The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-29
pECkVILLE.

Tho minors of the New York and
snra,,,or ronI c,mnanv at this place
? iii not ,asupo ,peretjons this morn
tho o,vipo. II is said to the failure of
thn oo,,nanv officials in posting the
,ao,,;rod noi,cc granting the two and
ore.baIf nor cont. Saturday afternoon,
,,ro,,i,u, In tbo ,abor paradc. the local
,,p,on of the United Mine Workers APP
,,ninted n committee 10 wait on Cen
ar,l Manager w, n. Storrs, relative
IN IN, roouired notice and were. Ii is
,,norted received and treated very
c,,,r,,ouslv by Mr.. Storrs. who in.
f,rn,ad them that while their company
. rad not posted the additional two and
onc-half per cent. notice. they expected
snnd were willing 70 carry ont the in
tontion of their first notice which
prnnted ien ner cent. increase to all
their employes. and were they to post
the notice which the miners demand
.el tbev would he granting II twelve
and a half nor cent. or two and one
half per cent. in excess of the general
demand. 'rhe committee reported the
information received 10 the officers Of
the local union. And they proceeded
10 call . special meeting for Sunday
morning and invited representatives.
from all the companys colileries be-
thnen Scranton and Richmonlale to
attend. The result or the meeting was
unanimous resolution not to resume
work Monday morning, unless The de.
nand yns conceded 10. and ,lnt a
mass meeting he held in Peckviie in
Tho Mott Haven base bali grounds
Monday afternoon. oct. ~. mt O'Clock,
at which time the matter will be pub
ucIy di.cussed by members of the ma.
tional eyecutiye board. one or more OF
whom, has nromised TO he present.
1,robablv Mr., Dilcher. The peckviiie
local extend a general invitation to
the public. the operators or a repre-.
sentative of their body TO attend. The
meeting will undoubtedly he attended
hv 81 large number from out of town.
v,berever the New York and Scranton
Coal comnany conduct operations.
The labor narade here Saturday ar-
ternoon in honor of resuming work
nj the mines was the largest ever wit
messed in this nlace. If was estimated
that fully 600 people took part in the
DEMONSTRATION ,rhe line extended full
,lv one-half or three fourtrls of a mile
in length A feature tha, should have
been omitted and which was excess
iveIv crticized nv many of the leading
citizans who were in fully sympathy
w.;th the mon and their cause was the
reference to calling "Scab." by some
g., tho line os they passed the resi-.
dences of men who have been employ
cd as watchmen. spccjal police. etc,
during the suspension. With that one
feature on,itt,d the narade would have
laen con,n,eto success. as we'll as a
credit tn ali who look an active part
T., #
alderman and Mrs John ~. Howe
and son 7. A. of Scranton. spent
Miss E,1izabetb Nor,inn has resumed
b,, stud;es .t tho R1oon,sh,rp state |
Norn,oI schooI ,f,ar , weel,.s absence
at hsS accustomed bv the illness of
ber p,ot,.
I,mos panticost of Scranton visit |
ed friends and relatives in town yes-
+ord.v
Nv and ,,rs William n Lewis of
Creen Ridge snent Sunday with their |
narents here
! Mr., and Mrs. Edward Dclker, of |
Nicholson snent q few days with Mr.. |
and Mrs Georee Clark. OF Brook street.
d,rirr tho mast week
West E,nd have had rs their guest.
tho mast week. Miss Mary e. Wise,
of Middlatown " v
Tba Rla,,elv schooIs will he closed |
This wea,, nm acco,,nt of the absence
~ tb. teachers at tha institute at ,
scranton
Tho missionary service at the. Bap-
,;.t oh,r,b ,,st ov.ninr was uuite |
I.,.ua,, attended and ,arv interesting
rrhe Misses BESSIE !. Craig and Anna |
>-rto de,;vered interesting essavs an
nronriote to the occasion. and the
sn,andid ,,us;c was also , worthy and /
,nnreci,tivo feotura
Georea 4 Huu of Elakcly, has ,e.
= +,,,,ad home from the Vos; whore he
has bnen studvinr nhotoc.ranhy.
Rev. DR.. Spencer. of the Blakely /
12antist church returned home Satur-
dav from Erie. where he attended the
Bantist state anniversaries conventions
While there DR.. Spencer delivered an
address on "Pennsylvania Baptists and