Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-01-12

a bunsuVleiOu OF tnh blintEB HN.
tional Assembly, No. -, ~ss In res.
Bion In Pottsyilie We4hos4hy v, ounsid-
erlng whether tho miners should es.
pouse the cause of the striking rail-
readers by refusing TO resume work,
even with their wages demanded con.
ceded. until the diBchargsd railroad
strikers be reinstated. No definite 40.
tion had been taken up TO the time Of
Adjournment.
The COMMITTEES OF business mon who
bad conference with PreBlde ent Oosbiu
returned to Pottsville last evening, No
definite conclusion was reached beyond
the fact that President Curbin took the
determined position that whatever
might be done In the case OF the miners
that Of the railr0aders would not be
considered In connection with it. He
gave no specific assurance upon the
miners' wage question, hnt the infer
enoe was drawn that the Beading man
segment would throw no unreasonable
obstacles In the way Of an aniicable
settlement.
Only fitty loaded coal cars paused
through Reading from tAs coal regions
from noon 10 q late hour rast night, All
the towns and villages In the 5chuyl-
kill Valley report . great scarcity OF
coal.
STORES CLOSED AGAINST STRIKERS.
SHENANDOAH. Jan. 1..-Only one
Individual c0lliery In the entire 6hen.
audoah district is now in operation. and
that Ia the Cambria, In the southern
part OF this town. The William Penn
Oolliery was forced TO shut down 70.
day. Superintendent Lewis brought all
his pow wers of peieuAslon TO bear on his
men yesterday afternoon to induce
them to work on, and was given to uu.
derBtand that they would do so His
minejs were making ms high as IS ptT
day under tho new basis, while the out
aide men were rscsivinc from 81. 80 to
81 per day. The advancing srale OF coal
pricss was expected to lSrgsly Increase
these rates. The colliery employs 700
bands.
AS soon 40 II was found that the col.
llery had to be shut down tho managers
OF the company otore we'e notified to
reius all further credits % parties
dealing at the store. "CAah for coal
and cash for goods" wss the order, 90
companied by the notice thai no more
overtures would be made to the striking
employees 70 WORK. The company store
at Lost Greek will also be oloaod against
thS WhAiD GAAhAlNA hDNlDu IN tJH
t8mplated by many business men here
The Cambria Oollisry. operated hero by
Smith s. % employs Abont 100 mon,
and bus for 1t thers would be perfect
coal famine here, right In the heart of
tho coal field.
The Reading colIleries are oil empty
save what fuel 10 held for thsir own
use. Dlsconten. and dissatisfaction Is
beginning TO show itself on the faces Of
the men. They are blooming conscious
that By embroillug themselves In the
railroad troubles they ere losing ground
Ia thsi- own eight, Gad they arc pot
pleased At the facs. Already there ase
n uttsrinRs Of q coming storm.
The New York B1ard OF Trade and
Transportation On Wednesday, adopted
resolution depre5atlDg ''the unfortu
! nate differences which have arisen ba.
tween the railroad and coal companies
and their employee" and expressing
the "earneBt hope that such differences
, may be speedily settled by arbitration
or otherwise"
The officials OF I'd, PsansylvaniA
Company at Pittsbure have rot yet an.
swered the pstiti0n CT thpis employees
for an advance OF wages, and one of the
leaders Of tbs men says that unless an
answer Ia received by Wednesday next
there will be q strike He al6o sayo
that 95 per cent. OF the men employed
by tina Pennsy lvsnia Company ar0
member Of the railway labor oIganiza
tlops, and II . strike is ordered they
will oil come ont, at the headquarters
OF the PennsylvaniA Company IL was
leaned that the Demands OF the en-.
p,oy % are still under consideration. Is
10 the desire OF the company to act Just
ily by tt cir men, ant TO do thls requires
time. They expect 10 havs q reply
ready In few days.
THE MEN REFUSED TO STRIKE.
PoTTsvILLE, Jan. 11,-Tns PhilAdel,
phis anti Reading OJai and Iron Com
pany has two large eolliNry repair
, shops here. They give employment To
AGO hands and they have been Kept
steadily at work during the strike. Ii
has been sore spot to some Of the
: lead ers, As It Rives the company an OPP
portunity to make all tina repairs need
! ed around the coilsries. Tonight O
teleRtapbic order came from Reading
, ordering the repair shop men out. The
men are all Knights, but they have an
assembly Of their own, and on Monday
night, when they met, they decided not
7 to strike, no matter who ordered II.
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I.'s all very we'll to talk about buid.
8 ing new railroads aud new steamships
, but how could mep, women and chill
ldreu travel on Them without DR. Bulpf