fearful paralysis of business and trade. The strike will not only throw 30,000 miners out of employ
 ment, but 30, ,000 iron workers as we'll. Says Pottsville dispatch: Reports received at the main office of the Philadelphia and Read no nd Tr0n n morning show that out of total of forty collieries operated by the company but five are at work to day.
 . PH1LADELPH1A, Jan. 3.-During the after noon General Manager Mcleod received tel egraphic information from Superintendent Whiting to the effect that there is 8 consid- erable division of opinion among the miners and that they are far from being unit in their disposition to obey the order to strike. The impression prevails that there will be more mines in operation te-morrow than there are to-day. The roads general man. ager says be has more men at work on the main line and branches to-day than yester day. The work of loading the collier Bucks was completed at noon and the vessel sailed with new crew. A number of Italians were at Port Richmond. Many more will be set to work. Nearly six hundred employees, in- eluding policemen, detectives, coal handlers, stevedores, engineers and fremen, were fed to-day at the expense of the Reading railroad The officials are now beginning to realize the enormity of this expense and have concluded to curtail somewhat. In the future none of the employees will be furnished meals by the company except those who live so far away that they cannot reach their homes.
 PoTTsvILLE, Jan. 3.-Advices received to- day from number of points in the coal regions show that few collieries are working. In most cases the employees did not go to work this morning and it is believed 8 long o,d hittar aArr1opla will Ina the rasult.- The North Ashland colliery, operated by the Philadelphia and Reading company, has few hands at work to-day. The Logan and Centralia collleries, operated by Riley & Co.,; the Morris Ridge. operated by the Troutman company; the Bellmore, operated by Bickele & O., are working as the operators agreed to pay the additional eight per cent. above the $2 50 basis and additional ten per cent. until 8 settlement with the Reading company is arrived at. The colllerles Of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad com pany at Shamokin and all between Ashland and that place are also idle. The road is working smoothly and little difficulty is experienced in moving freight and coal. All the engines on the Mahanoy division are now manned. At Shenandoah all the Read operating the Park mines; J. 0. Hay- don 6 O., operating the Glendon eolliery; Knevals Bros., operating the Primrose col fiery, all situated near Mshanoy City. have decided to pay the present rate of wages and continue work, pending final settlement by the Reading company. The Mill Creek coal company, operating the Middle Lehigh col fiery at New Boston, and other individuals throughout the region took similar action.
 SHAMoKIN, Pa, Jan. 3.-Orders were sent out this afternoon by the Reading company directing that all railroad hands employed in the coal trade that are not absolutely re- quired be laid off. This means that Presi- dent Corbin will fight and has determined to get rid of the Knights or any other organ ized body of men on Reading territory.
 The Enterprise Coal company have agreed to pay their miners the eight per cent. advance demanded. The miners at the Nelson shaft having failed to reach an amicable settle ment with the proprietors will strike to-mor- row.
 PorrsvILLE, Pa., Jan. 3.-The number of
 miners in this region is estimated at from
 twenty five thousand to thirty thousand.
 T1nt I,a of Coal.