The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-10-05

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night imported seventy-fve men from
New York city to run its cars The
men were brought into the city on the
Lackawanna train which arrives at .
o'clock. They were dropped off be-
tween Madison and Monroe avenues
and hustled into the Linden street barn
before the big crowd waiting at the
Lackawanna station realized what was
doing.
| Word was received at the headquar-
ters of the strikers early in the even
Ing that number of men were coming
in on the . o'clock train and Il big
committee was appointed by the eXecu-
| tive board to meet them and use every
lawful means to persuade them from
working for the company. The strike
leaders cautioned the men to use no
violence and to do nothing to exceed
the limit of the law.
| The news of the arrival of the men
spread around town like wildfre and it
wasn't long before there was pretty
good-sized crowd gathered in and
| around the Lackawana station. Two
street cars were backed down the ave-
nue. and left standing near the "Y"
to throw the crowd off the secret and
| proposed taking the men from the sta
ton to the stret car barn in them.
Police on Hand.
In addition to this Superintendent OF
Police Robling, Lieutenant Feeney, De-
| tective Day and several policemen
| mingled with the crowd ready to quell
any disorder.
The train was rather late In arriving
and when it came in to the station
slowly the waiting crowd began TO have
suspicious. A stout individual on the
front car shouted as the train reached
the platform: You're not foxy
enough. They got off up above"
The crowd as with one impulse made
dash for Lackawanna avenue and
then for the street car barn on Linden
street growing in numbers as it swept
along. 1t is estimated that at least
loo people filed into Spruce street and
through the alleys leading to the back
end of the barn.
The advance guard of the crowd ar
rived Just in time to see the doors clos
ing on the last of the imported men,
Things assumed serious aspect in a
minute. The crowd Surged about the
door and peered into the windows and
Kept growing in size every instant.
Inside the imported men could be
seen moving about nervously and try
ing to keep out of sight. One tall, en-
cited man mounted 4 box and shaking
his fist a a crowd of men inside yelled:
You scabs! If you run cars tomor-
row We'll kill YOU. DO you hear?
Well kill YOU"
A squad of police in charge of Su-
perintendent Robling came through
from Linden street on the double quick
at this juncture and pushed the crowd
out of alleys and into Spruce and Lin
den streets. The crowd kept lowering
about for upwards of half an hour but
finally dispersed leaving the car barn
in silence.
A Few Met Them.
There were but a dozen strikers
ready to meet the train when it stop
ped to let off the imported men. near
Madison avenue. They We're pushed
aside by the detectives who had
charge of the imports and several of
whom held revolvers in their hands.
rs the men got off the train and
formed in line. two abreast.
A detective and Dispatcher Frank
Brown, of the company. headed The
men as they marched quickly down
Ridge Row and several other detec-
tives walked on each side of them.
The men We're walked as rapidly as
possible to Spruce street and down
that thoroughfare to Forest court and
thence to the car barn. They were
followed by small-sized crowd,
rel al ,>S
"scab, scab." but which attempted
nothing more serious.
Fred Cerine, member of the strik-
ers' executive committee, threatens to
arrest Dispatcher Brown on the
charge of assault and battery. He
claims he was walking along by the
side of the imported men for the pur-
pose OF preventing any disorder, If it
lay in his power, when Brown caught
hold of him and threw him forcibly
into the middle of the street.
The members of the executive board
had not much comment to make on
the importation of the men.
Oppose Violence.
I'VE do not cOumtenance violence"
said National Board Member Reeves,
land if there is any it will not be
committed by the strikers. We claim
that we have the legal right to per-
suadc men to Quit the company's en-
poy, but desire it to be thoroughly
understood by the public that we pro-
pose to use nothing but moral suason
in preventing the running of cars.
I'VE claim that General Manager
Sililinar is melting riot and disorder
by bringing in armed thugs from New
York TO terrorize the strikers and to