The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-25
reply to this the executive committee
of the strikers last night issued the
following statement

reply to this the executive committee
of the strikers last night issued the
following statement
What do we think Of the Mrtzhril,l letter -,
appearing in the Republican: We are icWiIat
surprised that u journal regarding itself ut 1Gy
great degree OF importance is i public mcnt1
should give space to such a production. From
lis tenor one might believe il 10 be inspired Icy
an official of the traction COMPANY THE letter
is weak defense for the mlrio,,. conduct Of d,
nislrd and dcludcd mind. touid we believe The.
letter 10 nav, been Wiittou 10y llctEhci-cr We
could regard it only an ATTEMPT 10 Justify
Nmcnviablc conduct ON the part OF an irrcSno.,.
She pcrson and would look upon it Us no, worthy
OF the effort of an answer; hut. rs without doubt
the Mticlc was prompted hy som" cyil-minod
agent ot the company, who wruk.mindc,I men
as their tools, and to SHOW the Inconsistency ot
such di>llptNe walls. it may he we'll to d~Scct
the product ion aud expose its righteousness.
Now. the letter represents Nrtlhci>cr a, being
opposed to IN effort to bette! lis condition. Ii
this mans job was satisfactory, wc must .ln,it
that some men easily satisfied. The position
tli, man gave mp to join the strike WI, an eight.
hour run at II rcl.ts per hour, Sll2 lcr d,c
Had the contract with the company bcru OBJ.
served III making schedules this nin would have
paid sl,lo ncr day which would he Il mlci
NOR" desirable job. Now. III The letter Mctzhrl>.
er is led to say that hy force Of opposition those
who opposed the strike were unable To stand
upon their manhood aud vote rhci, convictions
This statement on the lace OF it i, untrue. \ man
who has not force Of character cnoIgh I" vot,
his convictions can hardly expected 10 be very
good union man. Rather OF a dangerous char
acter to coinminel" in any sorc5N.
The statement that the union is IN the hands
of few men is admittedly untrue. in tl, the
/, M, M
hers h&tscd nom meetings. 'rlIr books a,c
tn" property of the association and arc subject 10
audit at any time. We can further state that no
relief has been paid any ui the members uf
our present executive committee, hut no appeals
from members have been made withou' tr
sponsc Scyela hundred dollars have been paid
ont tor relief. and three day before withdrawing
from the union MetHhciscr received - from ihc
rclict lund. His character was even then No
ready given Us much important information rclI-
tive to tEc movements of Superintendent ra;l"l-
son IN his attempt In make a break in otr ranks
10y Systematically arranging to meet many o oar
Inrmhcrs To induce them Ia give mp the union and
rctnu to work.
II seems that suddenly MrNhr,-cr'> mind
changed and lac alone was the only man induced
to give up the union. "" do not know what M
iurucc was hlouGlt to bear to make rn- sudden
change, inr lcay" the public to draw its own con-
olu,ion> The Lllu>un to continued threatened
strike, j. inconsistent uum the Iarr that Metz
IciScr had been in the employ ut tpu rpmpJu,
only ''h", months ulcNiou~ /" this strike, Ni
the statement that he "l,nows that he c\prr>sy-
tn" views oi great many others etc, is sim.
ply an assertion which tie tact, will ru buar out.
This strike i> ou tor better wage tmd condt.
ton> When this end is obtained "" will all bc
ready 10 90 back 10 work then, and not ill rlcu
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