The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-04
CAR STRIKE
MORE TENSE
OUTCOME OF ToDAYs COUNCIL
MEETING EAGERLY AWAITED.
MAYOR AGAINST ARBITRATION

! ''S S'apo Two Th'Scio az tno nSpuu''-
can Political Organization; Car Com
pany Officials Refuse to Budge-Big
Strike Scheduled for Friday.
Philadelphia, March 3.-Philadelphia
is waiting with anxiety the outcome
of the meeting Of the city councils
called for this afternoon to discuss
ways and means of bringing about a
termination of the strike of the street
car men. What the councils may be
able to accomplish in favor of the
mayors stand against arbitration of
any character is problematical. Arbi-
tration has been secuted by the Phila.
delphia Rapid Transit company offic.
ials, the city's representatives on the
board of directors of the company and
in fact by practically all persons con.
transit company.
The action taken at the meeting of
the Central Labor union last night,
when that organization made final
preparations to carry the threatened
sympathetic strike order into execu-
ton, has been discounted by the COM
pany which processes to believe that
only small percent of the 100000
workmen who might respond to the
call will obey the strike order. AS it
now stands the big strike will be start
ed at midnight Friday.
At a conference held last night be-
tween the business mems representa-
tives and Clarence o. Pratt, organizer
| of the Amalgamated Association of
Street Railway employees, MIR. Pratt
said he favored arbitration and will be
willing to do almost anything to pre-.
vent the gigantic sympathetic strike.
ne mayor Is so strong against any in
reference by outside parties that he
| has let it be known that he will risk
an open rupture with the republican
Organization rather than give in to the
men. He affirms that his only duty
as chief executive of the city so far
as the strike is concerned is to main
tain order His position of representa-
tive OF the city on the transit COM
pany's board Of directors is ex-officio
and not elective, the other two city d.
rectors being elected by councils. The
mayor therefore says he is not bound
by any resolutions adopted by the
councils
That the mayor is Indifferent over
the prospect of a break with the po-
litical leaders is shown in a statement
he made in answer to question as to
the result of certain political con.
ference held yesterday. He said
They wanted me to change and told
me they were getting kilograms from
leaders in Florida and that l was COM
hitting political suicide If l did not
change. l told them I did not care
about state Senator McNichol Recor-
der Ware or Senator Penrose or any
body else, or whether I was commit
ting political suicide or not, that
was going to stand just where | was,
no matter what the result"
An extra detail of policemen has
been ordered on duty at the city hall
in order to prevent the friends of ar
bitration from storming the council
chamber as was done in 1905 when a
monster demonstration was made
against the obnoxious lease Of the city
gas works.
Today the company claims about
1000 cars are running. A regular
schedule is maintained.
Discount General Strike Order.
Several associations Of the employ.
ers whose workmen are threatening to
go on a sympathetic strike, held
meetings to discuss the situation. The
master builders at it's meeting adopt.
ed resolutions commencing the city
administration for its stand in main
tanning order and further resolved to
declare lockout if the members of
the building trades unions strike
The Philadelphia Foundrymen's as
sociation at their meeting adopted a
resolution depreciating the proposed
general strike.
Director of Public Safety Clay stat
ed he had been taking number of
the workmen on strike. According to
the reports received by the police in
canvass made at the directors or
ders, workmen generally will ignore
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