The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01


Scranton was n decidedly changed
city yesterday, in the appearance of
its business thoroughfares. The
crowds that grouped about the troll
ley company's offices and the head
quarters of the striking car men, were
wanting, as We're also the large num-
ber of wagons, carriages and buses
which for eight days had been doing
duty In place of the electric cars. In
their place came a stream of shop
pers from all the suburbs and ada
cent towns and the old-time process.
sion Of trolley cars to and fro on the
central city streets and avenues.
The advertisements inserted in The
Tribune for laborers to help the troll
ley company's track men clear up the
road brought a small army of men to
the company's offices bright and early
in the morning, and under the direc-
tion of Superintendent Patterson they
set about the task of clearing away
| the distractions piled up by the strik-
| ers' sympathlzers, and shoveling off
| the mud that buried the rails for miles
| in various parts of the county. The
| thaw helped this latter work consider
| ably.
Before noontime the city lines were
| supplied with fairly regular service,
| and before the day was over all the
| lines were in operation.
There was an unusually heavy traf-
| fic and business men report big day.
! The suburban storekeepers are about
the only ones who have any cause to
regret the ending of the strike.
Today, cars will be run regularly on
| all lines. The new schedule, permit
ting Of a ten-hour day, will be placed
| in operation as soon as practicable. 1t
is figured that it will take about six
weeks TO effect the readjustment.
COST TO THE COMPANY.
| What it will cost the company to
meet the new expenditures required by
| the ten-hour day and the increased
rate per hour is a matter of minute
and intricate figuring. owing to the
sliding scale. An Approximate idea can
be gained, however, when it is stated
that half a hundred men will be re-
| uuired to effect the reduction of the
| working day from twelve to ten hours.
and that the average increase for the
different classes of men is about two
| cents an hour.
What the strike cost is also difficult
to arrive at in anything approaching
definite figures. BE it said. though,
that the loss was all on the company's
side, for the men received contributions
enough to pay all the expenses of their
fight and provide the nucleus of new
| treasury fund Their loss in wages will
soon be made up by the increase.
On the company's side the heaviest
| loss was, of course, in the matter of
| fares. These foot up q total of about
| $1,000 a day. In eight days this loss
would represent $l0,400. But, in addi-
ton to this, the company was put to
n very heavy expense in the effort to
run its cars. The fees to detective
agencies, the fares and keeping of the
imported men, the repair of damaged
| cars and the reopening of the roads
all combined, will not fall far short of
another $1,000. Add all this to what
business men lost by reason of the fall
ing off of traffic and the conclusion will
be reached that strikes, If a necessity,
| are also a luxury.
IMPORTS SENT HOME.
The first of the post-bellum activities
was the exporting of the importations,
who had escaped the vigilance or per-
suasiveness of the strikers. There
were nearly 100 of them all told Sixty
of them were sent away on the $50 a.
m. Lackawanna train for New York
Most of the others left singly or in
small groups on later trains, a few re-
naming over for one reason. or an
other. Those who had charge of ex-
porting them say they We're glad to get
away. What had them scared as much
as anything was the story that they
would have to submit I, vaccination
and already they had sent to New
York for certain kind of salve which,
it il claimed, will remove the virus il
quickly applied and prevent ulcera-
tion. The thought of getting into a
mix-up, with one arm disabled, was to
them far from a pleasant contempla-
tion.
Benjamin J. Wycolt yesterday be-
gan suit before Alderman Millar
against the Scranton Railway COM
pany, for wage claims. Wycolt is one
of the men brought in by the company
last week, and claims that the COM
pany has not fulfilled it's agreement.
The assault and battery cases grow
ing out Of the strike We're all amicably
settled yesterday morning.
Much feeling was caused among the
employees yesterday when Il was
learned that Dispatcher Charles
Powell had been discharged and there
was strong talk of taking extreme
measures to protest against it,
POWELL REFUSED.
Mr. Powell refused to join with the
| afg,l .,, L.
cars during the strike. He was WILL