The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-21
PENROSE SETTLES STRIKE


pointed out that the company had evadeo
this or forgotten that. In short. the
articles were unsatisfactory in spots.
Pratt said that he was willing. acting for
! the men. TO he fair. Efforts were made
TO get Mr. Wolf and President Kruger To
amend and Supplement- the articles IN
accordance with PTatt's suggestions.
! They refused natly. W did Mr.. Ballard.
J the general counsel.
Thersupon senator Penrose entered
INTO the situation. He had been busy
! quietly all day saturday. hoping that Il
would not be necessary for him To step
squarely into the open. But several con
/ ferenoes in which Mr.. Wolf. Mr.. Ballard.
William u. Mahon and Pratt and repre-
7 sentatives % the COMMITTEES OF ten took
part disintegrated with nothing done.
! Wolf said lac was tired and ont Of sorts
aud took q train for Atlantic City.
The split seemed wider than ever. The
officials u the Rapid Transit Company
had actually disobeysd the orders OF the
! powerful financial grouD which had or
dered them Va make terms.
senator PenrOse emerged from behind
! the curtain and summoned to his once
General Counsel Ballard. He wanted
to know why an agreement had not been
| Dluur. NOutu nNiANu Nnen anu Nu3f~
consent to ratify the articles already
drawn up. Ballard said he couldnt act
for the company.
President Kruger was sent for anu
Senator Penro-e asked him why the
company insistsd on holding out. Mr..
Kruger said that a majority OF the dir~c-
tors would never consent To Hloh terms
! that he couldn't take any action anyway
unless Vice-Prssident Wolf was there.
| Wolf was CALLED from Atlantic CITY ana
arrived at lo:aO last night; He hurried
70 senator PenrOss's Office in the Arcade
Senator P~nros. asked Mr.. Wolf what
obstacle prevented the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company from approving the
I Mr.. Wolf orphaned that the company
was not willing to concede recognition
81 unioniSm nv dealing through a grew
vance committee; that the company was
extremely unwilling to let any board of
Arbitrator say whether men who had
been arrested FOR drunkenn~~a and steal
ing should OF should not he restored to
their jobs. These men, said Mr..
their contract with the company
They did nothing Of the sort. said
! its contract with the men by discharging
q number for the good Of the service.
and suarsn,ssd in the former Agreement
We cannot conceds that AZ all. said
Very we'll said senator Penros..
Now III tell you what you have got to
do before Monday morning. You have
got To agree to the things specified in
these articles or III SEE that you are
smashed. ! promise you. gentlemen.
that every bat 81 power have viii he used
haven't acted fairly and wont stand
for IL. II legislation IL required 10 bring
/ you people 20 your senses III So that the
| legislation 10 obtained. II action by the
Councils 10 necessary in these Prcmiss~
city Of Philadelphia. believe. 10 q part
/ neT in the Rapid Transit Company. This
strike has got 20 be settled within tho
next few hours, and Furthermore u has
30: 20 % as'tlsd along the lines here
IL vas O'Clock this morning when
| p. r. r. oiiiciala Indicated that they would
Accept the ultirnAtum. bat they asked for
little more time 20 80 over details.
They wanted satisfactory assurances
| from the oar men's union that their part
Of the agreement would be faithfully
/ Kept. senator Penross agreed N q posi-
, poneurent until this afternoon. He noti-
ned all parties 20 be on hand They were
there on time.
After the compsny had agreed to the
terms anentioned Nahon and the other
Representatives OF tho strikers said they
would be referred to the men and voted
on barn bv barn.
The settlement OF this strike came
down to a matter 81 political inhuence
Just a. the strike 81 last June. There was
this difference: asst June State senator
McNichol brought peace by PersuasiOa. |
diplomacy and the glad hand. Psnru-e
tOrced u by thr@at&.
While senator Penrose was ordering
the p. X. T. directors into line and the
terms were being agreed on there was ,
considerable disorder in the city.
Dynamite was again used 90 wreck I
trolley cars and several were BADLY /
damaged by explosions. The operations /
Of the dynamiters were not confined ,
To one section. They worked in Frank
ford and lower Germantown.
Two OF the explosions took place within
few squares Of each other and very
nearly &C the same time. These were ON
Germantown avenue. one at BrinRhuFSt
street and the other 90 Louden street
A car going north. containing eight wO-
men and twelve men Passengers. struck
dynamite at Brnghurst street and was
lifted from the rails by the explosion.
the passsn gerS were severely shaken up.
cal The conductor was thrown no vio-
lently to the floor OF the car that he was
knocked unconsciouN. .r
The policemen Of the car. when a brief
search failed 70 reveal ths offender. took
the conductors place and conducted the
car to the Pelham street barn.
A few minutes later q southbound car
ran over cartridges AZ Louden street
There was stunning report and the car
was thrown from the rails. The thirty
passengers were knocked about The
hoor % the car was badly damaged.
Every pane Of glass In IL was smashed
Early in the evening a Frankford car
hound north on KensinGton avenue was
badly damaged by dynamite az Buckius
street All the windows were smashed
and the car otherwise damaged. A
The committee of nineteca. represent
ing the car mems union only. refused at
midnight to accept the terms. holding
Out for sole recognition Of thsir union
and the exclusion Of the keystone union.
They seVt representatives hack TO senator
Penrose asking for better 'erms.
~ NDST NHOOI 10 YEARS OLD.
Father NseNgtllaa - 80. Psal's Re@7lps the
DaSs u the ''Osd shanty."
Father Thomas Mcmillan. director Of /
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