New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-05
CLOSING THE COLLIERIES.



ITS FORCE AND MOVES BUT FEW CARS.
READING. Penn. jan ,Specdl Tho short.
sharp and decisive orders issued by the Reading Rail
roaj officials last night cut down the working force
sre being carried out along the line from PHILADELPHIA
, to Wamsport OF the 1.SOO men employed in the
coal trade either tranmcn. clerks switchmen.
| only few will Dc retained Everything points to
long and stubborn struggle Most of the train
hands hired by the Company within the past week
were among the first to bc laid or
The reports from Pine Grove, Wire City, Donaldson
Mt. Carmel. ShamOkin. Ashland. Locust Summit.
Locust Cap Shenadoah. Grardvillo St. Nicholas. Gil
berton. MahanOy City. Tamaoua and other mining
patches this afternoon show that the colIeres. with
few exceptions. have shut down. and tho entro region
presents holiday appearance. Rail DAD officials saw
that tho whole n'ntcr OF cars mined today will not
exceed 6OO compared with the usual output of $500
to 1000. The idle miners and other employees seem
determined to stick 1t out to the bitter end Business
all the coal regions view the 81 uation with
alarm. but dare not express their opinions feeN
OF the twenty individual cOlllercs In operation yes
tcrday. those in tho vicinity Of Shenandoah idle
to-day, and It Is expected the others Will stop later.
The Reading Company IS sdetrackIng its empty coal
north OF Reading and will keep thcm or manJ
as possible. outside of tho region until the trouble
Is II Is believed that the company Will
supply individual cOllieries with after Monday.
The reports sent out by the Reaug officials that all
trains arc moving along smoothly may be tue. be-
cause there Is verT little to move There were 800
loaded coal brought down last night and about
700 freight cars. showing great falling Off
There is " growing Sentiment among the business
men hero that tho Reading Railroad officials blundered
employees and then went back o them Had Mr.. Nc
leod, they say, lived up to his promise to take back
ceved ' orders to do so hsro would have been no
strike In the anthracite regions to-day. The con-
sumers Of coal especially the propretors of furnaces
VI IN a
rage, and there is not an establishment Ia Eastern
snnsyIvAna that VIII not feel tho effects Of the as strike
places Of the strikers, nInctenths have been sent
home There really nothing for them to do John
mtice said to-day that 1t won't take long before tho
public finds out that there Is rumor afost that Mr.
Corbn has decided 10 meet the miners half way, and
endeavor to settle the strike.
The discharge of 400 men employed in the coal
traffic on the Reading Railroad last night, II Is be-
lleved, viii be followed by many others m few days.
% K leading Company %nps % hardly & enough a%n cSa,
comes from coeries operated by private parties but
merous Industrial estabshmenis in in the sch"ylkilI
Valley alone Many persons hope that the Pcnnsyl.
necessities Of this section. The Superintendent Of
the Pennsylvania road James Reed OF this city;
0 the n s This IS be
to 1000 tons The general impression In 'his city
that the miners employed rd N ,bat bSg na9
died by n0n-unon trainmen
POwDERLY UNABLE TO CONSIDER THE STRIKE.
SCRANTON. Penn. Jan. tSpeeiab-Chalrman John
L. Lee. Of tho Executive Board Of the Reading sfrik-
ers, accompanied by Charles j. Farney, st. Clair
miner, called Master Workman Powderly In this
city to lay tho grievances OF the striking railroad
men and miners before him and ask for his assist
ance Mr. Powderiy was not well enough to con-
slider tho matter Messrs. Lee and Farney decided
to put IL before the General Executive board OF mo
Knights in philadelphia Mr.. Powdery has made
expression concerning the srike because his ply
scian has ordered him to Keep quct, ana no mas con-
sequenly not been able to make bnself familiar with
tho features Of the conflict
DISHONEST DEALERS TO ADVANCE COAL
PHuApgLpnrA, jan 4 (speeian 1T IL not expected
that strike of Reading miners will have any d.