The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-03-12
LAR DYNAM|TED
Lifted From Track and All
Windows Broken.
NO ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED
Foui 6en WhO Were Seen on the
J +" Disappear After ExplO-
10000 on Strike.
Majority Non Unionists.

Majority Non Unionists.
Philadelphia. March 10. - A trolley
car was dynamitcd al Germantown
avenue and Logan street. in German.
town. The explosion lifted the car of
the Gack and set il down crosswise
with a crash that smashed every win
dow pane and hurled twenty passen-
gers against the seats and sides OF the
car.
The conclusion broke window glass
in dozens OF houses along the avenue
and produced panicky feeling in the
neighborhood that lasted for hours. Il
was remarkable that none OF the peo-
pie IN the car was seriously hurt
Apparently dynamite cartridge
with a percussion cap had been fixed
TO rail. and when wheel OF the car
rolled over the cap the charge let 20.
throwing up the front end OF the car
as horse rears The roar OF the ex.
plosion was heard a mile away.
That section OF the street car line
Ia lighted poorly. The motorman. send.
ing his car along al moderate speed.
observed nothing suspicious The head
lights glare did not fall squarely upon
the rails. There was nobody. the mo-
torman said, in the immediate neigh
borhood
When the car was directly in front
OF the home OF Dr. William f. Hesnon.
at 1895 Germantown avenue. II struck
the dynamite 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 sew
eral 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 20 the foor. They were thor
oughly frightened. much more scared
than hurt The shouts OF the men and
the screaming OF the women brought
people Ca the scene who had already
been alarmed by the roar OF the ex-
plosion
In lew minutes several thousand
people were massed around the wreck.
ed car Ambulance calls were sent to
hospitals. but nobody needed the at
tenuon Of the doctors As II turned out
The police came in rush from the
city hall and nearby stations and
aked the ground for possible clues.
None were found.
They We're told by persons IN the
neighborhood that four men had been
seen standing in the car track Just a
short time before the car came along.
The police sought for a description Of
these men. but were unable to get
anything tangible 20 work on.
Cars Stoned In Frankford.
On account of the rioting in Frank
ford 250 extra policemen were sent to
that section and will be kept on duty
there for ten days. Some of them
found work as soon as they got on
the job. 4 car was stoned and its win
dows smashed. Another car was bonn
barded with beer bottles and bricks.
motorman was struck with a stone
and his face cut None OF these mat.
ters were serious, but they indicated
the ugly feeling that is prevalent in
the Frankford section.
An almost certain clash between the
union labor forces and the police was
prevented by the refusal of Horace
Fogel. president of the PHILADELPHIA
National League Baseball club. to let
the strikers have the use Of his ball
park for mass meeting. The union
leaders announced that they had is
sued call for all the strikers to meet
at the bali park and make a peace
able" demonstration. Director of Pub
lie Safety Clay promptly forbade the
meeting. Clay notified the committee
OF ten that such an assemhlage would
be regarded as unlawful and that he
had authority under the riot act to
dispense II with force.
There is. though. the possibility OF
serious trouble II the men who struck
at the Baldwin Locomotive works
make good their declaration to march
TO the city hall cheering fer the un-
ions. There are upwards of 1000 of
these men on strike. big. husky fel-
lows. who would os soon fight as not
They have planned 10 make demon
stration 10 show their sympathy with
the Nnions. The police are preparing
to break up any such demonstration.
The feeling is somewhat tenser be-
cause the unicns succeeded in pulling
200o unorganized workmen from the
Baldwin Locomotive works. It was
known that the un.cns had only one
big weapon left and 1t was never
doubted that many Of the Baldwin en-
ployes were strongly in sympathy with
the strikers Thei- attacks On police
men in the early days of the strike in
dicated how iar they were prepared
to go.
10000 on Strike.
The strike situation here has as
sumed an aspect unique in the annals
of labor disputes In this country. The
ridiculous claim of the police officials
that less than 10000 Joined the gen
eral sympathetic strike can be dis
counted by the fact that 24,000 EN-.
Sloyes of hosiery mills went out and
the strikers have been gaining re-
cruits every day since the general
strike was called. Conservative esti-
mates place the number on strike at
$50 900. and many others claim that