The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-27
BLAME MR.. CORBIN.
~INDITIDUAL COAL OPERATORS CHAF-
ING OTER THEIR LOSSES.

Aavanee ana Mms u" :,y a, a f..r arss +
Conservative A,,nes. .ssiIins to have the
pr,n,so Inn os-Cbaang nndor THAR
Jun ...., o,n,an. u,uer .ner
, restraint ,ha and sou aaSoy0a u, Amos, nmtsa, TO anger ger over
VIVA. .ney oou % tham ~" ,e5'n,s anu . ua,
necessary EXPENSE 70 ,hem. .he lndiViauai coai
denominations Of President Corbin for tho com.
pony,s norsIstence in not endeayorinp to make
som. . terms Of poaoe with their miners and
mt the c~ollieries TO work. Thu Individual coal
nnorators NV thev can AFFORD 70 INV tba eisht
thew smine Mt a very fair profit. md that
the Reading Company can dc likewise.
oronssd and DECLARE that betwsan the doters
mined labor organizations on the one side and
the stubborn railroad officials on the other.
who desire to force the miners back defeated
10 their work, they are suffering In every way.
The expected order from the Joint committee
'opu' ~ ihui',"u" ~ az WIN ."s hos
yot been issued ana IL may DO that they Will
Tho pondino Comn,pv vii, ofror sona tarro ~
.no re h ro nsin,on t.on. 81" ~ ,m
peace. inc best opinion from the company to-
night Is that the miners can wait a long time
before hearing from Mr.: G9rbin unless they
indirectly acknowledge defeat. The miners
Will not do this. and In their desperation viii
go the extreme length.
The trainmen's strike has been quite for
gotten in this issue, the miners only looking
out for their own. In other words. it is now
Mr.. Corbin said It was not q question Of wages.
The company officials see in ali This change
that tlsatn they yhs are m slowly w gIaIin Hinfi ground, but
question not easily solved. The leaders Of the
miners strike are unanimous in their
tS oMard I going 'h Back Ken to WIZ work n9e s anle ss if tSe
company makes an offer of some kind.
The fact that the eompany claims that 4 can
iHievte that MI. Corbin is Indifferent and cares
The company has all It's coal cars and engines
stored away. and prepared for a long period Of
lha Os q a Tse e, eSst dn 10 i mine eG al the c Sftile tSeS
demands. and this accounts for the spasmodio
The loss is tremendous. of course. but as the
dear public will have to pay for it all eventual
y: the company, is in no mood TO fret or worry
t%s ia c%S ssp dissatis si"s Eqsr for o@1 as io %s1 as
tHs ,a 81 lonx viii sih' the in ti,fans l eo hIiieTs1 ow RSs.s
suffer. .Their, only hope seems to centre in
the joint strike Z Committee. 'iA''
A few collieries were ut work to-day. The
Brookside, Suffolk, and Henry Clay. belonging
handed. but shipping very little coal. A few Of
the small Individual collieries we're also in
operation. The coal region is almost completely
The first priest to take a stand for the miners
is, the Rev. Father Mccullough q. Grandville,
ers to stand firm, and they would ultimately
win If they would git down and keep quiet.
asked about the Heading Railroads legal right
to own coal lands and mine coal. He said:
The company years ago had a law passed by
In a coal and iron company. The Reading Coal
and Iron, Company was next chartered By tho
company. ali Of Which was perfectly legal. The
coal lands were bought and mining COM
msnced. That is all there is in it."
want to go to work for the private companies
which pay the 8 per cent. advance is ". Ivor
the Miners Amaisamsted but for reiii lis con- n.
seryative views he was deposed yesterday. and
Richard Northey OF Mahanoy City was elected
Northey has prevented this bold Stroke. Jones
Il st and at ho T and his Hsd eo @S6lPs his maJ in suesesS
collieries to start. The William Penn, that has
ship by Monday. and Kelly Run, Big Mines
Run. and others willing to pay the 8 per cent.
best labor leaders in the coal regions, and his
deposition is very unfavorably received by
those who are urging peace between the war
quiet movement among the ~amaIgamated
branches to vote to go back to work under the
4 per cent. advance, and he believes it will carry
bynext week.
The Knights OF Labor leaders in the regions
have prepared II paper to present to the EXecu-
tive Board In Philadelphia on Feb. 26 asking
iuli endorsement OF inc slrlke. meanwhile the
aruuous work OF Keeping the miners out and
solid Is going on, and lively speeches are being
nightly made all over the regions. But the
lines have broken In MANY plnces and tharn Is
80 Liz ,nhSn nv
mJ .oliihs Mnon q s.nnIPoue may occur w
miners eager 10 20 10 work IN the private col
lierles willing to pay the = per cent. and that
ship over the Reading kailroad.
pHLADELpHIA, Jan. 6.-The strike ON the
RondinO svstam Ia In much tbo en- mo ,pSnttind
c"nIiti6En ey ~ vas as ~ n pffIi nc az San II unsenaoa
Son9ition as SNol' onico!b VI tne coInpahy
conflne themselves to the statement that there
is no change in the situation, If they have
any intimntlOn that there IL any nroirct eithor
of n seftIement orr of n Ionoer nnn r. n a n n ~
Tho Il aodinnL thar ne a., raf,11 80 = ~ ~
ine uonuioek thef hie SuIeiuI ny 70 let any one
SNOW II; AS 70 inc aiiesea WITHDRAWAL 81 the
miners from the railroad hands, an officer Of
the company had this to say:
WINS onn smnii mn.iin1 vas,nrtnEy " N N hnnonpoo
Giutn, o.V 80 IL tuniianoy
Ivy at, WHicn sonlethlns lRe TINS WAS
mpauatjnneeu ~ t dnn,t thin iot u sPfesentatis
nffact it ~ INV oniinion That NJ Eai nhNe slu a,iii
continue TO espouse the cause Of the rniIrnmad
hn Gan ,usl H Mn ,ney LINZ N it end tn h,0h ii.,niod tho
II AASAfVoa o-0 uSIlItu lIt