Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-03-18
BAKERS ARE
CALLED OUT
MILKMEN, GROCERY CLERKS AND
OTHER vENDERs OF NEG
ESSiTIEs ALSO OUT.
EVEN The BREWERS
WoRkMEN ORDERED TO WITH
DRAW ALL FUNDS NOW
HELD IN BANKS.

Philadelphia, March 13.-In order to
strengthen the sympathetic strike. the
central labor union today directed that
all milkmen. bakers. grocery clerks
and other dispensers of the necessities
OF life remain away from work tomor-
row and until the grievances of the
: striking carmen are adjusted.
1t was also resolved that union
members withdraw their money from
banks. Their sympathizers. whether
organized or Eot. are also asked to do
likewise.
The leaders OF the sympathetic
strike say that when they endeavored
to conduct the movement with some
regard for the convenience OF the gen
eral public. Director Of Public Safety
Clay and others belittled the effect Of
the strike. They say they are now de-
termined to draw their lines close.
The union drivers Of milk and bread
wagons were called upon to strike to-
morrow by the resolution adopted to-
day by the Central Labor Union. The
grocery clerks. 1000 of whom organ
ized today. will quit work tomorrow
night. Any union man working Tues
day In any line OF employment will be
expelled from the union OF which he Is
a member.
The company officials are silent re-
garding yesterdays action OF the In
terstate Railways Company increasing
to % cents and hour the wages Of mo-
tormen and conductors in Trenton.
Reading. Wilmington. Chester. Le-
banon and Norristown. The Philadel-
phia Rapid Transit Company now pays
2s cents an hour with a promise Of an
increase to % cents on July / to men
employed more than one year.
The authorities look for a big break
IN the ranks Of the sympathetic strik-
ers tomorrow. Many have already re-
turned to work and the police canvass.
II Is said, shows thousands will do SO
tomorrow. a superintendent at
Cramps shIpyard declared today that
despite the extraordinary efforts Of
the leaders, not a single one of the
5000 employees OF the big plant walked
out.
According to police information hun
dreds OF the sympathetic strikers at
the Baldwin Locomotive works will re-
turn to work tomorrow. The bricklay-
ers and carpenters. 1t is said. will re-
sumo Monday or Tuesday and other
trades will follow.
The transit company said 1t was
able to operate practically n normal
Sunday schedule today. Seven hun
dred and forty cars were run during
the day and five hundred and forty
tonight.
Two hundred new motormen and
conductors reached here today, one
hundred and twenty-five of whom were
from Indianapolis and fifty from Buff
falo. About seventy of the recently
employed men were discharged by the
company in its efforts to weed out the
undesirable element of its new en-
ployes.
The resolution adopted by the Cen
trail Labor Union calling upon workers
to withdraw their funds from all
banks. recited that
Whereas. Certain bankers have de-
clared their sympathy for the Phila-
delphia Rapid Transit Company in its
fight to subdue the Carmen's Union
and crush the general strike, and are
calling on other bankers to take SINH
lar action. and
Whereas. The banks rest upon the
money deposited by the working men
and women OF America. and
Whereas. The workers OF the ma
tion have pledged to the Philadelphia
strikers their moral and financial sup.
port to the end that they may win in
this struggle; therefore be II
Resolved. That the Central Labor
Union of Philadelphia and vicinity
hereby calls upon the working men
and women OF America and their sym.
pathetic friends as their first sympa.
thetic act, to withdraw all the funds
they may have on deposit with the
banks, thereby teaching the bankers
that without the money OF the workers
their institutions OF finance must be
a failure. as without the labor of the
workers all industry must cease"