New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-23
FENIIBLES. JEEREO,
WITHDR1WN.
Three Boys Fatally Uounded
in Day of Riots-Sympd-
thetic Strike Possible.

,icenen narrowly escaped death. CO.
incidentally the State Fencibles were
withdrawn from the streets after beins
buoeted about and harassed all day.
The second death as result OF the
strike the probable fatal shooting Of
three boys. and the injuring Of num-
ber of other persons were features TO-
DAY.
Some thirty thousand members OF
other unions have voted TO join sym
pathetic strike in case one is called ~
ia thought tomorrow will bring CRISIS
in the strike perhaps resulting in the
calling out of the state militia
An elderly man was killed as the re-
s,it of a riot at 4th and Market streets
this afternoon The man was watkins
along the street. when he was eau6nt
In q crowd that was attacking two cars
Forced off the sidewalk. he was pushed
against heavy wagon and teh hnuel
the wheels Before he could be picked
up his life was crushed out
This is the second death as the re-
suIt of the rioting one man died yes
terdsy from heart disease following ex-
citemept when he was caught IN tuF-
bulert crowd that was attacking a car
NARROWLY ESCAPE. DEATH.
Fifteen policemen. quartered in the
harm of the Philadelphia Rapid TRANSIT
COMPANY. at Ridge avenue and 1orM
street narrowly escaped death Tonight
u-beu the entire northeast corner OF the
buiIdins was blown away with dynamite
The explosion occurred just as C. @
Pratt. the strike leader. who was released
from jail on s., 600 bail to-day. was about
to address a meeting Of car men at q
hau at Ridge avenue and Dauph'n
streets
This building. as we'll as others in the
vicinity. was shake. by the shock Oh
the explosion. How the dynamite was
r,aced in the ear barn is mystery
The state Fencibles. after being beaten
all dsy by a mob of thousands OF Strike
svmpathizers along Lehigh avenue were
Withdrawn at nightfall The militia
bad been powerIess against the MOB
but half dozen mounted police had rId-
den up and down. driving the rioters De
fore them during the afternoon
only two cars were run on TINS hhe
ir the afternoon and both were
badly shattered by stones. Policemen
in this nefghbC shood we're fired upon oE
strike sympa thizer. who had conceaied
himself in ST Simeon's Church. at L.
high avenue and Hutchinson street Th1s
sn~aged the guardians of the peace AMI
they returned the fire hitting W. l.
Collins in the groin He was removed
+, the Episcopal Hospital. Henry CLAY
Director OF Public Safety. said tonight
Sis.fa ay7fn
or,ired he would ask for the state con-
stabulary before calling for the state
militia. He expressed himself as be-
ing satisfied with the way the police nave
mana ged to handle the mobs up To date
RIOTS IN HEART OF CITY.
Market street the principal business
tboroughfare in the heart of the city
was the scene of disturbances during the
entire dav. Cars were stoned and two
policemen we're roughly handled by
mob of several thousand persons
dozen arrests were made and the prison
ers were placed in a trolley car This
was stormed by the mob and two Of the
prisoners escaped
The crucial peint in the situation
promises to develop to-morr"w- The
Philadelphia Rapid Transit COMPANY
officials. it is understood. Will attempt to
start their cars on the regular schedule.
and If the police do not give them ade-
auate protection will demand that the
Naxor forward To the Governor the re-
quest for state troops.
general strike ordered by Presi-
dent Murphy to-day may also material
ize. 6. o. Pratt, the national organizer
of the streetcar men, after his release on
bail to-day held conference with Presi-
dent Murphy. at which he is reported To
Lave urged the inexpediency of general
strike but Murphy at the close of the
conference stated that he still believed
that q general strike was inevitable. OF
the two hundred thousand or more meu1-
bers of labor unions in this city thirty
thousand have already voted To- go on
strike. according TO the secretary OF the
Central Labor Union. Whether the
!, aders who are opposing general strike
will he able to defer walkout to-mvr-
row is probIematicaI
APPEAL To PF.NROSE
\ delegation of labor leaders. consist
ing of William T. Tracey president e
the Allied Building Trades I'ounciC
Charles n. Leps secretary treasurer:
James O'TcoIc. vice president: John Me
shane. chairman of the executive bosrl
Of the Allied Trades Council. and EeZiia
I orr. International secretary of the tmat-
l gamated Association of Street and E.lcC-
J tric Railway Employees. went to WASH
/ iugton this afternoon To consult with
i Senator Penrcse and urge him to use his
| influence toward a peaceable settlement
! picnic SOLDIERS SAYS MAYOR.
| Members or the Fencibles. accord
| ing TO Mayor Reyburn. acted though
: they were on picnic allowing girls IN
/ the mill district To wear their caps and
/ cut the brass buttons from their cloth
I ing.
At one point group of rioters capt
| ured a member of the Fencibles AMI
| carried him several hundred feet from
his post. where they stripped him of his
| coat. hat, cartridge belt and gun and
threw them into sewer.
The injured boys are John Hughes,
! eighteen years Old shot in the neck: w.
f. Collins aged twenty years. shot in the
groin and John W. Stab. aged irteeu