The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22

Will had died in the Philippines, and
Fred went to the armory that night.
AS the callers went from house to
house where their comrades lived, the
strikers soon learned their mission and
gathered in large companies near the
armory. Each member as he came was
hooted and viIlifled. A young lad left
his home, and Immediately his parents
heard the crowd yelling. They feared
violtnce, and botht of them, barefooted
and scantily clad, ran to protect the
son and accompany him to the armo-
ry. AS one company left the armory
their companions and neighbors called
them ''scabs." 1t was too much for one
of the soldiers; he stepped from the
ranks and struck one of the villifiers a
blow which f1oored him. The soldiers
who are union men may be excommu-
nicated from the union. Many of them
will leave the companies as soon as
peace is restored One of this class
said, ITO think of shooting down my
fellowworkrnen Is terrible. No more
for me as soon as this is over" Troops
from a distance are not so rent by con-
flicting sentiments. They can calmly
speak of shooting a mine employe, and
joyously exhibit the bullets which
would lay low the Slavs. The troops
will not tolerate the cutting epithet
'scab." The roops stand no "fooling."
Men grew of late more careful in load
ing them with reproach. In one of our
towns several were prosecuted for call
ing men "scabs" The word was
dropped, but the strikers sentiment
suffered no change, and now the often
der is differentiated by saying, There
he goes! there he goes!" A soldier on
horseback was on a street Of one of our
towns when he heard the word. "Scab!
scab!' He instantly turned his horse,
dismounted and looked for the culprit.
He returned crestfallen amid the
laughter of spectators, for the criminal
was a parrot which belonged to one of
the miners.
Not for a generation will the enmi-
ties and hatred engendered by this
strike die away Industrial peace is in
sight, but it will not bring peace to the
men who stood by the operators in this
emergency. The families which have
suffered reproach in the last few
months will not be restored to favor.
Social ostraclsm will remain when the
troops are gone and coal produced. A
troop of young men standing on the
street corner in Shenandoah discussed
the treatment of 'scabs'' when the col
Ueries resumed. YES" said one of
them, well tend to them good" and
any one familiar with the mines knows
what that means. A young lad on the
Hazelton mountains calmly outlined a
scheme whereby the "scab" could be
blown to pieces by powder The lot of
these men who exercise their natural
right to work will be a sad one for
many days to come. No foreman will
be able to protect them from the ha-
tired of union men.
This division of sentiment. so replete
with hatred and rancor, wrought havoc
in many of our churches. The clergy
as above stated. were, for the greater
part, silent The Slav congregations
are wholly made up of mine workers,
and their clergy invariably sympa-
thized with the men. The Irish Catho-
lie and Protestant congregations were
divided for the management of the COL
lieries is in the hands of the English
speaking most of whom are connected
with one or the other Of the above
churches This accounts for the ST
lence of the Protestant and Irish Cath
Ollie clergy. Of these two classes more
of the latter than of the former have
expressed their sentiments on the ques-
ton of the hour. They could not do it
without giving offense and many in
stances occurred where members in the
congregation rose and went out Of the
church as the priest denounced the one
or the other of the contestants from the
altar Some IrishAmericans to-day
worship either with the German or Slav
Catholics because of the sentiments ex-
pressed by their priests regarding the
issues involved in the strike.