The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-24
PHILADELPHIA,


2s.--Reads for fun or fight, Cap
tain Jack tiroosne and goo or his
"black horse cavalry" the hated
and feared State coustaDuMry al
Pennsylvania. reached Piiiiadct-
pifin early to-day, ami are n.pa
doing picket duty IN the kcn-
singson and t.ersnantoWn Ills
trists, where tho ticrccSt disorder.
have occurred since THE inception
oil the strike.
trsa hnngfred sYY0unta1 terrors
are assisted by more than i.sen uni
formed policemen IN that terrifaf y.
and cars are reing run on fair scheti-
Tile there. Aa set the censtabnlfry
has had NO clashes with the rioters.
VINO arg seed by the past reputs ton
~ these fearless horst men. VINO seem
70 like nothing better than wild gal
loia .Ner d resisting crowd.
Threats ot "A general s.rlks. With
VIII pars lsze s.sery ildussrg In I'hfla-
desphis In which union men are ssa-
piUged. arc hefng TfEsiy niue u
tsf1ien men, in retaliation for tfl- send
Ing AtEa OF the State police & & he
more iesei-headed union men. h a.
esei. are urging against such courrs,
ana VIII prevent 1t Ii t.essstttif+4A.
= 81 Pratt. national organizer oil
the carmen. loo. liz using his influence
againat the calling of the general
strike. which, ii IN said, woua affect
more than Ion, Dau men ana sunie...
HE DECLARES the nrion strikers AZ the
street car company have won their
ng3rt: and that IA general strike al
this time would be a sstpack 10 their
cause.
General strike
Talk ot ealitng a geneI al strike Is
ssieEaAu ON shrdla
growing in intensity, and where there
Is doubt that the anion men viii go
To this extreme, ii II easy to see THAI
they are greatly angered by the cali
Ills nr.s of Inc sour companies OF
The State police. who were ON riot
duty In the kensingtnn district to-iay
ana an order, calling oat u large num-
her OF uniaa men in the rsr.ous trades
would net h- surprising. trough q. -.
Fratt, general organizer OK the car
mems union. *his.F ~ ia charge oi
the strike. IL known Ia be opposed to
amy such action at the present time.
IL Is believed than II a general
strike Is called at this afternoon con-
ference the governor will act at once
and HI the city with State militia.
IL ix understood the rapid transit
company VIII this afternoon reject
the proposal OF ministers represent
ssarpltrdta the strike. The strikers have
expressed their willingness to comply
with the request OF the ministers
The transit company this afternoon
claimed that 800 ~ their employees
who struck Saturday had returned to
work and would begin running cars
as soon as the police gave the work.
The union officers deny this state
snsnt, declaring there have been no
II sx.<fAs H. A
en- the ether hand many Of the strike
breakers he'd Joined them
Unions InceaScd.
There Is NO Doubt that many of the
leaders af the unlonists in Phiiadel-
phia. incenscd at the calling here OF
the constabuiary and the threat to
call out 1a.eo9 State froos,s, are hay
Ing trouble holding some If their hot
headed followers in check.
There has been but one outbreak
thus far to-day. At irifty-fifth and
Parkside. wherr men and boys built
q harrtrade OF stones and boxes across
the street and piled several neav.ty
charged taTpcdnes on the track. One
car struck the torpedoes and several
Windows were smashed. a great
crowd gathered. most Of then, being
spectators. but the police feared tn
allow them To remain, and charged
-
call was sounded. and Police IAeuten-
ant Barry and many man rushed ffnm
the neighbciing car harm and helped
dispense the crowds. making two OF
three arrests.
The arlfs al oil the consta buiary at
y o'elork In the morning caused con-
siderable alarm among those people
who thought the presence OF the
State police would fncite To more
serious acts pf violence.
Heavily Armed.
Captain Gloainc and his men.
rso,lnted on coal black horses With
d curbine swinging from the pommei|
ef each saddle. Il riot mace hanging
fi.s ia ahc belt and an automatic re-
saIvea In plain view In an unbuttoned
bolster presented martial and de-
tesanined d. AZ they rode slowly asI
IT Ii, isapress The crowds, through
the streets from the Second Regiment
Asanary, iii which they Will sleep. to
the Kensfngfon district
In ti3ta district are the names Of
Ithousands 81 union sympathizers and
mary IN the bigger plants and 1t Is
sheres faseA the ,Rsast saFioas trosfhiess
stsontinucd On seoond Pays.1
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