Year: 1871

PHILADELPHIA, April 22.-At meet
ing of the coal operators Of the Schuyi
kill region, held in this city to-day TIT
following address was unanimously
adopted:


To the Workinqmen of .SchuylkiH, North


umberland and Columbia Counties:


Having failed to make terms with
your representatives for 8 resumption
of work, we have come to the conclu
sion that the best way to start oul
collieries and furnish you with employ
ment is to address ourselves directly to
you. We have left no effort undone on
our part to come to some reasonable
adjustment with your representatives.
In the Board Of Arbitration which was
lately held at Mauch Chunk we hoped
to find a solution for all the difficulties,
because we believe that the board was
convened and the umpire selected In
accordance with the resolution Of your
general council to settle the difficulties
now existing and no others, but to our
surprise we are met with an entirely new
proposition, and finding that the present
difficulties about wages were entirely
ignored by your representatives and that
new issues were presented and also that
the men Of Luzerne and Lehigh regions
were not willing to submit to the de-
cision of the umpire upon the question
of wages, who after careful consider.
alton determined to offer you a fixed
rate of wages without regard to the
price OF coal, we propose to pay you
for the balance Of this year the follow
ing rate Outside laborers $40 per
week, inside laborers $ll, miners by day
work $l3 and a reduction upon contract
work of 10 per cent. upon the prices
paid under the old basis of 81. We
wish you distinctly to understand that
we do not desire to interfere with your
in any manner whatever.
The question of interference with the
of our collieries has been
clearly settled 10y the decision Of the
umpire and we shall at all
times be willing to assist you in
the maintainancc of your association
from the relief of, those members
who by accident or sickness may re-
quire your aid. We believe that if
this offer is accepted by you, immediate
resumption can take place, and that we
can give you steady work for the re-
Of the year and put an end to
the unpleasant and unprecedented dick
erings that have heretofore taken place
almost monthly. We make this offer
under the belief that il will be more &C
ceptable to you than that OF April 25th.
II you do not submit to this basis we
would be willing to submit in writing
to the decision of Judge Eiwell, as um.
pire, Of the relative amount of the April
25th basis heretofore offered by US and
the Beedallon basis heretofore claimed
by you and abide by his decision, what
ever it may be. [Signed


E. BoRDA, Chairman


c. MILLER, Secretary.


WlLKEsBARRE, Pa. April 22.-There
is nothing Of great interest occurring
in this neighborhood. 1t was hoped
that the Board Of Arbitrators at
Mauch Chunk would settle matters,
but itappears that nothing Of any con-
was accomplished towards a
speedy resumption.


Our town is quiet, more 30 than it
has been for six months past. There
are not a great many idle men here at
present. Some OF the men who were
employed at the Reliance colliery have
obtained work at other collieries in the
neighborhood and some have removed.


The Coal Mountain colliery still con-
tinues to work outside of the Union.
They have plenty of hands employed
and have been obliged 10 refuse some
applicants for work.