New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-20
MINERS Not ALI 1GREED.
TIE LEADERS JEALOUS OF EACH OTHER.

TIE LEADERS JEALOUS OF EACH OTHER
JOHN /. LEE URGING TIE MEN NOT TO OBEY THE
MASTER WORKMAN, LEwIs-TKE COLLIERIts.
WILL OPEN TODAY.
fBY TELEGRAPH THE TRrRrSE1
READING. Penn, Feb. l9.-Nlcetngs were held
by the striking miners throughout the Schuyll0il
regions to-day to vote the question of obeying
the order of National Master Workman Lewis,
to 90 to work on Monday morning. The reports
received up to this evening Justify the assertion
that about half Of the miners will resume and
the other half will hold out for the present and
await results. Mr.. Lewis and his friends, who
favor resumption, and Chairman John L. Lee
and the strikers who or ose going back to work.
were busy all OF to-day going from one place 10
another making addresses and advocating their
respective views of the controversy At Shen-
andoah Mahanoy City. Ashland and the larger
mining towns. the men show disposition TO
remain out while the conservative element In the
smaller mining patch wants to resume. Mt Lewis
went about advocating resumption, believing that
Mr. Corbn would treat fairly with them, while
Mr. Lee took the ground that the order TO
resume was a cowardly backdown, miserable
surrender. and that if the miners went back they
would find themselves worse oppressed than ever
| before.
Mr. Lewis's order to re urn to work was
great surprise to everybody, especially the strlK-
ing railroaders, who have been stumplnS the
coal regions ever since the strike was begun,
urging the miners to remain out until the company
consented to restore the striking tram hahuS'
Disobt dience of orders by the miners II IS stated
will result in the suspension OF any local or
district assembly which may disregard the WlsheS
of Mr. Lewis Mr.. Corbns act in senc ,ng MS
check for $4,000 TO heal the wounded ehhgs
of such miners as may need assistance. mas or,
Tended some of the miners ant 1t is .iouOted
if the men will accept the generous offer -,
There is nothing now to prevent the resumption i
Of mining at many Of the cOmpanys c0iiierlcs
Those who have regarded the strike. all along
as a mistake can now go to work without 10
latng any of their Obligations; me IeadcrS thaS
the r aiding officials. The company VIII star
such of its cOeres tomorrow as are IN condition
and the will be be given an opnorhtuntyT h tT,od 10
return to work No questions Will be ASKED
They will he treated just the same as though
nothing had happened. The opinion Is general
that there will be no trouble In securing Tio,gn
The symDathy for the striking railroadGrs IS
great and IT is hOpcd that Mr. Corhin Will not
that II would be hard to find finer BODY OF
railroad hands than their old employees. IN ihe
meantime the individual colllerics are WORKING
full-handed at tho eight per cent advance
THE RAILROAD STRIKERS CAST DOWN.
HOPING FOR A DISAGREEMENT THAT WILL KENP
THE MINERS oCT
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 10 (specla).-Thc Assembly,
~ the Knights OF Labor composed of striking coai
and freirb handlers Of the Reading Railroad at Port
Richmond hed their usual allday meeting al MUTUAL
Hall today At the headquarters, No 299 Richmond
st the men lounged about In groups discussing Ihe
xpected turn of affairs In tho miners srlKe mo
miners wore bitterly denounced for, as one OF tho
strkers nut IL, weakening and giving In 60 tho COM
nany, The more headstrong OF the men declared
that John I. Lee would yet triumph and thar tho
order issued by Lewis to return to Work to-morro"
would be obeyed
All the new hands taken on at the piers since tho
strike began will report for work tomorrow, and IL
Is thought that In . few days the entFe force VIII
have plenty to do in unloading coal 1t Is an undis-
puted fact that many of the strikers would not
hesitate to ask to be rcnstaed but they defer doing
q for fear their fellows will hound them away hom
their homes and families. The threat that such pun
| TO be freely made The district was quiet oday,
but when the coal begins e. arrive rom the MINES Is
the police force will DO sufficiently strengtheneu 70
! protect the men who have taken the places o' 'Do
strikers. -. o.. -, a.. En,obta WILL
powderly will not be present and IS the gvnc,a. Ia
nnirIon among tho Port Richmond men thN Ihe
vvppanS ,y,I endeayor to bring the coal ana reght
| bondIcrs' strikc to Q satisfactory end
vo CHANGES IN THE PENNSYLVANIA PROPOSED.
| pdttsburg Penn, Feb. lo.-The dispatch from Rich
uond Ind to tho effect that at tho approaching an
nual election Of directors OF the system
there would be . general overhauling Oh onccrs -
pronounced false In every particular by Schcrat ""
| ager James McCreA