The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-23

The executive committee of the strik-
| ing silk workers yesterday prepared
| appeals for aid. which were mailed to
| the various labor unions and to indi-
| vidual citizcns Tho strike has been
| in progress for month now, and the
| textile workers. slim treasury has been
| daily thinned until matters have ar
| rived at a crisis when petitioning for
| aid has become necessity.
About twenty of the girls on strike
/ at Dickson, were rumored to have
| returned to work Yesterday a.
| Valentine Bliss mill. The mat
ter was reported at headquarters ana
created a good deal of discussion.
! few hands are still working AT the
| Petersburg mill, but they are all young
| boys, none of the girls continuing at
| their toll. At the Sauquoit all is quiet,
the trouble during the early part of the
| week having caused the management
to decide to make no further effort
at running the factory and provoking
more trouble.
A few of the strikers were at the
mill yesterday morning but as none ot
| the hands returned, there was no dis
| turbancc of any nature. Nothing fhr-
ther has been heard of the settlement
! talked Of during the early part of the
week. and both strikers and operators
declare that there are no prospects in
| sight of Il settlement.
Superintendent W. H. Davis, of the
Sauquoit mill, left for New York yes
terday afternoon, on important busi-
ness. the exact nature of which has not
been stated \ meeting Of the Sau-
Quot hard silk workers was held yes
,t..,.5 I,,tl
The first outbreak at Valentine Bliss
Dickson mill occurred about 80 o'clock
Yesterday afternoon. About twenty
hands are still working at the factory,
the majority Of whom are men. When
they left the works they we're greeted
by mingled mob of small boys men
and striking girls.
Cries Of "scab" and "blackleg" filed
the air and stones and snow balls were
thrown at the workers. The latter,
however. in no ways daunted, charged
the crowd nercely and 1t is said that
in the melee which followed they more
than held their own. Only one OF the
striking girls participated in the vio-
| lenCe.
Mr. Bliss was notified of the trouble
and visited the mill last evening. Work
will be resumed this morning. The
part of the mill which is being worked
was leased some time ago by Mr.. Bliss
to tenant and as landlord he Is now
under contract to supply the power to
keep the looms working. This accounts
for the attempt to operate at Dickson
while the other Bliss mills are idle.
The Bliss mill strikers have changed
their meeting place and will hereafter
meet at st. Mary's hall ON West Mar
ket street Tuesday nights.
The following resolution was given
out for publication last night:
sranton. Feb. 30 1901
Whereas, The silk workers OF Srauton az,
vicinity an now eng gud in struggle tor living
wage, and better condition Of employment: ami
Whereas, We feel that they are idir and honc-
in what they demand Is we believe that th,
wages thcy now receive ave not sufficient :,
enable them to live q, they should; Therefore
| be 1t
- Resolved, That We, local union, No. SCI, Uni
ted Mine Workers oi America. will give our uu
qualified moral aud financial support To IL,
: textile workers until their strike j. won.
{ rdtrck W. Tolan. Thomas +. Brown, DomW
I ici =. Dempsey, Oliver j. Nichols, Iatrick T.
! Burke, committee.