Arizona republican., 1910-03-10
T MAY BE NATION WIDE
Conditions in the City How ever, Are Such, Accord ing to Manufacturers As sociation, As to Excite No Apprehension

Philadelphia. March 9-Promise Of help without any development of strength in their own field. which ap- peared to take even the strike lead CTS by surprise. injected new life into inc Philadelphia general strike today. The labor campaign received an i'm petus from the declaration of the state federation of labor at New Castle that q n3tion-wide tie-up would not be great price for the success Of the To- cal cause.
 The movement of sympathy with the striking employees Of the Rapid Tran sit company today invaded what was supposed to be the citadel of the op- posing Eorces. The strike leaders in- duced 1000 employees of the Baldwin Locomotive Works to walk out this afternoon. following an early morning dcscTtion of an equal number.
 The convention at New Castle was stampeded by M. h. HIahOn. president of the street car mems un- ion President Greenwalt Of the state federation appointed com mittce to confer with the Phila- deIphia committee as to when the strike should be inaugurated in other cities. \ committee of nine held d meeting tonight and formulated q re- port which will be presented to the convention tomorrow
 A campaign to dissipate the impress sion apparently prevalent ttfoughout the country that Philadelphia is in the grip of terrorism and is not a. safe or pleasant place to visit, was inau sgurated by the Merchants and Manu- faCturer's association today.
 Resolutions adopted say that exag- serated reports of conditions have been circulated What outbreaks have oc- cured have been sporadic mostly in the outlying districts. and have been easily handled. IL is declared that Philadelphia is anything but excited over conditions. and except for the printed reports. majority of the citi- zens would be ignorant that anything but normal conditions prevail.
 The protest is given point by the fact that so far as business. amuse- ment~and residence districts are con- cerned, there is scarcely any indica- ton that a great labor war is in pro- gress within the municipal limits. To- night the cars are running unmoested, anu well lIlltt lnTOuSnVll the CeDLTdl and residential sections.
 \ determination to stand its ground was expressed by the Rapid Transit company, not only through the an nouncement that it has said the last word regarding arbitration. but also through an offer today of $50 reward for information on which arrests will be made for terrorizing the families of motormen and conductors. The com pany declares that systematic effort is underway to frighten the women of employees families.
 For days the strike leaders have been planning d monster outdoor dem Onstration in aid of the sympathetic walk-out Today it was announced that the meeting would be held at the baseball park. The director of the po lice. however. says the meeting will not he permitted.
 On the labor side. tho day was active The leaders declared tonight that they are more than satisfied with the re- suit of their work. in addition to scv eral hundred who quit thc Baldwin Locomotive works, bringing the num- Der of men on strike there mp to 1000, the committee of ten announced that there had been many other accession5 to the ranks of the sympathetic strik- CTS.
 The unsettled mind of thousands of the city's workers is indicated by many reports of men quitting work and Of men who walked out, returning. The in-and-out flow is so extended and fluctuating as to tax the ability of computations to keep track. One plant that had different story to tell was the great Cramp ship yards. One off, cial reported that sixty rivet men who walked out yesterday. all returned to- day
 The committee of ten declared to- night that it proposed to disregard Di- rector Clay's prohibition of the pro- posed meeting to be held tomorrow The committee tonight issued a de- tailed list of those said to be now on strike A total of 139,551 is claimed. which does not include several thou sand forced to stop work in plants where there are walk-outs