Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-25
FOUR COMPANIES OF STATE POLICE
TO ASSIST LOCAL DEPARTMENT
IN KEEPING ORDER.
WILL NOT CARRY CARBlNES.
Transit Company Operates 100 More
Cars During Morning Hours Than
Were Run Wednesday.


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. "a
All mounted and amply equipped for any
kind of service, the four companies of
The Pennsylvania state police, numbering
POO men, arrived here today, ready 10
assist the local authorities in maintain
ing order while the Philadelphia Rapid
| Transit company attempts to operate
cars. The troopers are picked men, vet
Grams of the regular army who have seen
riot duty in all parts Of the state Their
presence is expected TO have Il salutary
effect upon the lawless element that has
been wrecking street cars III different
sections of the city.
After the men had breakfast and the
horses had been led, the troopers Were
sent to Is cnSIngtOn, the scene of most OF
the trouble Ii is the first time the
state policemen have had service III
Philadelphia since they were organize
five years ago. Accordingly, the caval-
rymen attracted Il great deal OF atteE
ton as they rode through tie streets.
In Kensington they were distributed
III squads III different sections of tho
great manufacturing center Unless
downright rebellion against civil author
Ity arises. the troopers will not carry
their carbines.
I'VE will NOT need such weapons,
said Capt. Lynn q. Adams of Co. {.
I'VE do not expect any serious trouble.
| think the riot sticks and revolver viii
be all we will need
The transit company announced it iad
900 cars i'll operation this morning, lU'!
more than at the corresponding time,
twenty-four hours previous.
First Trouble Reported.
The first disturbance of the day oc-
Cured in West Philadelphia, where men,
women. anG children Joined forces iii
stoning a car No one was hurt One
man was taken into custody.
Mayor Reyburn today mace his first
arrest While inspecting tie streets aft
er leaving city hal! early this morning,
he discovered two men placing sewer
pipe on car tracks. Aided by Lieut..
McFadden, the mayor held the culprits
until Il patrol could be summoned. A
sewer pipe barricade had been half com
pleted when the mayor rode up III an
automobile.
Local mounted police have ALREADY dem
onstrated the effectiveness of cavalry
methods as applied 10 SuppreSSinE uObs
and with the aid of the stats troopers
the police authorities expect ilttio diff
Guilty now i'll dealing with would-be
rioters.
The first attempt 10 operate c9vs nj
night since last Saturday viii probably.
he made by the company this evening. l.
there is as much Improvement III cOndl-
lions today as there was yesterday, the
night service will surely be resumed.
This is regarded as the final test b, tn of
the peaceableneSS of the city and O. the
company's ability to man the cars.
Pratt Expects Victory.
G.. O. Pratt, national organizer Of the
union, and Peter Driscoll, president Of
the local union, both express the opinion
that the men will win the fight. The
leaders base this belief. they say, on the
expressions of sympathy manifested
toward the union.
The movement started yesterday by
prominent churchmen to secure arbitra-
ton of the differences is also regarded as
IN encouraging sign by the strikers, who
all along have claimed that all they de-
sire is fair arbitration of their griev-
anceS.
The rapid transit officials on the other
hand maintain that there is nothing to
arbitratc. They say they would not take
back any of the strikers if they were
wiling to return and say further they
have enough men to operate all their cars
if they are given the proper police pro
lection.
The casualties as the result of the law
lessness stands ut three dead. several
persons III Il serious condition in hoSpl-
tails and more than Il thousand suffering
from lacerauOnS inflicted by bullets, pO-
lice clubs and thrown missiles.
The heavy sentences inflicted upon
some of the rioters in the courts yester-
day is expected to have a good effect
on the work of maintaining ..rder. One
man was given six years and Il number
of others were sentenced to terms of two
years each. \ large number of other
rioters have been indicted and hundreds
have been placed under bail or sent to
che county prison for short terms by the
police magistrates.
The strike has had most serious
effect on business generally. Merchants
in the business sections of the city are
complaining bitterly over the disturbed
conditions. One of the big department
stores has laid off more than 200 EN-
ployes until the strike is over because
of the curtailment of business and other
big establishments have also reduced
their working forces.