Democratic messenger., 1910-03-12

Thousands Of Non-Unionists Join
Walk out--2ooo at 5aldwins Quit
Work.
Philadelphia. March l0.-Dynamite
was used In the strike here. The ex
plosion broke every window, hurled
the twenty passengers against the
seats and lifted the car on the track
and set Il down crosswise over the
rails The outrage took place al Ger
mantown avenue and Logan street. in
Germantown.
In dozens of houses along the avenue
and produced panicky feeling in the
reighborhood that lasted for hours II
was remarkable that none OF the peo
pie In the car was seriously hurt.
Apparently dynamite cartridge
with a percussion cap had been fixed
TO q rail, and when wheel OF the car
rolled over the cap the charge let go
throwing up the front end OF the cai
as a horse rears. The roar OF the ex
ploslon was heard mile away.
That section OF the street car line
Is lighted poorly The motorman. send
ing his car along at moderate speed
observed nothing suspicious. The head
lights glare did not fall squarely upor
the rails. There was nobody, the mo
torman said. in the immediate neigh
borhood.
When the car was directly In front
Of the home OF DR.. William +. Hesnon
at 4S35 Germantown avenue II struck
the dynamite cartridge. The motormap
was thrown back against the car front
90 hard that the back Of his head was
bruised and he was stunned for sew.
eral minutes.
The passengers. half dozen OF
whom we're women. were pitched out
OF their seats TO their hands and
knees and dashed against the car
sides or to the floor. They were thor
oughly frightened. much more scared
than hurt. The shouts OF the men and
the screaming OF the women brought
people to the scene who had already
been alarmed by the roar of the ex.
plosion.
In q few minutes several thousand
people were massed around the wreck
ed car. Ambulance calls were sent TO
hospitals, but nobody needed the at
tention OF the doctors as II turned out.
The police came in rush from the
city hall and nearby stations and
raked the ground for possible clues
None were found.
They were told by persons in the
neighborhood that four men had been
seen standing In the car track just a
short time before the car came along
The police sought for a description oi
these men. but were unable TO get
anything tangible TO work on.
Care Stoned In Frankford.
On account OF the rloting in Frank
ford $50 extra policemen were seEt "a
that section and will be kept on duty
there for ten days. Some OF them
found work as soon as they got on
dows smashed. Another car was bonn
barded with beer bottles and bricks
motormen was struck with stone
and his face cut. None of these mat
ters were serious. but they indicated
the ugly feeling that IL prevalent IN
the Frankford section.
An almost certain clash between the
union labor forces and the police was
prevented by the refusal OF Horace
Fogel. president OF the Philadelphia
National League Baseball club to lei
the strikers have the use OF his bal
park for q mass meeting. The union
leaders announced that they had IL
sued 4 call for all the strikers to mee'
AT the ball park and make peace
able" demonstration. Director OF Pub
lie Safety Clay promptly forbade the
meeting. Clay notified the committed
OF ten that such an assemblage would
be regarded as unlawful and that hs
had authority under the riot act q
disperse II with force.
There is. though. the possibility o
serious trouble II the men who strucI
at the Baldwin Locomotive work.
make good their declaration to marci
TO the city hall cheering for the un
ions. There are upwards OF 2000 o
these men on strike. big. husky fei
lows, who would as soon fight as not
They have planned TO make demon
stration TO show their sympathy will
the unions The police are preparing
to break up any such demonstration.
The feeling Is somewhat tenser be
cause the unions succeeded in pullinI
1000 unorganized workmen from thu
Baldwin Locomotive works. II wal
known that the unions had only on,
big weapon left. and II was neve
doubted that many Of the Baldwin EN-
ployes were strongly in sympathy Will
the strikers. Their attacks on police
men in the early days OF the strike In
dicated how far they were prepare,
20 90.
10000 on Strike.
The strike situation here has as
sumed an aspect unique In the annal
Of labor disputes in this country. Th
ridiculous claim OF the police cflicial
that less than 10000 Joined the ger
eral sympathetic strike can be dis
counted by the fact that 2i.00o en-