New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-06

been seen" The Mayor. he said, could
have prevented the strike had he cared
TO. Every reference to the Mayor made
by Murphy or the other speakers was
greeted with prolonged boots and jeers.
Outside the hall one thousand men
who were unable 10 gain an entrance
lined the sidewalks and began to stone
cars When a half dozen had been bonn
barded and the policemen on post found
themselves unable to cope with the
crowd. whose manner was ugly and
menacing cali for reserves was sent
TO headquarters. Two patrol wagons
unloaded thirty bluecoats into the crowd,
which speedily scattered. Two arrests
were made.
Arbitration Proposal.
The committee of ten issued q state
new form of arbitration to end the
strike. The proposition is as follows
Let the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company reinstate all employees now on
strike to their old positions and let the
company then appoint one arbitrator
and we one. These two to be disinter-
ested parties Let the two thus selected
choose a third person and both parties
TO the dispute submit all questions TO
the board. The decision of the majority
to be final and binding
This proposition. it will be seen, IN
cludes recognition of the union, one OF
the issues between the transit company
and its striking employees.
The committee in it's statement also
says:
The situation at the close Of this the
first day OF the general strike is highly
gratifying to US. While we have not
been able TO get reports in from the go
unions within the city. we have received
reports from 100 unions and their sym
pathizing friends These show that To-
600 men and women have heard the call
and Joined the strike. In addition TO
this there were a number of working
men and women who We're required to
work during the day in order to pro-
tect stock and property OF their en-
ployers These joined our movement
this evening.
For tomorrow we have called upon
different organizat lions to hold meetings
and we request all workers who do not
belong to any organization to attend
the most convenient of these meetings
''On Monday there will be a meeting
OF the Central Labor Union, which the
general public is invited to attend
Ii the sentiment expressed by Rapid
Transit officials tonight is any criterion,
the proposition to arbitrate will receive
scant attention from the company. Inc
proposition is not yet in the HANDS or
the officials of the company. ana uhtil
such time as il is formally received they
refuse to say what action will be taken.
Unefficially, the proposition was dis
cussed in transit circles tonight. Its
features and its provisions, ii is declared,
contain nothing new. The answer given
to the proposition of the churchman's
and the iayman's committee will likely
be the answer to this proposition. saying
that the company has no relations with
the union, and hence no difference, &C
cording to expressions made.
The Director of Public Safety declared
to-day he would shut up saloons in all
neighborhoods where trouble is expert
enced Several saloons We're closed to-
Gay
Work on the Queen Lane filtration
plant, at Roxborough, in the extreme
northwestern part of the city, was tied
up when three engineers and five firemen
quit work Three hundred laborers
we're thrown out of work. The plant ls
under construction, and the city water
supply was in nc way affected
The big hotels are not troubled by the
strike SO far as waiter and bar service
is concerned Cabs, however, are scarce,
most of the cabmen and chauffeurs be-
longing to unions having quit work.