Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-19
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Philadelphia Has Day Of Com.
f'.- parative Quiet.
TUHULT OF TIE SPORADIC SORT

Net Promptly BY the .olice and Kept Fair.
II Well IN Mand--wife Of . New Motor.
man Leads m Attack ON Her Husband.
who L. Running Postal Car-Unitsi
States 1Earshal Takes Decisive Action
Incidents Of the Day.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19-The important
development of the strike ON the street car
lines II this notice issued by United States
Marshal Colesberry: Information having
been given to me by Postmaster Carr and
United States District Attorney Ingham
that trolley mails are INSTRUCTED, applica-
ton can be made to me Thursday, Dec. 10,
at 10 a. m, for appointment as special
deputy marshals Only able-bodied. dis.
Greet, well recommended men need ap.
ply"
Kept Omcials and Leaders Awake.
F, Yesterdays events were O continuation
Of those Of the night before, for neither
the strike leaders, the traction officials,
nor the mayor and the other heads of de
partments sought their homes during the
night. Active work was resumed as early
as a. m, when the strikers commit
tee went to the Pennsylvania railway sta.
ton and intercepted a delegation of rail.
way workers from Baltimore. The story
goes that these men had been sent for by
the traction people to take the places of
the strikers, but that the latter induced
the newcomers to return to Baltimore, and
paid their fares. A diff Irent story was told
In this connection 6y the strikers last
night. They asserted that several car
loads of men had been made up Mt Balti.
more, but had been unable to leave that
city because Of the refusal of all engineers
belonging to the brotherhood to carry the
men.
Disposition Of the Police Force.
When daybreak came the city was
wrapped in an ominous calm which con.
tinucd throughout the day, barringa few
minor outbreaks. This was due to the
new and stringent police regulations
Enough special men had been sworn in
during the night to raise the number to
over $500, and every one Of these was on
duty. Along Market street two mounted
policemen were stationed at each corner
throughout the day, in addition to three
or four men on foot. At every principal
point in the city detachments Of armed 20
lice were concentrated and scattered along
all tho frequented thoroughfarcs were
bluccoats In plenty. 1t was apparent that
the mob realized the condition of affairs
and there was practically no attempt tc
resume the rioting except one or two in.
stances in the outlying sections
No Large Gathering Permitted.
Any gathering consisting Of more than
five persons was instantly dispersed. Sew.
cral peaceable but curious citizens resent
ed this and were promptly arrested.
Throughout the day spasmodic attempts
to keep several of the lines In motion were
made, but in every instance the crawling
car bore more policemen than passengers
This attracted from the crowds more dc.
rision than violence. On the Market
street line the cars were running with IN
aggregate Of four policemen ON front and
rear platforms and surrounded by q Gordon
Of mounted officers.
Cars Obtain but Little Patronage.
These formidable professions were in
variably greeted with boots and cries oil
ridicule. The Eighth street line was the
only other branch which attempted to run
cars with anything approaching regular
ity. These We're guarded by four polio,
men each and were patronized slightly by
the public. Tenth street ran cars at in.
tervals and carried a few passengers
There were no attempts to modest cars on
any of these lines.