The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-24
City Police Admit Inability
to Cope With the Strike
Situation.
TWO HUNDRED OF THE MOUNTED
STATE OFFICERS WILL ARRIVE
TODAY-TWo DEAD, THREE
DYING AND OVER A THOUSAND
INJURED Is THE TOLL THUS
FAR ExAcTED BY THE REIGN
OF LAWLESSNESS.
BY Associated Press.


Philadelphia, Feb. 23.-The police Of
f1cials of this city have virtually ac.
knowledged their inability to cope
with the present strike situation
when today they requested that the
state police be brought here. Two
hundred of these mounted officers will
arrive tomorrow. This request was
made Notwithstanding that serious
rioting was less frequent today than
since the strike began.
Thus far two are dead, three lying
at the point Of death in hospitals and
more than thousand persons injured
is the toll exacted by the reign of law.
lessness.
HEAVY HAND OF THE LAW.
The heavy hand of the law was
pressed hard today on some of the
men and boys arrested for rioting.
Ellwood Carr, alleged ring leader in
the riot was sentenced to six years
John Kline, who threw a brick at a
passing car, was sentenced to two
years, Ellis Atkins, similar sentence,
and seventeen-year-old boy thirteen
months for throwing missiles at car,
Other boys and men were sentenced
two to three months each.
Unlike the preceding days, this
morning opened bright, with just
enough crispness in the air to make
one feel like walking. The failure OF
the State Fencibles to intimidate the
strike sympathizers in the northeast
section of the city yesterday was the
basis of conference this morning be-
tween Governor Stuart, Adjutant Cen
0ral Stewart, Brigadier General Bow
man and Mayor Reyburn. The days
developments and this conference, it
was said, would decide whether the
entire national guard of Pennsylvania
should be called out or whether the
police authorities would be given fur
.ther time in which to demonstrate
ability to cope with the situation. 1t
rs understood Mayor Reyburn was
anxious to call upon the state troops
but Director of Public Safety Clay op-
posed. The director contended that
the state police, an experienced mount
ed organization which has done eff
fective work in different parts of the
state, should at first be called upon.
There are only 200 men in this organ
ization, but they are the pick of the
state and of calibre not easy to in
timidate.
Dynamite Used.
Thus far the rioters have made
street cars the principal object of at
tack. The northeastern section of the
city and Market street, under the very
eyes of the mayor, have been the main
scenes of such operations. Dynamite
was used last night in a car barn in
the northwest section where titteen
policemen were asleep. However, no
one was injured.
The fact that the sympathetic strike
was not declared by President Joan J .
Murphy of the Central Labor Union.
acted as a panacea to the tired police
officials of the city who were anticf-
pating a strike of 100000 men. A
move is on foot, however, to have the
sympathizers of the striking street
railway employees parade peacefully to
the city hall 100000 strong and there
by show the mayor and other officials
the proportions of the threatened up
rising, should it later be decided to
call these men out.
Labor Leaders Dispute.
The right of Murphy to call a gen.
eral strike of all trades organizations
atiliated with the Central Union is
disputed by a majority of the local la
Dor leaders. Careful investigation
shows that Murphy as head of the Gen.
tral body has no authority to order a
general strike, but is only given the
power to suggest one. 1t then rests
with each trades union to sanction each
proposal. Unions can declare sympa.
thetic strikes without any request
from the central labor organizations.
There are some unions that would not
agree TO general sympathetic strike,
u is said, because it would involve the
breaking of hard won trade agree
ments with employers who are inno-
cent parties in the present trouble.
One Great Mistake.
The placing of the State Fencibles
on guard along Lehigh avenue yesteT-
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