The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-18
The Total Money Loss COnSGrVatiVely ESti-
mated at Twenty Millions.
and The REAL end IS failure
During the Fifty Days of the Strikes
Continuance, Sixteen Persons Were
Killed and Thirty-four Injured,
Some Permanently - Operators,
Officers of the Law and Last of All,
the Public, Each Snstain Their
Portion of the AfFliction-Som of
the Results Achieved.
FITTsBURG. June II.

m lXTEEN deaths and thirty-fOur
" cases of serious injury, some in-
nm volving disability for life; loss
" iu wages amounting to millions
OF dollars, hundreds of thousands of
dollars lost in the wanton destruction
of property; and collateral loss beyond
computation are some Of the visible re-
suits Of the recent bituminous miners'
strike. The strike lasted forty.nine work
days, In this district 90, 900 miners
lust $lG, 600 IN wages each day, The
grand total Of miners who have been
idle in Pennsylvania since the strike
began is $1,000. They have lost $50, 150
every working day of the strike, Mul-
tiplication will show that the bitumi-
nous miners Of Pennsylvania have lost
50. 4j7, $50 during the strike thus far.
In the Pittsburg district it has cost
the operators $500 for every day of the
strike to keep tneir mines in order. At
this rate IL has cost all the operators in
this state about 50. 500 per day, or
nearly $3.50. 900 in round figures for the
entire period Of the strike. Aside from
this their losses in profits have been
enormous. not to speak of the thou.
sands that have been spent in bringing
in new men and protecting the
mines with deputy sheriifs and
Pinkertons 1t is estimated that
for the latter purpose the
coal operators have expsnd3d already
$780, 600. and are in q fair way to
spend more. Although the strike in
Pennsylvania has been accompanied by
these momentOus losses it cannot be
said that in tho state or the United
States it will bring any permanent
benefit to the coal industry. All told
TIA, 900 miners struck. Their strike
was for the purpose of bringing about
an Interstate wage agreement with the
operators. In this they have failed to
considerable extent
ANOTHER ESTIMATE.
From another source is derived this
computation, based on 100, 900 as the
number of idle miners; earning on an
average 50 so per day each. The loss
to the miners in wages for the, say,
fifty days duration of the strike makes
the astounding total of $12, 100000.
That number of the mine owners lost
heavily is equally true, hut it is more
difficult to even approximate the loss.
Naturally, none OF them will discuss
their loss, but it is safe to say the
operators are ont of A.; pocket several
million dollars Then, again, there is
the cost to the 8 tate in general of main
tanning order by the transportation of
troops and an increase in the civil
forces in the several insurrectionary
counties OF the several states. Prop
erly, too, the losses OF manufacture
plants because OF lack of fuel and those
of the railroads and other means of
locomotion must be included. This
loss is represented in the increased
price paid for coal. the advance being
from $2 25 to 81 IS and s. a ton. In all,
upon the basis of an operators figuring,
the total loss as a result of the miners
strike for fifty days, will not fall short
of $50, 900, 0OO
NOT REAsSURING.
What will the miners gain by the
striker Nothing but u temporary in
crease in wages for about 70, 900 of
them. The fact that the Columbus
agreement does not inclnde all the op-
orators of the country, but only per-
centage of them, argues against per-
manent advantage. In almost every
district there are some operators who
say they will never sign that scale. 1t
is predicted that in six months from
now the condition Of the coal mining
industry will be about as bad as it
ever was. and the prediction seems to
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