Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-23
All Day Disturbances in Principal Business
 Thoroughfare of Philadelphia.
POLICEMEN WERE ROUGHLY HANDLED
By Mob of Several Thousand Strike Sympathizers- Muskets Snatched from Hands of Young Mitiamen Mob Ignored Drawn Bayonets-One Member of the Fencibes Beaten and Stripped of His Uniform.

Philadelphia. Feb. -22.@Three boys were shot and probably fatally injur- ed while several received less severe wounds. today in riots which followed the resumption of service by the Phil RdeIpfia~ Rapid Transit company. The shooting occurred in attacks on cars in the northeastern section.
 Market Street Cars Stoned.
 Market street, the principal business Fhoroughfare in the heart of the city. was the scene of disturbances during the entire day. Cars were stoned and rr0 policemen were roughly handled by a mob of several thousand persons. A dozen arrests were made and the pris- uners placed in a trolley car. This was stormed by the mob and two of the prisoners escaped.
 Entire State Militia May Be Called Out.
 Preparations were made by the au- thorities to call upon the entire force of the state militia if the police to- MOTION are still unable to cope with the situation
 Labor Leaders Go 10 Washington.
 President Murphy of the Central Isa- bor union still regards general strike of all trade unions in the city as inev- 9rabIe, though Organizer Pratt is re- Esorted to be opposing this move. A delegation of labor leaders left for Washington today to ask Senator Pen rose to use his influence for a peace able solution of the trouble.
 State FencihIes Consider 1t Picnic.
 Members of the State Fencibles, an andependent military organization, about 200 strong were placed on duty today, armed with loaded muskets. They were detailed in the Kensington mill district in the northeast, which is C hotbed or union synpathizers- In the first skirnish they were badly beat en by a mob. who paid no attention to the drawn bayonets and sTiatched the muskets from the hands of the young rnilitiamen- Members of the State FencibIeS according to Mayor Rev burn. acted as though they were on a picnic allowing the girls in the mill district to wear their caps and cut the brass buttons off their clothing.
 At one point group of rioters cap- zured member Of the FencibIes and | rarTied him several hundred feet from | his post, where they stripped him of his | coat, hat and cartridge belt and gun | and threw them into a. sewer.
 The proba bly, fatally injured boys l are John Hayes. IS years old, shot in | the neck; John ". Stzbb. aged Is, and | w F. Collins, 20, shot in groin. All were taken to hospital
 All Union Labor Called Out.
 A general strike of organized labor ing by John J. Murphy, president of the | Central Labor union, in sympathy with | the striking street railway employees. i 1t is claimed that between 75,000 and | The Central Labor union claims a | membership Of 100000. Whether the i strike order will be obeyed cannot yet ] be told.
 Union Organizer-HeId in $3,0oo Bail.
 BIT Murphy could hardly contain his | Indignation today against the city of | 1icers in taking the national organizer. c O. Pratt into custody A run1or that | a wa1T-s mt is ready to be served on MT. | Murphy is current. Police officers have