Wichita eagle., 1888-01-03
LABOR APFAIRS.
The Reading Strike.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2.-There is no ma
terial change apparent in the Reading rail
road strike here today. The Knights of
Labor who left the company's employ are
still in a state of mastery inactivity which
the company's officials say they experience
no difficulty in securing all men needed for
the proper handling of business. The day
being a holiday, the quietness prevailing
at the several shipping points here is at
tributed to that fact, but the Knights of
Labor claim that great number of their
fraternity have retired from the service of
the company, and that effect will be
shown tomorrow when the cOmpany's
shipping business will be regularly re-
SlImed
SHANIOKIN. Pa, Jan. "A meeting of
knights of Labor and railroad men was
held here today, and as a result a general
strike of miners ana railrOaders will he
made tomorrow throughout the anthracite
region. excepting in the MahCning valley.
The strikers strongly condemned the
course of the railroad company and the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers.
and made an appeal to all contemplating
coming into the region TO seek work TO re
main away until the strike is settled
They also advised hotel and boarding
house keepers not to entertain ''Scabs,"
declared their intention TO I e Il to the fin
ish.
READING. Pa, Jan 2-The coal and
freight traffic, while in full operation on
the Reading railroad. is not as brisk aS il
was beIor the present labor troubles 1t is
apparent the new men are not able to
move trains as rapidly rs the Old ones
The majority OF the coal mines are idle
and this likewise has its effect on the trii-
fic For the twenty-four hours ending
with midnight, forty coal trains. made
no of BIZ loaded coal ears. passed down
the road. ana tnirty-eight trains, cOmdO>ed
of 1903 empty coal cars came Up
frGm Port Richmond. Usually the total
number of coal ears. loaded and empty,
passing through thIS city or SUNDAY was
nom Io.GU0 to 1000. The Knights in this
city, while not taking any official actiGnas
their assembly meeting. generally speal in
denUnclatiOn of Sharkry and other lead
erS who, they say, have got themselves dis
charged by the company and who wish 10
avenge themselves At the expense of old
and tried employees of the company and
have no grievance to strike Police have
been stationed at all points where trouble
i likely TO occur. About 800 special Off
GERS have been distributed from this CITY
along the main line
From now on Superintendent Cable an
ticipates lighter coal shipments. because
all the coal cars which have blocked the
sdings have been moved and the many
idle collicrieS viii cause a great falling off
in the coal trade. All iron industries in
this vicinity are preparing to down If
coal strike takes place. There is not
enough coal on hand in this city to supply
private consumption more than several
weeks and prices are going up.
P0TTsvILLE, Pa, Jan. "A meeting en-
bracinS 1000 representatives of the miners
of this region was held at Mount Carmel
today. ii was resolved unanimously to
strike unless the demand for the cont nu-
ance of the eight per cent advance i con
coded. and even in this event to mine no
coal to be handled by ''scabs" railroad
employees.
PITTBURG. Jan. 1.-The knights of
Labor have 80 far been unsuccessful in
getting the railroad coal miners at Scott
Haven To come cut Tor the Columbus
scale. and the result OF this i a number OF
operators have notified their miners that a
reduction of , cents per ton viii lee made
in their wages to take effect at once 4
strike may follow