The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-12-26
.EgHgES Or 1'HE SYRHE.
Another Brief Season Of Apprehen-
sion in Philadelphia.
REIAaTATRD MEN QUIT WORK

Hecause Now Men Are Given Preferences.
The Dinenity Qaiekly All justsd-- Rail
ronding Men Charged with Rioting Presr
idsns wsishs Harms Burned.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 28.- The street rail-
wsy trouble broke out affesh yesterday,
but was quishly queiled, and cars are
again running Hs usual. While 1t lasted
several cars were stoned and their win
doxs smashed, but nobody was hurt Tho
difficulty oecurred on Girard avenue, the
ex-strikers charging that the division su-
perintendent In sending out cars vio-
lated the epmpany's agreement OF Mon
dag last by giving preference to the new,
or non-pnion, help. The old employees got
together and after watching the cars going
out for some time with imported motor
men and conductors, started d revolt. OBJ
structions were placed on the tracks and
mob Of 10000 people quickly gathered.
and began to stone the cars A SOUND OF
mounted police was called to the scene,
9nd In short time dispersed the mob.
The new men we're taken off the cars and
traffic was resumed with the regular men.
Tho Second and Third streets line was
also in trouble for d little while but peace
was restored on both branchesb by thecom-
pany agreeing to put the old men back to
work
About Q o'clock in the morning the
stables attached to the residence of John
Lowber Welsh, president OF the Union
Traction company, in Germantown. were
burned to the ground, entailing loss OF
$4,000 The bitter feeling existing against
Mr. Welsh because Of his attitude during
the strike lends to o general belief that the
lire was OF incendiary origin. Mr.. Welsh,
however, says he does not think so. Ho
believes 1t was probably due to the care
lessness of a servant employed In the sta
bles. The police are Investigating the
matter.
A significant feature Of the strike is the
excessive bail demanded forthose arrested,
for riot and the unusually harsh punish
ment inflicted upon rioters by Judge liz
don. Charles Edwin Ludy, 25 years d,
called a Traction employe 'scab' ID
threatened to fix him. He also threw u .oy
torpedo, which struck moterman on the
hand, fell to the ground and then ex-
ploded. 1t did no damage, but Ludy was
sent to the penitentiary for three years and
six months. Max Wilson, who was charged
with throwing three stones at a car and
swearing at the crews. was sent up for
two years. Wilson vigorously asserted his
innocence. Others were held In bail rang
ing from u 200 to g. 600 to insure their ap-
pearance for trial.
The undue haste with which the grand
jury found indictments against alleged
rioters is shown In che case of Conductor
w w. Wetzell, who was indicted for Fin
citing to riot" and held under 81, 200 bail
Owing to the fact that Wetzell's name
was lnisspelled in the printed reports Of
his arrest, and he had been unable to com.
municate with friends, his young wife be-
came temporarily insane when he failed to
return home Wetzell Is now at liberty,
and the case" against him will no doubt
be quashed, Wetzell wns standing on
Broad street when the police made dash
for the crowd. An old woman had fallen
down and WetzelI ondeavored to pick her
up. A special officer caught hold of him
and took him to tho central station as
"rioter.n
District Attorney Graham declares that
President Mahon, of the National Anal
garnated Association of Street Railway
employees, and Chairman Lutz, Of the local
committee, have been closely watched, but
they were careful not to violate the law.
He continued: II have heard 250 of the
strike cases and the majority Of the de-
PENDANTS were small boys. AS far as /
know not one man or boy Of the hundreds
arrested carried murderous weapon.
There was nothing known to this depart
mcnt to connect any of the strike leaders
with the trouble"
When asked to explain the matter Pres
ident Mahon said:
''As ! understand it the officials had
taken the names of all the regular men
for the purpose of arranging their runs,
and on the Girard avenue and Willow
Grove branches when the first cars went
out they were manned with the imported
hands to the exclusion Of the association
men. 1t looked to the latter as though
bad faith was meant, and that the company
was breaking away from the letter and
the intent of the agreement. Reports
wero also brought to me that similar
measures had been taken in some instances
elsewhere.
las it stands now the trouble seems to
be over, the imported hands have been
Withdrawn to large extent and the cars
nre running again on schedule time.',