The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-07

An order calling a strike at the eight
collieries of the Temple Iron company
was issued at 5 o'clock p. IN. yester-
day. from the headquarters of District
No. ], United Mine Workers OF Amcri-
| ca in the PAUL. building. Spruce street.
The order is addressed To the presi-
dents of the local unions at the coll
lieries affected, and reads as follows:
Scranton, Pa. Nov. q. 1901.
To Officers and Members of Local Unions Whose
Members Work in the Following Collicries,
Namely: Lickawanna. Storriok Creek, Edger.
ton. Northwest Harry T.. Forty Fort, Mt.
Lookout and Babylon, all Of the Temple Iron
Company.
Dear Srs and Brothers: The officers of the
Temple Iron company at the Mt. Lookout, Harry
H. and Forty Fort collicries have discharged
about fifty OF our members because they had
been working at the Maltby oolliery Of the l.ehigh
Valley company, which has been on strike for the
last three months. and the latter company having
furnished tic officials oi the Temple company
with list of names and asked for the discharge
OF those whose names were on the list. Your
officers were refused conference with the man
aser OF the Temple company. and instructed the
local committee TO sec him and ask for the
| reinstatement Of al Tie committee failed to
sec him and laid the case again before The suicr-
intendcnt, Who could give them satisfaction
except TO say that all those who were hired
with te knowledge that they were men from
the Malthy mine would be reinstatcd: hut those
who were hired without knowing where they
were from would not be rcirstated
MET SATURDAY.
The executive board met on Saturday. the 2nd
inst. and decided that if all the men were not
| rcinstated by Wednesday an order calling for
| general strike OF the Temple Iron collicries
would he issued. and the local committee OF
Mt. Lookout were instructed to inform Manager
Thorne to that effect.
Wien the committee saw him he reiterated the
sacpcnt Of the superintendent. that only those
who were knowingly hhcd as Nlaltby men would
be icinstatcd.
The company has closed down tic Mt Look.
out and Forty Fort Coliierics, and informed the
committee that they are in no hurry to start up
again.
Therefore, failing 10 have the men rcilstated,
you are hereby notified and authorized by the
executive board to suspend work OH Monday,
Nov. llth, and remain idle until all men have
been reinstatcd, and YOU notified to resume
work.
In order that this decision may he carried out
fully, You instructed TO call special meeting
OF your local as soon as convenient after the re-
ccipt Of this order; posting notices in the various
languages, so that all will be fully aware Of
The meeting. Have Tic order read and Interpreted
to all, and see that it is carried out.
ii due notice is given the office, officer OF
the district will be sent TO your meeting. Trust.
ing that the order will be promptly observed by
all, We are. Fraieinaliv yours.
4. d. Nichols. District President.
John Y. Dempsey, SecretaryIrcasicr.
The eight collieries operated by the
Temple Iron company are located in
Lacka wanna and Luzerne counties!
and employ about 1000 men and boys.
They are the Harry e., at Brodericl1s;
Forty Fort. at Forty Fort: Mt. Look
out. at Wyoming; Babylon, at Duryca;
Lackawanna, ut Olyphant Sterrick
Greek, at Peckville: EEerton, at Arch
bald, ana Northwest. at Simpson.
FORMER OWNERS.
The collieries We're formerly owned
by Simpson & Watkins. of this city,
but about year ago passed into the
control Of a syndicate, of which John
Pierpont Morgan is the head. It's gen.
cral manager is S. B. Thorne. formerly
with the Erie and Wyoming Valley
railroad.
The company yesterday closed down
the Mt. Lookout, Harry L. and Forty
Fort collieries, supposedly in anticipa-
tion of the strike, as was done by the
Scranton Coal company when trouble
was threatened at the Pine Brook coll
liery recently.
The colieries up the valley, operated