Arizona republican., 1910-03-12
ARBITRATION IS URGED
A Meeting of Business Or ganizations - The Civic Federation and the Peace Commission Are Suggest ed as Instruments.

Philadelphia. March 1.-The call for arbitration between the Rapid Transit company and its 4.000 striking em- ployes. was insistent today From all quarters the demand for mediatOry measures was voiced. Everywhere il is recognized that the failure to arrive at an agreement is the only thing that prevents a speedy ending of the general sympathetic strike. which has pIralyZed the industrial life of Phila delphia and which the labor leaders say will spread if the deadlock con tinues. These threats perhaps, are the very things which stand in the way of an amicable adjustment
 The vested interests" as they are called. resent the hint of coercion. Alt er discussion of the strike question. a large gathering representing more than thirty business organizations adopted d resolution in which the banks are requested to use their in fluence for an arbitration Of an equt- 8ble settlement. Each commercial body repre -ented wls asked to induce the councilmen to call a special meet ing of the council to induce the com Tdnv and men to come to terms. The r. solution took a wider scope. directing that d telegram be sent at once tO Seth ON. president of the National Civic federation. asking the federation to of fer it's services as arbitrator. 4 De- tition tn President Taft was presented by Alfred Love. of the universal peace union. and was numerOusly signed hy business men at the close of the meet ing. II was suggested that the com mission for the promotion of industrial peace. which had the disposal of funds donated by President Roosevelt, from the Nobel Peace prize. he asked to act in the crisis.
 Immediate action" was demanded by every speaker this afternoon. Tonight the company. through President kreu- wer. announced it's willingness to com ply with Mayor Reyburn's request to confer with the men willing to return to work In the letter Mir. Kruger said: T take the responsibility of say ing that, so far as there are vacancies, we will receive the men back until March lG. 1910. Of course we must lnyally guard the rights of the men who have been loyal tn Us, and We think il only fair tn point out in this connection that we are now rapidly filling our ranks
 c Q. Pratt, leader of the striking car men. said tonight that the action of the mayor responsive to the offer of the company was a bluff In it's usual daily statement. the committee of ten tonight claimed increases in the ranks of the general strikers during the day and declared that the work CTS 6f the state only await the word to join the movement.
 The statement adds: If within forty weight hours the pEesent local strike is not settled. every labor or ganization now on strike will be in structed to formulate demands for wages. hours and conditions they deem commensurate with the increased cost of living.
 .'Railroad unions. miners sunions and labor organizations of every craft and trade throughout the country will be notified of similar action"
 Not until late tonight was there any sort of an outbreak in any quarter. Coming out of q meeting a section Of the crowd displayed q turbulent spirit and passing trolley cars were stoned. The police. by a show of force and