The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-22
STRIKE LEADER IS
HELD PRISONER
WITHOUT BAIL
C. o. Pratt Is Arrested as He Dimes
With Other Labor Leaders-0ne
Boy Is Fatally Injured i'll
Riot This Morning.
Union Officials Go To Washington
To Ask Gompers To Call General
Strike in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Frb7 22.--It
will BIO up TO President Samuel Com
psrs and Vce-President John Mitchell.
OF the American Federation of Labor,
To decide whether there shall be a gen
eral strike OF all union men In the city
OF Philadelphia.
Following tn earnest last of G. ..
Pratt, leader OF the strikers, John j.
Murphy. president of the Central La
Dor Union. and Peter Driscoll. presi-
dent OF the local carmen's union. lett
this morning for Washington TO CON
fer with GOmpers and Mitchell as To
the advisibility OF calling out every
anion man In Philadelphia.
Murphy and Driscoll are said TO ia
vor such action IN retaliation for the
arrest OF Pratt. who is still held in
the city prison without bail OIL the
charge OF melting a riot Pratt is To
given a hearing today, but il is said
the police plan is to hold him without
pond in the hope that. without a lead
er, the strike will be broken.
The arrest oil Pratt has put the
strikers and their sympathzers in an
ugly moot and the police believe 10
day will be marked with many riots.
To prevent this. strict orders have
Leen issued to prevent the collection
Of any crowds i'll any part of the
city.
Pratt was arrested las; night as ne
was dining with Murphy and Driscoll
In restaurant on Ninth-st He took
bis arrest calmly, bat Murphy was IN
censed and declared general strike
was sure 70 follow 1t is said union
men all over the city are in favor OF
the strike and that II Gompers and
Mitchell will sarction II, every union
man here will la down his tools, com
p.etely paralyzing the business.
A drenching rain which had been
falling all nighL kep large crowds
from gathering on the streets today
and only one early morning riot
marked he beginning of the fourth
day of the Philadelphia big street
car strike.
This riot occurred at Germantown
and Iehigh-aves., In the kensington
= district, which Is so denseiy pcpn
lated. with union sympathizers. Here
mob Of 900 men and women attacked
and wrecked a street car, but HE'D
when mounted police charged them.
AS a result OF the dynamitfng or
car In that section yesterday and the
frequent riots that have occurred
there the street car officials nave
withdrawn All ears from kenslngton.
Four hundred special policemen VIII
be sworn In today by Director of Pub
lie Safety CLAY in addition 10 the 600
sworn i'm Yesterday, and arrangements
have been made TO use the state ZEN
cibles IN full uniform and armed with
loaded muskets. as police today IN the
riot districts. II The crowds should de-
mand II
Gen. Wendell p. Bowman, after a
conference with Mayor Reyburn and
Director Clay. ordered the officers OF
the entire first brigade OF state troops
TO be prepared for active service In
case OF necessity.
The state fencibles would be first to
be called as they are by their char
ter, under control OF the city and not
Of the state authorities. The state
fencibles have already been sworn In
as policemen.
Frank B. Kalb, 1856 Marshal-st., viii
die and Walter Stead. 3439 Westmore-
land-st.. was seriously wounded as the
result Of the riot this morning at Ger
mantown and I.chigh-aves., Kensing-
ton. Both the victims are boys. They
were taken to the Samaritan hospital
uIlu mdBlSll dit w lsri'N Nh' NNiA'N ~
take Kalbs dying statement.
PHILADELPHIA Pa, Feb 81
The attempted lynching OF motor
man by mob in Kensington, shortly
after noon today. resulted In the in
juring of forty rioters by police who
rode down the mob In answer to two
riot calls Sympathizers, angered by
the importation OF strlkeOrcakers. at
tackled car at the corner of KensinS-
ton-ave and DIST, dragged the motof-
man and conductor from their posts,
pulled the four policemen guarding
them of the car, and while number
held the officers, others ran the motor
man TO q lamppost, threw rope
around his neck and were on the point
. lynching him when he was rescued
by the mounted police. Beaten until
he was hardly able to stand. the motor
man pleaded piteOusly with the mob
10 spare his life. Lieut. Sykes. tn
answer To- the first riot call. came
dashing around the corner and realiz-
ing the seriousness OF the situation.
charged his horse directly into the
crowd and swept II back
Grabbing the motorman as he swept
| by. he dragged him several hundred
feet with a clutch Oh his coat collar
and then hurled him safely into
| cigar store
The mCtorman. seriously injured.
was afterwards taken TO a hospital.
| The crowd then attacked the conduct
| or. dragged him TO the sidewalk and
| trampled him into Inconsistencies
| Re. too, was removed to a hospital
In serious condition.
The rioters then attacked tho car
| and wrecked il. BY this time the
second riot call had been sounded
and reserves swooped down on the
| mob injuring forty OF them. three OF
| whom. II is said. seriously. Twenty
arrests were made.
Realizing the futility Of attempting
to run ears through this section OK
the city the transit company has or
dered all the cars running from the
Frankfort barns off the streets.