WILKESBARRE, Penn, Aug. 2.--Gov. Hartranft returned from Scranton, where he went this afternoon, to Kingston, and has his head-quarters there. Gen. Brinton's command took over 60 of the strikers prisoners on his way to Scranton from Nanticoke, and to-night they were brought here under the escort of four companies and lodged in the county prison. Three of these companies were sent on to Plymouth, four miles further, where the railroad had been barricaded and the track torn up. The strikers and idlers there are turbulent, and collect in crowds of 2,000 and upward around the depot. The military will be stationed there for some days. The day has been quiet in Wilkesbarre, scarcely any strikers being seen around the Valley Depot, as no attempts were made to run any trains. Superintendent Mitchell, of the Wyoming Division, to-day notified Mayor Loomis that all peaceable attempts to run trains had failed, and called upon him to take the necessary steps to protect the company. The Mayor has conferred with the military authorities, and to-morrow an attempt will be made to start all trains on that road. The strikers feel desperate. Gen. McCartney gave notice that he would to-day distribute 1,000 loaves of bread among the destitute families, but was notified that if he attempted it the bread would be destroyed and he would be harmed, so he was obliged to abandon the project.
    MAUCH CHUNK, Penn., Aug. 2.--The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company did not try to run any trains on its main line north of Penn Haven Junction to-day. At a meeting of the miners of Audenried, Jeansville, Hazleton, and vicinity to-day it was decided not to stop work, but to begin as soon as the railroad company could furnish cars.
    POTTSTOWN, Penn., Aug. 2.--Two trains, conveying United States troops to the coal region, passed through here this evening, Col. Heywood in command.
    POTTSVILLE, Penn., Aug. 2--This afternoon a train consisting of an engine and one car, the latter containing 56 men en route for Mahanoy City, was badly wrecked near Tamaqua. The train was in collision with a construction train, and the engine was thrown from an embankment. Col. Wynkoop, who commanded the party, was slightly bruised, but the others escaped unhurt. At a meeting of the miners employed at the private colliery at Shenandoah this afternoon, it was decided to hold out until their demands were acceded to. At the present market price of coal there is no likelihood of their obtaining the increase.
    PHILADELPHIA, Penn., Aug. 2.--The Third Artillery, under command of Col. Burns, and the Fourth Artillery, under command of Col. Robbins, left this morning for Scranton. The marines who have been stationed on the bluffs have been transferred to the old passenger depot, where they await marching orders.
    The following telegram has been received by Col. Orr, of the new Grand Army of the Republic Regiment:

Col. Robert Orr, commanding the Grand Army of the Republic Regiment, (the Twenty-first,) National Guard of Pennsylvania:
    Have your command in readiness to move to Luzerne coal-fields as soon as equipped.
            JAMES W. LATTA, Adjutant-General.

    This regiment has been accepted by Gov. Hartranft, and will number between 800 and 1,000 men.
    HAZELTON, Penn., Aug. 3.--The committee appointed by the striking trainmen of this division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, at their meeting last night, waited upon Superintendent Clark to-day. Mr. Clank refused to receive them as a committee, but intimated that he was ready to consider the application of any man who desired employment under the company. The result was that nearly all of then were re-engaged at the old rate of wages, and all the regular freight and passenger trains resumed their trips this morning. Work at most of the collieries in this vicinity will be resumed to-morrow. All excitement over the strike has subsided.
    BETHLEHEM, Penn., Aug. 2.--Trains between New-York and Penn Haven Junction on the Lehigh Valley Road have been running without interruption, but none have been allowed to pass the last-named point since yesterday. A committee of strikers called upon Receiver Lathrop to-day, and asked to be re-employed at the old wages, and a committee was sent to the men on the upper division to inform them of the steps taken, and ask their co-operation.

Source:

Unknown, "Other Points In The Coal Region," The New York Times, New York, Friday, 3 August 1877, page 1.