The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-03

PHILADELPHIA, June 3.-The
subway and elevated employees of
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany were called out at 9 O'Clock
this morning in the strike against
the company, and within ten min
utes the tie-up on the line from
Front street to Sixty-ninth street
was complete.
Special policemen and detectives
from city hall were Immediately
dispatched to every subway and ele-
waited station and after a delay Of
thirty minutes several of The trains
were started With strike breakers.
Rioting Is Resumed.
! RiotIng IN KeTsington was resumed
+ again his 1nosning, and It Is feared that
/ the disorders win be even greater tan
! those OF last night. when the strike
breakers are sent out with cars.
/ At the LeaEus Island Navy Yard
1 twenty sailors clsshed with the police
at the gates Of the aavg yard early to
! day. The bIuejackets boarded q north
bound car. and AAd hardly he4s seated.
when one of the party called 'scs.o"
/ at ths motorman, ana the rest jeered
/ loudly. when on4 Of the TWO police
/ men on guard or tSe car ordered them
l to keep quiet, tie sailors re1ewed the
l jeering and laughed at the ofIscers-
/ The shooting followed n attempt By
/ the. oSssers to arrest one of the Eng-
| hiring, a squad Of marines came Tas4 out
/ from the yard and drove the sailors
ir.side.
1900 Strike Breakers.
With 1900 strike-breakers IL the city
the Transit Company is making every
/ effort today TO run at least GO Of lts
surface cars.
Several hEn6red special policemen,
] half of them a motley crowd OF negreas,
/ fEsm the downtown districts, were
sworn in by DireSor Clay this morning.
/ Corridors in city hall were croHsdesE
early with men recruited by police Heu-
/ tenants IN various parts Of tbs city, for
police duty. Three hundred we're in
/ the building and clamoring for admis<
| o'clock. Assistant Superintendent OF
Police O'Leary said that as many as
| RECTOR will be sworn in befouk 'nightfau
/ and distributed in Ahe Troublesome sec
| tions.
Policeman Dismisssa.
| Because he sat in bis private office
/ ali OF last night and took absolutely no
! part in the effort of the police % stop
/ rioting in that section of the city. Lieu
| tenant IoAn sykes, of the Thir1ieth and
/ West noreland street station was today
summarily suspended by Dirsctor Clay
pending q trial before a police board OF
! INQUIRY Crowds of hoCting, disoTderly
! persons kept the police busy in the
4 the cars, and in a number OF instances
/ striker breakers were dragged Inom
/ their places and beaten by the Baobs.
/ In the hospitals today upward OF 1hir-
1 ty riot victims lie on aots. Two most
/ seriously injured are Policeman Joseph
/ McI,aughlin, who received a concussion
! of the brain, and William Talbot, whose
/ side was bruised with a brick.
Firemen May Go Out.
| There was intimation this morning
| that the fsremen in the power stations
will be called out ih sympatheuc strike
this afternoon.
| Concerning the allegations sf violence
4 and brutality against the police and the
swearing in OF special policemen by
| Director Clay. c. 0. Pratt, in charge Of
| the strike said. tsis morning:
| There is no poWef stronger than the
source from which it comes. Our reply
/ to Director Clay's tactics Is direet ap-
| peal 10 the people. There viii be
| eighteen public mass meetings tonight.
| There were about 20 riots In various
parts of the city last night, during
| which 30 cars were mors OF less
/ badly torn up. in some eases after the
f! crews had been beates and driven of,
the wrecked cars were burned on the
| tracks Angerec because the Transit
/ Company had attempted to run cars
! manned with strike-brea akers a mob Of
/ 5000 persons hanged Mayor ReyAIPn IN
| efffgy from a trolley wire
/ Prompted bY the Tioving OF last night,
/ Director Clay viii probaoly again order
| the saloons sf the city closed tonight
| at O'Clock.
! Strike-Beskers Leave
/ Declaring that they had bean brought
! here under false representation fifty i'm
ported Strike-breakers deserted frala the
| barn in FrankfoES today and gave
/ themselves up at the strikers head
| quarters. They were sent back to New
/ York.
| According to these men, the detective