Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-11
CITY-WIDE AGITATION STARTED In
PHILADELPHIA TO STOP GREAT
STRIKE.
MORE STREET CARS RUNNING.
Transit Company Appears to Be Gaining
Upon Strikers in Operating Its
Lines
FIGHT FOR open SHOP IS BEGUN.

I1tllADEl-BtIA,. IA. March s.
All Philadelphia hopes that the city
VIDE movement begun Monday by the
United BusinesSmen's association to
bring TO "a quick end the great labor CON
fiict that has kept the city of brother
~ love" III turmoil for more than
two weeks. will meet with greater sue
cess than the effort made last week by
the same body. This organization asked
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
and Mayor Reyburn to arbltrate the diff
ferences existing between the company
ana the men, but was given no satsfac-
ton
Business. especially i'll the central
part of the city has suffered to an eX-
tent not known Ill. years, and it is feared
that the heavy spring and Easter trade
viii be seriously disturbed if an end Is
not soon brought to The industrial War.
There WAS u slight break discerniDle
today i'll the general situation. Some
of the unIou taXicab chauiieurS who
STRUCK IN sympathy with the carmen
Sh1n eli q WIFI: g!!eS5 ia return to WO-k.
One of the taXicab companies reports
that thirty of its. men desired TO return
To work, but the company hesitates to
start out its cabs because of the fear
that the vehicles may be damaged BY
SiElht SNlllllHlillZpE Ib service is III
tremendous demand because Of the Grip
pied street. car service.
W. II. Mahon. president Of the Anal
gamated Association of Street and Elec-
trio Railway employees, today declared he
had received Il telegram from Samuel
GomperS, president of the American Fed
GRAFTON, of Labor. telling him that all
the organizers of all the trades represent
ed i'll the federation had been ordered TO
come mere to organize nOn-union workers
for the sympathetic strike.
The union leaders say that the 1916
600 workers they had expected to walk
out are :all ION strike and have been
joined by at least 10000 men aud women
who heretofore were unOI gained. The
police authorities on the other hand de-
clare that Il careful compilation of the
reports Of a thorough canvass shows
less than 10000 ON strike.
More Cars Are Running
Notwithstanding that many mills and
other industrial establishments are bad
Iy crippled or closed down because Of
the trolley strike. the transit company
appears to be meeting with increased
success in the operation of ears There
appeared to be more of the conveyances
in service today than at any time since
the railway strike started. A great
many cars are running without police
protection.
Labor Leaders lHfeId to- SeIZe the pres
ent opportunity tn further organize the
workmen Of the city. Philadelphia has
always been known among labor people
as II '''non-unlon town and plans are
being laid to strengthen the cause of uH
ioIliSm here. The first step along this
line has already been taken III Il tele
gram to Frank Morrison, secretary of
The American Federation of Labor at
W Washington, in which the union leaders
ask that Instructions be given to inter
national unions TO give the Philadelphia
union men cooperation and to send
every available organizer possible TO
this city Secretary Morrison replied that
he will arrange Ia have general organ
izers take up organization work III Phil
adelphia at once.
Fight for Open Shop.
The .sy.npathetic strike has threatened
a new contest, Il fight for the open
shop" by employers who have had work
ing agreements with unions. When the
strike was called many unions were
working under hard-won trade agree
nents and ihesitated about going out III
sympathy with the trolley men.
That there is trouble ahead for, some
of the individual unions and employers
was indicated in the action taken by the
Mason Builders association. This body
has adopted q resolution protesting
against the journeymen bricklayers III
stopping work and violating an existing
agreement. The resolution further
states that if the men do not return at
onGe the employers will proceed with
such hriclllayers can be obtained.