The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-21

iayior MIL Returned yesterday.
Rumored Mills Will Be Removed.
The active hustilitlcs -t,-gun Monday
afternoon by the striking silk work
ers against the working wcavcrs at the
Sauuuot mill were continued Ncstcr-
day afternoon, when several hundred
mill girls, small breaker boys and
other urchins surrounded the factory
and noisily awaited the Forthcoming OF
The girls who had eluded the pickets
ana reportcd for work in the morn
ing. About fifteen men we're also
known to be at work.
The crowd hurled snowbals sticks
ana stones at everyone entering the
building and made ii generally so un-
pleasant that police headquarters was
notified BY telephone of the existing
circumstances, and the arrival of a
patrolman shortly afterwurd. Il num-
her of the employees left thcbuilding,
amid showers OF missiles.
The girls who were the cause of the
outbreak have been working for sev-
eral days unknown to the other hands.
who only discovered ii Monday. Pick
cts were assigned to guard the mill
early in the morning and endeavor to
dissuadr the Industrious ones from re-
suming their tasks but when these
| outposts arrived at : O'Clock yester-
day morning they found themselves too
late, aS the hands had reported for
duty ut O'Clock. and did not leave
| the building during The morning or
noon.
STRIKERS ASSEMBLED.
They were expected out about I
! o'clock, at which tim- the strikers be-
{ gan to assemble in force. some guard
! ing the front and others the rear en-
: trance.
No attempt was made at escape by
/ the belcagucred employees until i
| O'Clock, when at the arrival of the
| bluocoat from the central station "A
number of the men left by the front
! exit. stones, Snowballs, old tin cans
and other missiles rained about, and
| one Of the men, II loom iiNer ON the
| fourth tlOor, was struck in the head
| and badly cut. The other hands left
| the mill. in the confusion which en-
| sued, by TN" rear exit The strikers.
| unaware that all the employees were
! out, remained about the buildings,
| their number augmented each moment.
and at $50 O'Clock there were fully "A
! thousand persons around the MILL
| loudly threatening the workers sup
| posed to he inside
| The men who are now being em-
| ployed at the mill are mostly utilized
! in the weaving department. The crowd
| remained about the mill until after
| o'clock. when they gradually dispersed
\ number of the workers at Rem
ards mill. in Taylor, yesterday re-
| sumed work, fact from which thc
other owners are auguring favorable
| prospects for an early settlement OF
the strike. Mother Mary Jones was IN
! the city yesterday morning and con.
ferrcd with the United Mine Workers
| local leaders. after which she left fol
| Wilkes Barre, \ meeting of the Sau.
luoit soft silk workers viii be held AT
= O'Clock this afternoon at the Sauquoit
| mill.
| WINDOWS BROKEN
Before the crowd was finally broken
| up by Patrolmen Conrad Marker and
George Jones, the more turbulent
members OF it grew impatient and
pelted the mill windows with stones
breaking a number of them. An at
| tempt was also made To break into tn,
| factory yard, and the combined force
of several hundred strong young arms
continued to DO much damage to ~,
big iron gate
| TWO carriers, whose wagons loadc,
| with coal passed into the yard, wcr,
loudly hailed with disrrspcctful erie,
| of 'scab" and "blackleg." and scores
| of snowballs and stones followed them
| Both of the men showed fight. and as
! they disappeared behind the gates
! hurled back responsive missiles. \,
| they emerged about half an hour later
| they were accorded Il reception -
| warm that they whipped up thCil
! horses ana vanished from the scene IL
| record time.
Chief of Police ltuhIing left orders
| with Lieutenant Xang. of the Souti
| Scranton precinct that two patrolmcr
he left on guard at the mill during tn,
night IT, prevent any acts of violence
! and when the hands report for dut\
this morning protection is also assure,
them.
BAMFORDS TO MOVE.
The following dispatch was sent ouI
! yesterday from Paterson, n. j.:
superintendent Davis Of the Sau.
| quot silk mill, at scranton, Pa, whicl
| employees 2,00C hands, is in Paterson
lie says that there is no prospect Of .
| settlement Of IN" SILK mill strike If III,
| strikers continue r"solutc in their de
| munds. Banford Brothers. OF Wilkes
| Barre, Pa, will remove their plant (,
this city because of III" strike. They
went from here to PENNSYLVANIA tN,
years ago"
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