The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-24
Policemen and Detectives in
Automobiles Guard Each
Car Sent Out From Barns to
Protect Them From Strikers
STRIKERS OFFER THEIR
SERVICES ON MAIL CARS
An Effort viii Be Made Today
to Clear Out the KenSingtOn
District, Which Is the Gen.
ter for the Worst Rioters,
HEAVY SENTENCES GIVEN

Philadelphia, Feb. 23.-Police off
Gals of this city today virtually &C.
knowledged their inability to cope
with the strike situation, when a re-
quest was made of John C. Groome,
superintendent of the state police,
that the 200 members of his COM
mand be brought to this city for po-
lice duty.
This request was made notwithstand-
ing that serious rioting was less frequent
today than on any other day since the
strike of the street car men last Satur-
day. The state police are expected to
reach here tomorrow morning, and Will
doubtless be sent into the KensingtOu
district, where the state Fencibies had
such an unpleasant experience yesterday.
Efforts of the police tomorrow, as they
were today. Will be concentrated in clear
ing the kensingtOn district of mobs that
have infested il since The opening of the
strike.
For the first time the Rapid Transit
company succeeded in running its cars
until o'clock on the Frankfort line,
which penetrates this Urruly territory. At
that hour cars on all lines were returned
10 the harms.
Police Guarding Cars.
-Four policemen guarded each car and
detectives patroued the route all day in
automobiles. Whenever group of men
formed, detectives rushed them and even
followed the ringleaders into houses until
they captured them. In spite of the vigj-
lance of the police, many car windows
We're broken and the company was finally
Obliged to use sheet iron windows in place
Of glass panes.
While the police were busy keeping
oil for mo linz in J., OF ON
lines in other parts of the city were run
on much reduced schedules, and on sew
eral of the West Philadelphia and down.
town lines, no attempt was made TO run
cars all day, although these sections were
comparatively quiet. The shopping dis
trict on Market street was again the scene
of almost continuous disturbances, eSpe-
cially at the noon hour. No one was Seri-
OuSly injured
One Man Is Shot.
Baldwins locomotive works was the
scene OF a disturbance at noon. one en-
ploye was shot in the foot, and about
fifty shots were fired at labOrerS VINO
sought refuge on the upper floors Of the
buildings, and hurled bolts and nuts at
policemen guarding cars.
Every time d head appeared at a win
dow il was q target for a bullet from
policemen's revOlvers. On one occasion
whistle, signaling the expiration of the
lunch hour, brought hOstllities to close.
The city hlgh schools, attended Dy pupls
from all sections Of the city, are located
near these industrial plants that have
been bombarding the cars with bolts. Not
10 endanger the lives of children who
would be forced to ride on the cars the
hoard of education today decided not To
open the Two schools Tor girls this week.
Late today the Rapid Transit company
issued a statement in which il IS claimed
that the strikers cannot and will not
win" In part the statement follows:
There is no possibility of this company
dealing on any basis with the men who
have engineered the events Of the last
three days.
The men who have stood by US and
the men who come TO Us may be sure
that We shall stand by them.
There will be no settlement which III
cludes taking back the men who have
led and encouraged mob violence
The heavy hand Of the law pressed hard
today on some of the men and boys who
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