The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06
WHIRR AND HUM OF
WHEELS MISSING
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defiance Of the city. Cooler heads pre-.
vailed, but these same daring leaders,
lnflamed by their success in the after
noon. continued tonight IN their efforts
to stir up trouble. Street cars were
stoned, windows were smashed, tracks
were blockadcd and strikcbreakers
were roughly handled.
Situation Is Alarming.
Picture the situation: The city stag
mated by a railway strike and traffic
ut a standstlll; the streets :iammed with
more than $4,000 workmen, many of
whom bore their week S pay in their
pockets, while all labored under the
greatest excitement,
At Labor Lyceum hall, where the men
gathered following the parade, there
was great deal of uproar tonight Rep.
resentatives Of 10000 striking street car
employees, In speeches, called upon
every labor union in the city to force
out it's employees ''The life of the
labor union is at stake said C. O.
Pratt, who is directing the strike of the
street car men. off we fail now the
backbone of unionism is broken. The
men must not fail; they cannot fail. -
j. ID. Murphy of the Central Federated
union, who is under bonds, charged with
melting. riot, called upon the men to
stand firm
Director of Public Safety Clay tonight
admitted that the situation is about as
VICIOUS as 1T could be without real
fighting: However, Mr.. Clay said he
was positive no more than 10000 men
were striking, He said a canvass of
the mills showed this. Anticipating
trouble IN the kensington mill district.
ne placed mounted and foot police at
strategic points to handle rioters
The committee of ten which ;s
handing, tho sympathetic strike laid
plans today which started to be nut in
effect tonight. Scores of delegates
were sent to the various locals whose
men are striking in sympathy.
Trouble-Ridden City.
Sunday will find Philadelphia a trou.
ble"rldden city, indeed, and on Mondav
the whirr and hum of the wheels will
be missing; Philadelphia will be dead
indeed, unless the shot is fred which
VIII open war. The menacing situation
GQuld not be overdrawn. Timothy
aealy, president of the International
brotherhood of Stationary Firemen an.
nounced tonight that the firemen en-
ployed IN the power houses ne the RAND
numbers
The strike breakers started in TO
make trouble themselves TODAY when
they made forcible objection to being
guarded by negro policemen. A souad
OF negro policemen was sent to tho
various power houses by the publjc
safety department. The men attacked
the Darktown squad with crowbars,
monkey wrenches and hammers and
drove them back to the police station.
Greatest Strike Ever Called.
The strike is the largest ever called
in the United States. It is the most
important and most menacinp. II
ecllpses the Homestead strike in point
OF numbers involved in the strike The
strike leaders, in view of the gigantic
size of the strike and the importance
OF the outcome, are issuing letters of
warning to all the strikers to use no
violence but win by firm, peaceful
methods The doctrine of orcanized
labor is being spread by the biggest
leaders. John Mitchell, formerly nresi.
dent of the United Mine Workers of
America, and Samuel Gompers are both
scheduled to mako addresses tomorrow
Mr.. Mitchell will speak at Springfield
Mass, before the Y, M. c. A. and MI
Gompers will speak in Chicago.
What 1t Means to Labor.
The ominous aspect which is facing
organized capital will be decided in ths
fate of the Philadelphia strike. If the
men are successful they may carry their
standard to any length; if the corpora
tlons succeed in overwhelming the
unions the blow will fall upon organ
lzed labor. with crushing force. The
Of the troubles was noted
today IN the spread of the textile strike
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