The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-12
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T OR ARBITRATION. I !.
City Is Aroused by Raw
ages Of Garments
Strike.
STEPS ARE TAKEN
TO END TROUBLE
Business Men Meet and Appeal to
President Taft, Senators and
Civic Federation Union
Men Petition Governor
to Stop 1ntolerablc
Conditions.

10 olOp AeSASAs~'I1>
Conditions.
ph,Iadclpllta, Pa, March 1.-THE cail
,or arb,tration OF the differences pc
tween the philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company and It's 1000 or moro strtk-
INC employees became insistent to-day.
From quarter after quarter IN Phiia-
i |delphia, and outside Of it. the demand
FOR mediatory measures was voiced.
i Everywhere 1t was recognized that
!, the failure to arrive at an arbitra
Iapreement was the only thing that
!, stood In the way Of a speedy callins
OFF of tho general sympathetic strike
). In this city, which has practically par,
I .aIyzed the city's industrial Ire anu
!, which the la Dor leaders made renewed
: threats to spread II the deadlock con-
tinued.
I'll At representative meeting of bus
: mess men this afternoon the call for
Il arbitration was the keynote from pc
!, ginning to end.
:. Governor Stuart. at Harrisburg, was
, petitioned by labor men to take actlon,
\ and the patriotic citizenship OF the CITY
7 and State was invoked in various re- g
!, olutions statements and petiuons -
!, exert its power In putting stop 70
. conditions which Philadelphia daily
), lands growing more intolerabie.
/! Determined moves for arbitration
= have been made before in the course
!, of the struggle which started nearly
y four weeks ago, and have failed Each
y day, however. seemingly brings the sit
: luation nearer crisis.
An excellent sign was the good order
l ty.,I
to- day. Not until late tonight was
y there any sort of an outbreak In any
louarter of the city. Coming out of a
: meeting which was held In Musical
y Fund Hall, at Eighth and Locust
!, Streets, to-night, section OF ne ;croSWo
idl - Displaced a turbulent spirit, and pass
= ing troH ey cars were stoned. me po'
- lice, by show Of force IND me us pia, ~,
" OF rcyolvers, subdued the demonstratlol
re before much mischief was done. no
r ibod v was seriously injured and ther
- were no arrests. .s5 .
as Cars ran uninterruptedly to-day !
al greater numbers than since the strik
an began.
~ -. Two hours and u half OF discuss 81 Q Q
-, -. of the strike question by g large say
IL, cring. representative OF nloie va -,
III ~. thirty business organizations Of tn
-" W, city.s,Y was productive late this aftel
~ " nnon OF the adoption of a resolution
which three separate influences al
invoked to bring the Industrial wa
to an end.
10. stress was laid upon the t'nanci
Mt movers of the city. The city's banl
are requested to use their iniiucnc!
Us 10 to bring about arbitration or an eau.
nd able settlement Each commerce
l. ,foH
ETY. body Represented va ss1siNI sn1u -,
lui- brine every possible pressure to be
mic ,,non the Councilmcn to- cause a sp
, cial meeting of City Councils to-
,4h 4h called for action which will induce t
ute. company and its men to come
,ted terms.
ting The resolution took n wider scol
.I;s. ~ however, in directing that telegr.
: ''l - he sent to Seth Low. president OF !
o inl National civic Federation, asking II
ally tho federation Immediately oner
r. services as arbitrator to the two p;
to- ties to the dispute, the company
. Of 1.-The union organization representa-
tho the men. The traction company. ma
,ersl thought, would not lightly cast as
Dyed an offer from the National Civic be
acI.e acre 10 act as mediator. The mons orga
Ills zation has already announced that
would welcome arbitration.
bank All shades OF opinion were rep
the sented at tho meeting. Iat8the5 close
which a representative committee
thirty was named to put the rese
tions adopted into effect. petit
to President TAFT. presented by
ATS fred Ir Love, of the Universal Pe
Union, was nuIncrouslY signed by
nro- business men ii the close Of the m
SEN ing IT suggested that the CONT
bill sion for tho promotion OF INDUS d1n's'
peace, which has at Its disposal
US 70 funds donated by Theodore Roose
e..is from the Nobel peace prize ava
, - in "a him, be asked to act In the
post here ,5Es5 s5
that Action DcmRlhicd.
..Immedlatc action" was the
,;:, scnss mand Of every speaker OF the a
oapiS . pts noon. The blocking OF q settle
LAMP. was varlously attributed In
speeches. some OF which were 'ch. cNtr
is 70 ly warm in tone, upon the "
nerce Company the city officials and
,..,iit I'm few Instances upon the at ttltndc
-, 49,, ~ strikers themselves In forcing q
ira llc eral wall1-out and Insisting upon
ali he os11itions Of their hon In an y arr
merce ton they We're willing to lndors
9 eff "Thc city hall could settle n
twcnty-four hours II It would
he So one ora tors declaration.
mr.. most ro. night tho PhIladelphia ft5!
,,,cst pst Transit Company through 1'res
en- in Isruger, announced Its WILLINGNESS
ments comply with Mayor Reyhurn's re
e rail- of the afternoon for concesslo or
'nril ii'' --711est,Iti 71co,nItinued on Fifth FageD