The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-13
FIRST DAY OF THE
BIG COAL STRIKE
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given so that an approximate idea may be
Eeinsd Of the voting strength OF each local. by
order Of the executive committee which called
the Haxleton convention the representation o
each local was ixcd at one vote for each one
hundred members or majority fraction thereof
BY dcducting ten per cent. from the numoe'
Of employees, TO allow for superintendents, bosses
clerks and the like who are not eligible to mem
bsrship in the union, and granting that prac
ticaly all eligible employees are members, the
vote Of each local is made evident.
s'one local voted for and one against
Out of the forty -four collieries from
which authentic information could be
obtained, the locals voted at twenty
nine Of them against a continuation Of
the strike and at fifteen of them for q
continuation of the strike. The relative
voting strength OF the two sides is ap-
proximately 121 against strike and 81
for strike.
Delegates Chosen.
Delegates were elected as follows:
Diamond Local. No 213-Terrance
Gallagher. William ]. Hughes.
Hampton Local, No. 1503-Michael
NcedhaIn.
Briggs Local. No. 1360-William Dea-
con, John Diamond.
Continental Local. No. 6S7-Henry
Tighe, w. r. Thomas.
Oxford Local. No. 1775-Thomas Hop
kins.
Central Local, No. 142s-John Reap.
Mt. Pleasant Local, No. 1275-John H.
williams. Herbert McCloskey.
Dodge Local, No. 1072-Michael Man.
nix. Richard Rowland.
Bellevue Local. No 1S31-Charles
Branbury, John O'Connor.
No. S Colliery Local. No. $40, Dunmore
Bernard Sweeney.
No. / Colliery Local. No. 1870 Dun
more-Thomas Allison.
Gypsy Grove Local. No. 1850, Dunmore
John Early.
Nay Aug and Murray Local, No. 1853,
Dunmore-Thomas Kelly.
Green Ridge Local. No. 1O16-Thomas
Green and Andrew keating.
Lackawanrfa Local. No. 1897. Oly-
phant-Philip d. Philips. Michael Aroko
and Michael Kolinko.
Eddy Creek Local. No. 1691-Thomas
Brown, Edward Lawler and John Ko-
moro.
, Grassy Island Local, No 1872, Oily
phant-John McAndrew, John Parry
and John Kamulard.
olyphant Local. No. 947. Olyphant-
p. j. Farrell and Ace Daley.
Jermyn Local, Jermyn-Fred Dave.
Edgerton Local, No. 1859. Jermyn--
Frank Polcl1ock.
No. and No. Mines Local, Carbon
dale-Bartley Biglin and Patrick Nc
Donough.
Black Diamond Local, Carbondale-
George Coles.
Last Chance Local. Carbondale-Mar-
tin Andrews.
Powderly Local, Observation-Disclosures.
Reddington and Quinn.
Local No. $685. Archbald-P ]. Mahon.
Local No. 1852, Archbald-Henry N.Y.
ers.
Taylor Local. Taylor-David w, Will
Jams.
Pyne Local, Taylor-John Hodge.
Brisbin Local. North Scranton-Hen-
nv Cook and Charles Johnson.
Manville Local. Green Ridge-Domin-
ick Dempsey and John Schuankas.
Pine Brook Local. No. 1862. Pine
Rrook-John ]. Ruane and John Foley.
Cayuga Local. No. 1861. North Scran-
ton-Richard Rolonds and Joseph Raj
ferty.
Bulls Head Local, No. 14s-Thomas
Coserove.
Runners and Drivers Local. No. 1867,
North Scranton-Martin King.
Leggetts Greek Local, North Scranton
Richard Butland.
Storrs Local. No. 1853, North Scran-
ton-Thomas Watkins and David s.
Jones.
Won Storch Local, No. $40. North
observation-disclosures Soulowsky and An
thony Shelna.
Sentiment Elsewhere.
The sentiment among the West Scran-
ton mine workers is almost unani-
mously against strike. In locals
where five and six hundred votes were
cast. the percentage for a strike was
extremely small.
In almost every local meeting held
yesterday the more conservative men,
bers counselled careful consideration of
the question and their arguments car
ried much weight.
The locals that have instructed their
delegates against a strike, contain
many men who feel that they have
grievances which should be righted. yet
they also feel that a strike at this time
would prove disastrous to their cause.
Taylor was divided. Providence was
also divided. but the majority of the
votes from that neighborhood will be
sast against a strike.
Dunmore locals instructed their dele