Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
100000 STORM
BALL PARK IN
BIG PH'LA. STRIKE
Police Drive Back Crowds Try-
ing to Hold Sympathetic
Mass-Meeting.
GATES ARE CLOSED ON
ORDER OF CITY OFFICIALS S
Leader Pratt Followed by Cheer-
ing Throngs as He De-
parts from Scene.

PHILADELPHIA, March 10. - A
crowd, estimated at 100000 persons,
went to the baseball park of the Phila-
delphia National League Club this
afternoon, despite the announcement OF
the authorities that a mass meeting
called by the general strike committee
to be held in the park would not be
permitted. There was no disorder or
consequence in the vicinity of the ball
park, the gates of which We're Kept
closed. .
Trouble threatened, however, when 1t
became definitely known that there was
no meeting, and the masses OF human
ity began to congregate in Broad street
for the return toward the centre OF the
city. ~
AT / O'Clock the crowd filled Broad
street--broad in fact as well as IN
nanle-for six blocks north from Co
lumbia avenue. just at that time T.
OYPratt, the leader of the striking car
men, with other leaders of the general
strike rode up Broad street In an auto
mobile. Way was made for the auto
mobile, and the crowd, cheering mad
ly,s fell in behind and the march up
Broad to the park was taken up.
There the marchers encountered a
strong force of police who began turn
ing the masses back.
Pratt and the carmen's counsel got as
far as the ball park gates in their ma
chine and formally demanded admit
tarlce. When this was refused they en-
tered a protest with ,the police and
started back toward City Hall.
The crowds which had been circling
the ball park fell in behind, and at 1:3O
o'clock a big, mobilize formation of
people was marching back towards the
citys central section. The police had
to- use force In some instances to
handle the crowd and keep 1t moving,
but up to the time the return march
was under fair headway no disorder OF
serious nature had occurred
Except for the North Broad street
demonstration, the general strike situ-
alton developed little of interest today
The traction company Increased the
number of cars in operation, there was
3 break in the ranks of the taxicat
strikers. and a further report of men
returning to work in the shops.
The strikers made further gains of
few hundred men from the Baldwin
locomotive plant, and claimed other ac-
cesstons. In general. the sympathetic
strike movement, however, appeared to
be marking time.
The success in penetrating the Bald
win works is likely to lead to cam
paign against other large Industrial
plants which are considered open
shop places.
1851 on strike.
The committee of ten OF tine Cehtra'
Tabor Union which is conducting tne
general strike has given out nsureh
\ to support its claim that between lIo,
600 and 100000 persons are idle. II
announced that the total NUMBER VI
men. women, boys ana girls on serihe
a, to last night was 1851. The com
n3ktee gave out the following approx
innate figures:
Building trades, 10000; metal trades
100000: textile trades, $4,000; garment
workers, mems wear. l0,0Uo; garment
workers. womens wear, 5000
Miscellaneous trades: Asbestos work.
ers 1o5: cloth, hat and cap workers,
210; acigar-makers, 1850; shlrtwalst ana
laundry workers, 1000; piano-movers'
XXI bakers and confectionery workers.
RAJ. nayiors and rammers, 46S; sus-
nender-makers, I'll; electrical workers
3s6 walters, 410; upholsterers' I41'
.traet hackmen, no. chauffeurs, loo'
street carmen, $500; hatters, VIZ.
According to the labor committee the
fo,Iowing unaffiliated workers are on
strike.
Lawn mower makers 300; GLACIERS
,5a.sAmerican Hoe and Shovel Com
many. 161; National Cutlery Company
"a butchers. 300; sheet metal workers'
5oo. worsted weayers, 1,7O0; stone ma
ssns ESQ: laborers, $50; wood carvers
1os.- Masland carpet mills, 400; Ger
,ra,,ia carpet mills, 800; rolling spring
r,,orrs 200: Wallace Wilson Hosiery
Coronanv. 500: Baldwin Locomotive
works. 5000; Bement Miles & Co., 9oo'
rJsrrinptou Machine Company, 10:
Nawton machine shop, 800; lace curtain
anerators. 900; Cramps ship yards
heater boys, 150.
son,e of the above figures are dis
,,,,tad hv the city authorities and large
,iovars Baldwins Locomotive
works declare that only one-thlrd o.
tha number of men the union claims
are on strike quit work yesterday.
aided by recruits secured by its Of
4,c;a,s from many other cities the PhiIa-
,elrhia Rapid Transit Company today
,,,arated more cars than on any da!
sinra the strike was declared. The few
attacks made on the new crews Were
lot serious during the early hours, and
were confined to the outlying sections
OF the city, where nearly all disturb
ances since the strike began have oc-
CURED.
There was a big break in the ranks
oy.the union taxicab chauffeurs who
went out in sympathy with the trolley
men, The three taxicab companies re.
norted today that lis out of a total OF
about 275 ta axicab drivers have returned
81 work. The companies are making
no attempts to fill the places OF the
striking chauffeurs-