Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
ADMINISTRATION
SCORED BY UNIONS
STRIKERS IN MASS MEETING
RAVE AT NEGRO POLICE
Police Claim Only 10000 Are on Strike,
While Unionists Scoff at Re.
port and Claim
100000
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ously beaten that they were taken to
a hospital.
When the policemen fired their re-
volvers several times in the air the
people scattered in all directions. Six
arrests were made.
The board of directors of the United
Business Mems association appointed
a committee of seven to call a con-
ference of the banking, commercial and
trade bodies, business associations and
religious and fraternal organizations
to bring about a settlement of the
strike.
The most largely affected trade out
side of textile workers in Kensington,
Fairmont, Falls of Schuylkill, Mana
yunk and Port Richmond. who claim
10000 men out, are members of the
various building trades the leaders of
which claim to have almost an equal
number of strikers in their ranks.
In addition to these two large
branches of organized labor, leaders in
the movement claim there are 10000
men in the miscellaneous unions on
strike, together with many non-union
workers, who have quit work from
sympathy with the strikers or diff
Guilty in securing adequate transporta-
tion.
The brewery workers did not join
the strikers because of a trade agree
ment Managers of all theaters declare
they will run as usual this week de-
spite the strikes.
The shirtwaist workers, who recent
ly went to work after seven weeks
strike, decided to remain at work.
Their sympathy is with the carmen,
but a depleted treasury and the fact
that they had been out of work so
long compelled them to stick to their
employment. -
Following out plans adopted Satur-
day and yesterday, the strike will now
be put on sympathetic basis. The
unions will place the usual pickets
on duty and a house to house canvass
win be made to bring out union men
who did not obey the general strike
order. Unorganized labor did not re-
spond to the proclamation issued by
the committee of ten requesting the
non-union forces to join the sympa-
thetic movement and the union leaders
expect to devise some plan of reach
ing these workers who are in the ma
jority here.
There is a report if circulation that
the general strike was inaugurated
primarily to unionize Philadelphia full
ly and more particularly to place or
ganized labor throughout the country
on a sounder basis in the industrial
world
No Change in Strike of Carmen
There was no change in the early
hours of the day in the street car strike
itself. The Rapid Transit company
placed nearly 1000 cars in operation,
according to the officials of the cor
poration.
Following last nights disorders the
city was quiet this forenoon. The po-
lice department has 5000 men on duty.
The majority of the negro policemen
who were engaged especially for the
strike have been relieved from duty.
This was done so as not to add any
race riots to the troubles of the police
force.
All the industrial plants in Philadel-
phia classed as "open shops" were in
operation today, none being seriously
affected by the quitting of any union
men they employed.
William ]. Tracey, president of the
allied building trades council and a
member of the committee of ten, said
today:
"The strike is spreading. Non-union
workers are joining the ranks as if
the cause were their own.
"In the allied building trades 100000
workers are affected. The bricklayers