The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-19

The committee appointed at Sunday
afternoons meeting OF business ana
professional men to make an effort To
settle the street car strike will likely
have its trouble FOR its pains. General
Manager Silliman said last night.
when approached on the matter of the
new mediation move:
The company is willing to do all 1t
can TO bring about a settlement of the
strike. 1T can do no more than il
agreed to do when the councimaniC
and board of trade committees sought
to effect n settlement. ] want to re-
itcratc what / said then: The company
is ready To take back those of our old
men for whom we have places, and
who arc fit men. without refetence 10
whether or not they belong to the
union. When they do come back, eve
will not ask them anything concerning
their membership in the union. The
union is something we will not concern
ourselves about. That is all the COM
pany can possibly do. The business
men are now attempting u settlement
of the strike. 1t has been in the hands
of the business men for some time to
bring the strike to an end. They have
il in their power To put an end to the
trouble at any time they muster up
sufficient courage to refrain from par
ticipatng in the boycott which they
say is causing such havoc to their
business. Let them patronize the cars
as they We're wont to do, if they wish
to see an end to the strike"
,,o,r,I1,,ry.,, Nt,,,r
The committee of business and pro-
fessiOnal men has not vet seen Mr..
Silliman. All it's members, excepting
District Attorney w. X. Lewis. who
was engaged in court, met yesterday
morning in the Office of its chairman.
/. II. Burns, ana had a session lasting
from Il. IN. to ] p. IN.
\ committee Of the strikers was sent
for and a further conference had with
them. regarding what they were will
in" 10 do towards bringing about
peace. Tho result OF this conference
was not made public.
Mr. Burns was deputizcd by the COM
mittee to confer with General Manager
Sillimun regarding the fixing of u time
for Il conference Mr. Silliman was
called up by phone ana in response to
Mr.. Burns question stated that he
would meet the committee ut his Office.
Mr.. Burns said he would consult the
committee us to the most convenient
time for the conference. This ended
their communication.
The committee is to meet again to-
night at Mr.. Burns Office. In the in
terin. Mr.. Burns will probably wait on
Nlr. Slliman.
4 meeting of the Street hallway
Mems Beneficial association was held
last night at the Office of General Man
ager Sillimln. This is an organization
composed of both the officials and men.
Most of the employees We're members of
it. Al present it has only forty-two
men on its rolls, tho membership of
the strikers having terminated, so 1t is
asserted by the remaining members.
when they left the company'S employ,
there being !, clause in the bylaws
providing that membership in the as
SociutiOn shall cease with the termina-
ton of the members employment with
the company. Loss of membership
means the surrender of all claims on
the association and its $500 treasury.
THEY CLAIM MEMBERSHIP.
association have refused TO surrender
their badges and other company prop
erty or draw the pay that was due
them when the strike began, for the
purpose of preventing themselves from
being dropped from the association.
Mr.. Sillinan, who is treasurer OF the
benefit association, stated that there
WAS nothing done at the meeting. fur
ther than the consideration of benefit
claims and the election of new menu
bers.
T.. NJ. Dobson. one of the strikers,
died yesterday morning at his home
in Dunmore His father, anothe,
striker will make Il claim for the $40
funeral benefit that the heirs of a mcm-
Der of the benefit association are EN-
titled to. Two other members are very
i'll. They are Edward Edwards, OF I.o-
Gust street and Harry Wilbur, Of