Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-10
Associated Press1

n PHILADELPHIA, March 10.-The
sixth day of the general strike
Il witnessed an attempt to make the
center of the city the scene of a big
demonstration.
The police blocked the move by ex-
ercise of "high-handed methods and
brutal, unwarranted force" the strike
leaders claim in statements issued to-
might
The action of the police was in prose-
cution OF lawful justihable means, and
with no more force than was necessary
to check in its incipiency what might
have been serious disturbance of the
peace, the authorities assert.
March on the city halP' is the slo-
gan that has been heard before in dis
turbances here. Suspecting that the
crowd of 10000 or more, who had been
prevented from holding an open air
meeting in the National league park
and at Independence hall, would take
up the indicated line of march today,
the authorities took measures to pre-
vent the invasion OF the city's central
districts by what 1t was feared might
prove a turbulent mob.
Heads Battered
Lines of police, with active clubs,
partially checked the marchers on their
way down Broad street, more than two
miles from the objective point. A mile
farther down they broke up the parade
altogether. Half dozen were injured
In the onslaught and many arrests were
made.
Crowds of unWonted proportions
thronged the spaces about the city hall
until nightfall, but there was no or
ganized demonstration.
Urge All to Stand Together
Tonight at meetings of workingmen
In various parts of the city and in
statements by the strike leaders Incl
dents of the afternoon were used as
arguments to convince men who are
still sticking to their jobs that the time
had come for all workingmen to stand
together.
There were a few scattered points
where disturbances of minor character
broke out today. Flying stones broke
windows in a number of cars. More
cars were operated than on any other
day since the strike began-1140 the
company reported-or thirty-six in ex-
cess of yesterdays high record.
State Strike Menaces
Spread of the general strike over the
whole state is still considered a dis
tant possibility.
Tomorrow the business men of the
city will make new attempt to bring
about a settlement.
The strikers gained today though ac-
cessions from the Baldwin Locomotive
works, upwards of 500 men. On the
other hand, various manufacturers re-
ported for work many hands who had
come out. An obvious detection from
the strikers ranks was that of 100
taxicab chauffeurs. Scores of cabs were
actively in service today and tonight.
In the business section tonight the
good temper of the crowds was fav-
orably commented upon.
Sympathetic Strikers Not AggrleVed
1.-THE general run of the sympathetic
strikers" said a business man, have
no grievance of their own and are evil
IDENTIFY not disposed to push things to
extremes"
The committee of ten estimates the
number who gathered for the meeting
at the ball park at $4,000, and declares
the police rode into these crowds and
inflicted injury on peaceable citizens
without cause.
OF the general situation the commit
tee in a formal statement, said: "The
general strike in Philadelphia has just
begun. We are receiving hourly as
surances from hundreds and thousands
of men and women that they will
throw down their tools and join in
the strike
For the first time since the strike
was declared, the process of injunc-
tion was invoked tonight. Curiously
enough, the injunction was not an
outgrowth of the present strike.
It was obtained originally by j. r.
Kem & Co.. worsted manufacturers,
during the labor troubles a year ago.
The writ of injunction, however, was
not served at the time, the trouble hav-
ing subsidized. Today the firm COM
planned that it's satisfied hands were
being interfered with by pickets and
agents of the Cloth Weavers union, and
obtained copies of the old injunction
for immediate service on all concerned
with the present troubles at its mill.