The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-26
THE STRIKE war ON AGAIN
A Number Of Philadelphia Traction
Employees Dissatisfied.
WE'RE DISSEMINATED AGAINST
Superintendent Of the Girard Avenue
Division Employs Nom Union Men in
Preference to Strikcrs-NewM Men As.
sauitcd-Wcish's Barn Burned.

Philadelphia, Dec. 25-The great
street car strike was ON again this
morning on the Girard avenue division
of the Union Traction company for a
brief time. The strikers of this di-
vision. who with all the other Union
Traction men returned to work yester-
day morning, protested this morning
that the superintendent of this division
was discriminating against them by
giving employment to the non-union
men and leaving those who had been
on strike without assignment to work.
They declared that all the earlier cars
in starting on their trips were manned
by non-union men. The feeling among
the ex-strikers grew to such an extent
that they finally drove the non union
men out of the depot and those who had
started out with cars We're driven back.
Some of the nOn-union men were bad
ly pummelled. A squad of police was
quickly hurried to the depot and order
was restored. but at 10 o'clock not a car
on this branch was on the street.
At ll:3O o'clock the differences be-
tween the superintendent of the Girard
avenue division and the ex-strikers
were adjusted and traffic was resumed.
The union men were given their old
positions on the regular scheduled cars
vided for. some Of them being placed
on regular cars and others on the
"Trippers. The union men accepted
this adjustment, pending further arbi-
tratiOn Of their complaint.
The full complement of cars of this
division were not in motion at noon.
President Wcish's Barn Burned.
The barn at the country home of J.
Lowber Welsh. president of the Union
Traction company, at Thorpe Lane.
Chestnut Hill, was totally destroyed by
fire at O'Clock this morning. Seven
horses and two cows We're burned to
death. Loss $4,000: amount of insur-
ance not learned. The origin of the fire
is not known.
Cars Arc Wrecked.
The disturbances on Grard avenue
today were as serious as any that have
occurred during the time the strike was
On. Every car manned by a non-union
crew was wrecked by the mob and the
arrival of the police in one instance
probably saved the lives of the motor
man and conductor. who were being
beaten severely by the crowd. The
withdrawal of the nom union men from
the cars temporarily put a stop to the
trouble today. but there Is much dis
settlement of the strike. and it is not
such remote contingency that the
strike may be declared on again Dur
Ing the rioting the police arrested nine
men.
The Girard avenue division men openly
state that If they are not given their
regular runs tomorrow morning, they
will tie IN the whole system of the
Union Traction company again. The
officials of the Amalgamated associa-
tion of street railway employees and the
more conservative members of the as
ISOLATION are opposed to a renewal of
the strike and are doing everything in
their power to persuade the dissatisfied
men to give the company time to ad-
just their grievances.
The employees of the Girard avenue
branch of the Union Traction company
are holding a meeting at this hour,
Q:45 a. m.,) and the question of again
going on strike on the division will be
put to vote later