The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-10
Passengers Escape
Unhurt.
NOISE HEARD FOR mile
Director Clay Puts Ban on Big
Meeting at Ball Park
TWO THOUSAND JOIN STRIKE
Baldwin locomotive Workers In
sist They Will March TO City
Hall Cheering For Strikers.
Textile Manufacturers Deter
h. mined TO Close Mills For Year
v Necessary---PoliCe Have
Haus Full Preserving Order.
TWO THOUSAND JOIN STRIKE

Philade hia, March 1O.-A trolley
car was snamited at Germantown
avenue and Logan street, in German
town. The explosion lifted the car off
the track and set 1t down crossways
with crash that smashed every win.
dowpane and hurled 20 passengers
against the seats and sides of the car.
The concussion broke windowglass in
dozens of the houses along the ave-
nue. and produced panicky feeling in
the neighborhood that lasted for
hours. 1t was remarkable that none
of the people in the car were serious
ly hurt.
Apparently a dynamite cartridge
with a percussion cap had been fixed
to a rail. A wheel of the car rolled
over the cap and the charge let go,
throwing up the front end of the car,
as a horse rears. The roar of the
explosion was heard mile away.
When the car was directly In front
of the home of DR.. William II. Her
non, in Germantown avenue, it struck
the cartridge. The motorman was
thrown back against the car front so
hard that the back of his head was
bruised and he was stunned for some
minutes.
The passengers, half dozen of
whom were women, were pitched out
of their seats to their hands and
knees and dashed against the car
sides or to the floor. They were thor
oughly frightened. much more scared
than hurt. The shouts and screams
brought many people who, alarmed by
the explosion, flocked to their doors.
In few minutes several thousand
people were massed about the car.
Ambulance calls were sent to hos
pitals, but nobody needed them, as 1t
turned out. The police came with a
rush from the city hall and nearby
stations and raked the ground for a
possible clew. None was found.
The union leaders announced that
they had issued a call for all the
workers to meet at the ball park and
make a peaceable demonstration. The
director of public safety, Henry
Clay, forbade the meeting. Clay no
tilted the committee of ten that such
an assemblage would be regarded as
unlawful and that he had authority
under the riot act to disperse 1t with
force. There was stern hint In
Clay's message that II the strikers
were looking for trouble they were
going to get 1t In punches. The COM
mittee of ter refused to back down
and sent out word that the meeting
would most certainly be held.
There is, though, the possibility of
serious trouble If the men who struck
at the Baldwin works make good
their declaration to march to the city
hall cheering for the unions. There
are upwards of 1000 of these men on
strike. big husky fellows, who would
as soon fight as not. They have plan
ned to make demonstration TO show
their sympathy with the unions. The
police are preparing to break up any
such demonstration.
Owners Of textile mills are firm in
their determination 10 shut down
their mills for year, II necessary,
and profess to feel no alarm over the
threat from Newcastle OF a statewide
strike. Smaller merchants and dealers
whose business is affected are still
calling loudly for arbitration.