Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-03-03
ARBITRATION NOW
SEEMS LIKELY IN
QUAKER CITY ROW
They Demand That City Be Not
Involved In General Labor
Conflict.

Philadelphia, March 3.--Powerful in
fluences are being brought to bear on
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit COM
pany to bring an end to the strike.
The big department stores. which have
suffered from the strike, along with
the thousands of other business houses,
are known to have demanded that the
transit company shall not involve the
city In a great general labor struggle
conference Is being held in the Of
fces Of the company at which are
present Charles o. Kruger, president of
the company; State Senator Clarence
Wolf. vice president: George H. Earle.
board Of directors, and Richard Y.
Cook. prominent financier.
There is a general appeal for arbi-
tration today. Newspapers demand it;
various organizations are clamoring for
1t and citizens generally are calling for
an end of the trouble at once. I'm
portant developments are looked for
during the day.
More Cars Operated.
| Determined to demonstrate its abil-
| lty to operate its cars without the as
sistance Of the striking motormen and
| conductors. the Philadelphia Transit
| company today again increased the
number of cars In operation on it's va
| rious lines. The company declares that
| no settlement involving recognition of
| the Car Mems union will be considered
and it reiterates that arbitration Is not
| needed to settle the strike.
Both the labor leaders and the city
| administration are preparing their lines
| for the expected demonstration. Direc-
tor Of Public Safety Clay in an inter-
view today said he did not regard the
proposed sympathetic strike as a
BLUR and told of plans for increasing
the police fore in anticipation of fur
Their trouble. He said:
| Under the act Of May 81, 1850, the
mayor has power to draft every able
bodied man in Philadelphia for service
in protecting life and property. He
can swear In special policemen indef-
nitely. I expect to have lists prepared
of all citizens who are of age and fit
| for such service.
I'VE do not mean to call for the
national guard until we have exhausted
| every power at our command. / have
at my service still 1000 men who
were among the 1000 summoned
for special duty week ago
| who can be sworn in at any moment
for police duty in uniform. We have
made arrangements to add $50 to zoe
| men to the mounted force today. They
| will take the places of the state police
in case they should be summoned tc
South Bethlehem on account Of the
| Slrike tHeTe getting DeyOnu COHtrOi.
General Strike Certain.
The labor unions having decided or
| a general strike unless the city take.
some steps to force the company to ar.
| bitTate, the sessions Of select and com.
mon councils on Thursday afternoon
are looked forward to with interest. Il
is considered almost certain that some
| member will bring forth an arbitration
| resolution, but whether the political or.
ganization in control will agree to TAX
action cannot be predicted.
State Senator James p. McNicho
the republican leader of Philadelphia
and William S. Ware, who stands mex
to him In leadership, are in Florida
having left here with party OF friend
before the strike began. 1t Is believed
that Senator McNichol could end tn,
strike If he cared to interfere.
The several locals Of the Brotherhood
of Painters and Decorators, have in
dorsed the general strike order and al
painters connected with the organiza
ton are instructed to stop work Satur
day morning unless the strike Is settled
by arbitration.
Another Death Occurs.
Cured late last night when Benjamin
Gibson, negro, died in the Dougla
hospital. This brings the number o
dead as a result of the strike up to &
The eleventh day of the strike opene,
wet and foggy making walking NOR
disagreeable than ever. The street car
are carrying more passengers than las
week, but the number Is far from nor