The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-24
STATE TROOPS
IN CONTROL Of
PHILADELPHIA
Veterans of Riot Service Else.
where Meet the Lawless
Element
SEVERE SENTENCE PASSED
UPON CONVICTED RIOTERS

UPON CONVICTED RIOTERS
One Received Six Year Sentence and
Others Drew Two Years-Death
Toll Is Now Three-Thousand In.
jured and Several Seriously. ..
Philadelphia, Feb 24-All mounted
and amply equipped for any kind of
service, four companies of the Penn
sylvania state police. numbering 200
men, arrived here today ready to as
sist the local authorities in maintain
ing order while the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company attempts to operate
It's cars. The troopers are picked
men, veterans Of the regular army,
who have seen riot duty in all parts
of the state. Their presence is ex-
pected to have a salutary effect upon
the lawless element that has been
WrecHhg the street cars in different
sections of the city.
The first attempt to operate the
cars at night since last Saturday will
PROBABLY be made by the company this
evening. Although the reign of law
lessness appears to be approaching an
END, the points at issue between the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
and the Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electric Railway employees
remain unsettled and what looks like
a long hard struggle for recognition of
the Garments union is still ahead.
The first open move to bring about
settlement Of the strike was made
this afternoon. A committee COM
posed of clergymen of many denomin-
atoms offered two plans to the COM
pany and strikers. The first plan
calls for board of arbitration to be
composed of two judges, two Clergy
men, two business me nand q seventh
member to be chosen by the other six.
1t Is proposed that each side select
three of the arbitrators. If this plan
does not meet with approval, the
clergymen suggest that a board Of
arbitration be agreed upon to be com.
posed OF the three state railroad COM.
missioners and four other persons,
two to be chosen by each side. A
letter embodying these plans has been
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the Philadelphia Rapid Transit COM
pany, and to c. o. Pratt, leader of the
strikers. No reply to the commute
cation has been received by the
clergymen.
A man was arrested in the northern
part of the city today on the charge
of attempting to dynamite the cars.
1t is alleged he confessed that he
and other men had planned to blow
up such conveyances. In his coll
fession the man is declared to have
said that little bags of explosives had
been obtained and lots had been
drawn as to who should place them
on the tracks.
The movement to secure arbi-
tration of the difference is also re-
garded as an encouraging sign by the
strikers, who all along have claimed
that all they desire is fair arbitra-
tion of their grievances. The Rapid
Transit officials on the other hand,
maintain that there is nothing to
arbitrate. They say they would take
back any of the strikers If they were
willing to return and say further they
have enough men to operate all their
cars, If they are given proper police
protection.
The casualties as the result of the
lawlessness stands at three dead, sew
eral persons in serious condition in
the hospitals and more than a thou
sand suffering from decorations in
flicted by bullets, police clubs and
thrown missiles. The heavy sentences
inflicted upon some of the rioters in
the courts yesterday is expected to
have good effect on the work Of
maintaining order. One man was CIV
en- six years and number of others
were sentenced to terms of two years
each. The transit company appeared
to have more cars in operation dur
ing the morning than at any time since
the strike started.
Elwood Carr, who was sentenced
to six years in the county prison. had
six counts against him and he got q
year on each.
John Kline, who could scarcely un-
derstand English, was given two
years. and Ellis Atkins was given q
similar sentence. A 17-year-old boy
was sent to the Huntingdon reforma-
tory for thirteen months for throw
ing missiles at car and other boys
and men were sentenced to two and
three months each. While the evil
dence against most of the defendants
was Of the strongest character. there
was an apparent vein Of sympathy
among the jurors. In the case Of
Kline, in particular, after the pris-
oner had acknowledged that he had
hurled bricks at passing car, it re-
quired one hour for the jury to re-
turn a verdict of guilty. The judge
was very much surprised and in ad-
dressing the jurors said:
This is not an issue between the
Rapid Transit company and its strik-
ing employees. but between law and
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