Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-11
Unsuccessful Attempt to Hold
Big Union.Labor DemonStra-
ton in Historic independence
Square at Philadelphia,
WRIT OF INJUNCTION
INVOKED FOR FIRST TIME
Worsted Company Obtains
Court Order to Prevent In
reference With Its EN-
ployeS; More Cars Operated,

ny Morning journal sDeciai Isasea Wire
Philadelphia. March 10.-The sixth
day Of the general strike In sympathy
with the striking car men Of the Phil
adelphia Rapid Transit company, wit.
messed an unsuccessful attempt tc
make the center of the city the scene
of a big demonstration
The police blocked the move by
exercise of brutal, unwarranted
force. the strike leaders assert in
Statements issued tonight; in prosocu-
tlon of lawful, iustiiable means. the
authorities assert
Suspecting that the crowd of ten
thousand or more who had been pre-
vented from holding an omen air meet
ing In the National League baseball
park, would take up the line of march
to the city han today, the authorities
used lines of police with active clubs
to check the marchers on their way
down Broad street more than two
miles from the objective point A mile
further down they broke up the pa-
rade altogether Half a dozen per-
sons We're injured in the onslaught and
a score of arrests We're made.
Large crowds thronged the spaces
about the city hall until wen toward
nightfall, but there was n'E QfRanized
demonstration.
I0nlbnl at l1lttllilbS Ol Mt' rs
in various parts of the els and in
statements given out the st. re lead
crs used the incidents of The after
noon as arguments to convince men
who are still sticking to their jobs that
the time had come for all working
men to stand together
There were few scattered points
where disturbances of minor char
acter broke out today Windows in
1. .sf hut
more cars were operated than on any
other day since the strike began-1,-
140--the company reported, or thirty
six i'm excess OF yesterdays record.
Spread of the general strike to
statewide extent is still considered q
distant possibility. Tomorrow the bus
mess men Of the city are to make
new attempt to bring about settle
ment.
The strikers gained today through
acccssions from the Baldwin Locomo-
tive works Of upward Of 500 men. on
the other hand, various manufacturers
reported the return OF many hands
who had gone out. An obvious de-
lection from the strikers ranks was
that of 100 or more taXicab chaut-
feurs Scores of cars were actively
in service today and tnoight.
In the business section tonight the
SoOu temper Oi tie cIbWus WAS itNoi-
ably commented upon.
The committee of ten estimates the
number who gathered for the meeting
ut the bal park at 10000 and declare
that the police road into these crowds
and inflicted injury upon peaceable
citizens, without cause.
For the first time since the strike
began, the process of injunction was
invoked tonight. Curiously enough
the injunction was not an outgrowth
Of the present strike.
1t was obtained by J. r. Klein & Co.
worsted manufacturers. in the labor
troubles of year ago. The formal
writ of injunction however. was not
served at the time, the trouble having
quickly subsidized
Today the firm, complaining that IT'S
satisfied hands were being interfered
with by pickets and agents of the
Cloth Viewers union, obtained copies
of the old Injunction for immediate
service upon all concerned with the
present troubles at its mill