The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-26
|DER Of UNION
|EBOR IS ARRESTED
zion in Philadelphia Grows
Iare Serious Instead of
Improving.
1 or ARBITRATION
! HAS GONE GLIMMERING
+;nc Continues and Cars Are
Wrecked in Spite of
the Police.

~ : pELpHIA. Pa, Feb. 25.-
linz the publication of a state
! srsoed to have been made today
rohn ]. Murphy, president OF the
a, Labor union, warrant was is
for his arrest,
4 said that Murphy declared "a
!, strike should be called immedi-
n think II is inevitable, There
n IN the northeast who can shoot
Xicht as any trooper that ever drew
..h."
|6bor leader is charged with incit-
q riot.
Occasion for Utterance.
. remarks on which the warrant for
|1ys arrest were based were said
|.e been made by him following the
ncement that at a special meeting
. board of directors Of the Phila-
\ Rapid Transit company. the re-
|fcr arbitration submitted by the
Iltee of prominent clergymen had
Inclined,
q In west Philadelphia and in the
La section of the city followed the
a OF cars after dark tonight.
q cars were held UP by an OBJ
|on at the east end of the draw
over the Schuylkill river. A
of men and boys showered bricks.
. And pieces OF wood at the motor
|>onductors and policemen guarding
srs. When nifty or more policemen
Ia The scene the crowd had dis
A. leaving the cars badly wrecked.
||s were reported in several other
|,ctor of Public Safety Clay tonight
he strike is now merely a memory,
sued orders forbidding the use of
rs IN hauling TO and from work
4 who did not care to take a chance
ling on the cars while the temper
|e strike sympathlzers was at fever
TheH wagons have done a thriv-
nusintsa
NV Take Back Some Men,
/ n meeting OF the board Of d.
~ hi the company it was decided
~ Striker whose previous record
roe would he taken back by the
~. provided he applied for his po-
b Efore March 1.
1 Pratt. organizer OF the car men,
- been opposing this plan, said;
Eneral strike positively will he de-
Unless the company comes TO
n We are prepared to fight for
|or months. We are not whipped
y company will have 10 treat with
9 Greenwalt. president OF the
Mania State Federation OF Labor,
street car strike has ceased to
la local issue. II is now national.
f8te and American declarations
by TO give whatever support is
n necessary, The strike will be
tke place Sunday to discuss the
Ia OF general sympathetic strike.
Sees General Strike.
hl Murphy said:
\ tneral strike Is inevitable.
n ~ I, now were ii not to be feared
Indications might ensue. ! have
H. iom union leaders who represent
.cusand workers. They declare
'zdiness and desire to strike at 3
rs notice.
i car depend upon It that at Sun
| noetifg general strike Will be
4 II one man Is shot In keDsing-
NE mill district there Will follow
'1lval OF riot and bloodshed that will
= the entire country. The state po-
F0uld be helpless. ] want 1t under
that there are men in the north
who can shoot as straight as any
n who ever drew a breath.
%. Pratt. leader OF the strikers. saic
p are not at all disturbed by th'
hat the company Is operating Z
ID cars more or less than they die
day. They are doing II at q ter
tost."
Row On in Union.
meeting of dcposed officers o
eet car mems Union, who wer,
Rom thci. Offices following q fac.
parrel several months ago, rcso
Ferc adopted condemning thu
'B of Pratt and advising th'
~ IL return TO work.
E IN the criminal court this after
',insed 10 convict an alleged rioter
~ he admitted throwing stones
laws declared that the jury's ac
as voluntary miscarriage Of JUS
He discharged the jurors.
W this afternoon sent the commit
clergymen who have been usin;
ehorts TO bring about arbitration
'sver suggesting that they discus
ylsabillty Of having a representa-
H lahor upon the proposed arbitra
hoard.