The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-10
LABOR CAUSE
GAINS TODAY
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effort is under way to frighten the wo-
men of it's employees families by cir
culating false reports o INJURY to their
Husbands and fathers.
For DAYS the strike leaders have
,reen planning a monster outdoor. DEM
nstration in the expected sympathetic
walkout They are convinced that II
lone were permitted its size would WORK
wonders for their cause. Today, they
ANNOUNCED that tomorrow afternoon
la giant mass meeting would be held
n the Philadelphia baseball park.
Director of Public Safety Henry
Clay promptly announced that the
gathering would not be permitted.
1.-THE mayors proclamation directs
that no meetings be held during the
strike on the highways or on property
adjacent to the highways. The pro-
iclamation will be enforced said Mr..
Clay.
On the labor SIDE, the day was ac-
i've and the leaders declared tonight
that they were more than satisfied
with the result of their work. In adj
lition to several hundred men who
yuit work at the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, bringing the number OF men
on strike there up to 1000, the COM
mittee of ten announced that there had
been many other accessions to the
ranks of sympathetic strikers.
It was reported that the bakers In
the big shops of the city proposed to
walk out tonight. The employers de-
clared their men had not been affected
by the arguments of the strikers and
would remain at work.
The unsettled minds Of thousands
iof the city's workers is indicated by
70 of
and of men who walked out, returning
to work.
The Nin and out flow was SO extended
and fuctuating as to tax the ability
of the cOmputorS to keep track of 1t.
One plant that had a definite story TO
tell was the great Cramp shipyards.
Officials of the Cramps reported that
so rivet boys who walked out yester-
day, returned to work today. The
management declared that these were
the only employees to strike The COM
mittee of ten has granted permission
for the men working on the improve
ments at the National league park
to go back to work. Regarding the
walkout at the Baldwin plant, Gen
eral Manager Baldwin said that while
more than 1000 went out today, more
1--WE have more than four months
contract on hand, and in no case will
the work be shut down." said Mr.
Johnson He said that the general
strike movement would gradually |
spend itself.
To Hold Meeting Anyway. |
The committee of ten declared to-
night that it proposed to disregard Di- |
rector Clays prohibition of the pro-
posed meeting and would hold it to-
morrow as announced.
The announcement was coupled with
the publication of a letter which j.
Burwood DAILY, counsel for the strikers
had sent Director Clay. In it the
attorney declared that there was no
law that could be invoked to forbid
such a meeting on private, enclosed
property, such as the ball park and
that to prevent it's being held would
be to interfere with the right of peace
able gathering and of free speech.
The letter added that if the director
thought the presence of police neces-
sary, they would be welcomed.
The committee of ten tonight is
sued it's detailed list of those they
say are now on strike The total
claimed is 1854, which does not in
clude several thousand forced to stop
work in plants where there were walk
outs. .t-- -5.f -
The committee claims that there are
1000 men out in the building trades,
10000 in the metal trades, $4,000 in
the textile industry and $4,000 men
and women in the garment making in
dustry.
In it's formal statement tonight the
committee of ten declares that the
ranks of the strikers are unbroken.