The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-14
Hand CTS of lies Niece saIi3s VIII Be Ca.Ld to Join the
 Stik3 h Philadelphia
BREWERY WORKERS HAVE
 YIELDED ID PRESSURE
Rapid Transit Company Maintains Its Position That It Will Not Recog- nize the Union-This Iz Prin-
 cipaI Point tn Dispute

Philadelphia. March l3-In it's efforts to demonstrate the strength of organized labor and to make stronger the sympa- thetc strike, the Central Labor Union today directed that all milkmen bakers, grocery clerks and other dispensers Of the necessities of life should remain away from their usual vacations tomor- row and until such time as the grievances of the striking carmen shall have been adjusted. It was also resolved that union members withdraw all their money from the banks. Their sympathzers. whether organized or not. are also asked by the promoters of the sympathetic strike to do likewise.
 The leaders of the sympathetic strike say that when they endeavored to con duct the movement with some regard fer the convenience of the general public, Dire ctor of Public Safety Clay and others bc,ittled the effect of the strike. They say they are now determined to draw their lines closer during the present week, the second of the general strike.
 The union drivers of milk and bread wagons were called upon to strike to- morrow by the resolution adopted today by the Central Labor Union. The gro- cery clerks, 1000 of whom organized this morning, will quit work tomorrow night Any one working Tuesday in any line of employment will be considered as a non union man and expelled from the union of which he is a member.
 Brewery Workers Yield
 Pressure was brought to bear on the brewery workers, and their representa- tives voted to join in the general strlk<, despite the orders of their national of- cers Before this action was taken the German Trades section of the Central Labor Union had held meeting and voted to expel the brewery workers from membership and to boycott all Philadel- phia Deer Brewery workers then held special meeting and decided to join the strike.
 The committee of s appointed by the convention organized by the United Busi- ness Mans association held a long ses- sion today, but was unable to flnd any solution of the difficulties which sepa- rated the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company and the striking motormen and conductors. The question was referred to a subcommittee of seven, who will re- port to the whole committee at some fu- ture date.
 The Philadelphia Rapid Transit com papy gay they were able to operate prao- tically a norm al Sunday schedule today. Seven hundred and forty cars were run during the day and 5i0 tonight.
 Two hundred new motormen and con- 6uctors reached here today, sd2o of whom were from Indianapolis and 30 from Buf- falo. About 70 of the recently employed men were discharged by the company iu It's efforts to weed out the undesirable clement of it's new employees.
 No serious disturbances were reported today from any section of the city, and Director of Public Safety Clay said to- night that everything was quiet and pc aceful
 Only One Outbreak
 Attracted by a fire in box car filled with hay on a railway siding In Kensing- ton, crowd of several thousand persons collected late this afternoon. Small boys threw stones at some of the police and later the windows of number of street cars were broken before the reserves got tho crowd under control. Aside from this outbreak cars were run without molesta- ton and there were more cars in opera tion than on any Sunday since the strike began.
 The police and company officials agree Tn the statement that lnc Sltu1tiVu it tub- proving hourly. The rough element which the company was compelled to hire when the strike was suddenly sprung is being weeded out and better class of mon
 rs lle cars. And we are get ting the fares, too, declared an off1- ciai Where two weeks ago 300000 fares were collected in one day, yesterday 75Q.- GOO fares were turned in. This Is, Of accounted for in part by the fact that we are running more cars and peo- pie are using them more freely"
 The question of the settlement of the strike Is still the uppermost thought in the minds of the citizens of Philadel- phia. Nearly everybody considers arot- tration as the natural method, but how to arbtrate is the question, when tho insists there Is nothing to arbl- trate The officials and directors stick to their original declaration that the union will not be dealt with and they are ap- parently just as determined today as they were three weeks ago.
 The officials of the amalgamated union are just as determined that a settlement will not be accepted that does not include full recognition of the union. And there the matter stands.
 Union to Cut no Figure
 The company offers to take strikers back and does not demand that they shall drop
 
 that the union shall cut no figure Ia Suy peace negotiations. In other words. it is for the "open shop plan. It Is not be- ieveo that any effort to secure outside or the mediation of the C1v1c federation. President Taft, Governor Stuart or anyone else will bear fruit.
 The company officials are silent regard- Ing yesterdays action of the Interstate Railways company in increasing to Q cents an hour the wages of motormen and conductors in Trenton Reading, Will nington, Chester, Lebanon and Norris- town The Philadelphia Rapid Transit at present pays 22 cents an hour with promise of an increase to g cents on July l to men employed more than one year.
 The authorities look Tor a big break Tn the ranks of the sympathetic strikers tomorrow. Many have already returned 10 work. and The police canvass. it is