The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-10-21
On LCZERNE STREET.


on the Luzerne street line. neaI
| Fourteenth street. a crowd assembled
about noon time and from knolls COM
manding the track on either side. pelt-
ed the cars with big stones. One crew
succeeded in safely running the bat
| teries. by turning the power on at a
| high peg and then lying down ut full
| length on the floor of the car until it
had gotten out of range of the stone
thrOWers.
Another crew deserted the car and
| raced for dear life across the fields.
The motor lever was left behind and
some one of the crow seizing it turned
on the power sending the empty car
swinging along at Il high speed towards
Main avenue. \ police officer on his
way to the scene espied the running
car, and boarding it brought it TO Il
staudstill. 1t was afterwards taken to
from the office. The line was closed
for the remainder of the day.
4 South Main avenue car was at
tackled near the Farm house" switch,
below Stratford avenue. Lincoln
Heights. \ number of its windows
We're smashed by stones.
~ ftttISDtlS car WIS Slluck bA ~
stone during he early part of the af-
ternoon. and John Costello. Il Peters,
burg youth, was arrested later in the
day on the charge of being the stone
thrower. He will have a hearing to-
day.
Altogether ten cars were brought in
yesterday with their windows smashed.
The company is undismayed y these
l,,,a1 L.,
sist in its policy of gradually EXTEND
ing It's service. The new machine
shop. near the Providence road power
house, was completed last week and
the steam was turned on To dry its ce-
ment work and painting.
FITTING Up QUARTERS.
Today the company will begin fitting
it out as a boarding and lodging house
for it's imported men. this move being
made necessary by the fact that the
company is to bring on another big
force of men that it may run it's cars
until midnight. The shop will be fitted
up with Il view of being used for hotel
purposes all winter.
ON Saturday last the strikers issued
a statement to the public, declaring
that the strike was still on. and asking
for Il continuance of the support thus
far granted.
Il. Il. BlodSett. an "cX-import,"
has been hanging around strike head
quarters for the past two days seek
ing assistance from the executive COM
mittee in his effort to apprehend one
Farley, an agent of the Drummond
agency, who, according to Blodgett's
information made to Alderman Ruddy.
assaulted him Friday and again on
Saturday when he refused TO work and
made demand for his pay.
AT midnight, constableS Ira Mitchell
and John Hawks, accompanied by
Blodgelt and followed by crowd of
strikers. went to the company's Of
fees With II warrant for Farleys ar
rest. Janitor Kane interefered with
the constablcs when they We're about
to search the building and was an
rested. When the constables got back
from the station house, after leaving
Kane. they made a search of the
whole building, but could not find
Farley. Al the time OF going to press,
they had the building surrounded, be-
leving that Farley was hidden within,
and intending to keep an all-niSht
Traction company, and Detective cul-
len, one of Drummond's men, secured
the release of Kane by making n SIS
deposit.
The strikers have received reports
from various sources of imported men
insulting women and otherwise misbc-
having. They are greatly chagrined
at not being able to identify them and
have them dealt with by law.
A young boy named Costello WAS
caught in the act of stoninS a car on
Prescott avenue yesterday afternoon
and was promptly arrested by Superin-
tendent Patterson. who has been sworn
In as a special officer. He was locked
up in the central police station.
Local Union 2l3 of the United Mine
Workers has adopted earnest resolu-
iions of sympathy with the cause OF
the striking street railway employees
and has voted to give moral and prac-
tical aid.