Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-03-12
Forced Arbitration in the
Philadelphia Strike Only
Hope of Settlement.
UNION CLAIMS TO HAVE
PLENTY MONEY FOR MEN
Gives Company 48 Hours or
all Unions Will Demand
Wage Increase.
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Philadelphia, Mar. 12:-Appar-
emily the only hope of arbitration in
the general strike here lies in feder-
al interference. The committee Of
ten declares that unless the traction
company arbitrates within forty
eight hours the unions throughout
the city will demand a new wage
scale, to commensurate with the
high cost of living.
John ]. Murphy, president of the
Central Labor Union, this afternoon
denied the statement that the strik-
ers were in need of money. He
showed a check from the street car
men of Pittsburg for $1,000. I'm
addition to that he said, I'VE have
letters from the Central Labor I'm
ions of San Francisco, Chicago and
st. Louis pledging us $105,000 every
week until the end of the strike. In
addition to the strike benefit made
by the international organizations of
men now out, we believe other CEN
trail bodies, realizing that labor all
through the country is vitally affect
ed by this strike, will give financial
aid
Street car men of ST. Louis will
oiSCI .tohlShl W
thetic strike, and similar meeting
will be held in Pittsburg Monday.
Charles Hope, secretary of the
Central Labor Union, and chairman
of the committee Of ten, denied that
any strikers were returning to work
and declared that if the strike con-
tinues through next week 100000
would be out.
Secretary of Commerce Nagel, to-
day, decided that the government
could do nothing at this time in the
Philadelphia strike. He stated that
the Nobel foundation for the promo
tion of industrial peace was not in
a position at present to offer SER
vices
Civic Federation Cannot Act.
The United Business Mems associa-
ton, composed of merchants whose
trade has been hurt most by the gen
eral strike, have put several peace
movements IN motion.
After voting for an appeal to Presi-
dent Taft and threatening to apply for
a receivership of the transit company
they sent a telegram to Seth Low,
president of the National Civic fed
Grafton, urging the federation to arbi-
trate between the transit company and
it's former employees. Mr.. Low tele
: graphed in reply that the federation
could not act unless appealed to by
both parties.
Unions Losing Ground.
There is no doubt whatever that the
unions are losing men daily. Strikers
whose families are beginning to suf-
fer are drifting back by twos and
threes to their jobs. The committee
of ten, Pratt, Murphy and the other
chiefs of the general strike are per-
fectly aware of the detection, and
these men are clamoring desperately
for arbitration. Several employers
say that they believe the bottom is
dropping out of the sympathetic strike
and that soon there will be nothing
to arbitrete.
These men pointed out that the un-
ions have failed in their attack on
the thr great open shops of Phila-
delphia, the Cramps, the Baldwin Lo-
connective works and the Midvale Iron
works. The unions pulled less than
$500 men from Baldwin's, and some
of these returned after few hours.
At Cramps no impression was made,
and the labor proselyters were equal
ly unsuccessful at the Midvale.
Labor Federation Asks Arbitration.
Newcastle Pa, March 12-The Penn
sylvania State Federation Of Labor
called upon Mayor John Reyburn of
Philadelphia to have the carmen's
strike arbitrated. After resolution
to that effect had been passed the fol
lowing telegram was sent to Mayor
Reyburn:
Justice as well as we demand that
the strike of the carmen be submitted
to arbitration at once and that you as
the official representative of the peo-
pie of Philadelphia Immediately use
your official influence toward this
end"
kilograms with similar purpose |
were sent also to President Taft, Gov
ernor Stuart and Senators Penrose and
Oliver.