The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-23
No Class Distinction.


wen to do. Even wall street has its
bright side as some facts made puDl'c
by the Sun will illustrate:
Several persons who make their Nv
ing in that part of town have our
New York contemporary remarks, 'oi-
fered private yachts TO the govern
n,ent at the governments own price,
or at no price at all, some of them
merely asking that their yachts be re-
turned when the navy has no further
need for them IN as good condition as
when they were turned over. WASH
ineton e. Connor and some of his
friends suggested a Wall street regi-
mert The original idea was to equip
a regiment and support it in the field.
The movement quickly outGreW any
such limitations. Men did not want to
stop at gifts of money. The voices OF
many bankers and brokers who wanted
to see fighting for themselves were
heard. Their employees wanted to go,
too. Many of them were already con-
nected with militia organizations,
These young men all wanted to know
whether if they went away to fight ana
stayed away for three months or six
months or 4 year, perhaps, they would
nud any place waiting for them when
they came back. The young men real
i2ed that it isn't an easy thing for an
employer to fill offhand, q place in
which he has trained clerk that suits
| him. They realized. moreover, that
when an employer had once filled
| place thus suddenly made vacant 1t
| would be his natural and reasonable
| desire to let the new man keep on in
| the routine after he had been broken
! in. The answer from the employers
| was quick and decisive. Rell & Co.
| and Holmes e Co. led off Go as soon
as you are called they said, and stay
as long as you are needed. When You
come back your places will he waiting
| for you.
| ''rhe executive committee of the
! american surety company met on
| Thursday and passed resolutions pro-
vdng that any OF its men who We're
| members of the National Guard We're
authorized to so out with their regi-
| men,S with leave of absence ana the
fullest confidence that their places
! would he held open for them. 1t has
become known that tn" employers Of
! practically all the national banks in
| the city have rcaSsurcd their employees
| in a similar way. Among the first to
| take this step were the Gallatin the
Chase, the City. the Bank of North
America and the Hanover. The Chem
iCal bank made its policy known almost
two weeks ago. 1t promised not only
leave of absence and place when the
| soldier returned, but to- pay his fam
! lily his full salary while he was gone
The American Express company told
its employees that it would pay to their
families or authorized representatives
half their salaries for as long as they
were absent from their employment be-
cause their country needed them. Nc
stronger evidence of the unanimity OF
the patriotic impulse that is moving
business men and corporations through
out the city could he offered than that
furnished by the Liverpool and London
d
ish corporation, which has notified ite
clerks that any of them who wants tc
go to the front is free TO do SO without
feeling that he will endanger the per.
manency Of his situation.
"WOrd came TO the sun Thursday OF
an incident in one of the busiest and
most strictly disciplined offices in Wal
| street that corresponds with the gen.
erai sentiment, a young man who has
as responsible a place as any in the pay
OF the Irm was summoned before the
president one day early this week. 4
understand said the president, that
you are member Of the Nationa
Guard. Yes, sir said the young man
We thought you ought to Know how
we feel toward any disposition on you
part 10 volunteer for service out Of the
country Yes, sir said the young
! man. If you enlist said the presi
p dent, we want you to do so with tn,
knowledge that your position here will
be open to you when YOU come back
and that your salary will be doubled
: while you are gone and will be paid tC
any one whom you designate We fee
that we ought TO do something, Yol
may arrange the details with the cash
ier Good morning"
: These are merely a few instance,
culled from many. The fact is tha
American patriotism knows no clas
distinctions,