The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-03
GENERAL STRIKE SEEMS SURE
PBtLALDELPBIl TRANSIT 90.
REJEGTS ar az ERTI EES.
Associations &C tItiSrn> amt lla-lne~. Nea
Whs rye Nr'SlIruIiSa Get ~ Gsr On
Ans~er director Earte aRd YEA, ~
@eS burn DefS Political Hoses

PHILADELPHIA. March The directors
% the Rapid Transit Company have de-
TRIMMED Ia Smash the carmen = union II
they have to fight IN. whole CITY II Phila-
dslphla and throw their company INTO
the hands of receivers m doing u
AL pretenoe 81 Cancellation has I,.-eR
thrown aside
On the other hand the I2a unions that
have pledged themselves to strike IN
sympathy with the carmen next saturday
are massing th' ir fore, = for a hattie which
will make or break labor unlOniam IN
this city.
Union men Who have Leon On the mos,
friendly farms with their employers mott
nd them tonight thrt although they
wire sorry they would hsv" to quit work
when the strike gong sounds
THIS 10 the situation Rft0r days NJ effort
o. IN" pert ~ influential merchants
and citizens associations to bring about
pssco
Th"ir Tsilur" - du. ~ tho rsms rkahle
iNplacahiluy ~ one man C;rorRe n
Earle. president ~ the Real Estate Trust
Company and one of the cifys three
Representatives IN The horrd oT Dir c,ors
81 the n I SEVERAL t,Vn"s whom the
majority ~ IN" directors swung towPrd
backbonSs
~ pr"s"nt tn directors are unRr ,mOus
Mr. EsrIr's influence. has hsaB nowher.
nror~ manifest than upon John p
Reybnrn Mayor oC the city since that
hay when Mr. Earl" stood out single
handed q inst p~aca and oVeTawat a
waolN hoard " directors Reyhurn has
h~en of all the lot the most viruI.ntly
opposed 10 arbit Tat ton
There has hAen yood deal nT curiosity
~ - WHY Mr. Earle =.i himself 80 stub
hornly against al propo=iiiOns tn hiring
the company and me mon together 4
story iha' he might he appointed r~Ceiv"r
of the y 7 " aggrisv@d Stockholders
persuaded The court thai their property
was being injured nv the attitude oI the .
company was vehemenily denied
Mr. FAIRIES own explanation of his aii-
tude IL Get forth briefly He dos not be-
love tina, the results 81 arbitration could
possibly 10 permanent. He believes that
the company would have IN make the same
night all over again with a sci ~ men
who have no respect for agreements
The hope Of intervention seems so re-
mote tonight that employers OF labor are
preparing to make the hest of things
when trouble comes TO town on Saturday
Many concerns sHp~c, 10 shut ~ ab-
eolutely: others think they will he able
60 run half time
II hooks ~ 10 the theatres will no dark
Managers were notified to- nj Rht nv rep :
reeentatives ~ the Theatre Mechanics
Association that a Walkout was coming I
OF course there are countless factories
that are not a. the mercy of unions. hut !
even these expect assertions The walk :
ing delegates Of the unions have been Z
busy proselytizing all week The union {
oeacials insIst that their missionary work
has been successful and that they have ..
put thousands of former non union men
on their lisss .
Just how many men will quit work .
on Saturday u only q guess John J.
Murphy. president 81 the Central Labor !,
untoa. boasts that he can crack the whip \
ovsr On men. Few save Mr. Murphy n
believe that 80 many will strike
estimate puts the number :.
Al 1900 Merchants whose business has :,
suffered are asking themselves III SOM
die caTmel can hiring about a series IT q
riots that coat half dozen lives. injured q
,oo people and made Philadelphia shame q
lul before the country. what condition :,
n things il 20 10 expected II 7SUo men .
by resentment against tho -,
Rapid Transit Company
The very success IT the company ~ n
fsInsiituting service which u ha. actually -
lone 10 a large degree. Is expected TO he p
m irrItant when the general II rIka come. a
The business men have come to the y
conclusion tina, u 10 useless to appeal a
70 the Rapid TRANSIT directors Their nj
main hope ~ that Councils may influence ~
he company oT that McNichol. Ware and "
Penrose will hs sbl" to think up some =
hing How these business men regard NJ
he situation and how alarmed they are
nay he gathered from a communication a.
hat the United B'lzinsss Mems Associa- y
ION addressed this evening TO the Select "A
md Common Councilmsn They make this m
appeal:
! ne board of directors 81 tho I nued "a
Business Mems A-~o, NJ ION would impress m
Ipon your honorable body The plight ~ m. A,
hy A. pres~n' snd Tor nearly tWo weeks
one ~ ing To The strike 81 ~. Raptd NJ
ransh 'ompanys employees N
Ihis mo-I dsplorabl" struggle ha- N vi
reaier or les degree Affected the hath vi
nd Convenience ~ over million and = =,
AH people. practically -trangled business W
D many lines and hlazoned our I-ssre W
wing. mO~i american city TO the world -
: hOtbed of anarchy. = fnenacs ~ the -
ouniry and danger zone to Whi,h out 90
ideTs would do veil 20 give = aide berth nj
S$ntinentaily this. the Second car men. iii
Irtke within les than ten months IN which ar
he people have been arTayed ara inst the sti
onstitut~d ant hort Ie-. ia blow from Wht h IA
be city Nill not recover IN years IN
A generation Nili pass before The passions 20
nd recent ment aroused among the minds ma
{ the people Wil have worn away OF
Knuallv deDlOFa NJ. -.
he struggle. the company and the strikers ~
,sing vast sums and the manufacturer
ustness men and their employee being nut -.
, even heaNl"r pecuniaTy losses and I'M -
e,essaTy burdens HeaTtTending has been ~,
~ sIckne-s and loss n life from exposure on
nd oveTeHeriton 10 ~hich innOcent ones
ave besn subiegted sts
In this ralamny tho hOaTd would direct Tr
our attention 10 The t@Tms ~ me ordinance No
uihoTiztng tho execution 81 = contract ais