Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-03
TRACTION STRIKERS
GET ACC[SS|OAS.
EMPLOYEES OF ELEVATED AND
SUBWAY SYSTEMS QUIT WORK
AND LINES ARE TIED UP.
RIoTlNG is RESUMED
WHEN CARS ARE STARTED
Nom Union Crews Driven From Their
Cars and Severely seaten-Police
Captain Suspended For Permitting
Riots-ealtimore, o, Maohinists on
Strike.

Philadelphia, June 3.-Mayor Rey-
burn said this afternoon that develop
ments are expected that may end the
strike any minute. 1t is believed that
arbitration is in sight. All saloons
were ordered closed at 6 o'clock to-
night.
Philadelphia, June 3.-At 10 o'clock
this morning the elevated and subway
system of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company, which has been the
bulwark of strength for the company
since the strike began, became tied up
by partial strike Of Its employees The
trouble started when crew deserted a
west-bound train at the Forty-sixth
street station: Subsequently other
crews deserted their trains at the Six
ty-ninth street terminal.
A serious disturbance occurred this
morning in northeast Philadelphia, the
scene OF last nights riots, when a
! crowd attacked two trolley cars which
were manned by imported workmen.
Windows In the cars were broken and
the car crews were seriously beaten.
Many persons in the crowd were hurt
by flying bricks. Many arrests were
made.
AS a result of the disturbances IN
kensington last night Lieutenant of
Police Sykes, commander OF police in
the district, was suspended from duty
morning, and will be tried before the
police board on charge Of failing to
lead his men against the rioters.
AT II o'clock, c. O. Pratt, the strike
leader, announced that he had called
out the elevated and subway men. and
that IS per cent of the service OF the
system was tied up. The company
claims there is no strike, that two
crews quit, and that their places were
| filed.
Employees Are intimid dated.
At noon the subway and elevated
trains We're running twenty minutes
apart. instead OF every four or five, as
usual. Benjamin Rice, the first mo-
torn,an to abandon his train, said his
wife found note on the porch Of their
home, this morning. reading, If you
go to work. we witt blow up your
house" This unnerved him, and he
quit When the train was abandoned,
the passengers sent up loud cheer,
and this influenced the crew to
abandon their work
Riotins Renewed.
While there was much disorder to-
day In the districts that saw rioting
last night, the business section was
quiet until the noon hour. Then the
streets filled with men and boys en-
ployed by business houses, and post
offices the crowd surrounded a car
dragged the motorman and conductor
off and beat them. and for awhile the
air was filled with brckbats. The
windows and show cases of drug
store We're destroyed by the flying mis-
siles. Women passengers in the car
crouched, terrified on the floor, while
the car windows were being smashed
Policeman McDermott was hit on the
head by a brick and severely hurt.
On a riot call, the patrol wagon. filled
with policemen. scattered the crowd
and made several arrests. After 1
O'Clock, things quieted down. Director
of Public Safety Clay says the police
have the situation fully in hand, and
the mayor has declared that order
must be maintained at all hazards
This afternoon Recorder Of Deeds Ware
said that he and his associates in the
republican leadership of the city will
end the strike. 1t is intimated that
they will force arbitration.
Saloons Ordered Closed.
A sensation was created this after
noon when the mayor ordered the sus-
pension Of Captains DUNCAN and
Thompson, two veterans in the city's
police service. No reason was assigned
but it is presumed they are charged
with failure to vigorously push the
orders against rioting. The authorities
ordered the saloons in the northeast
section, where the rioting occurred last
night, to be closed at o'clock tonight.
Rioters Burn Cars,
Serious riots last night followed the
first attempt Of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company to run dts cars at
night since the strike Of the trolley
men began The center of the trouble
was in the Kensington district, where
many mills are located.
The strikers in huge mohs attacked
the cars, which were run by strike
breakers imported from New York, and
many of the cars were burned or bat
tered to pieces with axes In one riot
at Front and Berks streets ten cars
were captured by the strike sympal
thizers and destroyed.
In the attempt to scatter this mob
the mounted police rushed the crowd
time and again and finally were forced
to fire into the air. Ten men were in
jured by missiles thrown by the mob,
three Of the wounded being police
men.
At about the same time ten cars.
which were being run close together,
were seized at Front and Diamond
streets and burned. Several passen-
gers were injured. At Fifth and Clear
field streets in the northwest sectaon
Of the city strikers hauledsa big boiler
onto the tracks and blockaded trancic,
and in another furry at Allegheny and
3 streets q squad Of mounted police
was forced to charge a huge mob re-
petedly before II was broken up.
There were numerous other disturb.