The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-11

1 taken. II
rhc conservative. won out to-
| day In the state Federation OF La
! Dor convention, and a resolution 10
4 delnv a statewide strike svns ear
! ried.
The convention elected officers to-
/ night and will adjourn Tomorrow.
philadelphia, pa. March 10.-1f VIII
IN, penn, from his lofty perch IN the
ton of the City Hall tower, had turned
| slightly to the left and glanced upon
| North Broad street this afternoon ne
could have obtained birds eye view
4 Of disorder that would have disturDed
| his peace-loving soul.
Eeatureless except for one thing. the
sixth day of the general strike IN sym
| nathy with the striking carmen OF tbe
/ philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
witnessed an attempt to make the cen
/ ire OF the city the scene OF big dem
onstration in aid of the strikers. cause.
The police blocked the move by the
1 exercise of >.high-handed metnoas ana
brutal, unwarranted force, the strike ..A.
Headers claim in statements issued W
might; In prosecution Of lawful. Juse-
4 ha hle means and with no more force
4 Ina WAS nece ssasy to check in Its In
cipiency what might have resulted In a
,iid,sturbance of tho peace, the aushor-.
4 titles assert. 4
q VI tone: I!itclsi 7 o sast!sc. IS;
March on the CT. Hail't Is e slogan Sc;
4 which has been heard neiotc IN IN u.s
!. furhances here. Suspecting that the
4 +. !, heen prevented from holding an
omen air meeting in the National
! League Ball Park would take up the
!. indicated line of march to-day, the Il lu I I
I tborities took efficient measures to
T prevent the INVASION OF the city's cen
Il tral districts by what It WI feared
& might prove turbulent mo 3.
!, ,rhe committee OF ten estimated the
t number who gathered for the meeting
E 81 10000, and declare that the police
r rode into the crowds and tnhicted5in m
I inry 55upon peaceable citizens wtthou
e inst cause. The action Of the author
8 ties. the committee predicted, woul'
$ have the effect Of .'cementing tn
> forces Of the worktngmen not only Q
!, this city. but OF the whole country.
:, The statement insists that the re
!. sponsibility Is not upon the polic
: alone, but upon the heads of the CT.
II government behind them and upon OF
r c;als of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
It sit Company, " ho refused to grant al
a bitration. I,
IS Tines Of police with clubs practi
d c,1lv checked the 1narchers down tn
Y. nav Of Broad street more than tw
p niles from the City Hall. Half
n dozen pcrsons were injured In the on
q s,anrht and a score Of arrests wer
= made. Crowds of unwontcd proper
y tions thronged the spaces about tn
- cite uall until we'll towards nishtfal
= - ,.,,t there was no organized den,onstre
tion.
C1atn, "rimc Has Come"
no night, at meetings Of WORKING
L ,,,en : in In various parts OF the cit
a. and in statements given out by II
~ strike leaders, the Incidents Of the a
n ternoon were used as arguments
rs CONVINCE men who are still stickin
he ~ their jobs that tho time has con
" for all the workingmen5of the nunic
rio nality to stand together for what a.
ca claimed to be their rights.
nd There were a few scattered poin
ut where disturbances Of minor charact
t. broke out to-day. Flying stones brol
dc window, glass In a number Of cars B
more cars were operated than on al
he day since the strike began-1.140, t
he company said, or thirty-six In exec
r- Of Yesterdays high record.
US Spread OF the general strike to
re statewide e ext ent Is still consider
n a distant possibility. Meanwhile, t
b morrow, the business men Of the ci
'ly will make another attempt to bril-
Sc about a settlement. t
d The strikers gained to-day throul
ne lAccessons from the Baldwin LOGON
'lu tive Works OF upwards of 500 men,
rst the other hand, yari Gus manufacture
ON reported the return to work OF maj
hands who had gone out, An %obvio
detection from the strlkers ranks w
4. that az 100 or more taXicab chauffeu
,ad Scores OF cabs We're actively In Sc
~ ~ vice to-day and tonight.
nes Strike Has "Juxt DcKun.,
a OF the genera; a,tuution, tho col
the n1ittee Of ten said: Fs II.
,cr. .,The general strike OF la Dor In Phi
pad adelphia has Just begun. We are h on
ties N receiving assurances from hundre
ion and thousands of men and women t /
ana they Will throw down tteiratools a
toin in the strke.
~. Asked what effect this afternoo
,.at incident would have on the State-wi
4 "a strike, G.. o. Pratt the carnle
noe leader. said: s;5s n
mas mas ."It cannot help but advance the ic
@ ~ ana crystallize the sentimentregardi
and IT.. !, !. J, !, ,,,, !, I,
\ 90 statewide striker ho WAS nsket
n a ON9s 80 !. !, 49," - - Y ~
'e.a ~. only call them w hen com PEELED to
So" ~