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STRIKE FIGURES
; ARE CONFLICTING
Canvass Made by Philadelphia Police
Say Less Than Twenty Thousand
Men Walk Out.
THIS ESTIMATE IS DISPUTED
Union Leaders Say Over Hundred
Thousand 0beyed Order.
LIQUOR DEALERS TAKE ACTION
Saloons Will Be Closed When Riots
Develop Near Them.
MASS MEETING AT LYCEUM
Crowd of 1000 Addressed by Pratt,
Murphy, MahOn and Others
Riot I'm Front of Hall
Marks It's Close.
Union Leaders Say Over Hundred
Thousand Obeyed Order,
LIQUOR DEALERS TAKE ACTION
Saloons Will Be Closed When Riots
Develop Near Them.
MASS MEETING AT LYCEUN

PHILADELPHIA, March THE police
made careful canvass today of the city's
industries to ascertain the number OF men
on strike. The returns tabuated and made
public by Director Clay showed that 1s,4O7
persons had responded to the strike call
The police did not attempt to explain the
discrepancy between these figures and
those OF labor leaders who say 100000 or
125OO0 men are on strike. They declared
that their total was the result Of an actual
computation based on the returns Of a
complete canvass and spoke for itself The
labor leaders scoffed at the police figures
and declared they were something like
100000 too low. According to the police,
establishments affected by the sympathetic
strike employ 54,954 hands.
There are 121, ,239 employees in other estab-
llshments not affected by the strike and
this gives, by the police figures, total
OF 1913 employees, Of which number only
49, 407 are out. Many have quit work. 1t is
declared. not from sympathy with the
striking carmen, but because they have
been forced out by the action Of certain
branches of their trades. For instance, 1t
is said, at a carpet mill, 800 dyers quit work
and this compelled the shutting down of
the plant and the enforced idleness of $500
other employees. Director Clay says that
his list has bee ncompied with the greatest
care and that he has no reason to question
It's accuracy
No Leaves for JacIkies.
The commandant of the Philadelphia
Navy yard today promulgated an order
forbidding the granting of leaves OF alb
serc to men in the yards and on the ves-
sells during the strike troubles in this city
The effect of the order Will be to keep the
jackies from getting mixed up in any way
with strike disturbances.
Another peace-maklng measure was an
nounced today by Secretary Neil Bonner Of
the Retail Liquor Dealers association in
the action OF the association, requesting it's
members as wen as other cafe proprIetor1,
TO close their bars should disorder occur
in the vicinity, and keep them closed until
the trouble subsidies. general willingness
on the part of the proprietors TO comply
With the request was indicated.
One OF the incidents of the day was a
ptrade Of O small band of men, which was
broken up by the police, without just cause,
the men claim, AS the marchers passed
a hosiery mill they attempted, to persuade
the factory employees to join the sympa-
thetic strike. Their effort was unsuccess-
full an dthe police claim that the marchers
became dsorderly. Clubs were used freely
rests were made
The master builders met late today at
the Builders Exchange adopted resolutions
condemnlng the sympathetic strike and dis
cussed tentatively action against some of
the bodies Of men who Joined the general
strike movement. 1t is asserted that agree
ments made by the emplors with more
than one OF the bodies in the building
trades, have been deliberately violated by
the men walking out in the sympathetic
strike. The resolution call upon the leaders
of the labor organization, which ordered
the general strike to reconsider their
strike, to consider at once
Riot Follows Mass Meeting,
-Four thousand men and women today
attended a mass meeting of the strikers
in Labor Lyceuni Prat Mahon, Murphy
Tracey and other leaders addressed the
crowd.
The city administration was bitterly de-
nounced for its attitude in the present crisis
ond the speakers were especially vehe-
ment in crtticising the employment Of
negro policemen. One Of them declared
our rulers have put a club into the
blaek mans hands with which to club
out the white mans brains"
WThe assertion by several speakers that
the present fight was one for organized
labor's very existence in PHILADELPHIA
evoked noisy demonstration.
Lpala NJ. Twining, a woman organizer
OF the Western Federation OF Miners, was
one Of the speakers. Her praise OF
Eugene V. Debs and the socialist move
ment aroused enthusiasm.
John NJ WALL an official OF the Massa-
chusetts Central Labor union, assured the
Philadelphia strikers that they would
receive financial support from his state.
Resolutions calling upon every man.
woman and child in Philadelphia to quit
work were adopted with cheers,
As the crowds were leaving the hall
mere was grave outburst OF disorder.
'eFer"i cars We're stoned In front Of the
place. The police, OF which there were at
least fifty within the radius OF a square
charged the crowd. which was bowever
so dense that It dispersed slowly.
The bluecoats swung their clubs falling
several persons to the ground three of
whom were so seriously beaten that thsv
were taken TO hospital. When the nolica
fired their revolvers several times in tbe
air. the people scattered in all directions
Six arrests were made
After considering the strike situation for
more than three hours this afternoon the
board OF directors OF the United Business
Mems association appointed a committee
OF seven to call a convention Of the bank
ing, commercial and trade bodies business
associations. religious and fraternal or
ganiEations to take means to effect set
Element OF the strike,
German Union 80 out.
4 Among those who went on STRIKE today
We're elg teen organizations in the group
6 German trades unions affecting nearly
1000 man, These unions included musicians
Job printers, textile workers, ooppersmiths.
coopers, carpenters, butchers, machinists
BARRIERS, bartenders slate roofers. cigar
makers. boot and shoe workers. carriage
and wagon painters and metal polishers
The brewery workers did NOT toi, N.