Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-03-14
WOULD STARVE
PHILADELPHIA
Strike Leaders Order Out
the HFiIkmen end Bakers
mot Generally 0beyed.
TO BOYCOTT The BANKS

S9~ciai by Upitcd Press Wire.
Philadelphia Mar l4:-The or
der of the Central Labor Union to
milkmen, bakery drivers, etc, TO
quit work today until the demands
of the carmen are granted was not
/ generally regarded. A few quit
work, but the ma aiority stayed on
the job, and there is no immediate
danger OF = general hunger strike.
The city is quiet today, following
last nights riot in which several
cars wore stoned. shots exchanged,
and number of rioters badly beat
en- by policemen,
A cInYNss of the city today indi-
Gates -. most of the men who
struck last week are still out and
win probably remain. \ report that
| five policemen injured in riots have
died within the past twenty-foW
hours is denied at Headquarters to-
day.
In its efforts TO demonstrate the
strength OF organized labor and to
make stronger the sympathetic
| strike the Central Labor Union.
which is directing the general strike,
| ordered that all milkmen. bakers,
grocery clerks, butchers and other
! dispensers of the necessaries of life
shall remain away from their usual
| vocations until such time as the
grievances OF the striking carmen
! shall have been adjusted.
| Boycott on the Banks.
Furthermore. the Central Labor un-
ion has voted to boycott the banks, as
witness the following resolutions:
| Whereas. Certain bankers have declared
their sympathy for the Philadelphia Rap
| i'll Transit company in its light to suhdue
| the carmen's union and crush the gen
eral strike and are calling on other bank
| ers TO take Siiuilar action; therefore be 1t
/ Resolved. That the Central Labor I'M
ion of Philadelphia and vicinity hereby
calls upon the working men and women
| of America and their sympathetic friends
as their first sympathetic act to with
draw all their funds they may have on
| deposit with the banks thereby teaching
| the bankers hat without the money OF
the workers their institutions of finance
must be a failure as without the labor
of the workers all industry must cease.
To Punish Nonstrikers.
Next. the Central Labor union re-
solved TO Ostracize union men who de
clincd to 20 on strike. The resolution
gives them until tomorrow night at
midnight to fail in line or he out
lawed." 1t is directed against three
unions principally, the bakers, the
printers and the brewery workers.
SO far as the brewery workers are
concerned, they have been refused per
mission TO strike by their International
union, which met in Cincinnati and de-
cided that it could not countenance
the breaking of agreements without
a specific well founded grievance.
President Murphy the committee Of
ten and the walking delegates brought
gloomy reports to the conference. They
reported that every threat and appeal
designed to whip the public into line
had failed. Their figures showed that
| the number Of men on strike is mate
rally less than it was last week. Eff
forts to close the three great open
shops Cramps, the Baldwin LoComo-
tive works and the Niidvale Iron
works had been frutless. Powerful
unions appealed TO for cooperation
had turned down the strikers.
Public Sympathy Lacking.
The leaders found no hope in the at
tiude of the public. The citizens of
Philadelphia did not sympathize with
the general strike when it started, and
| their resentment at first directed
| largely toward the Rapid Transit com
pany, has centered against the labor
unions which are held RESPONSIBLE now
for the evil reputation the city has ac-
quired SO far rs the people are con-
celned the cry for arbitration at any
cost is ahatng That cry is being kept
up by the smaller storekeepers, civic
associations of one kind or another
and ministerial bodies.
Moreover, the people have come to
patropize the cars Of the transit com
pauy. Two weeks ago one. could
stand at Broad and Walnut streets
and watch car after car slide by, none
/ Of them with more than half a dozen
passengers. To-day the cars were
/ jammcd in the rush hours. II was the
same yesterday. There are enough
cars by one-half, but the ones in sery-
ice carry all they can hold.
The United Hebrew Trades, which
includes 5000, have voted to remain
on strike Similar action was taken by
the textile workers.