The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25

ing tribune, the action taken Dy the
girls Of the soft silk department of the
Sauquoit mill yesterday afternoon
broke the backbone of the strike,
which has been conducted for the last
three months. BY an almost unani-
nous vote the girls decided to return
to work. after hearing an address by
Mother" Mary Jones, in which she
strongly recommended the advisability
of accepting the offer made through the
Rt Rev. Bishop NJ. j. Hoban by Super
intendent Davis, acting for the oper-
ators as a body
The vote on his proposition was 314
| to 6. The hard silk girls will meet this
| afternoon, and Mother" Jones yester-
day remarked that as the operators
offer is q very fair one. it is most likely
| that the proposal will be accepted The
employees Of the smaller mills will fol-
| low the lead taken by the Sauquoit
| strikers, and it may therefore be safely
| said that the strike is over. OF the
| mills originally closed, four will be in
| operation today.
The Minooka girls, who Monday de-
cided to accept Superintendent Buffers
Offer will return to work today. Then
| there are Harvey Bros mill at Forest
! City, Renard & Sons plant at Taylor
| and the Lackawanna company's mill
at the same place, all of which are now
| in full blast.
WAITED ON BISHOP.
waited upon Bishop Hoban yesterday
morning, in order to ascertain whether
Superintendent Davis had granted
some of the union concessions which
have proved obstacles to settlement
so long. The bishop gave them most
welcome news. The weavers at the
Sauquoit mill will not only be allowed
to have a girl to measure their silk for
them, but will also be granted the
privilege of choosing this person from
their own ranks. They will themselves
attend to her pay for the service
This is considered by the weavers to
be one of the greatest advantages
gained by them, and it is largely re-
| sponsible for yesterdays overwhelming
vote in favor Of return to work. The
executive committee was also informed
that the warpers' grievances We're to
be given all due consideration
All that the members of this depart
ment asked was the reinstatement as
| forewoman of Miss Margaret Roach,
who went out on strike with them. AS
a man has been already appointed to
act as foreman, it will not be possible
for Miss Roach to be Immediately re-
instated, but the girls have the assur-
ance that she will become forewoman
as soon as a vacancy occurs.
OFFER TO WEAvERs.
do to-
erous one. 1t consists of an increase
of half cent per yard, and any skilled
weaver can easily make from twenty
cents up additional every day at this
rate. The wage offered the hard silk
girls is the old S-12 per cent. increase,
but the additional concession of allow
ing a half holiday on Saturday during
| the sixteen summer weeks. makes an
| extra increase of from fifteen to thirty
| cents.
After this afternoons meeting a gen.
| eral meeting of the Sauquoit girls will
be held, in case the hard silk workers
| accept Superintendent Davis offer, and
| the hands will return to work as soon
as the mill is announced to be ready for
| operations. While it is not likely that
the full force of employees will be re-
| quired at once, still within few weeks
places will be found for all the strik
ers. A special meeting of the hard silk
| workers will also be held tomorrow
| morning.
Tomorrow afternoon the strikers
| from Harvey Brothers central city mill
will meet and vote upon the operators
| offer. There is no doubt that they will
| follow the lead of the SauQuoit girls,
| as the two locals have gone hand in
hand since the very beginning of the
| strike. Superintendent Harvey. in fact,
has claimed all through the three
months that settlement would have
| been effected with the employees had it
not been for the fact that their svm-
| pathies We're enlisted with the Sauquoit
| girls.
KLOTZ MILL WORKERS.
The Klotz local will meet Sunday af-
| ternoon in st. Johns hall, and vote on