Smyrna times., 1910-03-09
SThIkE LEADERS
TO Be ARRESTED
Philadelphia Officials Plan to
Jail Them For Conspiracy
RIOTING ALL OVER The CITY
Cars and Policemen Were Attacked
by Mobs and Many Were Injured,
One FataIly-Woman With Baby In
Her Arms Was Shot In Breast.

Her Arms Was Shot In Breast.
Philadelphia, March THE city Of
fcials and Francis S. Brown, counsel
for the Rapid Transit company, have
decided to cause the arrest Of all the
union labor leaders who are directing
the trolley strike on the charge OF
conspiracy.
Neither Mayor Reyburn nor Direc-
tor of Public Safety Clay nor Mr..
Brown would breathe a word of what
took place in the conference, but the
information is positive that the au-
thorities have determined to arrest
and clap into Jail ten or a dozen men
who caused the general strike of at
least 10000 men.
Action is to be taken against these
men under the common law of Penn
sylvania, which broadly defines con-
spiracy as the attainment or attempt
at attainment of lawful thing by un-
lawful means. or the attainment or at
tempt at attainment of an unlawful
thing by lawful means. Legal author
ities have assured the city officials
that they have a strong case against
the union leaders in question.
The decision of the authorities to
Jail the leaders was partly assisted by
the assurance that the political bosses
would keep hands off. Now that the
union men have set up a cry for a
straight Labor party in Philadelphia
they have mighty little to expect in
the way of aid from the Republican
machine. 1t is plainly understood that
the machine will not interfere in any
way with whatever action Reyburn
and Clay may take to punish such as
they believe are responsible for riot.
ing and los sto business that is con
servatively estimated at s500,000 a
day.
Rioting Breaks Out.
Rioting broke out Sunday evening In
all sections of the city. Riot calls
poured in upon the police. A crowd
of boys began tantalizing a green po
Iiceman at Sixth and Carpenter
streets. The policeman rushed the
crowd and arrested one of the boys
The crowd attempted a rescue, anC
while the policeman was struggling
TO keep hold of his prisoner be wa
= reinforced by a squad of policemel
from a nearby station. The crowd wa
driven away, but it reformed at Eight
and Carpenter streets.
There were several thousand mel
and boys in the mob by this time
They barricaded the car tracks wit
cobblestones torn from the roadway
Every car that came along was bon
barded, and men from the windows @
houses along the street hurled cobbl'
stones at the motormen and the pC
lice guards. Unluckily for the police
there was a large pile of bricks at thi
point, which furnished ammunition
the rioters.
Lieutenant Woods, conr' anding
detachment of men, attacked til
crowd which refused to break. Thre
automobile patrol wagons came tea
ing up. Some OF the rioters toe
refuge IN the home of John Forte.
S13 Christian street. Forte was
dinner with his wife and children. tt
policemen rushed into the diningroo
and clubbed the men who had fC
from the street. Forte protested al
was struck down with a billy. Thr,
men were arrested.
Ten thousand persons gathered
Allegheny avenue two blocks on Ell n
side of the Richmond car barns. Eve
car that came up was stoned. Sever
conductors and mOtormen were
jured and half a dozen cars we
wrecked, the mob tearing up the sea
and smashing the windows.
Superintendent of Police Taylor Sc
a company of mounted policemen
the ground, and the troopers came
at full gallop. They sent their ho-s
straight into the crowd, knocking m
right and left. The men had their r
tolls ready to shoot if necessary. I
the mob retreatoI from the hors
disintegrated and fed through I
side streets. The police picked
several men whom they arrested
Tioting.
Woman Carrying Baby Shot.
A woman carrying a baby was s
in the breast during a vicious enco
ter between the police and strike s,
pathizers at Fifth and Fulton stree
A large crowd was breaking car '
dows and bouncing bricks at mo
men. Mrs. Jennie Brennan, who II
in Fulton street. was caught in
crowd with her eight-weeks-old bi
She tried to get away. but the pl
was so great that she was held U
the police arrived and began to she
A bullet struck her in the
breast. just under the shoulder.
fell to the ground. screaming, ana
baby rolled out of her arms into
gutter. Her screams did more
break up the mob than the blow
the police Several men were ca
to the lookup.
There was a good deal of disc
IN the northern part of the city a
towards dark. An old man named
ert Costello was fatally shot by {