The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-27


and Western company. yesterday
stated that the company has been
putting on u large number of new
|cngines during the last two months
and now considers itself fully equip
ped to stand the strike for at least
| three months without Inconvenience.
Mr. Clarke was seen at his residence
by a Tribune man last evening and in
discussing conditions along the line
said:
| During the last sixty days. and cs-
pecially the last few weeks. we have
secured nearly fifty new engines for
freight, passenger and switching SER
vices. This places us in excellent
shape, as this supply of new engines
will stand the strike for many
months. They We're built at the
Schenectady Locomotive works. where
we have placed another large order.
We do not expect any more engines.
| however, until October or November.
! I'VE are now in n position to carry
all our traffic including the Pam
American. for at least three months,
| without the men who are on strike.
| We have at present sufficient en-
rloyes for our needs and when we
want more we will get them. Every
new man means one place less for
the old employees"
| When Mr.. Clarke was asked
whether any definite action had been
yet taken, regarding the removal Of
the car shops to Binghamton, he gave
the first direct information on the
matter which has yet come from q
LackawaEna official. Said he:
I'VE have received a very tempting
offer from Binghamton, and 1t is now
under consideration Our people are
talking very favorably OF 1t. but no
final disposition has been vet made"
The order for the engines was
placed with the Schenectady firm last
| fall.
A SMALL RIOT.
Last evening small riot occurred
| in the I.ackawanna yard. \ false
| alarm was turned in and 213 sounded.
| This is the car shop number and the
| Crystal Hose company and the Hook
and Ladder company responded only
| to find that there was not the sus-
pcion OF Il blaze. a large crowd fol-
| lowed the firemen to the scene, and
when IA number of small boys and
eXcitable men caught sight of the
paint shops. i'll which are duartered
the imported men, pandemonium
broke. loose. Cries of "scab'' and
'back leg" We're howled at every
workman seen about the place. until
they We're forced to retreat into the
shops.
Immediately fusilade of the place
began and it fairly raned stones
about the windows and door. until
every pane of glass was shattered.
No one was injured. however. The
alarm was not turned in from any
box, nor was a telephone message
sent to any of the companies. 1t is
thought that wires We're tampercd
with by the person who sounded the
alarm.
Superintendent Clarke last night
signitied his intention of today con-
ferrlng with the city authorities in
order TO determine some method of
discovering the mischief maker, and
it is likely that a reward will be
offered for his arrest and conviction.
President Zehnder, of the Scranton
Bolt and Nut company, does not veri-
fy the statement given out from the
machinists' Headquarters to the effect
that he made Il nine hour day propo-
s,on, which was rejected. Mr..
Iehnder denies absolutely that he
made any such offer.
1t is payday today at the Dickson
Manufacturing company's Locomotive
works on Cliff street at the Allis-Chal-
mers company's Penn avenue shop and
at the Finch works. and the striking
employees of these places Will very
likely march to them in body to re-
ceive their wages this morning.
The McClave- Brooks company paid
their men Saturday, as have also
other of the concerns whose men are
seeking the nine-hour day. A large
number of the strikers on receiving
their pay applied for union cards and,
armed with these already have left or
will in the near future leave Scranton
to seek employment elsewhere. Others
have secured work in the city, these
being notably ear builders. and are
getting along comfortably as painters,
carpenters. etc.
CAR BUILDERS MET
The car builders met yesterday morn
ing in Economy hall and transacted an
amount of routine business. No fresh
importations of men by the Lacka- .
wanna have been heard of, but Satur-
day night between fifteen and twenty
of the hands brought up from Phila-
delphia received their wages for the
few days work done and left the city.
The machinists have decided to repeat
the entertainment which they recently
gave at the Lyceum, and contemplate
taking it to Buffalo, New York, and
other places.
They believe that by so doing they
can realize "A considerable sum to be
utilized during the strike The per-
formance will embody the same pro-
Sramme given with such success be-
fore. but will be of much more com
plete nature, as the business part of
the last meeting will be, of course en-
tirely dispensed with.
At the meeting of Electric city
lodge, Friday night, two apprentice
boys We're allowed fun strike benefits
by the lodge. They had both been dis
charged by the company, on account
of having piloted through the Lacka-
wanna yard two of the imported men
who expressed their desire to leave the
premises when they heard strike was
in progress,
The exclusive interview with Master
Builder Canfield. which appeared in
Saturdays Tribune, in which he made
his statement regarding the number of
men at work along the line, was hailed
with derision by the strikers. who claim
that the men went out in body at all
the points where the master builder
says only limited number struck.
superintendent Clarke last night add
cd the weight of his testimony to that
of Mr.. Garfield. He said;
we are working fun force at some
a. ali Il fal l,.Nl