The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-02-22
Philadelphia Is Scene Of Threatening Demon
stration on Part Of Sympathizers.
PREPARATIONS ARE MADE TO CALL OUT MILITIA
Police Take Initiative War Between Strikers and Officials
Of Company by Arresting Organizer Of Association
Charge OF Consprng to Incitc to Riot
-.-Trouble Feared.

Philadelphia Feb. 2l.-Poice Off
cais took the initiative tonight In the
war being wagcd between the strlk-
ing carmen and the officials Of the
Philadelphia Rlpid Transit company
when they arrested Clarence s. Pratt.
the national organizer Of the Amalga-
mated Association Of street & Electric
Railway Employees on warrant
charging him With conspiracy to IN
cite 10 r'at."
The warrant was served on Pratt
as he was leaving an automobile after
he had attended today's mass meeting
of the union carmen He was locked
IN In the city hail and held to await
q hearing tomorrow. II IL rumorcd
that warrants have been issued for
other labor leaders as a result Of d
conference ,ate today between Dis
trict Attorney Rotan, Director Of Pub
lie Safety Clay and Magistrate Bea
ton.
The police force was augmented to-
night by the swearing In for riot
duty of the State Fencibles, an in
dependent military organization Of
about 200 members. Plans are being
discussed tonight by the commanders
of the three local regiments Of the ma
tIonal guard to mobilize their troops
nj moments notice. The mayor II
entitled to call upon those troops.
Governor Stuart and A. j. Stewart are
here tonight and. IL necessary. call
for outside troops can be made ut
any time. but this IL not contem-
plated.
Force ENLARGED.
The regular force of 3,500 police and
1000 specials was also enlarged to
day by swearing in 66 park guards
and 500 city employees. Five carloads
of strikepreakers reached here late to-
night and were loaded on trolley cars
at the Pennsylvania railroad station
In West Philadelphia and taken to
car barns In that section. A large
squad Of mounted police escorted the
ears and prevented threatened DEM
onstration by mob of several thou
sand. Trouble IL expected to follow
the use sof these men on the cars to-
morrow.
Reports vary as to the number Of
cars In service today. The company
claimed that 700 cars were In opera :
ton and that nine crews of strike
brcakers that left the Frankfort barns
this mornng had deserted. Cars were
withdrawn mt o'clock tonight, the
company stating 1t did not desire to
endanger the lives of It's loval em-
nloyes. Rioting In the very heart of
The business section, the attempted
burning of another ear and many
tp n ht, AZ d 4, ,tgAR lAl ! tAla
police officials to enlarge their force
and consider calling out state militia.
The arrest of Leader Pratt also caused
sensation and resulted In renewed
rumOrs of general sympathetic
strike of all the 100000 union mon In
Phiaaelah.l
Bricks Thrown.
The first serious disturbance Oc-
Cured In the center of the city in
front OF the Reading terminal station.
within a stones throw OF the central
police station. As car was proceed
ing out Market street, n small hoy
pulled the trolley pole from the wire
causing blockade of cars. A pile
of building material on the street pro-
yded ammunition for the lawless ele-
with bricks. An attempt was made Ia
arrest the leader of the boys and this
was the signal for a violent outbreak
In the meantime wagon of an elec.
tric company had been robbed of In.
eandescent lamp globes. They were
used as missiles and exploded with
plsto!-like reports. Workmen on tho
roofs of nearby buildings Joined In
the bombardment.
The exploding globes startled tho
timid and there was mad rush tc
safety as the cry went up that dyna.
mite was being used to tear up the
tracks. After a battle of nearly ar
hour the police drove the rioters bach
and the cars went on their way Will
scarcely whole pane of glass in thu
long lire.
Skull Fractured.
One of the most serious outbreaks
occurred in the northwestern mill dis
trict. where all traffic was suspend
ed early in the day William Maloney
said to be a strikebreaker, from New
York, had his skull fractured with {
brick. Dynamite caps were used b,
strike sympathizers in many sections
of the city but did not cansh serious
damage. After stopping car will
one of these explosions, the mob at
tempted 70 set the car afire A squat
OF police with loaded reyolvers dis
persed the mob but not until Edward
Morgan, conductor, had been badly
beaten.
Although 1000 persons were in th
crowd only about five arrests wer
made. Feeling that the police wcr
TOO sympathetic with the strikers AM
some sympathizers in their home 10
caltes, the director of public safet,
tonight ordered a general shifting o
lhe force. A curious incident in tn