The Sentinel=record., 1910-02-22

1 Safy a call for outside troops can be
 made a any time. but this is not con.
 templated at present
 The regular force of $500 police and
 5000 specials was also augmented Co. day by the swearing in of G6 park guards and 800 city employees of other departments These men win begin service tomorrow and relieve the woruout policemen.
 Five carloads of strike breakers reached here late tonight and were loaded on uoIeys cars at the Penn. sylvania station in West Philadelphia 1 and taken to the ear barns in that sec. ton.
 A large squad of mounted police es- corted the cars and prevented a threatened demonstration by mob of several thousand which had assem bled. Trouble is expected following the use of these men on the cars to-. morrow
 Reports vary as to thp number of cars in service today. The company claimed hat 700 were in operation. but the picbets watching all the barns reported at the headquarters of the strikers that only 12i cars were run ming on all lines They also reported that nine crews of srike-breabers. who left the Frnkford barns this morning had deserted their cars.
 All cars were withdrawn from inc surface lines at o'clock tonight, the compane stating they did no desire 10 en1anger the lives of their loyal em- ployes.
 Riorng in the very heart of the business section of the city, the att tempted burning Of ano.her ear and many petty attacks by strike sympath- izers led the police to enlarge their force by every eXpedient and 10 con. slider the calling ont of the s'ate mili- tia The arrest of Pratt caused sensation and resulted i'm renewed ru- mors of a general sympathetic strike of au the looo00 union men in this city
 The day opened favowbly for the Rapid Transit company. The heavy downpour which began shortly after midnight deterred the ring leaders in yesterdays lawlessness from begin ming their demedations erly today, and at the same time dampened the ardor of those whose intentions were to boycott the cars As the day wore on and the sun appeared the spark which had been smoulding again, broke into flame
 The first serious disturbance of the day occurred in the center of the city, in front of the Reading Terminal sta ton at Twelfth and Market streets, and within stones throw of the Central Police station.
 As a car was proceeding out Market street. a small boy ierked the trolley pole from the wire causing a block of cars.
 A pile of building material on the street provided ammunition for the lawless element and soon the standing cars were showered with bricks and other missiles.
 An attempt was made to arrest the ring leaders Of the boys and this was the signal fer a violeu outbreak by many of the thousands of idlers who had gathered in the vicinity Tho street car fllel with a surging crowd, many of whom were merely curiosity seekers
 When the three electric patrols fill ed with police from the city rau reached the scene, a wagon of the Philadelphia Electric Company had been raidad and many incandescent lamp globes taken and used as mis- siles, which exploded with pistol.like reports. Workmen on the roofs of nearby buildings joined in the general bombardment
 The exploding lamps startled the more timid and there was a mad rush to seek safety, as the cry went up that dynamite was being used 10 tear up the tracks of the company
 After battle of nearly an hour the rolice finally succeeded in driving the rioters back and the cars proceeded On their way with scarcely a whole pane of glass in the long line
 One of the serious outbreaks occur red at Kensington and Somerset streets in the northern mill district where all traffic was suspended early in the day
 Wlli.m Ma'onoy said 10 be strike breaker. from New York, had his head cut with a hick and was removed to hospital in a serious condition Dyua. mite caps were used by strike sym pathizcrs in many sections of the city ubt did not ceuse serious difficulty
 A Fifth street and Lehieh ayenue, after stopping a car with cne Of those