Year: 1875

AWAITING TIE ANTHRACITE ARGosIEs-
BLOCKADE AT TEMPORARY sUs-
PENSION OF LABOR IN THE WYOMING AND
LAcKAwANNA vALLEYs-EFFECT OF THE COAL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF THE GREAT CARRY
ING coRPoRATIoNs-A REVIEW OF THE STU
Ar1oN-THE WINTER OUTLOOK IN THE AN
THRAcITE REGIONS.


SCRANTON Pa, Oct. 6, 1875


In accordance with the action Of the coal combina
ton requiring that those corporations fully employed
during the summer should suspend work for few
weeks allow the accumulated argosies Of anthracite
at the several tdewater be removed and set
the crowded that lie loaded there free once more
as well as to afford those capitalists that been idle
during the by of the proracted suspen-
sion an opportunity to retrieve at least portion of
their losses, the large companies centring in rhis
vicinity-to wit the Delaware Lackawanna and West
ern and Delaware and Hudson-havc suspended work
at nearly all their coleres for several weeks throw
ing thousands OF boys idle along the Wyoming
and Lackawanna valleys


The unprepared for such crisis; in fact
1T came upon them the shape somewhat or a coup de
main and the thousands that find themselves idle to-
day did not dream Of such thing two days ago. The
only mines at present in operation in this vicinity
those required to keep up


NORTHERN SHIPMENTS,


which are comparatively brisk all along the Albany and
Susquehanna and its general branches as far as Lake
Champain This is owing TO the fact that the farmers
along that line laying their winter Of coal
II is however, but small fraction of the regular ship
ments OF this region, and keeps employed about eight
out of thirty Of the Delaware Lackawanna and West
ern Companys collcres and six OF the Delaware and
Hudson the remainder OF the mines including those of
William Connell Co, Tier u Livy, Hose, Archibald
q Hosie the Kingston mines, and many others worked
by individual operators who sold their coal the large
shipping companies, have been thrown idle until such
time the anthracite blockade at Rondout and Ho-
boken is raised.


THE COAL COMBINATION


Of the great carrying companies has devised by
which those corporations thrown idle during the sum-
mer may work steadily while others rest ana as
a consequence the idleness of those have mentioned
is but the signal for increased activity the part of
the Philadelphia and Reading, Lohlgh and Wilkesbarre
and other kindred concerns The Pennsylvania Coal
Company alone OF those enjoying the fun prosperity Of
the summer season keeps working right ahead indie
pendent Of any combination and governed only by the
law of demand and supply This company has always
persstenty refused 70 JON the combination save only
in the regulation Of the rates Of wges In the matter
Of shipments IL Is uncontrolled, and the chances are
will find It's employees steady work throughout the
winter


Of the Delaware, Lackawanna aud Western Railroad
Company usually average about 10000 tons per
day but at some periods during the past they
have reached high Is 900 tons Those of the Del
aware aud Hudson Canal Company average fraction



and several occasions they reached from l3, 900
to IA 600 tons per day Were there revival Of the
iron trade these would be augmented considerably and
the spasmodc action Of the labor market uncertain
in It's movements nj present. would be placed under
steady and heathul control


PRosTRATE CONDITION OF THE IRON TRADE,
with immediate hope Of its revival, forms ono Of
the most discouragng features of the winter outlook in
the anthracite regions The iron industry is the very
life of the coal business, and with IL IT fuctuates
through it's every phase II 49, after ALL but natural
TO expect that with the general prostraton Of this
most important Of our industries well as the scadi
ness with which mines were worked throughout
the summer season. should suffer from short
season OF idlcness But, unfortunately, this Is
the very worst period of the year to throw the
mines idle, The poor rate OF wages paid even
IA what might be called prosperous times prevented
the toing miners from saving something to 'all back
on as they express IT, in the hour Of need, and the
consequence is that the multitudes stared in the
face by


WINTER on DISTRESS AND DEsTTUrIoY.


In such an event we may expect to find the coal
region the theatre Of crime and conflict and in this t
will not be aided much by the election squabbles and
the rag money rows likely TO everywhere All.
ready crime and outrage have begun to take advantage
OF the lengthening evenings, and there is scarcely
morning that our daily papers called upon to
record some story OF man robbed and half murdered
a woman violated. The lower classes are becoming
reckless and their reckessness that heinous char
acter that made the French Commune terror to civil