The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-24

pNSG tho fcspOnSlblHty Aoi tie uoe'
u the strikers. organization. strilS'
up job on the part OF the ralwa,
company to dscredit the strike.
There rs no doubt about the re-
spons,biity OF the strikers for dy-
natniting the waiting ROOM said Mr.
orr. representing the railroad com.
pany. this morning. 1T occurred g
few hours after Pratt had been hold
ing a meeting near one of Our barns
IN the Immediate vicinity
1T was the work of the company
retor,ed Labor Leader Timothy HealH
on hearing of the outrage. II am sure
of it, There we're two policemen on
guard at the waiting room at the time.
IL the place was dynamited by strik-
srs why did not the policemen see
them and arrest them
Police Fired Upon.
What might have been serious
shooting affair occurred at Forty
fourth and Lancaster Avenue, in West
Philadelphia, about o'clock, Two
cars coupled together and carrying
twelve passengers and two policemen
were fired upon by an unidenuuea
man standing at street corner.
With the first shot the passengers,
four of whom We're women. sprawied
yeyance until tho fusillade was over.
Then the policemen gave chase, but
the man got away.
At Eighteenth and Lehigh Avenue.
in the northwest, boy shot blank
cartridges at car. He was arFcsteo
TO- the fun he was having.
Thus far the rioters have made street
cars the principal objects of their at
tacks. The northeastern section OF the
city, and Market Street, under the very
eyes of the Mayor. have been the mann
scenes of their operations.
In the southern part OF Philadelphia'
where. on the opening day of the
strike. several cars were attacked ana
one burned, quiet now reiSns.
Wounded Boy Dead.
The third death as result OF .nc
conflict between the police ana st.ihe
syupathizers occurred to-day. wnen
John Heugh, eighteen years old, aleo
In the Samaritan Hospital
A policeman who was proteetips
motorman in the operation OF cav as
It was passing north OF IeEh'an'e" -
Avenue. at Westmoreland Street, sa"
bovs throwing stones at the car. The
policeman opened fire on them, ana one
bullet struck Heugh in the neck. Inc
boy was not believed to be mortaily
wounded. but his condition took turn
for the worse during the night
Heugh is the boy who in an ante.
norton statement to the coroner saiu
he was one Of an organized gang OF
$50 carpet mill employees who ha1
agreed to assemble and attack the cars.
In this statement he said that ne WAS
en1pIoyed at a factory. Monday, he
stated. three boys of the factory formed
themselves into committee. went
around among the other employees, and
got boys to the number of $50 to agree
to meet and mako combined attack
on trolley cars and on the men VINO
were running them.
According to appointment the LOO met
at Sixth Street and LehiSh Avenue
Armed with sticks, bricks, stones anu
other missiles, they began their at
tack. Most OF the boys are participate
ing in the trouble through mischievous-
ness. They are having the time OF
their lives.
Warning TO Parents.
Superintendent Of Police John L. Tay-
log has issued an official warning TO
parents. In st he says:
MANY people as soon as they see q
crowd collecting. out of innocent curA
nsity run to see what the trouble Is
Hundreds doing the same thing 500
collect an enormous crnwd.
..In most OF these crowds there ar
large numbers of women. girls an
boys, many OF them not over seventies
or eighteen years OF age, who join i
what they believe is the fun. an
throw stones at the cars ana moot ant
yell at the police
"The citizen does not think OF TIL
chance which he and his children run
of serious INJURY in joining such
sorowd of the danger 10 young girl!
and aged persons going to and IRON
,p,r iy, "a
is stoning, of the lifelong stigma
which may fall upon the boys that we
have arrested and sent TO jail for In
citing to riot, and of the immense loss
to tho business interests OF this city.
The boy, who out of spirit of mis-
chief throws Il stone may kill some
one in the car, as has been done be-
fore. and be tried for his life
More than 1000 persons have been
arrested for rioting, and thrty-six
have already been indicted by the
s.pa,hfzsrs May March.
The fact that the sympathetic strike
was not declared by President John
unlrA acted as panacea to the tired
police officials OF the city, who We're
anticipating a strike of 100000 men.
a move is on foot, however, to have
the sympathi2ers of the striking street
railway employees parade peacefully to
thereby show the Mayor and other
officials the gigantic proportions of the
threatened uprising should 1t later
he decided to call out these men.
The decision not to have this army
of workers engage in the struggle at
present was due to Organizer Clarence
.. Pratt, OF the Street Car Mems Union
Flo pointed out to Murphy that the
time was not opportune for this move.
The union leader decided to take the
advice of Pratt and defer calling out
the union sympathizers,
The right OF Murphy to call a gen
eral strike Of all trades unions atii-
Hated with the Central Labor Union Is
disputed by = majority of the !oca
labor leaders. a careful investigation
CT the situation shows that Murphy
O. head OF the, Central Labor Union
has no power to order a. genera
strike, but is only vested With the au
thority TO suggest one.
1t then rests with each trade uniol
to act upon the matter. Unions ca
declare sympathetic strikes withou
any suggestion from the central labo
organization.
There are some unions that woul
not agree to general sympatheti
strike. it is said, because 1t woul
involve the breaking of hard wo
trade agreements with employers wh
are innocent parties in the Drcser
trouble.