The Paducah evening sun., 1910-03-05
RIPYlHOUSAND
WGO ON STRIKE
i N PHILADELPHIA
lion Officer Declares Twice
( That Many will be Out
Before Night.
ypos Stand by Their Con.
tracts in Crisis.
READING MEN GET ADVANCE.

Philadelphia, March 5.-Charles
Hope, secretary OF the Central Labor
Union, told the United Press this
morning that $1,000 men have gone
out ON the general strike. and 1t is
expected the number Will be augment
ed during the day. Hope added that
15, 900 non-union men Joined the
strike, and when reports have been
received from each secretary OF the
500 locals, 1t will be shown that
1876, 900 men are out.
A proclamation was made to un-
organized labor. All unorganized
workers are urged by the committee
to assist the general strike by ceas-
ing work at midnight and to refrain
from workin gat their usual occu-
pations until the committee Of ten,
through the Central Labor Union
and the United Building Trades
Council, orders resumption OF work.
Another proclamation calls for a
public demonstration by the working
people of Philadelphia in Independ-
ence square this afternoon at 3
O'Clock.
Permanent headquarters for the
strikers have been established in the
Allied Building Trades Council
rooms.
1t was stated by the committee oi
ten that they had received hundreds
of letters today from bodies OF un-
skilled workmen not affiliated with
unions. declaring their intention OF
joining the strike.
F. ]. keenan,. business agent Of
the machinists. also received letter
this afternoon from a knitting ma
chinery firm employing $40 men
stating that its factories had beer
closed, pending a settlement OF th'
strike.
| Philadelphia Typographical Unioi
No. 2 will not participate In the gen
eral strike.
The question was referred to
committee of five, who this after
non decided on not going out.
Mayor Reyburn said that the di
rectors of the transit company ha'
lreaffirmed their position not to TAX
,up the grievances with the union
but were willing to meet the MIN
employees of the company. In
strikers, he said, are not employe
and the company will not treat witt
them until they re-enter the seryic
: as new men. The company has ex
, tended the time for taking back tn
strikers to March 8.
l The committee of nine employe
. is to be selected as follows:
Three from those re-employe'
: from the men now on strike; thre
from those who have remained in tn
: service of the company during Tn
strike, and these six to select thre
more from the whole body of EN-
ployes. The company will not reC
ognlze any of the strikers for sci
vice on this committee unless the
first return to work.
AS to arbitration with the stril
ers under the act of 1898, the con
pany says that 1t ia not feasible, a
Il the relationship between the en-
o ployes and the employer had bee
J. severed.
d A board OF arbitration compose
e of master and journeymen In tn
|. trade. The bricklayers' organizatio
n is unaffiliated with the Central Ii
h Dor Union, and is one of the fe'
'e labor bodies Incorporated under stat
q law.
IN The union brewery workers, nun
Ie bering 1000 men, have referred
their national officers the questlo
,e of a sympathetic strike. The breV
ID cry men are working under an agre
l. ment won after a hard fight and a
ID hesitating about going into a syr
g. pathetic strike without the sanction
p iof the national organization.