The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-10
NATIONAL STRIKE
lSLATEST THREAT
Pressure Is Brought to Bear
on Transit Company.
EMPLOYERS PLAN A LOCKOUT
Remington MIL District in Danger
OF Huge Shutdown, as Manufac-
turers Are Making a Fight for In
volatility of Contracts - Many
BALDWIN workmen Go Out.

Philadelphia, March 9,-The union Ia
Dor chiefs here are banking on the
threat OF Statewide or national
strike. They came out into the open
tonight and admitted it. The plan is,
broadly. 20 drive the merchants and
business interests, not only of Philadel-
phia. but of the whole country. into a
panic. so that tremendous pressure will
be brought 10 bear on the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company to treat with
its former employees.
Pratt. Murphy. and Mahon. the prin-
cipaI leaders Of the sympathetic strike,
knew last Monday night that they were
beaten.
These threa men and the committee OF
ten OF the Central Labor Union. which
is directing the general strike, conferred
and decided TO send William D. Mahon.
president Of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Street and Electric Railroad
Employees, 20 the convention Of the State
Federation OF Labor at Newcastle.
Mahon was told to lay the situation
before the federation and to ask the
State leaders 10 give the union bosses
here a new club to swing. Mahon was
instructed TO tell the federation just
what the situation really is, and 10 i'm
press upon It the fact that the unions
must have the support of a threat of
State strike or the walk-out here would
be a total failure.
Not Alarmed at News.
That IS precisely what Mahon did The
Central Labor Union heads admit as
much. For that reason, neither the city
officials. nor the principal employers Of
labor. such as the textile mill owners,
We're greatly alarmed when the news
came from Newcastle that the State
Federation had Endorsed a Statewide
strike should it be necessary" and had
urged the American Federation of Labor
to order a strike of national scope.
Mayor Reyburn, for instance, thinks
the state Federation is blufing. He does
not believe that there is the slightest dan
ger Of extensive OBJECTIONS of union en-
ployes- He figures that the union lead
ers here are using the State Federation
as their ace in the hole. and the only
ace they have left.
Inquiry this evening among the owners
of the large mills and factories elected
much the same opinion. The men who
own the great looms of Kensington are
becoming confident that they can win
their fight for the inviolabiHty Of agree
ments even If they have TO keep their
shops closed for a year 10 do it.
These employers have sfiffened their
hQekhonna i-a7s7av.ceTty ,.-4
two. They have ceased practically 10
shout for arbitration. They are meeting
principally for the purpose Of determln-
ing a uniform mode Of procedure should
1t become necessary to suspend OPERA
tons indefinitely.
Are Urging Arbitration.
With the merchants. the proprietors
Of the big downtown stores. the sbop-
keepers in the neighborhood where the
strike feeling is hottest. retail dealers
ali over the city. the case is different
They have suffered so much in pocket
book already that they are calling Justify
for somebody TO make the PHILADELPHIA
Rapid Transit Company arbitrate
The situation has been so disagree
able to them that they have sought 10
minimize in every way possible the re-
ports Of rioting and lawlessness. The
Market street merchants at a meeting
this afternoon adopted a resolution which
provides for distributing circulars all
over the country, circulars that viii re-
assure customers.
The feeling tonight is somewhat tenser
on account Of the Newcastle threat. and
because the union succeeded in pulling
ZOO unorganized- workmen from the
Baldwin Locomotive Works. Both oc-
currences were discounted in advance
however. 1t was known that the unions
had only one big weapon left. and il was
never doubted that many of the Baldwin
employees We're strongly in sympathy
with the strikers. Their attacks on no
licemen In the early days of the strike
showed how far they were prepared to
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4 trolley car was dynamited tonight
at Germantown avenue and Logan street
Il Germantown. The explosion lifted the
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