The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-15
CAR BUILDERS
give UP fight
THE STRIKE WAS DECLARED
OFF LAST NIGHT.
At Meeting in Carpenters Hall the
Men Decided to Give UP the strug-
gle-The Company Has Made No
Concessions Nor Has 1t Agreed to
Take Back Any Men-Buffalo,
Kingston and Hoboken Strikers
Will Abide by the Decision Ar
rived at.

The protraCted strike of the LaCka-
wanna car builders was declared off
last night at a special meeting of the
strikers held in Carpenters hail on
Wyoming avenue.
The meeting was called as the rc-
suit of conference held on Tuesday
between Master Car Builder Garfield
and President McAndrew, of the car
builders union. At this conference Mr..
Garfield announced hat the company
was as firm as ever in its position and
would make no concessions whatever.
He told President MCAndrew that he
could not promise to take the strikers
back If the strike was declared off
but that those who might desire to
come back could sign the regulation
application blanks, which would be
carefully considered by the company.
The sentiment among the men in
favor of having the strike declared off
became so strong that President Nc
Andrew called last nights special
meeting for the purpose of considering
the question.
Telegrams were sent on to the prcsi-
dents of thc car builders unions at
Buffalo, Kingston and Hobokon, where
strikes have been in progress stimuli
taneously with the local one, and re-
plies were received yesterday announc-
ing that the strikers at each of these
places would abide by the decision
reached at last nights meeting.
STRIKE DECLARED OFF.
President MCAndrcw made brief
address at the meeting setting forth
the statements made by Mr.. Garfield.
The motion to declare the strike off
was almost unanimously adopted, there
being only a few who favored fighting
it out.
1t seems to be the general belief that
only part of the men will sign appli-
cations to he roinstatcd to their old
positions. A number who were gath
cred in the hall last night after the
injecting insisted most forCibly that un-
der no consideration whatever would
they agree to sign an application.
Executive Committeeman Coyne in a
conversation with a Tribune man in
regard to the declaring off of the strike,
said:
THE principal reason for the calling
off of the strike was in order that the
strikers might secure employment
from some of the other large compan-
les in and about the city. Very few
Will, in my opinion return to work for
the Lackawanna. Ever since the strike
began the strikers have found it inn
possible to get work from any other
railroad or large manufacturing COM
pany.
"Tho officials of these companies, as
soon as they learned that a man was
LackaWanna striker, had no further
use for him and would not hire him
under any consideration. We believe
that the giving up of the strike will
enable these men to secure places, and
that is Why it was declared off"
WENT OFT MAY
The local car builders went out on
strike on May in sympath with the
car builders at Dover, who struck two
days before, because the company re-
fused to reinstate a certain man who
was discharged. They had been out
but few days when they decided to
demand nine-hOur day, and with
tins as a slogan the car builders at
Buffalo Hobokcn and Kingston went
| out and have been out since.
The number of men in this city who
originally struck was 742, and the
strikers claim that only $50 of this
| number have since returned to work.
The company officials, on the other
hand, maintain that nearly all of the
strikers are back at their old jobs.
The approximate number of men who
have been out on strike in the other
cities mentioned above is as follows:
Buffalo, 425; Kingston, 125; Hoboken,
| 125.
The Dover car builders, who were
| the original strikers, did not decide 10
| abide by the decision of last night
| meeting and their president, G. \. Mel
son, who attended the meeting. said
| that he wasn't at all sure that they
| favored giving up the struggle. A spe
cial meeting of the Dover men has been
called for tonight to consider the ques-
| ton.