New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-13
STAGNATION AT THE MINES.
MERCHANTS SEEK TO END THErRouBLE.
BOTH SIDES AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS - hNioiioN'
MAY COME AND THE STRIKE Is
LIKELY TO SPREAD.

READING, Jan. IL (Specal)-Both parties 10
the strike in the anthracite regions are quie'y
awaiting Developments The result OF the Nis'
of a committee of Schuylkill business men 10
President Corbin has convinced every one through
out the coal regions that the company VIII no'
even attempt to settle the strike as IL now s''','
President Corbin declared that the non-unioh raii
readers who took the places OF the u'schars''
KNIGHTS Of Labor shall not be put of to please
the leaders, and that he Will meet the miners II
they agree to throw the railroaders overheard.
This the miners have refused to do so far and
everxtl,ipg possible is now being done to bring
about this result. Merchants all over the coal
fields are bringing all kinds of influence to bear
TO accomplish this.
So far the miners have shown no signs OF weak
ening They have everything their own way ana
mining is at a complete standstin Hardly
pound of coal was shipped to-day. The coal
supply is getting less throughout the region
dozen iron ore mines near this city were compelled
TO siop work to-day because so many 1urhaces
which uscd their orc have closed down. Shenan-
doah with population OF l5oOo IS ueau, ~
depends almost entirely on the miners for suppor,
Every mine in that vicinity has closed except tlie
Cambridge and not 90 tons day are taken out
OF that. 80, -,
Evictions are looked for This will cause much
bad feeling Discomfort. stagnation, bitterness
against capital, oppression of the poor, strne and
misery make mp the present history OF the coai
ShamoI,in Minersville and other coal towns coal
is as scarce as if the nearest mines were thousans
of miles away. Please don't talk ABOUT tne
strike" is the sign put up IN many stores; oonie
of the furnaces which have blown out OWING 20
scarcity of coal now threaten to bring suit against
the Reading Company for failing TO live up 70
their contract The individual coleres are inc
greatest sufferers. and their daily loss Is great.
The pumps must be kept in operation constantly
at heavy expense. Some of the leading coal
dealers in Reading are completely out OF coai'
and each day Others are being added to the list
IL is feared by many persons here that should
the strike not be seetled soon that the hnlghts
will appeal to their brethren in the bifuminous
region to refuse to mine coal for points on 1ne
Reading road as well as 20 tn ose in the coke regions
largely attended meeting of the Reading
Board of Trade was held here tonight me
committee Of five from City Councils appointed TO
wait on President Corbn were present. ana lnvlteo
the Board 10 send a committee wieh them. tele-
gram was received from President COrbin stating
that he would meet the committee from heading
a committee Of five consisting of ex-CongresSma1n
Ancona, Henry S Eckert. bank president: D. ~
Fighter, merchant; George F. Lance; lumber mer-
chant D. freker contraetSEt hat ny ncnmits
tees should not only visit Mr. Corbln, but that tne
committees should also confer with William l.
Lewis MAST, Master WCrRan 1 of TIE ISe
chairman of the Reading Railroaders' strike
Committee and John II. Davis chairman OF the
Joint Committee Of the Miners ana i&noreis
Amalgamated Association and knights OF La!'or
General Manager Mcleod paid flying visit to
Reading to-day and remained in earnest conference
with Superintendent Cable. Mr.. Mcleod was
assured that the men in the shops of this city were
pasitivclv against any strike and that no inliu-
ences c0nld induce them to break their hdenty
to the company. He was informed that the coal
traffic in badly crippled state a coal tram
ON the Reading railroad is now curiosity. The
total shipments to-day footed up about fifty cars
and they came down this afternoon. This Is all
that came down within the last twenty-four hours