Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-22
STRIKE LEADER
IS IN CUSTODY
HEAD OF GARMENTS UNION AC-
CUSED OF CONSPIRACY
100000 LABOR MEN THREATEN TO
WALK OUT
Philadelphia Scene of Constant Com
flicts Between Police and sympa-
thizIng Mobs-Ineandescen
Lights Used for Missiles
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rector of public safety tonight ordered
a general shifting of the force
A curious incident in the situation
developed by the strike occurred this
afternoon, when man charged with
rohbing a jewelry store and who was
being arrested was taken from the Of
ficer by a mob of strike sympathizers.
When the prisoner attempted to es-
cape the policeman drew his revolver
and shot him in the leg.
Temper of Crowd Grows Worse
While the damage done to the prop
erty of the Rapid Transit company to-
day was not as great as yesterday, the
temper of the rioters was no less Bit
ter. The extra force of police seemed
to have a deterring effect on the strike
sympathizers IN many sections of the
city.
In a statement issued tonight Mayor
Reyburn said the public would be pro-
tected even If the whole police power
of the city and state had to be
called on.
The first shot at striker was fired
late this afternoon in the excitement
incident to a great mass meeting be-
ing held by the union men. A police
man attempted to force the crowd back
when a motorman interfered. The Of
ficer drew his revolver and fired at the
man, but the bullet went wide and no
one was hit
While this meeting was in progress
iron gratings that are used to cover
sewer outlets were torn up and placed
on the rails. Soon there was a block
ade of cars and the crowd amused
itself by breaking all the windows.
The cars were filled with pasen-
gers, several of whom were cut by fly
ing glass.
Occurrences of this character were
reported in nearly every section of the
city, but only lin one instance was
there an attempt to burn the cars.
Denies Breakers Hired
The company says it has imported
no men and is operating cars with its
own employees. The strikers claim $500
men out of about 1000 are on strike
and that the company is running cars
with strike breakers and power house
employees.
OF about 100 rioters arrested yester-
day the greater number were less than
21 years old.
Street car service was uncertain all
day Some of the cars were half filled,
but the most of them carried few pas
sengers. That the fear of personal in
jury was we'll grounded was shown by
reports from different sections of the
city of the throwing of stones resulting
in the breaking of car windows and
the slight injury of several persons.
Sensational reports that blood was
running IN the streets and that the
police were having pistol battles with
citizens are not true. 1t was q notice.
able fact most of the disorder was
started by boys, generally in thicky
settled parts of the city.
In three instances cars were set on
fire and in all other cases windows of
the cars were broken. When squad
OF police would arrive on the scene the
crowd would usually slowly disappear
without further serious trouble.
The four persons wounded by bullets
yesterday were watching the crowds.
Except in the case of the little girl
who was hit by policeman's bullet,
those suffering from pistol wounds
We're struck by stray shots fired into
the air by persons in the crowds. 1t
was a bad day for the tens of thou
sands of persons who were compelled
to walk to their work, as a heavy rain
fell. Every teamster who was willing
to carry passengers found people eager
to pay high rates of fare. One of the
sights of the strike was to
see men and not a few women go to
work on roller skates. The railroads
the city were taxed TO their
limit in handling crowds.
Under the proclamation issued by the
mayor yesterday people are not per-
mitted to congregate on the streets.
The first fatality of the rioting oc-
Cured tonight when an unidentified
man died at a hospital. He was in
jured today in clash between a mob
and the police. Knocked down and
trampled upon, he was found lying
after the street had been
cleared.
Policeman Fred Tyson, whose skull
was fractured in a riot, probably will
die.
That a general strike of the labor
of this city would be
called, possibly tomorrow. was posi-
lively stated at the car mems head
quarters at midnight by John j. Muir
ply, president of the Central Labor
union.
"Power has been placed by the Cen
trail Labor union in the hands of my
self and Secretary Hope" said Muir
ply, "to call a general strike. This
will involve at least 100000 working
men and women in this city.
Nothing can stop a general strike
now. l can't stop it. With the arrest
Of C. 0. Pratt they have forced the
same conditions on the general trou-
BILE as on the trolley men. The gem
eral strike is likely to begin with.d
break. Before the end of the week
there will certainly be a general tieup.
STORM DOES BIG DAMAGE