The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
PHILADELPHIA STRIKE RIOTS.
RuHrHER IuOTING BY sYMPA.
uuzERs WITH STREET CAR
MEN.
frying To Settle the Strike--Senators
AcNichoii and Ware Lending 1T ,eir
EFFORTS to Secure Agreement be-
tween Contcnding Parties.

Of the motormen and conductors Of
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit COM
pany. which began on last Saturday
morning. is now In the process OF set
e1ement and those having the matter
IN charge confidently assert that It
WIN be brought to q close within "a
hcura
Serious rioting which ctarted last
night was renewed today in various
ssctions of the city. Most of these
disturbances occurred at the noon
hour when workers amused them
selves by throwing bricks and other
niusiies at passing motormen and
ccnductors For the first time since
the strike began a number of the en-
BIIoyes on the elevated road deserted
their posts and Joined the strikers.
This aid not. however. continue I'm
operation all day. Cars on the other
Iines ran at Intervals until night.
when no further effort was made to
continue the service.
Influential citizens today bent all
thcir energies towards a settlement.
0rnnfor McNicholl and Senator ".
vare. We control the downtown sec
don. announced that they sympathi-
"a with the men and were trying to
bring the strike to an end. Senator
McNicholI submitted to the company
che demands of the men. These, Ii is
9sid wsre somewhat modified. Twen-
ty-two cents an hour. instead OF 25
cents. originally asked by the men. is
naid TO be one of the new demands.
Ihe demands when submitted to the
transit company. according to sena-
Cor McNichoii. we're assented to with
scene slight notifications. The modi-
osd agreement was returned to the
n<A WHO viii make their answer to-
morrow.
me move to have the differences be- |
1wevn the company and its employees
sub,nittsd TO arbitration acted as a |
panacea upon the boisterous strike
vmpathisers. but not before the riot |
srs IN tho Kensinston district had |
started ON their errand OF destruction.
ygrvy IN the evening mob Of nearly
1000 persons. started for the main |
harm of the transit company, at
Eighth and Daupin streets. for the
purpps.. as they declared. OF destroy
NJ 90 structure. BY the tire the
barn was reached there were nearly
l.oso persons In the mob. When the
crowd reached the barn It WAS met
BY 500 policemen. This array of blno-
q ats had q quieting effect on the
eise<rs and they dispersed af,rr hurl-
Ing q few stones through the win
cows.
ht Broad street and Erie avenue,
Thirteenth street and Allegheny ave-
npe anu Allegheny avenue and Clear
0eld streets. the demonstrations early
In the vening were almost as serious
- those In the Kensinston district last
nik<ht Cars were wrecked. motormen
and conductors beaten and police
men were assaulted. Several persons
were injured by the indiscriminate
hurting of stones and clubs by the
mwiess element. No attempt was
pnade TO burn the cars. the mob be-
ins content with breaking the win
dows. tear ag the curtains into shreds
and splitting the seats into kindling
wood.
When II became known that there
was a probability of an amlcable set
tiement tomorrow the fury of the
mob abated and at 40 o'clock the dis
turbed districts were quiet. No seri-
Gus trouble was reported from either
West Philadelphia or the southern
section OF the city. but I'm Darby.
across the city line. car was burn
ed. The motorman had stopped his
car at railroad crossing. While
awaiting the signal TO cross the
ara cks crowd gathered and some
one fired shot from a revolver. The
motOrman and conductor fled ana the
mob then set fire to the car. COM
rietely destroying Il.
Several meetings were held tonight
an. which sympathy for the striking
men was expressed III the men agree
20 accept the counter proposition Of
the transit officials they will probab',
return TO work late tomorrow after
neon. The employees of the Is barns
throughout the city will meet I'm thei
respective halls at Q o'clock tomorrow
and elect delegates who Will meet la
ter and vote on the proposition of th'
comnanY The result Will then be com