Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-06
Associated Pressl
n PHILADELPHIA, March 5.-Widespreao
IL ,inIenrn characterized the first day

violence cnarncterlZeu tne nrst uhy
Il of the philadelphia monster sympa-
! thetic strike of organized labor. With the
| walkout of approximately $4,000 men, de-
| termined to back up the trolley men In
their fight againstt ne Phiiadelpnla hap.u p
Transit company, and the subsequent riot
| ans outbreaks in which scores were hurt
| today the city Is in the throes OF iaDor
war the outcome of which none dare pre-
| diet. A., ,.
violence occurred in all parts of the city
| today Cars were mObbed, workmen as
saulted and damage done to private prop
erty. ,, - .,,
| nled under foot as crowds of enraged men,
armed with clubs and stones, fought piteheu
battles with the p2iice in the man 'hor-
Crowds of strikers, meeting in public
places amid scenes of the widest aguatIon
were charged by mounted officers ana , us
| nersed Many arrests were made. Inc
state police have Joined forces with the
| citvts bluecoats are guarding the city
| hail and other public buildings.
The ordering out OF the mniliA 'ho
Tbe humber of men out on strike Is
estimated anywhere from 10000 to aO,oVO;
Labor leaders place the number nj ,V'VHv NV
and say that 10000 more VIII be on. ~
| Monday Officials of the railroad ana OIL dno
er conservatives say not more than 2O'Ooo
are out ~
It was in Walnut street that today's
first trouble occurred. Inc slSn. St
of trolley cars going slowly along that
tboroughfare angered the vanguard OF
the labor parade near Independence
| hall and a stone was sent through the
| window of one of the cars.
EVERY car that came along ran the
gantlet, and there was a running nre
of stone, pieces of wood and other
missiles which terrified the passengers
and crews To escape the missiles
motormen threw on full power and
sent their cars flying out of the way
the occupants lying on the floors.
The worst outbreak occurred In the
| heart of the city where the police mo-
bilized in force. No previous disturb
ance compared with this in magnitude
or intensity Men and women tell at
the onslaught of the police and lay IN
ali narts of the street and on side
walks. Scores were cut and orulseo'
Attack Police
Subsequent to the Walnut street dis
| turbance there was another in WASH
| ington square, in which the crowd
| turned on a small force or policemen
! knocking one of them down and break
ig the club of another. In the mixup
that followed the men in the throng
| seized eggs produce, canned goods,
everything they could get their hands
on from nearby stores and pelted the
policemen. A mounted squad dis
persed the mob.
Dozens of cars were attacked, their
windows smashed and the passengers
and crews forced to take refuge from
flying missiles by lying prostrate on
the floors.
The police seized four prisoners in
| the ranks of the disturbers. One man
was placed in q patrol wagon and
made a spectacular leap to freedom.
One of them in custody is young
woman, Miss Ada Meyerson, said to
be the secretary of the union of women
shirtwaist makers and prominent In
the recent shirtwaist strike
Harangues Crowd
Driven away from Independence
square, several thousand persons con-
gregated in Washington square, near
by. A man mounted on the shoulders
of several others and began to ha-
rangue the crowd. A detail of mounted
policemen dashed through the arch
ways of Independence hall and into
the throng. The crowds scattered
right and left before the horses and the
orator was tumbled off the shoulders
of the other men.
Several minutes sharp work with
the horses and clubs served to break
up and disperse the mob. number
of negro policemen aroused the ire of
the crowd, and superintendent of Po-
lice Taylor, fearing further trouble,
ordered them away
A detail of mounted police sent to
break up another disturbance were
met by several women, who showered
them with confetti and defied arrest.
Mounted Police Charge
In Kensington a big crowd was
| charged by mounted officers. Two per-
sons were injured by blows from Off
GERS clubs and three arrests were
made.
Three thousand strikers met in Cen
trail Labor Union hall. j. Burwood
Daily, counsel for the strikers, told the
strikers that they had this day, with
out the sanction OF law, been deprived
of the right Of peaceful assemblage.
He advised them to remain orderly,
no matter how great the provocation,
declaring the cause of labor through
out the country was at issue in this
struggle.
John Murphy attacked the city ad-
ministration, characterizing it as the
| "most damnable that had ever been
seen" The mayor, he said, could have
| prevented the strike had he cared to-
Every reference to the mayor was
greeted with jeers and boots.
overpower Police
outside the hall 1000 men, unable to
gain an entrance, lined the sidewalks
and began to stone cars. The police
men on post found themselves unable
| to cope with the crowd and a call for
reserves was sent to headquarters.
Two arrests were made.
There was a wide difference of opin-
ion today as to the extent Of the