New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
STRIKE STRONGER
RPE4CH At BALDWIN
TOCOMOTIVE PL4NT.
R;r Mass Meeting To-day an
Defiance of authorities
Support at Ne5c Castle.

--,,-s,,,l,is March 9.-Promise OF help
,-;,.o,,t and development of strength
o1-, field which appeared 70 take
a.. most confident leaders by sur
- i,iected new life into the Philadel-
-bis general strike to-day
lator campaign which gave every sign
,.,-i,,r force Yesterday received its
,.-o,rosf impetus to-day from the action
:, -.e state Federation of Labor con
..o, i7 New Castle, declaring that T
...,a-uide. and even nationwide. tie-up Of
.,5,s,rv would not be TOO great price I"
~, II necessary 10 insure success 10 the
local cause
re sncress of the strike leaders in in
....,-- something more than one thousand
,r,rIoves Of the Baldwin Locomotive
v,orls 10 walk cut this afternoon. follow
.- .be earIv morning desertion of pos
-. as many more. was the most strik-
~. deyelopment Of the day in the local
....s.io, The strikers claim of nearly
sfx thousand men Of the Baldwin plant.
v7;cb is an open" shop and had hitherto
resisted strike pressure. was by no means
admitted BY the company management.
which cut the figure more than half.
Strike Leaders Confident
The strike leaders. however. were seem
.rrlv satisfied that they had won their
most important victory. and tonight an
roGuced that NOT only had many hundred
r,cn from other plants joined the ranks OF
tic strikers. but they predicted that the
next day or two would witness even more
important accessi.ns to their ranks.
Ire Committee Of Ten tonight issued its
FIRST detailed list Of the men who they say
are nov on strike. The total claimed is
1851. which. the statement says. does not
inclu6e several thousands VINO were forced
o stop work in plants where there were
wslkouts. The committee asserts that
FORTY thousand men are out in the building
trades twenty thousand in the metal
trades thirty thousand in the textile in
tust-les in the Kensiugton and Richmond
districts. and nineteen thousand men and
somen 81 the garment making industry.
Several firms announced to-day that their
Fsnds we're returning 10 work and others
sd that they were content TO wait and
70, time work for them.
Open Air Meeting.
Possible trouble was indicated by the an
ioBnoement of the strikers committee that
would hold an open air mass meeting In
70 National League baseball park to-n1or-
'ow noon The police authorities declared
that the meeting would not be permitted,
~ following this declaration the men re-
7ersted their intention Of holding i as
'cheduied claiming the right Of peaceful
issemhaEe and exercise of free speech at
r7eetng on Enclosed private property as
within their constitutional rights The
.rrikeTS declare their meeting will bc or
1srly and that there will he no Just cause
'or Interference.
7 ne day VAS without disturbances Of con-
sequence and up 70 q late hour tonight
:1e only outbreak had been \ minor dis
-lrnsrce Or two in the KensinEton shop
district 10 one VAS reported injured
The SfreetcaT company slightly increased
re number Of cars in service. and the lines
y The business and residence district we're
ipPsYentlv more largely patronized than on
iry dsv since the strike began.
4 committee representing the United
Business Mems League in The northeast
itstrict waited upon President Kruger Of
- rapid transit company and requested
I'm nor 70 run cars in the Kensington dis
rot after uiEhtfall, 50 IS 10 avoid danger
. life and property In that territory Pres
cert Kruger declined 70 grant the request.
trrounCing his determination to run the
isrs II the company wherever Il was pos
hhis - 10 Sc ~ any cost.
Camden Carpenters Out.
Az iroportan. acquisition 70 the ranks of
r strikers was announced tonight from
-a-nde7. Y J where fifteen hundred car
"nfers went oct. About the same humber
ilt work r. suburban points along the
-snnEylvania Railroads main linz, and the
hen declared that if necessary 1Rentv-flve
nndred moro carpenters would he called
'J' IN Montgomery County. next adjacent
= Philadelphia, ,o-morrow IN rho bust
''ss districts n nc city to-day there were
10 ftns ~ the strike and 10 All appear
"'ees ne usual life Of the community there
fen' m gndsrurhed
, campaign TO diesipate the in,pressjon
P7aFentv 7fdejv prevalent throughout the
"-h'r2' that Philadelphia is in the grip
v sly he terrorism. and that the city is not
re 'r pleasant place 10 visit at the
'+-@'t uiaf. 0as begun by the Merchants
"' "snufa7t-rers' Association TODAY.
1'''1s 20 q or that exaggerated re
h ~ f.4 seriousness Of conditions IN
'7 ~. have been widely circulated. and
's press 81. t0' oirE is asked 70 cooperate
H9H't- the actual facJs known
le'-iln'na'ou - stand = ground Is ex-
'+S~a 'l The Phi aGalphia Rapid Transit
.'o.'et a'; on- rnrolza II announce
i-fi 'la .- has -siC us last word on
"fe' o- but through H. offer made To-
'e q. 20 'T an foH Information on which
30 sf6t -4u le ms4e for acts tending to
'-e'' o. tcrra.z Tie families Of
-oisrHcu snl conductors OF its lines.
'af rena-l also coFer- Information lead
- r. 80 astecrion of acts tending TO pre-
fnt -to.-s-ale.S from selling trolley en-
hs.ss.''e aacessaries Of lite