The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-24
WYOMING VALLEY TIED Up.
STRIKE of TROLLEY MEN ON
THIRTY MILES OF ROAD IN
PENNSYLVANIA
OTHER LINES TO BE INVOLVED
1t Is Threatened That Eighty Miles
of Road Will BE Tied
UD by Thursday
Night.

f SCRANTON, Pa, Dec. 23.-Every one
or the S0c car and barn employees Of the
scranton Railway company observed
the strike order which went into effect
at O'Clock this morning and as a con-
sequence only two cars were run in all
OF the Iackawanna railway today
Inese two cars were manned by Supt
Patterson and dispatchers, foremen and
clerks. No attempt was made to modest
them and, although rain fell a greater
part of the day, the two cars seldom
had passenger. The tied up region ex-
tends from Pittston to Forest City, a dis
lance of thirty miles, and includes six
ty-five miles of tracks on which are run
ordinarily eight cars. The men of the
Wyoming Valley Traction company, OPP
Grating all the lines south of Pittston, as
far as Nanticoke threaten to go on strike
Thursday. With both companies tied up
there will be total cessation of street
car traffic in a busy stretch of coun-
try, eighty miles north, including the
four cities Of Scranton, Wilkesbarre,
Pittston and Carbonate.
The strikers met tonight and appointed
committees to man the different depots.
They are to watch out for men, who, it
is reported have been hired in Philadel-
phia to take their places. They will dis
tribute cards to strangers, notifying
them Of the strike on the trolley cars.
An appeal to the local public was also
issued, asking that the cars be not
paroniZed.
The men demand 20 cents an hour for
old employees and from Is to 171a cents
for new men. At present the new men
receive an average of Is $40 cents an
hour, and after five years service are
raised to Tx cents. They also demand
a ten-hour day, instead of as at pres
ent.
The company in it's answer to the
grievance committee says it is not In a
position to afford any increase In wages
at the present time. President Clark ar
rived tonight and stated that the road
would be operated with new men If old
men cannot be secured.
WILKESBARRE MEN FESTIVE.
WILKESBARRE, Pa, Dec. 23.-The
employees of the Wilkesbarre and Wyo-
ming Electric Railway company and the
officials of the company met in confer
ence today to talk over certain grieV-
ances, which the men submitted to the
company on Saturday. The employees
demand shorter hours and twenty cents
an hour for every hour worked.
President Rigg said he wanted to be
fair with the men, but their demands
were too sweeping and the company
could not afford to grant them. AS
compromise President Rigg offered the
men 16 cents an hour, but no reduction
in the hours of labor. The conductors
and motormen refused to accept this Of
fer and gave the company until Thursday
to decide whether or not the original
demands would be granted
After the conference President Rigg de-
clined to talk, but it is understood he will
not grant the demands and strike Is
likely to follow.
Two hundred and fifty girls employed
at the Wyoming Valley lace mills, this
city, have notified the management that
they will not report for work tomorrow
They go out in sympathy with the weav-
ers of the mill who have been out on
a strike for nine months. The failure
of the girls to report for work will ne
cessitate total suspension.