The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-27

Several Arrests Made During the
Day-stones Thrown at a Car on
North Washington Avenue.
Not more than half a dozen cars
were In motion at any one time ves-
terday. These made irregular trips to
Dunmore, Providence, West Scranton
and South Scranton, or swung around
the central city blocks. One car was
kept moving most of the day up Lack
awanna. out Washington. down Spruce
and out Franklin. Only few dozen
passengers were carried by all the cars
combined.
Owing to energetic work of the strik-
ers' missionaries, the company was left
with only twelve men, all except eleven
Of the forty-eigh men imported up to
last night having deserted and gone
over to the strikers.
Only one of the Syracuse importa-
tions remained on duty. He is the man
who was kidnapped Christmas night,
and who as q security for his good
faith in his promise to leave the CITY,
deposited all his money, Sc and his rail-
tive committee. He was allowed to go
to the trolley company's offices to get
his valise, striker being sent with
him to make sure that he would come
back. The striker waited outside while
the Syracusean went up to the bunk
room to get his baggage. That was the
last seen of Mr.. Syracuse until yes
terday morning, when he appeared on
the front platform Of one of the cars.
The strikers wish it announced that
he can have his SC and railroad ticket
if he will come after it.
KESSLER DESERTED.
The other Syracuse man, who had
not been corralled by the strikers, de-
serted the company yesterday after
noon. His name is William Kessler,
and it was he who recruited most of
the Syracuse squad for the comDany's
agent.
Yesterday afternoon he and one of
the New York men We're running Il car
UP Lackawanna avenue. When the car
stopped in front of the company's
offices, it was Immediately surrounded
by a crowd of the strikers and their
sympathizers, headed by Martin d.
Labor union.
Some talked to the motorman and
others to the conductor, and after a
few minutes conversation the oppro.
brious names, which the crowd was
calling, changed into the widest cheer
ing as Kessler and the New York man
left the car and allowed themselves to
be escorted to strike headquarters.
,;cn
would return to their respective homes,
just as soon as they could collect the
wages that are due them.
Two of the fourteen New York men,
who refused to be converted Tuesday
night, repented yesterday morning.
after making a few trips, to the con-
stant accompaniment of jeers from
men, women and children, and taking
their car to the barn, left it there and
proceeded to strike headquarters. They
paid their own way back to New York.
LEFT HIS CAR.
Another New Yorker, who has a very
nasty way of talking, halted his car in
front of strike headquarters about
noon, said some things to a company
official who was on the platform, threw
his motor-handle across the street to
the accompaniment OF more nasty
calculations, and then, amid the cheers
and the crowd standing in front of the
headquarters, jumped from the car and
>went up to interview the strike COM
mittee. He also agreed to pay his own
fare back to New York.
Eleven of the seventeen New York
men who We're corralled by the strik-
iY,,r aT1 Ia ta1 hat.
rival Tuesday night, We're sent back to
New York on the o'clock a. m. Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western train.
The other six and the two who de-
serted their car at the barn went back
on the 1888 train on the Lackawanna
road yesterday afternoon. Before leav-
ing they paraded up and down Lacka-
wanna avenue, headed by the strikers
transportation committee, and We're
loudly cheereG.
Being unable to secure convenient
quarters for the imported men at any
of the hotels or lodging houses, the
company set out yesterday to trans
form the paint shop of the Linden
street barn into an improvised hotel.
Bunks and a cooking range We're
placed therein and negotiations We're
Aittue Tie ucIlNeIy tucIe VI IL large
quantity of provisions.
WOULDN'T FURNISH SUPPLIES.
Through dread Of a, boycott, or out
of real sympathy for the strikers, the
business men who were solicited to
furnish the supplies for the company's
hotel declined to fill any orders. At
least, the company had not succeeded
in securing the supplies IN TO n LATE
hour last evening.
One large wholesale house on lower
Lackawanna avenue, after accepting
an order for one hundred bushels of
potatoes and a large quantity of
its ability to fill the order and so in
formed the company.
The firm from whose store the range
was secured refused to set it UP,
claiming it did not do that kind of
work, and when the company demand
ed that the range be set up the firm
replied that 1t would prefer to take the
range away. The company then pro-
ceeded to scurry about town for a
plumber to do the work. Late in the
afternoon 1t was still looking for one.
Arrests and counter-arrests have al
ready begun, George Weed. one of the
strikers. was arrested on a warrant
sworn out before Alderman Millar,
chaging him with assault and battery
on one of the New York men. The lat
ter could not identify Weed as his as
sailant and the case was dismissed.
POWELL ARRESTED.
Samuel Powell, another striker, was
arrested at the instance Of Cha rlas