The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-18

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sseanag wants Al nstuFDed
aad OdeRders Tried Lnaer Charges.
PHuADEIPHIA. March Settlement
| 90 the car strike and the return TO work
Of the union men who struck in sym
pathy with the carmen turns upon ons
condition the reinstatement without pref
udice Of the IIS mOtormen and conduct
ors who were discharged by the Rapid
Transit Company for -intoKicAtiO0. knock
ing down fares and the good Of the ser
vice. with the further promise by the
company that these men shall have hear
inEs individually and that causes will
be produced In each case.
This condition blocked an agreement
to-day between the company and ia
men Vice President Clarence Wolf Of
the ~ r. r.. who represents . majority
% the board Of directors. refused 70 grant
the terms offered by Clarence o. Pratt.
leader Of the strikers. Mr.. Wolf main
tAinS that the company shall not be chal-
lengrd in the right to hire and discharge
workmen. Pratt contends that tho right
TO hire or discharge 10 not attacked,
but that the cOmpany's abuse Oftho right
10 the point az issue.
There were conferences this AftsrnoOn
and this evening. Al times the settle
msnt seemed certain. But Mr.. Wolf
remained unmovsd by appeals and in.
sisted that the company could not stul-
tify itself by reemploying the Ia Pratt
having been informed ny r. 4. Green
await. president of the state Federation
10 labor. tina, n state wide strike would
he ordered for Monday. March "a. ia
case the company remained Obdurate,
pressed his demands with confidence.
No other issue remained between the
company and the men. but the one men
toned could not be got over.
A. soon as GrsenaW alt was told that
agreement seemed unlikely he telegraphed
orders 20 all unions affiliated with the
State Federation Of labor 20 90 on strike
on Monday next The order advances
the state sympathe tic strike four days.
The call originally named March Is.
The situation tonight -. briefly. that
unless Mr. Wolf 10 moved by strong
influences he will stick TO his colOrs and
IN. Statewide strike will come. " 10 the
factor that 10 moving the politicians to
activity. l. ~ the principal weapon lefs
~ the hands ot the labor unions Having
Iailsd to ne zap the business Of the city |
~ the sympathetic strike here. they are |
bent on bringing other cities into tho
quarrel
state senator McNichol returned TO |
PhiladeIphia to-day after talking matters |
over IN Washington with senator Boise |
Penro@" Mr. McNichol brought a message |
from SENATOR Penrose, bat the word. |
whatever u ives was kept secret.
There - a story that q special session 1
oi the Pennsylvania Legislature - TO be |
called by Gov stuart, an case the PhIla- |
delphIa Rapid Transit and the men do not
como together IN the next day or two, for
me purpose 81 enactIng q compulsory
srbitrat ION Law. There - no doubt that
the leaders of the Republican party are
much exercised over the unpleasant
possibility of a strike thar would cover
the entire STAT
There will IL. conferences tomorrow
between representatives Of the car men
and those who are now acting Tor the
Rapid Transit Ompany One ot the
suggestions for mediation that - nov
proposed - that Pratt for the car men
agre.' 10 the elimination Of all motormen
aud conductors against whom intoHica-
ton ar dishonesty can he proved. and
that the company. through Mr.. Wolf,
agree 10 take hack such a. were DIS
charged for the good Of the service.
That phrase the IniOn men saw. covers7
car men who had been too active IA union
affairs - suit the company
George n Earle has been eliminated or
has eliminated himself from the negoria- /
tiunr Mr. farle action IN taking the
initiative IA Conferences with William u !
Mahon aud the accredited representatives
pI UNION 'allor anKered senator Wolf aud
other mrtnl-rs ~ the y. X. i. board. /
They Mere ~Wavlng toward a settlement
hut they took exception to being placed
~ 'h. attitude IL making overtures Z
toward uuioni-m rhsir feeling accorded {,
With the sentiments OF large employers /
who wanted 20 hight a. out
Fighting was expected THIS morning IN !
Logan square. where senator Nc Nichol 1
hNt.- Notice had been sent TO the stTi Eers
that an open air meeting would DE held
IN the square this morning IN front Of
McNicholS house. superintendent VI
Polic- Tavlor threw2s0 policemen around
the square early ia the morning and
waited Tor things ~ happeu.
save Tor the IssOpt- entering the
Z athedral there was no crowd. A. all
tima- the police outnumbered the citizens
IN ths. rytIare A. half past - clock
Taylor withdrew his men.
there were hurFies Of violence for the
first time ia Veral days. new police
nan was ATTACKED by a crowd of Young
men at GiraTd Avanus and Fifty-secOnd
street They stripp@d on hts uniform
threw his helmet into the mud, stuffed =
gag INTO his mouth. bound him hand and
foOt aud threw him into an alley. He
was released half an hour later by passers-
by Sax inen were arrested.
At Eighteenth and Wolf streets car
was attacked aud brick crashed into the
front Vestibule. narrowly missing the
motornan aud scattering glass over the
Messengers The mOtOrman jumped or
the car pistol IN hand. and fired several
shots AT the crowd They ran.
There was another row AZ Eighteenth
and Porter streets. TAR windows we're
broken aud passengers scared by brick
throwing hat nobody was hurt