The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-31
Compromise Offer of the Scranton
Railway Company Is Ac-
cepted By the Men.

not expect him so soon and was not n
| town when he arrived.
Mr.. Burke and his brother, John, who
Is Jointly interested with him in the
trolley company, returned to the city
at 11.3O Saturday night and at once
hastened to the Jermyn and had d long
consultation with President Clark and
General Manager Silliman.
At midnight the strikers conference
committee was given notice to meet
the company officials at Burke Bros.
office yesterday morning at 1890 o'clock.
They met and conferred. and the COM
mittee came away with a proposition
from the company. 1T was submitted
to the executive committee of the
strikers union. but was not satisfac-
tory in some minor respects and an
other conference with the officials re-
suited. The offer was reconstructed
and in its new form was given the
unanimous approval of the executive
committee.
A meeting OF the union was called
for o'clock in Carpenters hall, Wyo-
ming avenue. to consider the PROPOSE
ton. Nearly all the employees from
every line were in attendance.
=. j. Messsett presented the COM
mittee's report and recommendation.
and made series of strong speeches
in favor OF the acceptance of the pro-
position. Others of the committee.
various of the members. and National
Executive Committeeman Reeves also
spoke in favor of acceptance. The
Carbondale men made a mild objec-
ton, but when it came to a vote, few
voices We're raised against the motion
to accept the offer and call off the
strike.
OBJECTIONS OF BARN MEN.
The objections from the barn men
kept the meeting in session much
longer than it otherwise would have
been. \ recess was taken to give
them an opportunity of consulting the
officials of the company, who were at
the Jermyn. waiting to hear the action
of the union. When the barn men re-
turned, the expressed themselves as
satisfied to let the strike be called
of. having been assured of the same
liberal consideration given the car
men. Their wages are to be regulated
according to the individuals worth in
the estimation of the master me-
chanic. Most of them are practically
assured of a generous increase.
When the vote had been declared a
committee was sent to invite the COM
pany officials to come to the hall. They
accepted and We're given a rousing well
come. President Clark, General Mama
ger Silliman and the MeSsrs. Burke
each made happy responses to the
greeting extended by Chairman Pat
rick Shea and Executive Committee
men Reeves and each was given a
hearty cheer.
The officials expressed the hope that
the men would turn in and give their
heartiest cooperation in putting the
property of the company on a paying
basis and all expressed their satisfac-
ton at the early settlement of the
strike.
The strikers went in body yester-
day morning to Elm Park church and
listened to sermon delivered by DR..
Giain.
AT 11.35 last night ten more
men arrived in the city from
New York in charge of two de-
toctives and We're taken .at once
to the company's Office on Lacka-
wanna avenue and later to the Lin
den street barn. There was no OBJ
lection to the landing of this party Of
imports" as the strikers We're in at
tendance at the meeting in Carpen-
terS' hall.
Two of the imports" We're taken
from the Linden street barn yesterday
to the Scranton private hospital. One
is suffering from pneumonia and the
other from grip.