New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
STRIKE A FAILURE? ?
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strike movement was a parade of small
band of men i'm Allegheny avenue ""''''
vas broken up by the police-withou'
Just cause, the men assert. An American
hag was carried at the head or the s'ias
Cling procession, and as the niarchei'
passed a hosiery mill on the avenue hea'
Front street. onlookers said they hiauo
an attempt to persuade the WORKERS a'
taat factory to join the sympathetic
strike
Their effort was unsuccessful. ana tiie
police say that the marchers became diS-
orderly and their ranks had to be broken
up. Clubs were used freely. and the
marchers We're dispersed Two arrests
were made
The master builders met late to-day at
the Builders Exchange, adopted resolu-
tlons condemning the sympathy strike
and discussed tentatively action against
some of the bodies OF men who joined
the general strike movement. II is as
serted that agreements made by the en-
ployers with more than ore OF the bodies
in the building trades have been delib
erately violated by the men walking out
In the sympathetic strike. The resolu-
tions call upon the leaders of the labor
organizations which ordered the general
strike to reconsider their action at once
Many at Mass Meeting.
Four thousand men and women to-day
attended mass meeting of the strikers
in Labor Lyceum, at 9th and Brown
streets. An overflow meeting was held
in another hall nearby, and hundreds
who were unable to gain an entrance 10
either gathered on the sidewalks outside.
Pratt, Mahon, Murphy, Tracey and 9TH
ers of the strike leaders addressed the
crowds. The city administration was
bitterly denounced for it's attitude in the
present crisis and the speakers We're es-
pecially vehement I'm criticisms of the
employment of negro policemen. One OF
them declared: Our rulers have put
club into the black mans hand with
which to club out the white mans
brains
Every reference to Mayor Reyburn or
the City Hall ring was greeted with
groans and boots by the audience. The
assertion by several speakers that the
present fight was one for organized la
boris very existence in Philadelphia
evoked a noisy demonstration.
Luella 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.
There was a slight disturbance outside
the Lyceum before the meeting. when
few stones were thrown at passing cars,
but the police quickly cleared the streets
without making any arrests AS the
crowds We're leaving the hall, however,
there was a graver outbreak of disorder.
Several cars were stoned in 9th street,
in front Of the strikers meeting place.
The police, of whom there were at least
fifty within the radius of a square.
charged the crowd. which was, however.
L
bluecoats swung their clubs, telling sew
eral persons to the ground, three OF
whom were so badly beaten that they
were taken to hospital. When the po
Iicemen fired their revolvers several
times in the air the people scattered i'll
all directions Six arrests were made.
After considering the strike situation
for more than three hours this after
noon the board of directors of the United
Business Mems Association appointed a
committee of seven to call a convention
of the banking. commercial and trade
bodies, business associations and re-
ligious and fraternsl organizations to
take all just and honorable means TO
effect a settlement of the streetcar
strike In the proposed convention each
organization will be represented by three
delegates.
Reports that the city administration
contemplated the arrest of strike leaders
on a charge of conspiracy were denied
by Director Clay to-day. The strike
leaders did not take the reports seri-
ously but at the same time they took
the precaution Of looking up bail.
Eighty persons charged with rioting
yesterday were arraigned to-day. Some
were held FOR ball. others were fined and
many were sentenced from sixty to
ninety days imprisonment.
w. d. Mahon, president of the Anal |
gamated Association of Carmen. denied
this afternoon that a streetCar strike
was contemplated in other cities. such
Se
he declared. Il understand there is a
rumor that a strike Is contemplated in
every city where the Wideners are said
to have railway interests. This is un-
true"