The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-22
MASS Meeting
OF STRIKERS
AFFILIATED EMPLOYEES MET
IN MUSIC HALL YESTERDAY.

Campbell ASKED the Lodges to
Meet and Delegate All Executive
Power to Their Representatives in
the Council-Foundry Men Quit
Work at Penn Avenue Shops.
With the exception of a big mass
meeting of the striking machinists. car
builders. boilermakers, ntc., of this city
yesterday afternoon, there We're few
| new developments in the strike stua-
ton. About one hundred and fifty
men employed in the foundry of the
| Allis-Chalmers company on Penn ave-
nue.. have now, however. quit work, as
| result of the refusal of the car
| makers to work with non-union help
ers.
Yesterday afternoons mass meeting
was held in Music Hall and was we'll
| attended. Chairman Humphrey Il.
Campbell opened it by explaining the
purpose of the gathering. He declared
that 1t was called to bring together
the members of the different lodges
affiliated with the council. and have
them arrange meetings to be held al
most Immediately, at which they
| would pass the recommendations Of
the council that the delegates be given
executive power in the conducting of
the strike. Such powers would include
the levying of assessments. giving of
benefits. and the appointing of various
committees to assume charge of de-
tails or the Campaign which will be
| mapped out. Tho lodges were also
asked to place their entire member
ship at the disposal of the council
delegates, to furnish them all neces-
sary assistance.
PLANS TO RAISE FUNDS.
Certain plans already conceived for
the raising of funds will be put into
execution within a few days by the
council. Chairman Campbell then en-
phasized the fact that all lodge MEM
bers are requested to keep away from
the Delaware, Lacitawanna & West
ern railway station and studiousy
avoid any acts of violence. A special
committee will be appointed whose
members will take care of the matter
of dealing with imported men.
The action taken by the Central La
Dor union Sunday in calling upon the
American Federation of Labor to
make some move regarding the strike,
was next reported to the audience. af-
ter which the following letter from
President John Mitchell. of the United
Mine Workers of America, was read:
Indianapolis. Ind, May H.
Humphrey d. Campbell, Chairman OF Council
Scranton, Pa.
Dear Sir and Brother: | am in receipt OF
your favor of May 4, with list of advertisers
friendly to organized labor enclosed You may
rest assured that the Mine Workers organiza.
ton and its officials will render all possible
assistance to the machinists in their efforts to
secure a shorter work dav. I am
Yours truly,
John mitchell.
President United Mine Workers of America.
SUGGESTIONS MADE.
Remarks from those present We're
then asked for, and a number of the
strikers volunteered suggestions, princi-
pally dealing with the course to be pur-
Suedin dealing with the imported hands.
One and all spoke strongly against
scenes of riot, such as occurred Mon
day afternoon at the Lackawanna sta
tion. Meetings of the pattern workers
and blacksmiths will be held today to
act on the recommendation of the
council. The former will meet this
morning at AL Lacka awanna avenue.
and the latter at 3 o'clock this after
noon in German Odd Fellows hall. The
machinists have already voted upon it,
and meetings of the boilermakers and
Federal Labor union We're held yester-
day afternoon and night, at which it
was adopted.
~ letter was received yesterday by
Chairman Campbell from Business
Agent John II. Brown, of the E.lmira
machinists, evidently written before
Monday morning, in which the asser-
tion was made that all the machinists,
blacksmiths ard bolermakers We're
sure to strike at the appointed hour.
Communications from Wilkes Barre in
formed Chairman Campbell that the
Vulcan Iron works have granted the
mems demands. The employees will
work ten hours with eleven and a
quarter hours pay until September,
and will then begin work on a nine-
hour scale.
FOUNDRY CLOSED DOWN.
The closing down of the Allis-C -Chal-
mers company's foundry was caused
by the core workers refusing to work
drawal from the foundry rendered the
moulders helpless and the company
then decided TO close the works. None
of the foundry men ask the nine-hour
day. but it was merely their scruples
against non-union men which occa-
stoned the strike.
There were no new men brought into
the city yesterday by the Lackawanna,
according to the strikers, and the day
passed off quietly and without any
thing to mar the general harmony. |
To-day the convention of car builders
Will be opened at Buffalo. The as
sembly has been called for the purpose
or erecting national organization,
as at present the only national asso
citation with which the unions are af-
hliated is the American Federation of
Labor. |
Ihere seems to he general opinion
or confidence among the strikers that
their cessation from labor will not he |
OF long duration, as at the Allis- Chal- |
mers shops alone there is said to ne |
over one and half million dollars
worth of work which should be inn |
mediately attended to, and the men
argue far more than the difference I'm |
wages is lost by the company's ina.
bility to turn out these jobs.
Chairman Campbell, in conversation
with Tribune man. said:
This matter of arbitration spoken |
about Is Question whether there is |
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