Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-08
BUSINESS MEN
AGAIN SEEK TO
END PHILA. STRIKE
Fear Heavy Spring Trade Will
Be Badly Affected by
WalkOut.
CARMEN CLAIM 1z5,O0O
JOINED in SYMPATHY
Leaders Begin Effort to UniOn-
ize All Labor Men in
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, March s.-All Phil
ndelphia hopes that the city-wide move
ment, begun yesterday by the United
BuEness Mems Association to bring to
quick end the great labor conflict that
has kept the "City of Brotherly Love"
In a turmoil for more than two weeks
will meet with more success than the
effort made iast'week by the same body
of men.
This organization asked the Philadel-
phia Rapid Transit Company and
Mayor Reyburn to arbitrate the differ
ence existing between the company and
the men, but was given no satisfaction.
Now this association, which includes
practically every business man of any
standing in Philadelphia, will enlarge
its movement by taking in other organ
izations that stand for the progress OF
Philadelphia, and will make united
attack on the warning element in the
i interest of peace and the general well
9fare Of the city.
n Business, especially in the central
MART of the city, has suffered to an ex-
tent not known in years and it Is feared
that the heavy spring and Easter trade
will be seriously disturbed If an end is
hot soon brought to the industrial war.
Although it is now three days since
the general strike order of all union
workers in sympathy with the fight OF
the trolleymen's union against the
Rapid Transit Company went into
effect, 1t Is still impossible to accurately
state the strength of the movement.
Widely divergent claims continue to be
made by both sides in the controversy.
The union leaders say that the $4,000
workers they had anticipated would
walk out are all on strike and have been
Joined by at least 10000 men and women
who heretofore were unorganized. The
leaders say they have been so busily
engaged In organizing these recruits to
fire cause OF trade ufifonism tf1at they
have not had time to compile any table
or other data showing exactly the NUM-
ber affected In each line Of industry.
The police authorities. on the other
hand. state that q careful compilation
of the reports of q thorough canvass
shows less than 10000 on strike.
All Building Work stopped.
Aside from actual figures, it is ap-
parent that the textile and building
trades are tho most seriously anecteo.
Practically all the big building opera
tions in town are tied up.
While rnany mills and other indus
trial establishments are badly crippled
or closed down because of the trolley
<,tf n
nears to be- meeting with increased sue
cess in the operation of its cars. Ihere
appeared to be more cars in service
today than at any time since the rail-
way strike started.
Labor leaders intend to seize the
present opportunity to further organ
ize the workmen of the city. Philadel-
phia has always been known among
. labor people as a ''non-union town" and
plans are being laid to strengthen the
cause of unionism here. The first step
along this line has already been taken
in a. telegram to Frank Morrison, secre-
tary OF the American Federation OF
Labor at Washington. in which the
union leaders ask that instructions be
given to international unions to give
the Philadelphia union men coopera-
tion and to send every available or
ranfzer possible to this city. Secretary
Morrison replied that he will arrange
to have general organizers take UP or
eanfzatdon work in Philadelphia at
once.
The sympathetic strike has threat
ened a new contest. a fight for the
sAopsn shop by employers who have
/ had working agreements with unions.
| when the strike was called many
,,rfof1 were working under hard-won
| trade agreements and some Of them
'hesitated about going out in sympathy
WITH the troiieymen because 1t endan-
rered the life of these trade contracts.
That there is trouble ahead for some
of the Individual unions and employers
twas indicated in the action taken by
me mason builders association This
hodv has adopted g. resolution protest
fnr against the journeymen bricklayers
In stopping work and violating an ex-
isting agreement The resolution fur
ther states that il the men do not return
70 work at once the employers will pro-
ceed with their work with such brick
layers as they may be able to secure.
Praise Mayor Reyburn.
Mayor Reyburn is much gratified by
the appearance in the newspapers to-
day as an advertisement of the follow
ing Endorsement signed by forty four
prominent mem
1--WE, the undersigned, citizens of
philadelphia, having at heart the honor
and fame of the city rs law-abding
community, do hereby approve and in
dorse the efforts of Mayor Reyburn and
the city authorities to maintain order
and suppress lawlessness and the de-