The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-11
POLICE SMASH mob OF 10000
RATTLE RACES ron MILES ~
PHILIDELPHIA STREET.
Union ~ mpathlzer- nSand Ter CIay MAN
GIubhed b. m Army - O@eers.
Mosmieh and AfSO1 Hundreds %
Heads Brokrn- NeetInE FvohIbaIed.

t'IulDbed by m Army - O@leers.
Mesmied and AfSoI Hunaresls II
Heads Broken NeetInG PVShIbiIed.
PHILADELPHIA. March IO.-The police
fought and whipped 10000 strikers and
labor union sympathizers in the heart
of the city this afternoon. Broad street
from the Philadelphia National League
Park To the City Hall was a battle-ground
for two hours.
The great thoroughfare was choked
with men and women who struggled 20
break down the police barbados and
surround the city Hall They were lead
erless and advanced in disorder. Their
progress resembled a stampede Of cattle.
Their conduct was insensate and unrea-
soning
Without the downright courage To form
and beat the small squads os policemen
out Of their way. they came ON in a chaotic
resistance.
Hundreds of them were pounded.
trampled by men and horses. kicked
and cufieh and whirled headlong to side
streets.
u ~ impossible To say how many were
hurt The police troubled to make few
arrests but after the mob was split and
broken and 10 parts we're driven helter-
SHELTER INTO the side streets one saw
scores Of men and now and then a woman
whose heads had been cut open by blows
Of a club. whose faces were bloody. or
who were nursing AN arm paraly1ed by
the smashing impact % the policeman .
mace,
Broad street was a curious spectacle
after the hattie had reared itself away
aud none were left but the filea Of police
men on guard. For squares the asphalt
was uttered with hats. mems hats and
women head coverings. that had been
crushed and swept away IN the driving
rushes Of the policemen.
4 truck load % damaged millinery
might hav. be~n gathered up. There
were shoes that had been torn OF by
their owners and thrOwn at the police
and many Of them were women's. Co.
casionally one came across a coat or an
overcOat that had been ripped from Ne
owners back More intimate garments
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debris
No one was unprepared for this china
Of disorder not even the individuals who
have persisted in saying that the reports
OF violence in this city were mali Rnane lies
The clash Of intention between the union
labor forces and Henry Clay. the Director
Of Public safety. was widely known
The board Of strategy Of the Contra.
-. "a. a. A.
coEamittss Of ten. i~ssssd q cnii for q mass
meeting IN the National League BASEBALL
park Mr. Clay. acting under orders
from the Mayor. forbade the meeting
smphatically and notified the lawyer who
acted for the unions that the meeting
would 10 contrary To law and against
the public peace.
But the unions had obtained. a. they
said. permission from President Horace
Nogel Of the baseball club to tIss the park
Their final word last night was that the
meeting would he held despite Clay or
anybody else.
II was a straight out defiance TO the city
authorizes. an invitation TO trouble.
They were busy all night recruiting forces
They depended on , $50 brawny mechanics
who had struck a. the BALDWIN LocorHo-
NV. Works To- lead the march tn the
Clty Hall
MIR Clay. realizing that an encounter
was certain. acted rapidly Ne ordered
John Taylor. Superintendent % Police. to
tak. a. many men he considered
necessary and prevent the strikers from
assembling IN the baseball park or any
where els. Has Instructions were posi-
tive
John Taylor ~ a policeman. He ~ sax
feet one or two. a tall. lean fellow with an
iron gray mu-Iachs and a mastin's jaw.
IL - John Taylor who has the credit to-
night for crushing the mob and prevent
ing what may we'll hav" been a far more
sangmnary struggle at the city Hall itself
Tn" whole city waited Intsntly. Long
b..for. noon n was evident that the call
ISSUED by IN" committee Of ten had been
widely Obeysd The streets converginR
on tn" National League baseball park
were full to tiie sidewalks with Thousands
who wcT" drifting toward Che meeting
II D. difficult 10 estimate the number Of
p.rSons vi no we're IA these crowds. There
v"r. many motormen and conductors.
transit strikers IN their uniforms There
were husky fellc-s from the looms Of
kensington. who boo~d at the policemen
and threw their caps into the AR with
ioud shouts. 4 foreign element was dis
tinctly visible Many carried American
flags which they dropped and poked de-
ris,yely at IN" police. Shirtwaist makers.
men and " omen. sWArmed IN tine mass OF
Ip~pple
Their attitude generally was pTovoca-
tive Although AZ first they did not at
tempt ~ stone cars or modest the loyal
employees ~ the Rapid Transit Company
10 was apparent that the factors for an
outburst weT" all present. They jeered
and shouted insults at the policemen. who
rema med indifferent. confininG their Ac-
Invites 10 keeping the crowds on the move.
Not all Of them advanced on foot toward
the ball grounds Decorated automobiles
carried labor union leaders. some % them
m silk hats. who leaned bach with an air
of pride and waved broad hands 90 their
followers Occasionally the strikers
recognized a well hnown union chief
Pratt or Murphy or a member Of the
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