The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-03
SERIOUS RIOTS IN
PH|LAOElP PH|A CITY
Attempts of Company to Run
Cars With NonuniOn Men
Result in BIOOdshed.
Kindred OR MORE MEN
INJURED IN THE CONFLICT
Strike Breakers Flee and Leave
Loaded Cars to Mercy OF
the MObS.

puILADELPHIA. June 2.-The at
tempt of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
company to run its cars with nonunlon
men resulted tonight IN number OF
scrious riots. II WAS the first effort
IN operatc the lines at night, and after
several futile efforts 10 get the cars
through the mubs they were sent back
to The barns. AZ least one hundred
men were moro or less seriously injured
III the rioting.
IN the Kcnsington district. where
many mills are located, feeling ran
high. Mohs of men. women and cbll-
dren pulled tho motormcn and couduc-
tors from their cars and beat them Sc
vcroly. In many instances cars were
sol ON FIRE The police werc powerless
In control The strike sympnthlzers;
when they charged d mob Ii separated
only io form again in the vicinity OF
another car. Several policemen were
Dynamite ard Stones
In West Philadelphia dynamite caps
worc placed on the tracks aud crowds
stoned the norunion workmen Whrh
they attempted 10 bring out cars, lore
;ng then, TO return 10 the barn. In the
downtoNn section conductors ana mo.
,orncn we're pulled from their cars ana
thc;r clothes torn oil by mobs OF strlkc
sympat athizcrs In some eases ihe lerr'-
fed men had 30 he taken to private
houses and guarded by police to save
them from harm.
In Kcnsingjon there were hNe piG
riots. and all evening kcnSlngt2n Az
nue fhe main thoroughfarc Of the d's-
lel
The imported crews proved d1Sap.
imminent TO the company. many OF
fhem deserving their ears AT thc hrSV
sion of trouble and leaving Them stand
mo in the street al the mercy OF the
moi. Several applied 10 the strikers
for aid TO return to New Norh, SAYING
.hat thev had been brought here unaer
misrepresentation. During the henSi"S
,or riots Policeman Levy was shot IN
thc head and is said 10 he dying ia
,hc same section five ears were piled III
the street. after being partially dc
molished with paving stones. ana were
1heu sci on hro.
= Conflicting Claims.
During the day the company claimed
IA have operated few more cars th&n
ON previous days OF the strike 'ha'I
man Pratt of the union carmen, ad,
mitted that some addit1onai cars haH
been run. but insisted the strikers won
over more of the old men. None OF me
men who had gone on strike were Wchk'
ening. he sad,
The Central Labor union has deter
mined 10 take advantage OF the pohtl
cal features involved and tonight dc
cidcd 10 Issue a call upon al ITS mem
bcrs aud sympathizers to celebrate neHS
SATURDAY,. which is primary election
dav here. As white Ribbon day ne
white ribbon is the emblem chosen by
thc striking carmen Their svmpat hiz
crs are asked by the Central Labor
unon 10 wear this emblem on clcci!9n
day snd 10 vote for u. Clarence Cab
bony for district attorney and Pres,
dert Murphy of the union forces ioE
the treasury in opposition to the stated
Republican nominees.
An attorney Tor the strikers, TO-DAY
caused warrants to bc ISSUED for INC
arrest OF two policemen, Who are AZ
legged 80 have struck one OF the st!lN
crs without sufficient proEoca,lon,
Writs of habeas corpus have also pech
issued for the release Of strikers WHO
have been arrested.