The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-11
BY Associated press.

Philadelphia, March 10.-Featureless
except for one thing, the sixth day of
the general strike in sympathy with
the car men Witnessed an attempt to
make the center OF the city the. scene
of a big demonstration in aid of the
strikers. The police blocked the move
by brutal and llnwarranted force,'
the strike leaders claim.
Suspecting that the.crowd of ten
thousand persons who were prevented
from holding demonstration in the
National League baseball park would
attempt TO hold it in the center of the
city, the police took steps to prevent
1t. Lines of police with active clubs
partially checked the marchers leaving
the bali park when they were two
miles from the objective point A mile
further they broke the professions alto
gether.
Half dozen people were injured in
the onslaught and a score arrested.
There were few minor disturb
ances today, but the company reports
more cars running than since the
strike began.
The spread of the strike to state
wide extent is still considered dis
tant possibility. Meanwhile tomorrow
the business men of this city will
again attempt-to bring the strike to
settlement. The strikers gained today
through aecessions from the Baldwin.
locomotive Wofks of about five hun
dred men. On the other hand, the
1employers report many men returning
to work.
BIG BREAK IN RANKS.
There was big break in the ranks
OF the union taXicab chauffeurs who
went out in sympathy with the trolley
men. The three taxicab companies re-
ported today that 115 out of a total of
275 taxicab drivers had returned to
work. The companies are making no
attempts to fill the places of the
strikers.
125,ooo ARE OUT.
The Central Labor Union committee
of ten, which is conducting the general
strike. has given out figures to sup
port an assertion that between 5000
and 100000 persons are idle. The
exact total number of women, men,
boys and girls on strike up to last
night as figured by the committee, was
S139,571. The members gave <out the
following approximate details:
Building trades 10000, metal trades
10000, textile trades 10000, garment
workers, mems wear 10000. garment
workers, women's wear 5000.
Miscellaneous trades: Cloth hat and
cap workers 210 asbestos workers 105,
cigar makers $500, shirt waist and
laundry workers 1,000s piano movers
$50. bakers and confectioners 341,
paviors and rammers. 46S, street hack
men 110. chauffeurs $50, street car
men 5000, hatters 972.
According to the labor committee,
the following unaffiliated workers are
on strike: Lawn mower makers 800,
Elaziers 17S, American Hote and
Shovel Company ISL, National Cutlery
Company 81 butchers 800. sheet metal
workers 500, worsted weavers 1.70O.
stone masons $50, laborers $50. wood
carvers 125, mats and carpet mills 400.
Germanis Carpet Mills 300, Rolling
Spring Works 300, Wallace Wilson
Hosiery Company 500. Baldwin Loco
motive Works 5000. Bement Miles *
Co. 600, Harrington Machine Com
pany 125. Newton Machine Shops $50,
lace curtain operators 500, Cramps
Ship Yards. heater boys. $50.
Some of the above figures are dis
puted by the city authorities and large
employers. Officials of Baldwin's Loco
motive Works declare that only one
third Of the number of men the union
asserts are on strike quit work yeSter-
day.