The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
Philadelphia Union Labor
Leaders Make Threat.
EMPLOYERS rot DISMAYED.
Doubt Expressed Whether Organized
Workers Throughout Pennsyl-
vania Will Obey the Order
to Quit Work.

Philadelphia. March 10.-The union
labor chiefs here are banking on the
threat of a state wide or natiOna'
strike. Their plan is broadly to drive
the merchants and business interests
not only of Philadelphia, but of the
whole country, into a panic, so that
tremendous pressure will be brought
TO bear on the Philadelphia RapiG
Transit company to treat with its for
mer employees.
Neither the city officials nor the
principal employers of labor, such as
the textile mill owners, are greatly
alarmed at the news from New
castle that the state federation has
indorsed a state wide strike "shOulo
it be necessary" and has urged the
American Federation of Labor to or
der a strike of national scope. Mayor
Reyburn and others think the state
federation is bluffing They do moi
believe that there is the slightest dan
ger of extensive defections of union
employees throughout Pennsylvania.
Inquiry among the owners of the
larger mills and factories ELECTED
much the same opinion. The men wht
own the great looms of KensingtoI
are becoming confident that they car
win their fight for the inviolabilty ol
agreements even if they have to keey
their shops closed for year TO do it |
These employers have stiffened theii
backbones immensely in the past day
or two. They have ceased practically
10 shout for arbitration. They are
meeting principally for the purpose OF
determining uniform mode of pro
cedure should it become necessary t.
suspend operations indefinitely.
With the merchants, the proprietors
of the big downtown stores, the shop
Keepers in the neighborhoods where
the strike feeling is hottest and the +
retail dealers all over the city the case
is different. They have suffered sc
Euch in the pOcketbook already that
they are calling Justify for somebody
to make the transit company arbitrate
The situation has been so disagreea
bic to them that they have sought Il
minimize in every way possible the
reports of rioting and lawlessness
The Market street merchants have
adopted resolution which provides
for distributing circulars all over the
country, circulars that will reassure
customers
The feeling is somewhat tenser on
account of the Newcastle threat and
because the union succeeded in pulling
1000 unorgani2ed workmen from the
baldwin Locomotive works. Both oc.
currences were discounted in advance
however 1t was known that the un.
ions had only one big weapon left, and
1t was never doubted that many of the
Baldwin employees were strongly in
sympathy with the strikers. Their at
tacks on policemen in the early days
OF the strike indicated how far they
were prepared to go.
But the committee of ten failed to
stop work at the locomotive plant on
even to cripple the activities Of the
shop seriously. Although 1000 men
quit at noOntime, 1900 remained low.
al.
In one OF the many riotous ont
breaks trolley car was dynamited OH
Germantown avenue. The explosion
lifted the car Off the track and set II
down crossways with crash that |
smashed every window pane and hurl. /
ed twenty passengers against the seats |
and sides of the car.
Inc cOncussion broke window glass c
IN dozens of the houses along the ave r
nue. and produced panicky feeling in I
the neighborhood. II was remarkable [
that none Of the people in the car was d
hurt. dynamite cartridoe
with a percussion cap had been fixed Q
10 rail !,
Newcastle, Pa, March 10 - The
pennsylvania State Federation OF La. "
Dor came out strongly in favor of d
general strike to be inaugurated b
throughout the state. The following N
resolution, presented by President w G.
D. Mason of the Amalgamated Asso- s.
'iation OF Street and Electric Railway a,
employees, was adopted unanimously;
whereas. The working classes OF Phila. Il
elphla' Doth organized and unorganized n
laVlng revolted against the un-Amertcan =,
nethods or the Philadelphia Rapid Trans "
company and the corrupt and high q
anded attitude OF the PHILADELPHIA CITY nj
administration IN the concerted attempt
these two forces 10 subdue the street
ar mems union 20 the extent that work u
~ men ana women and children, over m
1000 strong. have thrown down their al
1ois' resolving not TO take them up again q,
nul the transit company agrees to ar
itration and to accord It's employees D'
lat treatment 10 which they are sBti,IAs el