The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-09

back but were afraid OF the conse-
quence. and still others sullenly held
their peace and walked away.
Tuesday morning No. l started up
with a few men. some of them from
among the ranks of the strikers, but
the most of them Italians from Rend-
ham and the Sibley. They were taken
to the mine before daybreak and kept
there under the guard of n squad of
deputies headed by II. +. Ferbcr ana
composed Of deputy constabes and
others from Scranton and other towns.
They Were sworn in as deputy
| sherlfs by Mr.. Ferber who is a deputy
under Sheriff Pryor, and supplied with
stars and other police equipment.
The workmen were fed and lodged in
the company's office at the mine and
| the deputies were kept on duty con-
| stantly, living like the workmen at the
mines. Yesterday morning at
| o'clock a reinforcement for the worlo-
men was brought in under cover OF
darkness and the protection Of a posse
! of deputies. Last evening at $50
o'clock most of them were escorted
to their homes with the understand
ing that they would be called for this
morning and escorted back to the
| mines.
MEN AND WOMEN JEERED.
AS the party went across the large
plateau lying between the mine ani
the village of Rendham crowds of the
strikers, with their women and groups
Of children ran up the hillside from
their settlement and jeered the process
sion as it passed They kept at n re-
spectacle distance though and did not
offer any show of violence. BLACK
legs" and Dem skeb" were the ia
vorite terms of derlsion hurled at
the workmen.
Yesterday morning the strikers en-
tered the breaker which debarred a
number of men from returning to
work. Some who succeeded in running
the line reported that they were held
up but in no wise threatened. The
strikers argued with them to show
them the injustice Of taking the places
of other men but did not attempt to
restrain them by force.
| Manager Jermyn stated yesterday to
Tribune reporter that there are two
hundred hands at work at No. 1 and
that there is every reason to believe
that a full complement of men will
have returned to work by this after
noon. The break in the strikers ranks
has occurred, he says, and 1t Is only
a question of a few days before they
are all back at work. Next week, the
company proposes to start operations
at No 9.
The strikers say there are only thirty
men at work and that only forty cars
We're hoisted yesterday. These men,
the strikers say, were recruited from
Rendham and Sibley and more of them
are from the ranks OF the strikers.
Ninety per cent of the strikers arc
Hungarians and Polanders and most
Of them live in a compact settlement
located between the two Jermyn col
lieries. Yesterday when a Tribune re-
porter went among them he found
them ready and willing to talk and
disposed to give any information in
quired for.
WHAT THE MEN SAY.
From a general conversation with
several different groups. it was gath
cred that, as the company contends. the
only grievance is about the matter OF
dockage. The strikers claim they ar,
docked one car in ten whether theil
coal is dirty or not and that there
should be no dockage where there Is
not over 800 pounds of dirty coal tt
the car. In many of the places, ac
cording to the strikers, there is ar
eight-foot vein of clean coal which
does not show any slate or bony al
all, yet a miner working in one o
these places was docked seven cars
out of thirty-six. Everything tn,
matter is the dock, dat's ALL" was the
way a spokesman of one group ex
pressed it,
Monday when the word was passet
that No. ! was resuming operations Z
meeting of the strikers was called TO
O'Clock in the afternoon and afte
+ they had been in session two hours
they started out from their headquar
= ters in Columbia hall on Main street
r Old Forge, and marched from one Sc
l tlement to the other passing through
Midtown, Austin Heights, Sibley, Bar
2 bertown and finally to Rendham wher,
Y they countermarched in front of Jer
{ myn & Cos. store. There was no dis
order further than some shouting anC
cheering at various points in the lin
h of march. Signs were tackled up ol
: trees throughout the whole region urg
ing miners to keep away from the Jer
| myn & Cos. mines until the strike 4
= settled.