Arizona republican., 1910-03-08
Philadelphia Authorities Es- tiMale of Strike
 FIGURES BY THE POLICE
Indicate That the .Sympa- thetic Movement is a Fiz- zle.-The Labor Leaders Say Their Expectations Have Been Surpassed.

Philadelphia. March If the com putation of the police department is correct. less than 20,000 responded 10 the call for a general strike. Yesterday was the quietest since the calling of the general strike. To- night there was absolute quiet up to T late hour. and every indication that the night would pass without out breaks Mayor Reyburn said that the sympathetic strike was over so far as the city administration is concerned.
 Word that the order for federal troops had been canceled indicated that the authorities believed that the worst of the trouble was over
 Transit conditions showed a contiI-- ued improvement today, and tonight there was less necessity for the pres ence cf the police and even timid citi zens were beginning to show dispOsi- ton to ride.
 The police made a careful canvass today oi the city's industries to ascer- tain the number on strike. The re- turns tdbulated by Director of Public Safety Clay showed that 1s.4o3 per sons had responded to the general strike call.
 The labor leaders scoff at the police figures. They assert that from i9e.0e0 tO l25.O00 are out
 One of the incidents Of the day was d parade by a small band of men to persuade the employees 10 join the sympathetic strike which was broken up by the police. As the marchers passed a hosiery factory they attempt ed to persuade the employees to join in the sympathetic strike. The effort was unsuccessful and the police claim the Inarchers became disorderly. Clubs were used freely and there were two arrests.
 The master builders adopted resoiu- tions conforming the sympathetic strike and discussed the taking of ac- ton against some bodies Of men who were behind the strike They asserted that agreements with more than one union Of the building trades had been broken deliberately.
 Four thousand persons attended meeting of the strikers at the Labor Lyceum. The city administration was bitterly denounced. The attitude of the speakers was especially vehement in criticising the employment of negro policemen. Lucia Twining. q woman organizer of the Western Federation Of Miners, was one of the speakers Her praise of Debs and the Socialist movement aroused enthusiasm. John Tall. an official of the Massachusetts Central Labor Union, assured the Philadelphia strikers that they would receive financial support from his state.
 Resolutions calling upon every man. woman and child in Philadelphia to quit work were adopted with cheers. As the crowd was leaving the hall 1t made an outbreak. Several cars were stoned. The police charged the mob, which was so dense that it dispersed slowly The bluecoats swung their clubs, felling many persons, three of whom were so badly beaten that they were taken to the hospital When the policemen fired revolvers into the air the people scattered in all directions. There were six arrests.
 The board of directors of the Eus- ness Mems association appointed committee of seven to call a confer ence of the banking and commercial trade bodies business associations and religious and fraternal organiza- tions to bring about settlement of in. etrikp