The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-03
THE READING STRIKE.
Chairman Lee In the Role of Martin Irons
Galleries Resuming Work

Chairman Lee In the Role of Martin Irons
Galleries Resuming Work.
NEW YORK, Feb "A Reading, Pa, special
to the Post says More trouble occurred In the
Goa regions this morning Some twenty five
foreigners who were on their way to work at
the William Penn colliery shot at and
driven back home. Many had their dinner
kettles taken from them. John Lee arrived
last evening at the mines and at hastily cum
moned meeting vote taken which was
against declaring tho strike off az the indi-
vidual collieries. His two fellow-mem-
bers of the strike committee, Duff
and Brennan. urgently opposed any such
action, but Lee won, and he now proposes to
carry on the work of rebellion against the strike
committees work, which has issued an order per-
uniting the resumption of individual colleries
granting the per cent. advance. This has
caused a division in the ranks of the strikers.
The colllery coal and iron police duty.
heavily armed with carbines, and this force Will
be doubled before night to protect the non union
men on their way home. The division in the
strike committee is occasioning alarm among the
Knights of Labor"
SHENANDOAH, Feb. 2.-Chairman Lee and
Secretary Duffy of the joint committee, called
meeting of the VIM. Penn miners last night
when it was found that they had
of the railroad Strike Only a small portion of
the men attended. and they the discontented
element. Lee spoke to them for quite while,
pleading for them to remain out. Tue majority
of those present voted with him, but over four
hundred of the regular employees reported for
duty this morning. A few Hungariaus from
towns who work there were met and driven back
this morning, but precautions to protect them
in the future have been taken. The colliery
shipped over one hundred and twenty-five cars of
coal to-day. The Shenandoah City coliery worked
about one-fourth its usual force and prepared con-
siderable coal West Shenandoah also made
a break with a small force of men. Both are
Reading colieries, and expect increased
force out to- morrow Turkey Run mine failed
in its effort to get into operation. The Kelley
Run mine worked without hindrance.
HARRISBURG. Pa, Feb. "A committee rep
resenting the Reading strikers to-day called the
attention of Attorney general Kirkpatrick to the
fact that the Reading company is engaged in
mining coal in addition to performing the duties
OF common carrier in coal. The Attorney
general asked them if they had no other points
on which to base their request for action by the
State against the company He also called their
attention to the fact that the road was mining
coal under legislative charter granted before
the constitutional provision referred to had been
adopted. and that the federal courts had al
ready held that such a charter could not be an
nulled
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 2-It is stated at the
Reading Office here that fourteen of their collier
les are at work. Ever since last week. when
operations were resumed in a small way at half
dozen of the mines. the superintendent of the
coal and iron company has been directing his
energies toward resuming activity some of the
best collieries Officers of the company decline
to express any opinion upon the proposed Con
gressional investigation of the strike.
louisville, Feb. 2.-The joint strike COM
mittee has authorized resumption Of work at
any individual colliery conceding the per cent
advance. STIMULATING only that the coal shipped
shall be diverted from the Reading road at the
nearest possible point. The Reading company
had thirteen collieries at work to-day The
break in the Shenandoah district seems to be
decisive. The number of men now at work in
the various Reading colieries is about four
thousand. The privatecollieries employ proba-
bly, one thousand hands.