Evening journal., 1910-02-24

State constabuIsry, 1856.
State Feneibles ION reserve in
armory) 150.
Total arrests, about 600. =
Persons shot, ~.
Persons dead in strike 3.
Policemen and rioters wounded 3
with bricks and clubs, 25o.
BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 24-State
Constabulary Of Pennsylvania reached
Philadelphia early to-day and are now
doing picket duty in the Bensington
md Germantown districts where the
hcerest disorders have occurred since
the inception of the strike.
The two hundred mounted terrors are
assisted by more than 1,500 uniformed
policemen in that territory and cars are
being run on fair schedule there. AS
yet the Constabulary have had no
clashes with the rioters, who seem
awed by the past reputation OF these
fearless horsemen, who seem 70 like
nothing better than wild gallop over
= resisting crowd.
Threats of a general strike. which
will paralyze every industry in Phil
adelphia in which union men are en-
ployed are being freely made by union
men. in retaliation for the sending here
of the state police. The more leve
headed union men, however. are urg.
ing against such course, and vii
prevent it if possible.
Pratt Says Men Have Won.
G.. @. Frat. national organizer oi
the carmen. to-day is using his inhu
cpce against the calling OF genera
strike, which IL is said would affec
more than 100000 men and women. II,
declared the union strikers OF the stree
car company have "won their fight,
and that a general strike at this tim,
would be a setback to their cause.
There is no doubt that many Of thu
leaders of the unionists in Philadelphia
incensed at the calling here of tn,
Constabulary and the threat TO cal
out 10000 State troops. are having
trouble in holding some of their hot
headed followers in check.
The arrival of the Constabulary at
o'clock in the morning caused consider
able alarm among those people whl
thought the presence Of the State po
lice would incite TO more serious act
Of violence.
Captain Groome and his men ar
mounted on coal black horses with
carbine swinging from the pommel o
each saddle, a riot mace hanging fire.
in the belt and an automatic revolve
I'm plain view in an unbuttoned holster
presented a martial and determined al
as they rode slowly as II to impress tn
crowds. through the streets from tn
Second Regiment Armory. in whicl
they will sleep to the Kensington dis
trict
In this district are the homes o
thousands OF union sympathizers AM
many of the bigger plants. and it i
here that the most serious trouble
have occurred. Groome's men, witt
their reputation of wading int
trouble and staying there until tn
trouble ends. expected trouble, but non
developed.
There were silent murmurs as
presaging trouble, but no over acts
The street car officials and the lead
ers of the strike, both to-day express
ed their confidence that they woul
win the strike. The company official
declare they win never give in to tn
strikers, nor viii they submit tn
troubles to arbitration. The compan
does not declare that the strike
broken, but declares it is able to re
sumo normal car service the momen
il is allowed to do so by the police.
On the other hand, c. o. Pratt, til
leader of the strikers. declares 9Th
fight is won and the only question be
ing how long it will take us to con
vince the company they cannot win.
Pratt declared that so far as he wa
concerned there had been no proposi
tion to settle the trouble, but that tn
strikers were anxious TO arbitrat
whenever the company showed a will
ingness.