Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-05
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. READING IN GOOD TRIM. The Strikers Are No Longer
 Missed.
 TARIFF TALK IN THE SENATE Sherman and Voorhees
 Make Speeches. FELLOWS TO TRY JAKE SHARP. TWenty-SiX Lives Lost On
 The Rail.
FELLOWS TO TRY JAKE SHARP.
NO CHANGEINrH THE STRIKE.

| Freight Traffic on the Reading Now l Regular and Unfmpeded and PIenty of Men te FtH All Vacant Places. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4.-The situation ir ! the Philadelphia and Reading railroad strike 1 here is practically unchanged and the freight traffic the various officials declare is regular and unimpeded. At the several freight depots o-day there were the usual scenes of activity. It was stated by an official that no delays of consequence are experienced in dis charging cargoes or making up trains All vacancies caused by the strike have been filled and the company receives hundreds of applications every day from men desiring employment. "Of course," said he, Git will take few weeks to drill the men to work as well as the old hands, but talk ing everything together we have just as good men as before" Work was going on as usual at Port Rich mond to-day and no signs of a strike were apparent. The saloons and cigar stores, it is true, were crowded, and every street corner near the wharves contained it's complement of workmen, but these were we'll behaved and looked as if they had come out for brief
 
 Shipping Agent Kien was besieged by throngs of idle men. They wanted work and seemed eager and willing to do anything the general agent wished The applications were received, but the men were told the places of the strikers had been filled and that no addi- tional help was needed. On the wharves the new men having grown accustomed to their work were making better progress. The company is hard at work preparing for the extensive use of machinery which will handle the immense quantities of coal more expedi- tiously than it can now be handled. The in- creasing volume of business that is coming to Port Richmond makes it's use necessary
 President Corbin had a consultation with General Manager Mcleod and General Super intendent Sweigard to-d day After the con ference it was announced that an address to the miners was being prepared which would I order them back to work If they refuse their places will be filled by new men.
 At the headquarters of the railroaders committee it is claimed the miners are striking pr will continue the strike in sympathy with I the striking railroaders, while at the miners it is declared the strike is simp- y for the eight per cent. advance of wages. | prominent Amalgamated association man l said to-day that the latter was the case and | whether in event of the concession of that | demand the miners would cut coal to be han He'd by scabs he replied: s'Tt will be time
 
 dispute is settled, but do not think thcre 1 will be a disposition to complicate matters" The impression is that the miners do not | want a struggle with the company and that | hey will be glad to avoid such an ordeal if l hey can honorably do so.
 ELIZABETHPoRT, Jan. 4-The situation at | he Reading docks here is practically un- hanged. The company have full compile nent of new men and several applicants for york were refused to-day. The old hands re not allowed on the docks and heir working clothes and tools have 'een carried off the company's premises. ,eal was still coming in tonight and the ocks and track sidings are crowded with rains. The discharged men are still conf ent of reinstatement. An official of the ompany has intimated that individual ap lications for reinstatement would probably 6 favorably received, but said that the old l ands would not be taken back in body. TAT FERs FROM LIQUOR SALES. Laine's CommissIoner Makes Thou sands Where she Law Gives Him I Hundreds,
 PORTLAND, Jan. 4.-The Argus will to- lorrow publish an article to show that State tquor Commissioner Howard, instead receiving merely $1,500 a year 'em his office as is fixed by w, gets nearer $15,000 and is able under his special license, which he is ct obliged to take out if he prosscutes his usiness according to law. The Argus shows nat taking office without percentage the has in six months paid an 5000 mortgage on his stock, also one to luare off an old $5,0O0 debt of Agent layton. He buys all liquors of F. v. [unt and F. o. Dame & Ce. of Boston, who nip $5 whisky or $1 whisky as they please nd get the former price. Howard will 8 investigated by temperance men and oth-