Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
1t Will Offer to Mediate at h, IS
Of Both Sides.
LITTLE CHANGE IN SITUATION
More Cars Are Running and City is
Generally Quiet.
POLICE ASKED TO ORGANIZE
Committee of Ten Requests Officers
to Cast Their Lot with Other
Workers of City-statement
of Director Earle.

PHILADELPHIA, March 12-Three Of
the four mediums which Philadelphia hoped
strike settlement might be reached were
today practically eliminated. Yesterday It
was hoped that either President Taft the
bankers Of Philadelphia, the National Civic
federation or the local councilmanic bodies
would find a way to lend a hand to stop
the strife.
Today word came from Washington, un-
officially, but on seemingly good authority,
that the president, through the Department
of Commerce and Labor, could not see his
N6y clear to intervene. The reason given
was that the trouble is purely of a local
character.
Bankers declared that the financial inter-
ests probably would keep their hands off
the fight The president Of the Philadel-
phia Clearing House association took a
strong stand against interfering unless the
Amalgamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employees agreed to re-
cede from its stand on the question of ex-
elusive recognition Of it's organization.
Whether the National Civic federation
Will take up the strike settlement and the
councilmen can be forced to take action
remains to be seen. Another telegram was
sent today to Seth Low, head of the feder-
alton, asking that that body offer media
ton. Mr.. Low replied the federation would
do so If he could be assured the offer
would be acceptable to both sides.
Little Change in situation.
There was no change today in the gem
eral strtek situation1 The Philadelphia
Rapid Transit company placed a few more
care in operation and with the exception
of the Kensington district, they met with
comparatively little trouble.
There were reports Of accessions and
desertions in the ranks of the general
strikers, but their numbers were unin-
portant either way.
Employers predict that Monday will see
the beginning of general break among
the sympathetic strikers and dozens of
local unions held meetings today and TO-
night to lay their plans to hold the men
together
There was the usual number of distur
Dances in the Kensington district late
this afternoon. Many cars were stoned.
but at only one place did the police have
much trouble. 1t was noticed today that
the police refrained from using their clubs
in dispensing crowds and this gave rise
to report that orders had been given to
not use unnecessary force in handling the
throngs.
Chief Source of Trouble.
George M. Earle, jr., one OF the city
representatives on the board Of directors
Of the Rapid Transit company, has issued
a lengthy statement explaining the labor
situation as he views it. He declares that
the chief trouble lies in the fact that the
Amalgamated Association of Street and
bot
itself the right to appeal to the company
through a committee, sought to retain that
right exclusively and to forbid it to men
who were not members of the association.
Mr.. Earle also announced that he had
offered his resignation as a director, in
tending to take up the cause of the men
In an effort TO have their grievances ad-
justed but that the strike intervened and
he refused to resign under fire.
Director Henry Clay Of the department
of public safety said this afternoon that
a canvass made by the police in the tex
tile mill districts showed that in a few
Of the mills some employees had returned
to work today and that he had informa-
ton that on Monday or Tuesday next all
Of the employees of slxty-five plants would
return to work
Union bakers employed by big depart-
ment store have gone on strike and sert
ously crippled the supply of bread sold in
that store. The store began business with
1000 loaves and these were soon sold.
Ask Police to Organise.
The committee Of ten which is conducting
the general strike has appealed to the DO
licemen Of the city to join them as mem
bers OF the working class, to assist the
strikers in the prevention OF any more
riotous scenes.
The petition to the police in part is as
follows:
Get together and organize yourselves
and let the law-defying bandits who pre-
cipitated this strike and who have per
sistently refused to end it understand that
you at least will not represent anarchy.
Organize and cast your lot with us and
establish precedent for other and future
strikes"