New-York tribune., 1910-03-09
BREAKERS LII RIOT
SHOOT SIX INOFFEN-
SIZE PERSONS.
Ran Car Wildly Through
Street Firing from Wmdo5cs
Strikers Quiet.

Philadelphia. March Six persons. in
cluding Young girl were wounded to-
night by bullets fred by a party of strike
breakers. who rode wildly up and down
FTankford avenue in trolley car and shot
into the crowds that lined the sidewalks
After one Of the most eventful days since
the beginning OF the strike the stoning Of
cars was renewed tonight along Frankford
avenue. the principal thoroughfare in the
mill district in the Northeast
A stone thrown by one of the crowd in
iured strike breaking motorman. In
furiatod at this crowd Of about fifteen
Of mis- comrades took out car. all Of the
windows OF which they broke with their
clubs. As the car loaded with armed strike
breakers sped down FrankfOrd avenue bull
lets We're rained at the jeering crowd.
Patrolman Bragg. of the Frankford dis
trict. who was standing on the sidewalk.
received bullet in his helmet about an
inch above his head.
Helen May. aged fourteen years. was
struck in the leg by bullet John Ma
loney. aged eighteen years, and Michael
Osborn. aged twenty-fo'lr years We're also
shot in the legs. and Frank Bromley. aged
twenty-three years. received a bullet in his
foot These wounded We're removed to the
Frankford Hospital Two other injured
were taken 10 their homes.
Run Car Back Again.
After reaching Allegheny avenue. the car
was switcie ed to the northbound track by
its crew and the dash hack 10 the barn be
gan. So swiftly was the car driven that
before the crowd realized that it was COM
lng back il had sped past them anc into
tie barn again.
The shooting of inoffensive bystanders
worked the crowd 10 a nigh pitch OF eX-
element and as other cars came down the
street the mob proceeded 10 wreck them,
in several instances leaving only the trucks
on the -ails. About a dozen arrests We're
made
There were few minor outbreaks IN the
downtown district late tonight.
Both the police and the labor leaders
busted themselves all day preparing sta
tistics to support their widely divergent
claims Of the strength Of the sympathetic
strike
The labor leaders. after receiving reports
from the secretaries of many local unions,
reiterated their claim OF one hundred AMI
twenty-five thousand on strike and say
that many additional recruits will leave
work tomorrow. when a detailed list Of the
number affected il each branch Of industry
viii be made public.
Director Clay. on the other hand. said
tonight that recanvass Of the city's in
dustrial establishments made to-day shows
that while 1905 workers walked out to-day
2Ge9 strikers returned TO work
The return to work Of some Of the union
taxicab chauffeurs was balanced ny the GO
ing out Of the workmen at the Baldwin
Locomotive Works. II was reported that
five hundred men had succumbed to the
Persuasions of the strikers. but 5. NJ. Nau-
CLAIM, member of the firm, stated that
only about two dozen men had quit work.
He said they left the works at the noon
nour carried away by emotion due to the
strike excitement
Hosiery Plants Closed.
Announcement OF the decision Of most OF
the hosiery interests OF the city TO shut
down their plants until next Monday was
an important development this afternoon.
The announcement was coupled with the
intimation that II the employees in the
hosiery plants affected did not return TO
work by that time the mills might remain
closed down until fail. These plants con
stitute about - per cent OF Philadelphia's
hosiery companies and employ twenty thou
sand hands.
A considerable proportion Of the employees
in the city's hosiery mills were reported TO
have gone out on the first day of the gen
eral strike.
Manufacturers declared that many union