Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-03-14


der to strengthen the sympathet-
Il ic strike, the Central Labor union
today directed that all milkmen, bak-
ers, grocery clerks and other dispensers
Of the necessities of life remain away
from work tomorrow and until the
grievances of the striking carmen are
adjusted.
1t was also resolved that union
members withdraw their money from
banks Their sympathizers, whether
organized or not, are also asked to do
likewise.
The leaders of the strike say when
they endeavored to conduct the move
ment with some regard for the con-
venience of the general public Director
of Public Safety Clay and others be-
Titled the effect of the strike. They
say they are now determined to draw
their lines close.
The resolution adopted by the Cen
tral Labor union calling upon workers
to withdraw their funds from all
banks recited that:
whereas, Certain bankers have de-
clared their sympathy for the Phlla-
delphia Rapid Transit company in its
fight to subdue the car mems union
and crush the general strike, and are
calling on other bankers to take sim
liar action; and
Whereas, The banks rest upon the
money deposited by the working WON"
en- and men of America; and
"Whereas, The workers of the nation
IA pledged to the Philadelphia strik-
el heir moral and financial support
to the end that they may win In this
struggle; therefore, be 1t
"Resolved, That the Central Labor
union of Philadelphia and vicinity
hereby calls upon the working men
and women of America and other SYM
pathetic friends as their first sympa-
thetic act to withdraw all their funds
they may have on deposit with the
banks, thereby teaching the bankers
that without the monev Of the work
ers their institutions of finance must
be a failure, as without the labor OF
the workers all industry must cease.
The union drivers of milk and bread
wagons were called upon to strike TO-
morrow by the resolution adopted to-
day by the Central Labor union. The
grocery clerks, 1000 of whom organized
! today. will quit work tomorrow night.
| Any union man working Tuesday IN
any line of employment will be ex-
PEELED from the union of which he is a
member.
Brewers Join Strike
Pressure was brought to bear on the
brewery workers and their representa-
tives voted to join in the general strike
despite the orders of their national
officers. Before this action was taken
the German trades section of the Cen
tral Labor union had voted to expel
the brewery workers from membership
and to boycott all Philadelphia beer.
The brewery workers then held spe-
cial meeting and decided to Join the
strike.
The committee of thirty-five ap-
pointod by the United Business Mems
association held a long session today,
but vras unable to find any solution of
the difficulty
'rhe question was referred to a sub
committee of seven, who will report
to the whole committee at some fu-
The transit compa y said it was able
to operate practically normal sun
day schedule today. Seven hundred
and forty cars were run during the
day and $40 tonight.
Two hundred new motormen and con-
ductors reached here today. 100 of
whom were from Indianapolis and
fifty from Buffalo. About seventy of
the recently employed men We're dis
charged by the company in its efforts
to weed out the undesirables of its
new employees.
Fire Only Outbreak
Attracted by fire in a box car ON
a railway siding in Kensington, a
crowd of several thousand persons col
lected late today. Small boys threw
stones at some of the police, and later
the windows of number of cars were
broken.
Aside from this outbreak, cars were
run without molestation, and there
were more cars in operation than on
any other Sunday since the strike
began.
The police and the traction company
officials agreed in the statement that
the situation is improving hourly
"And we are getting the fares, too"
declared an official. where two
weeks ago 100000 fares were collected
in one day, yesterday 100000 fares were
turned in. This is, of course, accounted
for in part by the fact that we are
running more cars and people are using
them more freely"
Company Firm
The officials and directors stick to
their original declaration. that the
union will not be dealt with, and they
are apparently just as determined to-
day as they were three weeks ago.
| officials of the union are just as de-
termined that no settlement will be ac-
cepted that does not include full recog-
milton of the union. The company of
| fers to take strikers back and does not
demand that they shall drop their
union membership, but insists that the
union shall cut no figure in any peace
negotiations. In other words, the COM
pany is for the "open shop"
! 1t is not believed any effort to secure
outside intervention, or the mediation
of the Civic Federation, or of Presi-
dent Taft, or of anyone else, will bear
! fruit
The company officials are silent re-
| gardng yesterdays action of the In
terstate Railways company, increasing
to % cents an hour the wages of mo-
tormen and conductors in Trenton,
Reading, Wilmington, Chester, Le-
banon and Norristown.
The Philadelphia Rapid Trust com
pahy now pays % cents an hour with
promise of an increase to % cents
July / to men employed more than
! year.
The authorities look for big break
in the ranks of the sympathetic strik-
| ers tomorrow