The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-18
1lIEE IN PHILADELPHIA.
/. Thousand Street Railway En-
ployes Are Concerned
a,p ELEMENT CAUSES TROUBLE.
and Destruction TO Me Union
's..,,iop Compauy's Prop"rty-In-
dian Territory Miners

..,nh,a. December II .--Philadelphia
~ h,,t at the mercy OF gang OF
'aum, and the traction strike is not
/, tventy-fours old.
.,ob, not a street car of the Union
.,,or company is running and that
80 controls every line in the city
N. exception OF two comparatively
bit lines.
y. polIce wero absolutely unable TO
.,,,i the mob violence Of today.
.n early morning until dusk as each
an line made desperate efforts to
:, bowling mobs surrounded each car,
[r,a and hooted the motorman ana
ssrc,or smashed the windows. cut
tn.r ropes and wreaked all possible de-
-1etIon. Then the attempt was abnn-
"A The strikers took little, il any,
!, in the work Of destruction. This was
,bs hands of the rowdy element. Many
Isons were injured by flying missiles
I there Is fear that when complete
arts have been received they WA IN
AZ fatalities and thousands Of dollars
nth Of valuable property destroyed.
krgarel 10 tl" eNtills 81 llic Nay, tlf
Irtts arc quiet, although filled with
M hundred extra policemen were
fsn in by Mayor Warwick tonight ana
se with the regular force of .l00. Will
Ike an attempt to quen the rioters to-
r.ow. They haVe orders to carry their
Ions unsheathed.
ksoali this fail the governor will be
kr.aled 10 to order out the militia.
hs mayor declared tonight that the
Ike was no longer a contest between
Y railway company and its employees,
battle between tho city and V!o-
[e and tho city will win ii II taxes
United States army. The situation is
!. grayest the city has ever been called
[G 10 encounter. Mayor Warwick TINS
gnOon appealed to all good citizens
assist the authorities IN maintaining
Ssr and 10 that end refrain from gath
kag In crowds IN the streets. Secondly
ordered the closing OF all liquor sa-
tis and he asked all women and chii-
M 10 stay at home
The war itself remains UNCHANGED The
action leaders refuae to listen to any
ststion trQm the otter SIDE. and. al
Ia. no efl0rt Is being made In that d.
ton rho strikers are firm and de-
fnined 10 night TO the bitter end Thteo
S meetiuss were held tonight in vdri-
parts Of ,hc city. They have almost
strsal Nmpathy--not only from con-
Erative citizens, who, while deprecating
snCe lecture that the strikers nave
Dlt on Their side, but from labor unions
1ughout he country. Labor Leader
litone. WHO is controlling the strine,
~ that tho strikers were In no way 10
|lne for tolaY's disturbance.
; impossible to learn tonight whether
not AL attempt to start ears Will be
|iA tomorrow. The entire road covers
M. Ol miles and over 5000 men are
flNyed. Tonight about 5000 of these
cut
cTr leO arrests were made today. and
asy sill he prisoners were held for a
hnx tpmoi row. one youth not a
rissi, was held in $500 bail for cutting
sppe Of a mail car. lie will be a gov
fs.eat prisoner.
lfn q, tails Of police are OF DUTY al
CN ar stable and at points along the
)usil thoroughfares.
izsyeral hours today Chestnut street
,sygi oally at the mercy of a mob.
'ieltr d oppers sought side streets ana
I'M rtrhants boarded up their windows.
Acgt. O'clock the traction COMPANY at
'1nA To operate the Chestnut stree I
y The cars reached a point east of
ffai street., and from there 10 Eighth
's distance OF SIX blocks. about
'tit cars vcre borne down upon by a
1as mob. Every pane of glass was
Men trolly ropes cut. cushions slnehcd
windows smashed
TX fercCsi riot Of the day occurred al
ID and Vine streets. about noon. TIE
~ raehed almost TO Market street,
70 blocks b low. II eutrouChed itself
Is the Sidewalks and bomharded every
a Which attempted to run the gauntlet.
strintendoNt l4inde. with "a great force
Police, succeeded IN dispensing the
A Sixth ana Market streets "a vcritahle
Niemonum broke loose when the first
ears reached that point. In am in
Gn every glass was smashed and fu-
Is Of dinner kettles, fire buckets.