The sun., 1910-03-14
BOYCOTT ON ALL HhE BANKS
LABORERS Urged To DRAW or
DEPOSITS To HELP STRIkF.
PSsiladeIphla CentraI InloR wants 10 Pun
Ish FtRancleva Zoe appSsIRg sSmpa thy
walk cut Votes AlaO 10 OstrarlEe
lnioA Nen Nh0 Dld Not 0ust work

boycott the hanks and 20 -ostTacize- all
union men who fail TO so or strike by to-
morrow night
The meeting was held in secret The
delegates met 90 consider what means
could be adopted to prop up a failing
movement.
Ten and the walking delegates hrOugh
gloomy reports 60 the conference.
They reported that every threat and
appeal designed 20 whip the public into
line had failed. Their figures showed
that the number Of men on strike ~
materially less than Il was last week
For the first time Ance the general
strike began the union chiefs had Ia look
the atua ton souarely in the face Thev
started ,o'It with the announcement that
the business oI the city would he t,ed up
completely. Nothing OF the sort hap
pened. Philadelphia has been nicked IN
places and walls have zone up from shop
keepers N districts where the boycott
has been in operation. hut the larger
aNai-s OF the Citv have been conducted
pretty much ~ " there were M such
canker a. n general strike
The unions were forced 10 admit that
they haven bean successtu even IN de-
pTivinR citizens of their uNuri"~. The
business 81 The theatres has improved
steadily. The receipts Al the matinee Of
Broad street theatre IN SATURDAY. were
" ~ The restaurants have suffered
veTv little The b,g depart m~nt stores
although seriously affected. have not
considrred ~ necessary. a. WAS con
templa'"d = week ago. to shut down oT 10
dismiss half ~ their smuloyes-. The
milkman has gon" his morning rounds
tho baker keeps turning ou' bread. the
hart @ndar j. on the iDb and there ara m ore
street cars every day for people 20 ride IN.
Consideration of all points led 20
the most radical action tha Central
Labor Union has vet taken. Murphy and
his advisers admitted that ~ was danger
ous as we'll as radical. n the union mon
who are threatened with o-tracism. re-
fused 10 10 hullied IN" effect NAV well
b~ a split in labor union'sn. which would
no disastrous 20 IN" strikers II was a
chance. the leaders said tha, they bad 20
take Their position has h"com-
critical that d"-p"rai. devices seemed
necessary
The first resolution discussed was armesi
a. the haukcrs - Philadelphia primarily
and AZ IN. banking interests - the Who'll.
country The Unions ar" furious a. the
attitude ~ tho finarc'sr- - Philadelphia
!; was planned - scara Their, into driv M
IN" Rapid Trarst company into a com.
promise with the carmen The bankers
whosA opinions appear 90 have h~sn
voiced emphatically Nv George ~ Farle
president ~ the Real Estat" Trust TOM
III
made up their minds tha' ~ was their
duty 10 stand hehind the Rapid Transit
company and all employers who n~liev.
tha' they had right To conduct open
shops Every effort made to get the
bank.rs to persuade rhs directors ~ the
2 r. T. To arbrrats faIlei absolutely
The bankers said qui~'ly thai they saw
no reason for interference on 'h~lr part
80 the Central Iabur Uniun struck al the
bankers. Her" u the resolution they
put over
Whereas certain hanss-- have declared
'hcir Svr1pa'hv FOR me Philadelphia Rapid
TRANSIT IomgHnN N - fgh' 20 .uhfur The
Carnsn- union and cru.N ne general
s'riks and ar" go Ilfug IN Other barke-~ 10
tAEs similar action. and
Mhsrsas the hank. res' upon 'Ne mor~,
Deposited rv the working men nut women
~ im~ri'r amt
Where's 'Ne vo-ksr- NJ 'hs NATION have
V'Stged 20 'h~ PN'Inde' uh'F ~'rike-- 'h-ir
mora, and fnan' ~ .rprorr - ne aut hat
'h~~ may v'n n me -'rrgEl" therefore
h. o.
R,sa',sS Thar tho 'cu'ral Labor = ninn
of Philadelphia ana virinuv hereby 'sUs
upon 30 WORKING men and women %!
AWartrA aud 'hsir -yWpathe' friends ss
'he'r fr-' svwpa'le'I" EC' 20 vthdraV al
Their funds 'h"r mar have on deposit vt'h
~" hank 'h~rshv 'sarhtrg rfe bankers
'hst Vi'hou' 'hs rron"'. ~ thr worker 'he'r
institutions "f fusn'" must b" = fstlurr.
~ VUhou' N" 'abor ~ the workers an
md Il-rry must '"is"
N~Xt the Central Labor Union resolved
- ostrRCi1c VnIpn men who dSclIned 10
60 on strik" rh' resolution gives thsm
until tomorrow might ~ midnight 10 fail
in line Or h- -ou'lPwed n "a directed
against 'hr@" unions principally, the hak-
er- tho printers end mo brewery workers
- fRr A. ~" brewery workers ara con
Cernad they haN" been refused permtAston
IN s'rik" hy their International union.
which met IN C'rcinna', last we~k and de-
cidsd that " could no' CountsnAncs. the
breaking of , agreements vi'hout asrecific.
we'll founded grievance"
Members ~ the Typographical Union
sad '0-ni ght hat n was nonsense 20 think
: haf m" Central Labor Union could com
Nlei InrfN 10 StTlNe Nflfn action NOtllu
not he possible without the permission ~
the Internal Onal body and none of them
believes that the International will CON
sent The Same thing apples 20 IN"
bakers The latter are well satisfied and
~ - not likely 'hat all ~ them could 60
out even in the event hAf th~ir Interns-
fional gave consent
The third action taken by ths q. T. I.
to-day was the adoption of resolution
requesting tho individual unions on
strike "a demand IN case - s@ttlemant
Of the carmans trouhl" ~ further pOst-
poned a. advance m wages and shorter
hours. The intent On - 81 course 20 fur
nish all the atrlkIng unions with specifc
grievance ~ their own Whic labor
leaders are confident that the strike Will
not break Tomorrow they admit that
II u ~" crucial point IN the conflict
There was Tightening NJ the lines
to-day 4 number ~ mass meetings
were held where speeches we're made
eNhorting the strikers - stand firm To-
night the Leaders said that tO-morrow
would open with rhe strike still in full
swing
The city officials asked the Pennsyl-
vanIA. Reading and BALTIMORE and Ohio