The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26
TIE PHILADELPHIA STRIKE,
hiOIING IN STREETS CONTTN-
UES UNARATED.
'ioD Fut State Fencibles, Crack Mill.
'ary Company, ito Utter Confusion
Three Boys Have Been Fatally
Wounded.

were shot and probably fatally
wounded while several received less
severe wounds today in riots which
'ohowed the resumption of service by
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
company. The shooting occurred in
attacks on cars in the northwestern
section.
Market street, the principal busi-
ness throughfare in the heart Of the
city. was the scene of disturbances
during the entire day. Cars were
stoned and two policemen were
rougiy handled by a mob of several
Thousand persons. A dozen arrests
were made and the prisoners placed
IN trolley car. This was stormed
ny the mob and two of the prisoners
escaped.
Preparations We're made bv the
authorities to call upon the entire
force OF the State militia If the DO
lice tomorrow are still unable to cone
with the situation.
President Murphy Of the Central
Labor union still regards a general
strike of all trade unions in the citv
as inevitable, although Organizer
Pratt Is reported to be opposing this
move. A delegation of labor leaders
left for Washington today to ask
Senator Penrose to use his influence
for peacable solution Of the trou-
BILE.
Members Of the State Fencibles an
independent military organization of
about 200 members were placed on
duty today, armed with load
ed muskets. They were detailed in
the Kinsington mill district in the
northeast, which Isl a hotbod Of union
sympathizers. In their first skirmish
they were badly beaten by mob,
who paid no attention to the drawn
bayonets and snatched the muskets
froT the hands of the young militia
men. Members Of the State Fenci-
b'es, according to Mayor Reyburn.
acted as though they were on
picnic. allowing girls in the mill dis
trict to wear their caps and cut the
brass buttons off their clothing. At
one point group of rioters captured
member of the Fencibles and car
ried him several hundred feet from
his post, where they stripped him of
his coat. hat, and cartridge belt and
gun and threw him into the sewer.
A non-union conductor was badly
hurt at Sixth and Market street late
this afternoon when a crowd attack
ed his car after boy had pulled the
trolly pole from the feed wire.
Policemen drove back the crowd at
the point of revolvers and started the
car. 1t had gone but short distance
when heavy iron weight thrown
from a window crashed through the
roof of the vehicle.
Fifteen policemen quartered in the
barn of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit company at Ridge avenue and
York street narrowly escaped death
tonight when the entire northwest
corner Of the building was blown
occurred just as C.. o. Pratt was
about to address a meeting Of car
men at a hall at Ridge avenue and
Dauphin streets. This building, as
we'll as others in the vicinity, was
shaken by the shock of the explo-
sion. How the dynamite was placed
in the car barn is mystery. 4
The State Fencibles, after being
harassed and beaten all day by a
mob of thousands Of strike sympa-
thizers along Lehigh avenue, were
withdrawn at nightfall. The militia
had been powerless against the mob,
but a half dozen mounted police had
ridden up and down driving the riot
ers before them during the afternoon.
during the afternoon and both were
badly shattered by stones. Police
men in this locality were fired upon
by q strike sympathizer, who had
concealed himself in st. Simeons
church at Lehigh avenue and Hutch
inson street. This enraged the guard
ians Of the peace and they returned
the fire, hitting w. E. Collins in the
groin. He was removed to the Epis-
cOpal hospital.
Director of Public Safety Clay to-
night expressed himself as being sat
isfied with the way the police have
managed to handle the mobs up to
date.
According to a statement issued to- |
night by the Philadelphia Rapid |
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