The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-25

coming and That They Should Re.
turn Home-Company Ran Six
More Cars Than on Sunday and
Expects to Add to the Number To-
day-Traffic Generally Inconven-
fenced, but the Public Took 1t
Good Naturedly.
Ten men arrived here yesterday
| morning to take the places of the
striking car men. 1t was a quite gen
eral opinion that the appearance OF
imported men on the cars would be the
signal for violent trouble, but these
men. or most of them, went to work
at early morning and continued on
duty till nightfal. without meet-
ing with any molestation further than
jeers and hooting and the calling OF
opprobrious names.
Before the day was over the COM
pany had eight cars making fairly
regular trips, and General Manager
Silliman said he expected that number
would be largely increased today. de
could increase them more rapidly. he
said. but for various reasons it was
deemed best to make the increase
gradual.
The strikers say that there will be
fewer cars running today than there
was yesterday. unless new men are
secured as number of the men who
worked yesterday had promised the
strikers soliciting committees to Quit
at the end of the day.
Business did not seem to be very
| materially affected by the strike
during the daytime. Inquiry ut
various of the larger stores
brought the practically uniform state
ment that while there was not the jam
that probably would have occurred
had the cars been running. the aug
mented forces of clerks had all they
could do, and on the whole there was
no great loss resulting from the strike
There was a very perceptible falling
off in trade after the first hour or two
| of the night. Usually the stores are
crowded until nearly midnight. but the
rush last night commenced to let W
about 8 o'clock and at II o'clock most
of the stores prepared to close. Had
the weather been less propitious for
walking there would, 40 doubt have
been very different story to tell.
THE PASSENGERS.
The few cars that did run carried
quite number of passengers. 1t was
noticeable, though. that when the cars
ran through the central part of the
city they We're as Il rule empty or al
most empty. One car, on the Green
Ridge suburban route, carried nine
teen passengers. This was the high
est number carried by any car during
| the day.
West Siders walked to and from the
central city. and all day long and late
| into the night West Lackawanna ave-
nue. was crowded with pedestrians. Nc
cars ran to the South Side and as a
| consequence those who came to town
| from that locality had to walk. One
car ran irregularly to Providence, but
the buses and band wagons which
made trips between the corners and
the Valley House, accommodated prac-
tically all the traffic that did rot take
to the steam roads. Dunmcre also
had Il couple of cars. giving it Il fairly
regular service. but. as in the case of
=
bulk of the business
Alex. Dunn had bus running 10
and from the main suburbs, Offering a
free ride to any one who wanted to
come to or return from town. This
vehicle did an immense business. Gold
smith Bros. thoughtfully sent out car
riages in the morning to bring TO their
bazaar their small army of clerks.
TRAINS CROWDED.
The Delaware and Hudson trains up
and down the valley We're jammed both
| in and out of Scranton, though extra
cars We're attached to every train. To-
day the company will run extra local
trains between Scranton and Olyphant
and Scranton and Avoca, stopping q,
all stations. If business warrants It
| they Will be kept on during the con-
tinuance of the strike.
Everybody seemed to take the con-
| scquent Inconvenience of the strike
good naturedly. Pedestrians ioked one
| another as they met, exchanging such
salutes as Mice day for a STROLL >
(Which would you rather do or
walk?" "Is your coachman ill?" "Why
don't you bring out your automObile"''
The merriment of the Christmas sea-
son tended to detract attention from
the serious side of the strike.
The total absence of any turbulencc
Was 4 matter of general congratu
ton. The very comendable conduct of
the strikers was largely responsible
for this. When the men imported IL
take their places put in an appear
ance on the cars, the strikers made no
offer to molest OF intimidate them, but
instead, quietly sent emissaries among
them to induce them to quit and leave
the city.
One man came to the strikers head
quarters. which are now at the Grand
Central hotel, and said he was willing
to return h h.me if the committee
would furnish him with ticket. The
ticket was forthcoming, and he took
the first train for Syracuse. Two
others came around later and made
The same offer, which was At once ac,
cepted
WHAT THEY SAID.
A Tribune reporter talked with these
Two men, and they said they We're
induced to come here by misrep-
reservations. They stated that thay
We're from Syracuse, and that the
whole party was from there or
thereabouts. Last Thursday man
who they understood is named Bowers,
though he gave the name of Baxter,
went about Syracuse looking for men