New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-11
THE IDLE READING MINES.
MINERS INCREASING THEIR DEMANDS.
RESOLVING NOT TO RETURN TO WORK UNTIL THE
RAILROAD HANDS ARE REINsTATED-MAKINa
SHARP ISSUE WITH THE CoMPANY-A
SMALL DISTURBANCE QUICKLY SIT


RAILROAD HANDS ARE REINsTATED-MAKINa
SHARP ISSUE WITH THE CoMPANY-A
SMALL DISTURBANCE QUICKLY SIT
TIED AND STRIKER IN JAIL.
lBr rELEoRArH TIE TRIBUNE
READING, Jan.1O.--H the shaft Of every coal
mine in 'Schuylkill County was closed up with
the most solid masonry mining would not be at
greater standstill than it is to-day. There are
over % 900 miners idle in consequence. There Is
simply nothing doing. dead calm peryades
these coal regions. Adjoining these coal fields
25 600 more men are idle in the Lehigh region.
In the Wyoming Valley the miners alone are
working Statistics show that these three regions
mined over 30 600, 600 tons Of coal last year and
of this amount 20, O0O 900 tons were sent into
New-Yorl, New-Jerscy and Pennsylvania and 81
600. 600 more tons went into the w-England
States. The remainder was sent TO every part Of
this country and into foreign ports. There is
still two weeks pay due the Reading miners.
This they will get on Saturday. This means the
Every mine owned by the Reading Company Is
practically idle. At several they have SIN ala a
a dozen men at work where formerly they hau
hundreds but practically no coal is takcn ouo
except what the company needs -
To-day meetings were held in many places
among others in Shamokin Ashland, Shenehaqan
and Pottsville. The meetings show that ahother
trouble has arisen to the surface. Inc men en-,
poycd in the cOllicrlcs and now on strlKc VIII
not go TO work even il they get con'InuaH i 81
the eight Der cent advance. They nave Jolhe1
hands with the rairOadcrs. When the latter nau
their trouble with the road about 900 OF them
were discharged and non;union men cnnpIo orIr
go TO work on these conditions every man us
charged on the railroad * TO be taken back OK
cent the FIVE crews originally suspended M fort
Richmond: every Knight Of Labor leader discharge
to be reinsfatcd and the miners to be gwen th egh
per cent advance. The men employed in the the, IN IL
dividual collierics refuse To work " their coi "
bu He'd
matter the men obtained their first Vlctory to-uhy
granted the advance and the mine T1 hs III agreed
ate q coliery employing 800 hands. 1hey agreed
to give the men the eight per cent advance
The mon refused TO accept IT, Then the company
agreed to shin its coal over anG The nro
pretors Of Vehley Run Mine at Shenanuoah nau
granted the advance and the mines were IN ol%r
alton but the men went ont to-day because INC
cool was bouled nv scals." The mine closed
down The William Penn. large indIvidlai col
lcrv at Shenandoah will close tomorrow because
non-unicn hands Other individual 'c"llicrcs
closed to-day for q similar reason Inc pig
Mine Run Collcrv at Ashland which Is opcNM, n,
York agreed to give the mon the advance: They
refused because non-unon men would handle iheir
coal and the Collicry is deserted; The toial
amount of coal mined throug hout the region to-
iav was 90 carloads from individual GolIlcrlcs
The latter are all crippled. and virtually every
Reading mine j. out of operation $1,000,
The Reading ComranS's mines were purchased
years AGO and its entire coal property cost SAL
00O. 900 Ten millions NOR" were SPnt III tt'-
ting in breakers, sinking shafts and ESTABLISHING
machinery. c,,
hold affair took place at Conshohockcn'
early this morning. Michael Fogarty + a strlk1
ing railroadcr He led gang of strikers ana
tho bearded locomotive an the Gcrmantown ana
Norristown Branch. Fogarty knocked Engineer
Whcatly down with c"anng pm. lir1s
fieht cnsund in which tho conductor fireman ana
officers put the strikers to fight. Fogarry Is now
in iail. ,....
Will President Corbin consent TO arbitration
is tho question o'tcn asked The officials IN THIS
city say ~ H.,
An order sent ont from l'ottsvlie E-un ns
~, Tho result Of q n,nct ing there to stop all dead
work The mon responded Now Here are only
y few men a. tach minf to keen the plmis goihg
To-dav thc striking mincrS committee sent - ."oo
10 thc Is.hlel mlncrS :fty scoin to lave plenty
q r1D"rv ...
Many Reading Industries are experimenting
LII ltun,tncns coal IT H. proves n success they
will discard anthracite That will be much loss to
the r. mDpnv Tn situation is regarded as worse
for the railroad company than at any time here