Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-22
Central Labor Union of PhiIadeI-
phia Calls 1t Because of Arrest
Of Strike Leader Pratt.
MAY OR MAY NOT BE oBEYEp
some Unions For and Some Against
Murphy Has No Doubt of Rush
To Garments Support.

enl'"deiphia. Feb. 22-Inccnscd at
the action of the police in arrestine
HtriKe Leader Pratt of the Carnan,s
union last night the Central Labor
UNION OF Philadelphia today declared
sympathetic strike of all orqany,nd
laoor In the city affiliated with the CEN
tral body The Central Labor union
clalns membership of 100000 and
"nether the strike order Will be obeye,1
cannot yet be told This being Wash
1hgson's birthday. practically all or
ganized labor is idle.
some unions are against sympathetic,
LINES o'hers are opposed to break
ING trade agreements. but notwit
standing these conditions the radic:
labor leaders say the order viii
generally obeyed The Central Lab
union Is composed of 800 delegates
10 represent 100 unions in all ,,,,I.
trades.
strike Leader Pratt was given
nearing and held in $4,000 baiI ~ ,rc
Win melting TO riot. CONSPIRACY
disorderly conduct Ball will lie
niShed -
MURPHY is SANGUINE.
me labor leaders are holding cor
l.nyhees e,s today to determine when ths
strlSs order shall go into effect.
President John j. Murphy. the heod
ol the Central Labor union, who made
.ne announcement of the general sym-
palmetto strike at 10 a. M. said he had
no doubt that labor would rush to Tho
support of the carmen.
MI Murphy could hardly control
himsell In his indignation against the
ci.y otIlglais in taking Pratt into GUS
touE Inc rumor that warrant Is
ready to be served on Mr. Murphy Is
s.i, current Police officials have
nothing TO say regarding this
murphy said he had heard the runor
o' uc issuance CT 4 warrant for him
and declared he was ready for 1t at any
time Wy
They esn serve il whenever they
Want. he said ard the response OF
me union wcrSmen will be swift and
Efforts of some OF Pratt's friends to
see MN during the morning were made
impossible by the police. The Central
Htatlon and Central police court arc on
the sixth floor of the big city hall. and
no one is permitted above the NTH
floor '"
The orders We're rigid and hundreds
OF men and boys arrested Yesterday
and last night for participating In the
disorder were given hearings without
the presence of friends
During the morning hours there was
The usual stoninS Of cars in several
parts OF the city In which no one wos
seriously hurt Tho most serions
trouble occurred in ;he northeast Sec
ton when two boys we're shot bv no
hceman, 1t is claimed. One of the
youths was struck in tine chcs; by n
ouIiet and was seriously wounded
NO EFFORT FOR PEACE.
No effort has yet been made to bring
about n peaccable settlement of The
strike. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit
company says it is a fight to the end
IRIS is also the declaration OF the
union. The company is running cars on
the principal lines but the service Is nor
regular ana but few people venture 10
ride.
The present situation in this crt
must not be forgotten. Tho prcsidei
OF the Central Labor union, Murphy
was last fall a candidate for city treas
urer on the ticket OF the William Pcno
party, the reform organization that has
made bitter war on the dominant
political organization in Philadelphia.
Murphy was badly defeated at the
polls. Politics also has played a part
In tho management of the street rail
way system, the local leaders taking
active interest In il.
MAY USE TROOPS.
Brig. Gen. Wendell P. Bowman.
commander OF the First brigade of the
National Guard of Pennsylvanjs and
Henry
OF public safety, went into conference
at IL O'Clock. AS they discussed yes
terday the advisability of having the
troops ready for instant call. it is pre-
sumed their conference today had to
do with the same subject.
All the theaters keenly feel the ef-
feet OF the stoppage of street railway
traffic. With no street cars at niehr
the people remain at home and tha
theaters arc consequently not half
filed
COMPANY'S STATEMENT.
The transit company issued the fol-
lowing statement today:
I'VE are operating more cars THAI
at the same time yesterday. We have
not lost man but have 2.4O0 loyal en-
ployes We are not employing am
breakers and have not done 90.
1t is very probable the elevated lac
Is the only one that will be operated
after o'clock this evening"
Mutiny. which broke out among the
nearly 800 non-union men kept by the
transit company in the trolley barn at
street and Lancaster ave
battle with a squad of so FaIrrnont
Park guards doing police duty. The
disturbance was caused, II is said, lie
cause OF the men wanting positions