New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
Miners, Angered by Dis
elimination of Buses,
Force Men to Return
WALKOUT CAUSED
S5.000,000 LOSS
Company Wins After Fight
If More than Year-MuCh
Violence Shown

. s..- r----roo- ftri o. TIE Irtlre1
nr.e,.psrre. Penn. Dec. l6.-Facing
-. thr,st Of The United Mine Workers
1T ra.ers ere streetcar strike was
,,,,,es .he miners would break IL, the
,-,.es-..sd Association Of Street and
r-e.tr., Railway employees Of America
III, ne--.e called oF the strike which.
..-,s October IA. 1915. has paralyzed
h~,,-cs. Che Wyoming Valley,
.-,,s numerous deaths, many bank
-g,eies. and has cost the company,
.,s es.v and the e.ty's merchants al
most ;5.0.o'o0
Bv che terms sFrccd upon, Che com
any .ste. back such Of tho old men
+. q can use st the scale Of wages
,rsirr, which they struck. on Janu-
,rv @ somewhat higher scale will
become elective, but the principle Of
he graduated scale against which the
men went on. In violation Of their
arbitration agreement. is retained.
business hhs n boom
a, eo-eecaence o. the settlement The
--e-etart. % the city to-day did big
brsipess. cars from the thirty-three
v-li1res and ho-oughs the company
,s-ges running 90 capacity. while the
ttnev buscs. which for more than a
year hsvc Uttered the Public Square
And The streets, SIRE out Of commission.
II Was tho d.scr.m.nation Of the llt-
nsv buses against miners which forced
The miners unions Co action. Since
the strike began the drivers Of these
'euses have shown s. decided dislike 20
carving miners ln their cars, because
The woke fresh from The pit IS not
4 very c'ell'y object his clothing
tends 90 smear Up 8 car, and better
clad folk objected TO riding with him.
In consequence. che miners did 81
ct o. wa frg They did not mind, in
tie summer months, bu- with the com
inc o. cold weather, memories Of last
winter. and the unusual prevalence Of
pneunc.a among their members. led
them 90 ac-
After asking the management Of the
railroad Tor the best terms o. settle
nent. tto mine workers then submitted
A. ul-matum 20 the strikers.
Ulumatum to Strikers
I'VE have stood by you for more than
year" they said. when many OF us
have believed you ln the wrong. We
kept Of the cars and helped you boy
tott those who did not, even after you
refused 20 allow John Mitchell 20 pass
o. the merits ot the case unless he
sgreed .u advance 90 decide you were
rght. but wen 60 10 further
"Se.tle now, or we'll call the boycott
a. and send our men and our women
folks hack 20 riding.
Last night the strikers voted III 20
i0g % carry Ga the strike. On sec
end vote after the company had agreed
70 restore seniority where lt could, the
vote % settle was unanimous.
Beginning to-day, 100 o. the S35 men
vho went QUE are restored 90 The com
PAWS rsvrcIl-. Another sixty are
plscsd uroa tLe waiting list from which
the company agrees 20 hire new men.
New employees, mostly farmer boys
from the surrounding country, retain
Their place..
Thomss A. Wright. vice-presidert and
genera. manager ~ the company, re-
fused 60 consider any terms which
would involve breaking his promise %
these mcr ue had pledged that no
se,..emel. would involve their dis
m'sssl
Beginning Of Strike
Tie strike. one of Tho most remark
abe IN fre history ~ strikes in this
state, had -. inception in q demand
Two years ego FOR e. new scale 10 De
b u "a nd