The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

Having failed TO patch UP com
promise the company hired new men
to handle the cars and In less than a
week had the complete service In
operation. The strikers offered no
violence and merely devoted their at
tention to preventing people from rid
ing. In n measure they were success
ful. Mr.. Broadhead would have been
attacked also had II not been for the
action of the manufacturers of the
city who Immediately after the be-
ginning of the strike held conference
and agreed in the event of any trouble
in the mills to close the door of every
factory in the city. This determina-
tion had its effect and In all the lurid
literature that has been scattered
about no reference has yet been made
to the Broadhead mills.
A number of Incidents growing out
Of the strike have served to arouse
public sentiment. one was the ston-
ing of street cars. ON another oC-
casion some one connected the trolley
wire of the Celoron line with an iron
bridge and by thus grounding the cur
rent rendered it impossible to run the
cars out of the barns. The last sensa-
tion was the discovery uf a stick of
dynamite fastened to the rails of a
Lakewood line.
EDUCATIONAL RESULTS.
The strike has instructed number
| of people in matters of law. They
have learned that it is misdemeanor
| to sit on the curbstone and yell "ecab,"
at persons riding on the street cars
| The first person to obtain this in
struCtion was a young Englishman
| When brought into police court he
truculently admitted the charge.
| Yes" he said, IL did call 'scab"
and | do not consider it any great
| crime either"
Fifteen dollars fine" said the police
judge.
| The young man was somewhat sur
| prised, but he paid the fine. Another
| man arrested at the same time en-
! ployed lawyer and had a jury trial.
| The jury convicted him with celerity
and since that time the "scab" chorus
has been suppressed.
The prolonged effort to prevent rid
| ing on the cars has made the business
| men exceedingly restive as one by one
| their names have been inscribed on
the spoilers list The list has grown
| to such proportions, however, that the
| unions hesitate to denounce business
| men by wholesale and to all intents
| and purposes the non riding order now
has little force or effects.
The strike on the whole has not
| strengthened the labor unions. In
! order to support the strikers an as
| seSsment of fifteen cents d week has
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p5AoId lou srQ lu9uIsssssB sIul puU
'I5quueu uolun EJeAe uodn pe!AeI u5eq
| who work for S6 and s. a week, and II
| anything the labor unions are losing
| instead Of gaining membership.
Originally the strikers said that the
sole cause for the strike was the re.
fusal of the superintendent to recog.
nize the union. This appears in the
sworn testimony given before the con.
citation committee. Later the origina
grievance was revised to include q
demand for more wages and the adopt.
ion of a series of rules governing the
relations of the company and the mer
The company ignored this demand.
Some Of the strikers have sought EN-
ployment in other cities, some have
found employment in the local factor.
les and three have recently returned
to their duties on the street cars. Tha
is to say, three of the old employees
have made an application for employ
ment on the road and have been plac
ed at the bottom of the list with ar
opportunity to work their way up.