New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
SOLDIERS ASSIST THE
UORNOUT POLICE.
Riots an the Heart of Fhila-
detphla - Falk Out OF
10000 Threatens.


incite to riot" Pratt is in charge of the
strike. Troops were also ordered out TO-
night following serious rioting.
An attack was made late tonight on
the elevated railroad. 1t was the hrst
time that this line of travel has been
interfered with, and when the police au-
thorties learned that three bullets hau
been fired into one of the cars there was
q feeling of apprehension as to what to-
morrow will bring forth.
AS the train approached the 46th street
station. in West Philadelphia, three bull
let's were fired through the windows or
the foremost car Fortunately there
were few travellers riding on the tram
and no one was injured
The first fatality as result of the
rioting occurred tonight, when an uni
Identified man died in the Medlco-Chlr-
ursical Hospital. He was fatally IN
jured to-day in a clash between mop
and the police at Broad and Spring Car
den streets.
Fred Tyson, a policeman, whose skuli
was fractured in riot at Poplar anu
Franklin streets, will probably die
PREDICTS GENERAL STRIKE.
That a general strike of the labor or
carnations of this city would be calieo
before the week was out. possibly to-
morrow. was positively stated at the
carmen's headquarters at midnight py
John J. Murphy. president of the Cen
tral Labor Union
Power has been placed by the cen
tral Labor Union in the hands OF my
self and Secretary Charles Hope, ne
Gid "to-c call a general strike--Thls
will involve at least one hundred thou-
sand working men and women III iilS
eitv Nothing can stop a general strike
now I can't stop 1t.
with the arrest of G. O. Pratt they
have forced the same conditions on 'he
eenaral trade as on the trolley men,
..-rre general trouble is likely to be-
,in with davbreak. Before the end OF
the week there will certainly be a gen
| eral tie-up in this city
The police force was augmented TO-
| night by swearing in for riot duty liie
| state Fencibles an Independent mih'afy
organization of about two hundred rnefli-
| ,,ovs which performed service in the
cnan;sh- American War. Under the
aorAement bv which they hold tneir
armorv from the city they are opiieeo
to perform police duty when called upoh
uhev will do duty in their regular uni
| forms armed with rife and bayonet.
plans were also discussed tonight by
., commanders of the three regiments
!, the Philadelphia National Guard III
this city to mobilize their troops a'
moments notice ,;o and
The regular force OF ON" p0nl So,
| . n,o cnecials was also enlarged 'o-uoS
| nv swearing in 66 park pohce anu Wv
| ,itv eonIoves Of other depaf 'i'iei'9
| 7,b.se men will begin duty to-morro"
- ie+ the vornout policemen VINO
,,,-o ,aen nm constant duty on every
| streetcar.
STRIKE BREAKERS ARRIVE
| Five carloads of strike bfeaheiS
reached here late tonight ana "eie
| loaded on trolley cars at the fe"liS!
,ania Railroad station, IN west "''''
delphia. and taken to the car barns t'le'
| A large squad of mounted ponce e
! corted the cars and prevented threat
.ned demontration by MOB or SeNeldi
| thousand nersons who had assemoleu-
Trouble is expected following the use OF
! these mon on the cars Tomorrow.
| D,ar+s vary as to the number of cars
in service to-day The company asserted
| that 100 cars were in operation out 'lie
| nickets watching all the car barns re-
ported that only 124 cars were III opera
| tion on all lines They also reported
| that nine crews of strike breakers that
| left the Frankford barns this morning
! had deserted their cars.
The conpany also said they could op-
! crate even more cars with sufficient po-
| Iiceuen to guard them All cars were
! Withdrawn from the surface lines at u
| o'clock tonight. the company stating
! !. did not desire to endanger the lives
/ OF its loyal employees.
| Rioting in the very heart of the busi-
| ness section of the city. the attempted
! burning of another car and many petty
| attacks by strike sympathizers to-day
| led the police officials to enlarge their
| force by every eXpedient and to con-
| slider the calling out of the state militia
The first serious disturbance of the
! day occurred in front of the Reading
! Terminal at 18th and Market streets,
! and within a stones throw Of the Cen
/ tral Police Station. AS a car was pro-
! ceeding out Market street. d small boy
| ierked the trolley pole from the wire,
causing a block. a pile of building ma
! terial on the street provided ammuni-
| tion. and soon the standing cars we're
! shoWered with bricks and other missiles.
An attempt vas made to arrest the
| rineleaders of the boys. and this was
| the signal for a violent outbreak by
| many of the thousands of idlers who
| bad gathered in the vicinity. The street
! was filled with surging crowd, many
! of whom were merely curiosity seekers.
r-hen the three electric patrols filled
with police from the City Hall reached
the scene.
In the mean time a wagon of the
pbiladeIuhia Electric Company had been
ra;dad and many incandescent lamp
o,iohes used as missiles. exploded with
i nistoI-like reports. Workmen on the
,oofs of nearby buildings joined in the
| General bonbardment
The exploding lamps startled the more
..id and there was a mad rush to seek
.afetv AS the cry went up that dSna
1T. vas being used to tear up the
,.,.rs After fight Of nearly an hour