The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-21

and Employees.
The Tribune, on Saturday, published
a story setting forth that the mach
lists of the Delaware and Hudson COM
pany in the Carbondale locomotive shop
had presented request to Master Me-
chanic Ennis for an adjustment of
wages, which would bring their earn
ings up to those received by the COM
pany's machinists at Oneonta and
Green Island, N. Y. Yn the Evening
Leader of Saturday this story was de-
MED by some of the shopmen as fol-
lows
"A delegation of the locomotive shop
employees called upon the Leader today
to deny this story. They say that the
men have presented no petition to Mr.
Ennis or any other official; that they
had no meeting on the question Of an
advance in wages and that the men and
Master Mechanic Ennis are on the most
cordial and friendly terms. In conclu-
sion they asked the Leader to state
that there was no truth in the above
statement whatever"
NOW, lie States pOSlllNely
that this story was correct, except in
one detail, and that the denial was a
deliberate mis-statement of facts Fur
thermore, it was manfestly unfair to
The Tribune, as it would have the ef-
feet of placing this paper in wholly
unwarrantedly false position. Not only
is the inference there, but the direct
statement is made that the article was
absolutely without foundation and was
manufactured out of the whole cloth.
The unfairness of such a denial is quite
plain and the employees, who ever they
We're, should feel that they have amends
to make to The Tribune for the tenn
porary embarrassment, not to speak of
the possible injury, their action has
caused The Tribune representative and
his employers
The Tribune now cheerfully makes
the correction wherein 1t was wrong,
viz: That Monday was the time by
which an answer was expected to the
request. No time was set or even
mentioned. The matter was left with
Master Mechanic Ennis, when the COM
mittee met with him on Thursday noon
last. as The Tribune stated. There
might be an inference from this that
the men would take some action If the
answer was not forthcoming by Mon
day. Such, however, is not the case,
and it was not SO intended to infer by
The Tribune, though as suggested be-
fore, some might draw such an infer
ence.
The Tribune further cheerfully ac-
quiesces in the wishes of the employees
that it be made known that the most
friendly relations exist between them
selves and Master Mechanic EnnisY no
more harmonious relations of this char
acter could possibly exist; he is held
in rarely high regard by the shop men,
which is attested on every occasion
when there is the least opportunity of
showing the same.
In conclusion, The Tribune did not
print the story without any thought
that there was likely to be the least
trouble over the request mat had been
respectfully and deferentially made. 1t
was discreetly handled. as was indi-
Gated by the fact that the word ''re-
quest" was used throughout the arti-
Gle. The word demand" was careful
ly avoided in the body of the story,
though it inadvertently and regretfully
crept into the head of the item. The
committeeman sent to The Tribune to
ask for the correction about Monday
being fixed upon for an answer, con-
frmed the statements made to The
Tribune by Superintendent Manville
that his company was always ready to
hear from It's men and to deal equit-
ably and fairly with them. Speaking
for the others, this committeeman spoke
most appreciatively of the willingness
of Mr.. Manvlie to redress them, SO far
as he could.