New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-08
THE BIG READING STRIKE.
NO YIELDING BY EITHER SIDE.

NEW HANDS LURED FROM THEIR WORK BY PICKETs
THE THREATENED COAL FAMINE
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7.-The strike OF the Read
Ing Railroad employees continues without change
To-day twenty men went out at Port klchmohd.
and the influence brought to bear by the strikers
pcl1ets caused a number Of the new hands to leave
other stations. Their places were speedily filed.
and work went on without trouble. The strikers
depend entirely now upon the miners remaining
out; and they frankly admit that this is their
only hope Of winning the fight. They are in con-
slant receipt Of resolutions Of sympathy from
other assemblies. and these posted on their
bulletin board. at No. 2,02s Richmondst. That
posted at 10 o'clock to-day said:
Be firm We arc with you and depend upon IT,
all the assemblies in this section will aid you hnan
cialy.
At Port Richmond Third and Berks Broadway
and Callowhl and Willow and Noble sts
wharves the receipt Of freights have been small
and the handling of them satisiac, The side
resent no unusual number for the time OF year,
and the company is ready to place them at any
time. Consgnees are prepared to handle them
dealers in general have little fear Of any serious
inconvencnces from short supply as they pc
lieve settlement of matters VIII be emeciea ne-
There is no denying the fact that coal Is scarce
and the retail ward owners who Will sell are re-
ceiving as high as So a ton Others prefer to keep
their stock and openly b. asst that before next week
c..s-s 81 will be clIcar for II ton OF St" coal
The real trouble is in the threatened shutdown
o OF % eaS It thcu.h tSnt s c
al, No WI, NJ the means Of compelling President
torbin to accedc to the miners demands ami END
G"vern"r Co % to interfere, and if possible avert the
Threatened coal famine
It o'clock today General Manager Mcleod
said there were new DEVELOPMENTS in the situa-
committee
men of the Scbuylkill region has as
vet to os Nss tSsupbt the nrobSSs
that q statement would be issued TODAY by the
Reading officials giving resume of the situation
during the past week; but General Manager Nc
Leod stated that no such document would be
At Port Richmond this afternoon the four Read
ing golfers are being loaded with coal for Boston,
I he Wiiamsport had fourteen with barrow
dumDng coal into the hold at Pier No. Is twenty
five are doing the same for the Reading. four
teen on the POttsville aud fifty on the Harrisburg
The collier Allentown completed her cargo, and
sailed last night for Boston. There s also sc noon
er being loaded with coal for Eastern ports. After
these vess ls finish loading and sail there VIII DC
only 5000 tons of coal left on the Richmond
wharves and the company will refuse to ship any
This afternoon the district assemblies to which
the striking miners and railroad men are attached
formally called upon the General Il E>ecutive
Board to take hold Of the management Of the big
strike. Tho notice that such action had been
taken by the district was telegraphed from Potts
Board to-day. The telegram did not contain the
names Of The cuinmlttecs that were selected. And
as soon ~ The Boird can DC got together the COM
mIltc. : will come Phiadelpl TO attend the
meeting. 1t is matter of so much Importance
that a bare majority of the Beard do not care
about handling it. They will therefore see the
committee as soon as all can be got together
A rumor was prevalent this evening that Messrs.
Drexel, Morgan and other large holders of Reading
stock are dissatisfied at the manner In which
things are being conducted. 1t is stated that at
the annual meeting on Monday they will call
on the managers to settle the miners strike at
once .
The statement that the Reading Company would
cefuse to furnish to the collery at New
Lincoln in the event Of the operttors OF that col
liery continuing the payment to it's miners OF the
8 per cent above the 50 so basis was denied here
to-day. The statement made in dispatch to
The Readin. Eagle" that Levi Miller. of the firm
Of Miller & Co.. who operate the colliery at New
Lincoln. had Informed committee Of miners that
10 rouId not continue the per cent advance be-
cause the Reading Company had informed him th,t
il he did so the company would refuse to furnish
lin with cars Mr. Miller to-day tcegfapbed TO
this city that these statements were mischievOus
Misrepresentation Of the truth: that he had never
made snch statements to any one: th't the cars
ordered for the collery since the Inauguration or
the strike had been promptly and cheerfully furn
shed by the Reading Company.