Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-10
Promise Of Help
From Outsiders
INJECTED NEW LIFE INTO GEN.
ERAL STRIKE MOVEMENT.
NATIONWIDE TIEuP
Talked Of by Philadelphia Strike Lead
ers-open Air Mass Meeting in Base
ball Park Today-Mere Cars Moving

Philadelphia, March 9.-Promise of
help from without and development of
strength in it's own field which ap-
peared to take even its most confident
leaders by surprise injected new life
into the Philadelphia general sympa-
thetic strike movement today.
A labor campaign which yesterday
gave every sign of waning force re-
ceived its strongest impetus today
from the action of the state federation
of labor convention in Newcastle in
declaring that statewide and even
nationwide tieup of industry would
not be too great a price to pay If
necessary to insure success to the 10
cal e--use.
Added to this came the revelation
that the. union labor movement in SYM
pathy with the striking employees of
the Philadelphia. Rapid Transit COM
pany was strong enough to invade
what was supposed to be a secure cita-
del of the opposing forces and open an
admittedly wide breach
1000 Locomotive Workers Quit.
The success of the strike leaders in
inducing something over 1000 employees
of the baldwin Locomotive works to
walk out today, following the early
morning desertion of possibly as many
more, was the most striking develop
ment of the day in the local situation.
This alone was enough to cause the
committee of ten in charge of the gen.
eral strike to regard this as their most
nearly six thousand men of the Bald
win plant, which is an open shop and
had hitherto resisted strike pressure,
was by no means admitted by the COM
pany management, which cut the figure
more than half.
Trouble Expected Today at Open Air
Mass Meeting.
Possible trouble was indicated by
the announcement of the strikers
committee that it would hold an open
air mass meeting in the National
league baseball park tomorrow noon
The police authorities declared that
the meeting would not be permitted,
but following this declaration the men
reiterated their intention of holding it
as scheduled, claiming the right of
free speech at a meeting on enclosed
private property as within their con-
stitutiona1 rights. Results of the in
dicated clash are awaited with some
their meeting Will be orderly, however,
and that there viii be no just cause
for Interference.
No Distu. hanee Of Consequences Yes
terday.
The day was without disturbances of
consequence and up. to a late hour to-
night the only outbreak had been a
sington shop district No one was re-
ported injured.
Cars More Largely Patronized.
The street car company slightly in
creased the number of cars in service
and the lines in the business and resi-
dence districts were apparently more
largely patronized than on any day
since the strike began
A committee representing the United
Business Mems league in the northeast
district waited upon President Kruger
of the Rapid Transit company and re-
Quested him not to run cars in the.
Kensington district after nightfall, so
as to avoid danger to life and proper
ty in that territory. President Kruger
declined to grant the request. an
his determination to run the
cars of the company wherever it was
possible to do SO at any cost.
No Signs of Strike in Business District
An important acquisition to the
ranks of the strikers was announced
tonight from Camden, N. J., where
], 500 carpenters went out. About the
same number quit work at suburban
points along the Pennsylvania rail-
roads main line and the men declared
that If necessary $500 more carpen-
ters would be called out in Montgom-
cry county, next adjacent to Phfladel-
phia, tomorrow. In the business dis
trict of the city today there were no
signs of the Strige. To all appearances
the usual life of the community went
on there undisturbed-