St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-16
NOT A COAL TRAIN MOVING
Freight Business on the Reading Nearly
at a Stand-Still.
A BREAK EXPECTED SOON.
The Coal Miners Standing by the Rail-
road Men---A German Union
Condemned.

READING, Pa. Jan. 1.-TWO meet
ings were held in this city to-day of
Reading employees. The employees con-
ventiOn, which met here over two weeks
ago and ordered the present strike, met
first. About $50 delegates were pres
ent. At the former convention 800 del
egateS were in attendance. To-day
only the railroaders were directly rep
resented, though number of mining
authorities were OH the floor and partic-
ipated in the proceedings. Bernard j.
Sharkey. OF Port Richmond, presided.
Chairman John L. Lee made a speech
in which he explained the situation on
the railroad and in the mines, and
urged the men to stand together until
the miners got a continuance
of the per cent advance and the dis
charged train hands are taken back
National Master Workman Lewis, who
had failed to secure President COrbin'S
consent to arbitration, explained the sit
uatiOn as it appeared to him. He be-
lieved that the company had assumed
position from which it must back down
sooner or later, and urged the men to be
infiexible in standing up for their
rights. Rep OrtS were received from
number of delegates. The substance of
these was that the cOmpany's business
was badly crippled at Port
Richmond, Pottsviile, Palo Alto,
Shamokin, Gordon and Mahanoy Planes.
Coal traffic, it was stated, was at a stand
still. The visitors from the mining re-
glons, Oh invitation, reported that the
miners were with the railrOaders and
would not go back until all their diff
cultieS were settled. Coal mining, it
was represented, was cOmplety tied up
in the Schuylllill coal regions. A tele-.
gram was received from District AS
sembly No. 40, of New York, promising
financial support from its $50 assemblies.
The convention will meet again
at the call of Mr.. Sharkey. A meeting
OF the new Reading railroad employees
District Assembly No. 224, which will
ultimately include all hands employed
held. P. w. Hawman, of this city.
presided. A number of assemblies
were admitted, but permanent Organiza-
ton was postponed until the next meet
ing in POttsville some time in April.
Impartial observers of the proceedings
to-day believe that within the coming
week a break in the strike will come.
Not coal train passed down the road
to-day.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. l5.-There
was nothing to ruffie the usual quiet of
the fourth Sunday of the Reading rail-
road strike. Very few of the leaders
were in town, they having gone to
Reading to attend the convention of
their new district assembly. A largely
attended meeting of the federated Ger
man trades was held this afternoon, and
resolutions were unanimously adopted
severely condemning the action of the
German Benevolent union of this city
in inducing German immigrants to take
the place of strikers, which they allege
has been done to considerable extent.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-District Assem-
bly, 40 discussed the Reading strike at
its meeting to-day and adopted reSolu-
lions, pledging the assemblies of the
district to support the strikers morally
and financially.