The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-17
Y. N. c. A. member FLIGHT
OppOSina Forces Net in Association
Building Last Night.
TO BE A BITTER STRUGGLE
Peculiar Strife Between the Two Factions
Shown in Last Nights Incidents.
Contests Win End April 80.
Advertising Is Fea ture.

If matters aren't going to be lively
in the vicinity of the Young Men
Christian association building for the
next six weeks, last nights evidence
was very deceptive. The Reds and the
Blues have perfected their organiZa-
tions, and each held II separate council
of war i'm the association building last
night. 1t is proposed to increase the
membership from something a little
over 100 to 1900, and the side that
accomplshes the most toward that end
by April 30 will be treated to a royal
banquet.
The strife that will he occasioned was
shown In the hustle and excitement,
which attended each of the meetings.
One unacqualnted with the spirit of the
thing would have been justified in inn
agining himself before the headquar-
ters of two opposing armies where
courers were rushing hither ana
thirther, where orders We're given and
recalled with equal alacrity and where
the hurry and secrecy betokenerl prep
aratipIs' dor Some mouent6us life and
death struggle. All that relieved the
Scene from so 1seiious an aspect was
the bantering and joking between the
two factions
Captain u. h. Atherton. of the Blues,
met with his ten lieuteRants ana forty
tain McClave and the same numbered
force met at the opposite side OF the
building. What transpired at either
council of war was not revealed. Sen
tinels jealously guarded the doors to
each apartment and 'thwarted sew
eral attempts at entrance by persons
who were acting as spies for their re-
spective forces.
THEY WORE THEIR COLORS.
The Blues wore neckties and lapel
buttons of blue. while the Reds were
revealed by the same articles, but of a
red color.
Early in the evening the Reds placed
a red-lettered poster on the street bull
letin board calling attention to their
meeting. A few moments later it was
torn down by the Blues. and a similar
ly worded blue poster was put i'm its
place. This in turn was torn down by
the Reds and q red poster was for the
appeared "a blue poster, but the colors
kept changing so rapidly that is was
impossible to say which party fired the
last gun. There was the same tear
ing down of red and blue piacards in
and outside the main rooms of the
building.
There We're other episodes which left
no doubt of the earnest work each side
will perform to win. For instance, in
yesterdays Tribune appeared the fol-
lowing advertisement at the head of
the city note column:
'Join the Blues.'
During the day the Reds contracted
for the following line to be printed
beneath the above announcement of
the Blues:
why. no. Join the Reds"
The circumstance goes to show to
what extremes the two factions will go
! to outwit each other and the two ad d.
vertisements appear in The Tribune
this morning.
The Tribune has already been ZAP
preached" by the Red and Blue repre-
sentatives to boom their respective
causes. another evidence of the lobby
ing, scheming, spying and all the other
subterfuges usually resorted to in legiti-
mate warfare.
MUST SECURE AT LEAST ONE.
1t has been made known to the cap
| tain of each force by General Secretary
Mahy that no private of the force which
/ wins the contest will be allowed at the
| banquet unless he has secured at least
| one new member. The banquet privi-
| lege will Also be extended to any new
| member who himself secures another
new member. provided the former was
| drafted by the winning side.
Industrial Director burroughs is aide
| de camp to Captain Atherton of the
| Blues. and Physical Director lioff is
| similarity identified with Captain Me
Clave of the Reds. General Secretary
| Mahy holds the rather anomalous posi-
| tion of adjudicatOr, count-of-last- re
| sort and high muck -a-muck of the two
| forces 1t will be his duty to see that
the contest is properly conducted. The
| Blue lieutenants are II. l.. Simpson,
William Inglis. A. X. Foote. T.. Il. Price,
| John Fowler. Charles T.. Daniels. Chas.
| Center and J. III. Brooks. The Red lieu
| tenants are Thomas X. Brooks, f.. d..
Fellows, j. w. Browning, William Con-
rad. w. T.. Smith. w. A. May, Fred j..
Platt. ID. j. Davis. William Mears and
| DR.. William Iachman. The lieutenants
| represent all parts of the city and each
| is i'm command of four oriNates.
Whatever plan OF warfare has been
mapped out is known only to the armies
| and the plans of either may be changed
by the Vaccinations of the opposing
side. Today may possibly develop
| something.