The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-22
LACKAWANNA MACHINIsTs'
STRIKE CALLED OFF.
At Special Meeting, Held Saturday
Afternoon. the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western and Lacka-
wanna Iron and Steel Companies
Men Vote to Give Up the Fight.
Allis-Chalmers Men Will Continue
the Struggle in the Hope Of shar-
ing in an Expected Chicago Victory

ana LaCkaWanna Iron ana steer COM
panies decided, on Saturday, to return
to work under the terms dictated by
their employers.
The Allis- Chalmers strikers, number
ing 300 and about one hundred others
scattered about the smaller shops still
remain on strike. The men of the
smaller shops will likely give up their
fight, now that the Lackawanna strik-
ers have capitulated, but the Allis-
Chalmers men declare determination
to fight 1t out to n finish.
The strikers who are about to re-
turn to work claim that they were up
against losing fight from almost the
very outset They expected aid from
the national treasury of their organi-
cation, but the aid was not forthcom-
ing. a small remittance was received
but It was so meagre that 1t was
practically as good as nothing at all.
The national officers. it seemed, were
bent on making their main fight In
Chicago and at that point was con-
centrated nearly all the force of the
organization. Many victories were
won in Chicago. and 1t is yet hoped to
make a complete victory there, but
the victories there were won, in
measure. at the expense of other
places, Scranton among them.
HAD A BAD EFFECT
The return of the Cliff works ma
chinists on July 1, also had a bad
effect. These men We're for the most
part contractors and not to be affected
like the others by a nine hour day.
Having come out, though, the other
men say, they should have stayed out
If only to avoid having a break in the
strikers ranks. Those who complain
as above are honest enough, however,
to admit that there were various men
brought out on strike who should have
heen advised to remain at work. In
the opinion of some the cliff works
men should be in this category, and
| all agree that it would have been
much better If laborers and the like in
certain places had been kept at work
| and not thrown on the machinists'
union for support.
The Allis-Chalmcrs men are not
complaining very grievously of those
| who are to return to work. but do not
hesitate to say they would much pre-
| fer to have them continue the fight.
The return of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western and Lackawanna
| Iron and steel companies men Will not
| have a direct harmful effect on the
| Allis- Chalmers mems fight the latter
say. The Allis-Chalmers men are
| more Immediately concerned in what
| the Chalmers employees In Chi
| cago and Milwaukee will do. 1t is
claimed by them that they will win a
victory in Chicago and probably in
| Milwaukee. In either case whatever
! concessions are gained will be shared
| in by the Scranton men, or such, at
least is the belief here. This, more
| than anything else, prompts the Allis-
! Chalmers men of Scranton to continue
the struggle.
NOT AS A BODY.
The return of the Lackawanna men
will not be as body. The committee
that waited upon Superintendent
Lloyd, on Friday. to see if the strikers
would be taken back in a body, was
told that the company would not rec
ogni2e them as employees, and that
those who came back must do so as
individuals. They might fill out and
file the prescribed application blanks
and then the company would pass upon
the applications individually.
clause in the application the men
must sign contains an agreement tC
do piece work. This system ils not In
favor with the men and was not IN
vogue at the Lackawanna shops before
the strike. Thus, ii will be seen, the
strikers go back under worse condi'
tions than those existing before the
strike.
The exact details of the manner ir
which the strike was declared off have
not been made public. Friday night
at a regular meeting of the union, Il
was decided, after a four hour discus
sion, to continue the fight. The Lack
awanna and Lackawanna Iron anC
|. Steel company men favored calling th'
strike off, but when it came to vote
the Allis-Chalmers men, who led th'
fight for prolongation of the strike
We're found to have mustered th
greater number of votes. Many o
the defeated ones left the hall, declar
ing they would return to- work any
how.
SATURDAYS MEETING.
Saturday morning the Lackawann
Iron and Steel company men, b
a petition of five members, had Presi
dent Campbell call a special meet
ing for o'clock Saturday after
noon. 1t was attended mainly by Del
aware, Lackawanna and Western an
Lackawanna Iron and steel companies
men, and the motion to declare tn
strike off at these two places carrie
by a practically unanimous vote.
General superintendent Clarke, q
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern company, said. after the strik
was declared off, that the compan
was in a position to continue the feh
for at least sixty days longer withou
taking into account the fact that b
the end of sixty days every place /
the shops would likely be filled by a
I good If not better workmen than thos
' who struck. Men from other elite
? who had been forced out of work b
the unions and who now find them
selves forced to get work to suppor
' themselves and families, are com
mencing to come here in growing mum
: bers each day, Mr.. Clarke says, an
for the most part they are men VIII
) knew when they started here that the