The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-26

Even the proceedings of the court arc
not free from the effect of the street
.ar strike. ON this weeks trial list
ere n couple of trespass cases against
the Scranton Railway company ana
despite the vigorous protests of the
plaintiffs court was constrained to
grant continuances when it was shown
that the company's leading Witnesses.
the mOtormen ana conductors. could
not he subpoenned.
Ever since the company Instituted re-
plcvln suits to recover the badges.
punches and other property of the COM
pany in the possession of tho strikers.
the latter have been wary of coinmuni-
cation of any kind with any reprrsen-
tative of the rompany. it being their
hrlief that if they give up the property
they viii forfeit their membership III
and claim To the treasury of the Con-
,luctor;' and Motolmcns Beneficial
organization.
An agent of the company. ii will be
remembered. sought To serve notices on
them to return the property. His pnr-
pose was discovered and the men
bNoidcd him. Registered letters con-
5"ying these notices We're then sent to
zach man. but the first man to get ono.
spread the word hurriedly among the
p,hcrS and ii il an impoSsihility 10 get
striker to receipt for Il registered
4altcr.
The company having AS yet failed to
invent an cXpedcnt for serving pro-
ccsses on the strikers ii has been I'M
able to summon them as witnesses.
JUDGES PRESIDING.
President Judge Edwards ana Hon.
Henry Il. Wcand. of Norstown. Judge
of the Thirty eighth district, are con-
,lictilg the third weeks session of
. the November term of common pleas
which began yesterday. Judge Ed
wards is presiding IN the main court
room and Judge Wcand in No. ..
Sixteen cases We're marked for
trial and seven of these were reached
YESTERDAY.
In Judge Edwards court n jury was
given the case OF +. j. Conroy. Il car
ucnter who claimed $50 Of u balance for
repair work done for John and Eliza
beth Hatchko, of Winton. The defen-
iants claimed they had paid in full.
j. ]. O'Malley appeared for the plain-
tiff and c. c. Oliver and II. l.. Tavlor
tor the defense. No verdict had been
.eachcd ut adiourning time.
In the wage case of C. g. Wilson
upainst nr n Keller q verdict of s,- "A
Nas found for the plaintiff j. j. Muir
phy represented the plaintiff. The de-
Ianse was not represented.
Another trial of the ease Of the Exc
,er Machine Works against the Pine
Ilill Coal company. of Primrose Pa,
was begun late in the afternoon before
Judge Edwards. The plaintiff built Il
:'arSonS shaking screen for the de-
frndant by contract ut the price of
500. The machine was installed. but
failed to do the work required of ii.
end the makers was notinod TO talk. il
pack.
The plaintiff claims that the screen
s. Il specific, standard DEVICE ANA that
If it did not work H. was not the fault
of the maker but of its designer on of
the company'S Judgment in ordering
This Stvle of screen.
a. l.. lie Grand. superintendent of the
Exeter Machine Works and G. =. S;1ur-
sses. manager of the Pine Hill company,
appear as the representatives of The
plaintiff and defendant r,snertiv.lv
Watson. Diehl and kcmlnercr are. thc
PLAINTIFFS attorneys 4. y. Wells and
Weles X Turrcy represent the ,lcrcn-