The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-13
Claim That Transit ON
pany Has Failed to
Pay Them.
CASH r. REGISTERS
OUT OF B USINESS

Especial 70 The imes-Dispatch.l

1lVAAFG
Especial TO The Times Dispatct.l
Philadelphia, Pa, March 12.-The
Rapid Transit Company Is now facing
q strike OF It's strike breakers. Mon
brought here from New York were
fomenting dlscord to-day and threaten
Ing to quit because they have been
unable to collect tho pay duo them
since they camo here to work on the
cars.
Consequently. many cars were run
Ming to-day with registers covered or
put out OF commission and the fares
that arc collected arc put in the con-
ductor,s pocket. To be divided with the
+ tnotorrnan.
These men understood that they
We're - be paid on Thursday OF last
week. shut, on that day they were told
Z to return for their envelopes on Mon
day. On Monday they were again put
OFF until Wednesday,. then until Thurs
that their money will not be FORTH
coming until the 18th OF the month. u
Many OF tho men refused to take
their cars out this morning. but tho
cooler ones saw that theyScou1d collect
their wages from the passengers. so
tho scheme was generally adopted OF
putting the cash registers out of con-, ;
mission. and the nickeis OF riders to-
e day went to swell the envelope" to
be sent to their homes In New York,
or spent on the day Off that the single
men are going to have when the trou-
Bile ends.
Power Plants Crippled.
Timothy Healy. international presi-
dent of tho stationary engineers. said
that the power plants OF the company
would be SO badly crippled that they
would be unable TO send out enough
& power to run the cars. They are al
ready sc badly crippled. he added, that
they are not running anywhere near
their normal mum her OF cars.
Mr.. Healy also made the assertion
that the company could not run all
fits cars to-day IL 1t wanted to be-
cause OF the lack OF power.
The company" said he, "is opcrat-
Ing Gal cars this morning. but even
to run as few as this 1T is forced to
shift power from one plant to another.
z ''I'll give the company one more week,
and within this time 1t will be In dire
& straits. never claimed that all the
2 power men would go on strike at3once.
but I do say that the powerhouse men
arc steadily drifting out"
Two of the four mediums through
which the people OF this city hoped a
strike settlement might be reached
were to-day practically eliminated as
of possible assistance in bringing an
end to Philadclphia's labor troubles.
Yesterday 1t was hoped that either
President Taft, the bankers OF Phlla-
s5a1 Ii ,t,,to n II,
Of the local councilmanic bodies would
ind q way to lend hand to stop tho
strife. To-d day the first two mediums
were virtually abandoned. Word
came from Washington unofRclally.
but on seemingly good authority, that
the President. through the Department
OF Commerce and Labor. could not see
s his way clear to intervene. The rea-1
son given was that the troubleBis pure.
" OF q local character.
All bankers seen to-day regarding
the gsug question that f aancial interests
take up the question OF settling tho
strike declared that the bankers Of the
city proba bly, would keep their hands
of. The president Of the Philadelphia
\ Clearing House Association took a;
strong stand against interfering I'M
less the Anal gamated Association OF
4 Street and Electric Railway Employees
agreed to recede from its stand on the
question Of exclusive cognition OF It's
Il organization. n ss8s IN
Whether the Nat ional Civic Fedora
& tton will take up the strike settlement
and he men can be forced to
take tt#yupE remains to be seen.
ss3s8 The Civic Fed ratton declines to act
unless both parties appeal to it. but a
teleEram was sent to day to Seth Low,
i heat OF tho fed era ton. asking IL that
body can offer Its good offices to both
sides to the controversy. To- night
II MI LoN sent the following reply:
n der existing conditions National
" Civic ederat ion would q lady offer IS
n services Sc. fSyouS can assure me our OFFER
4 " uld he accept able to both sides.''
n g 4 Change In Situation.
Til The ere was no cllan &c to-day, In the
general strike situation. The Phila-
delphia Rapid Transit Company placed
if al eW more cars In operation, and with
the exception Of tho kensington dis
q tr1ct they met wi It'll comparatively lit
tie trouble. III M III ~ a n;
here We're reports Of acquisitions
and " desert ons ~ IN s. the ranks OF the
Il striker but their numbers were sun-
imp ortant either way The greatest
unrest was noticed among the Journey
men be- ers. 5wh o seem to Be getting
1 the st rlte5 afeYe Several hundr of
j them met to-d az and agroed to strike
II and stay away from their work until
the street oar men set what they
want M A. '55
Emplo yers spredict that Mond ay. VIII
s zee the BEGINNING OF a general break
ii among the sympathetio strikers and
aozens OF, local unions held meetings
to-dt4y and to-n SHIT Ito lays plans to
hold tho men together. N Y
s.ls2 Th ere was tho usual numb or OF dis.
turbances in the 81 Ilens sing ton district
late this afterno on. Many cars werc
II stoned. q but Mt on one place dld tho
8police have lnu Oh trou ble, a Some ono
hurled q rock tllrou gh Sas car window,
"a llle5 car was alto pped ana efore the
y Dolice could interf ere II he troll ~ was
lad lys.syvreoke ed our ted policemen
tered the crowd tb,Qpt very seri-
Slus damage