The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-10
Will Be Held Despite Orders
of Director of Public
81 Safety.
BUSINESS MEN OF PHlLADEL-
PHlA INACCURATE CAMPAIGN
TO DlssIPATE IMPRESSION THAT
CITY is IN THE GRIP OF A
STRIKE OF TERRoRISM-THE
STRIKERS WORKING TO CALL
10000 MEN FROM BALDWIN Lo.
coMoTIvE WORKS.
BY Associated Press.

Philadelphia, March "a campaign
70 dissipate the impression throughout
the country that this city is in the
grip of strike of terrorism was inau-
gurated by the Merchants and Manu-
lecturers Association today The res
olutions adopted say except for the
printed reports "a majority of the citi-
Lens would be ignorant that anything
but normal conditions prevail"
A determination to stand its ground
Is expressed by the Rapid Transit
Company through an announcement
that it has said it's last word ON arbi-
tration.
Strike leaders announced that a
giant mass meeting will be held to-
morrow afternoon at the Philadelphia
baseball park. Director of Safety
Clay announced that the meeting will
not be allowed, but the leaders of la
Dor insist that the meeting will be
held any way.
The committee of ten has issued a
detailed list of men on strike, placing
the number at 1851, which, they say.
does not include several thousand who
were forced to stop work ON account
of the strike.
The principal development in the
situation today was an effort by union
leaders to involve the ten thousand
men working in the Baldwin Locomo-
tive Works in a general walk-out.
The strikers were partly successful.
The company declares several hun
dred of its men quit through fear of
violence
NO DEMONSTRATIONS.
Despite the 1xcitement created last
nigAtslhy the Shooting up" of one of
the principal thoroughfares by troll
ley carload OF alleged strike breakers
from st. Louis, there were no serious
demonstrations against the trolley cars
in operation early this morning. C. o.
Pratt, the organizer of the car men,
denounces the affair, which occurred
in Frankford avenue and resulted in
three men and a II year old girl being
taken to a hospital suffering from
bullet wounds received when the troll
ley men fired frcm swiftly moving
car into the crowd. He said it was
the usual last resort of the desperate
strike breaker who, finding everything
quiet, shot up a town to incite trouble
The victims OF the bullets are not Sc
riously hurt. Although many lines are
running today without any sign of
trouble, much apprehension was felt
as to the outcome of the feeling
stirred up by last nights attack. The
police are trying to fix the blame for
the reckless gun play. 1t is alleged
that the strike breakers. on learning
that one of their number had been in
iured by stone thrown while he was
operating a car, decided to get revenge
and took out trolley without the per-
mission of the company. Running
down Frankford avenue. they shot into
every crowd they saw and quickly re-
turned to the barn by a cross-oyer
switch.
GAINING GROUND.
Notwithstanding Director of Public
Safety Clay declares that the general
strike is on the wane, the labor lead
ers declare that they are steadily
gaining ground. Many meetings of
unorganiZed workers are being ad-
dressed by prominent labor organizers
daily and nightly.
Many converts to the cause of
trades unionism are reported. Some
of the special dispensations are being
withdrawn by the union, and it was de-
clared today that 500 bakers would
join the strike.
Strike leaders said today that they
had no reason to change their esti-
mates that between 125.000 and 15O. 900
persons are idle and Director of Pub
lie Safety Henry Clay adhered to his
statement that less than 10000 re-
sponded to the strike call. The d-
Gector's figures are considered too low.
as hosiery manufacturers, only one
branch of the textile industry of the
city, admit that 25,000 workers in that
line alone are now idle.
The action of the Philadelphia Manu-
facturers Association in shutting down
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