The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-02-28
Steetcar DeraiIed and Sent
Crashing Into Store.
MOUNTED POLICE KEPT BUSY
General WaIkOut Will Not Take
Place Until Saturday, By Which
Time II Is Hoped Transit CON-
pany Will Be Forced By Public
Opinion to Arhitrate With Men.
VIII Affect $4,000 TOilerS.

Philadelphia. Feb. 28--Union labor
IN t3is city voted to back up the
etrildLg motormen and conductors in
their hight against the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit company The Central
Laboi union, after q secret meeting
or 800 delegates, voted Tor d general
strik@ 70 go into effect next Saturday.
Tho decision of the union bosses
followed a day of continuous rioting
IN which boy was killed and GO per
sons hurt. The trouble spread over
the southeastern section of the city
and fiared up generally wherever po-
lice protection was inadequate. II
was one Of the worst days Philadel-
phia has suffered since the employees
OF the P. r. 7. walked out.
The order for general sympathetic
strike was determined on as the only
means TO force the Rapid Transit
company to srbitrate with it's men.
The heads Of unions allied with the
Amalgamated, the carmen's, declared
trankly tha4 their principal purpose
was to make the p. r. 7. give in.
Their reason for postponing the strike
until next Saturday was that the com
paay may be forced by public opinion
10 agree to arbitration. In that event
the general strike order will be re-
scinded
The action OF the Central Labor
union puts ii UP to the individual
unions to vote whether they want to
strike. AS matte of fact, most OF
them have already voted to go out.
1t is not believed by any means that
all of the union laborers included In
the membership Of the affiliated
unions will quit, even II the p. X. T.
.refuses to be Influenced, but the stu.
alton Is sufficiently alarming to citi-
zens, who are wearied OF the inces-
SAINT violence and the consequent dis
credit brought upon the city.
The danger lies in this that the
striking carmen will have the active
help OF perhaps $4,000 idle men, a
restless, dissatisfied force that may
produce far more disorder than the
city has yet seen The resumption of
rloting was CEASED largely ny the GER
tainty that a general strike order
would be the result Of the labor meet
ing The prospect Of powerful aid
made the strikers and their sympa.
thizers more dangerous than they
have been at any time since the state
constables appeared in the city.
Today efforts will be renewed to
persuade the Rapid Transit company
20 modify its attitude, and TO agree at
least to arbitrate differences that may
properly arise between employer and
employe, that Is to say, the question
Of pay. hours of. work, and one or
two minor differences. The clergy.
men OF the city will renew their offers
and the matter will be taken up by
associations Of business men.
II became known that the Rapid
Transit very nearly agreed to the
plan of the clergymen proposed on
Friday last for board OF arbitration
20 consist OF seven representative citi-
Eens. II was so near, indeed, that a
statement agreeing to the plan had
been drawn up and was awaiting sig
natures. President Kruger was for II,
20 was Vice President Wolf. the d
rectors had agreed that it Ras the
course that seemed wisest and Gen.
eral Counsel Ballard and Mayor Rey-
bum had given their approval But
one man intervened George n.
Earle, Jr.. one OF the citys represen-
tativss on the board of directors,
twould have none of IL.
The lower southeast was abiaze
with trouble all day. Since the COM
ing of the state constables the dis
contented and disorderly have been
0verawed, The news that a sympa-
thetic strike was to be called to club
the Rapid Transit company into sub
mission gave the brlck-throwers nerve
enough TO start bombarding the cars
again.
Along Fifth and Sixth streets
where trunk lines OF the p r. T. run,
thousands of people lined the side
walks. hooting the nonunion motor
men and conductors, and occasionally
throwing a stone. Sometimes the
troopers had to be summoned to free
cars that had been held up. Hut the
Troopers couldn't be everywhere at
oncs- They were patrolIing wide
nfrofch M tarrifor-v and fha r,oha took