The Detroit times., 1910-02-25
ACTION ON General
STRIKE POsTPONEO'
TILL SUNDAY
Labor Men of Philadelphia HOLD
Session and Decide To Call Great
Mass Meeting To Decide
Question.
More Cars Are Running Today, Butt
Union Men Say They Are
Holding Their Own. ~

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Feb. 25.--
More cars are being run today than
at any other time since the walkout
and the determined attitude of the
police authorities to suppress rioting
has prevented further attacks upon.
the non-union strikebreakers.
The probability of general strike
OF the 100000 union men in Philadel-
phia In sympathy with the street car
men. grows more remote daily. The
street car men themselves oppose
such "a strike.
meeting of the representatives
OF the Central Labor Union, the AL
lied Building Trades and other unions
held last night, action on the sym
pathetic strike was postponed until
next Sunday. when there will be held
great mass meeting OF all labor
leaders In Philadelphia, whether ffilii-
ated with the Central body or not To
determine finally whether the l000 900
union men and women shall respond
10 general order. Ii was decided
that IL general strike should be or
dered no terms would be made with
the street car company until It had
resumed the sale of six street car
tickets for quarter The union men
believe this will be a popular move
and gain sympathy for them.
! AS soon as the strike leaders were
notified OF this action they sent a set
of resolutions, signed by President
Driscoll and Secretary Barron, of the
street car mems union TO the Central
! Labor Union and the Building Trades
Council, declaring the car men had
the strike situation we'll in hand and
did not believe a general strike would
be necessary.
The officials OF the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Co. announced today
their success in running cars last
might and said they would gradually
increase their daily service TO the
normal.
i Only a few outbreaks marked the
resumption OF the service last night.
The state police had a few brushes
with individual disturbers OF the
lcace. bur the Kensington district. in
ahich they are doing patrol duty and
where the strike riots have been
nercest in the past, was unusually
quiet The police refused to permit
any gatherings and brooked no resist
Iance.
The most serious ARRAY OF last night
occurred at Germantown-ave. and
IJunIetta-st., where . crowd OF youths
stoned street car. A policeman on
the front OF the car fired into the
lCrowd. The bullet striking Michael
Kenney. 1S, in the arm. Kenney was
arrested. When the crowd had been
dispersed Police Lieut.. Johnson dis
covered the first brick thrown had
broken his collsrbone. Nearly every
street car run in .Frankford last night
was stoned from dark corners and
the police fred many shots, but no one
was injured. Csrs we're withdrawn In
this section after 9 o'clock but SER
wee was resumed there today, more
police being on duty.
The officials OF the Rapid Transit
Co. declared a number OF the strikers
are returning TO work and that they
have plenty Of men TO handle all their
cars as soon as the police give the
rord. They declare the strike -
broken.
The strikers. in turn, say they are
the victors. They deny absolutely
that there have been any desertions
rom their ranks.