The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
Organized Labor Pro-
poses to Use All
Its Strength.
EVERY LABORER
is ASKED TO QUIT
All Dispensers Of Life's Neccssi.
ties in Philadelphia Are Com
mandcd to Cease Work To-
Day Officials Believe
Sympathetic Strike Is
About Broken.

About Broken.
PhiIadelphia, Pa. March 13.--In Its
effort to demonstrnte the strength OF
OrRenIxcd labor and to make stronger
the aympnthetic strike, the Central
Labor Union to-dny directed tlint nll
mllkmen, bakers, grocery clerks and
other dispensers of the ncccssaries Of
life should remain away from their
usual vocntionn Tomorrow and until
such time an the grievances Of the
ntrikinE carmen shall have been adj
justed. Itsvns also resolved tint union
inc mbcrs Withdraw all their money
from the banks. Their sympnt tliIzers,
whether organized or not, are also
nsked by the promoters of the sylnpa-
thetlc strike to do likewise.
The leaders OF the sympathetic strike
say that when they endcavored to con-
duct the movement with some regard
for the convenience OF the general pub
lie. Director OF Public Safety Clay and
others belittled the effect OF the
strike. They say they arc now deter
mined to draw their lines more close
~.
The union drivers of milk and bread
wagons were called upon to strike to-
morrow by the resolution adopted to-
day by the Central Labor Union. The
grocery clerks, 1000 OF whom organic
cd this morning. will quit work to-
morrow night. Any ono working
Tuesday in any line OF employment will
be considered az non-union man and
expelled from the union OF which he.
Is member.
The committee OF thirty-dve appoint
ed by the convention organized by the
United Business Mems .Assoclaticn. lel Id;
q long session to-day. but was unablc
TO ind any solution OF the difficulties
which surround the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company and Its striking en-
ployes.
No serious disturbances were reported
today from any section OF the city.
and Director of Public Safety Clay
said tonight that everything was quiet
and peaceable.
Small Demonstration.
Attracted by a fire In box car filled
with hay on railway siding In Ken
sington. crowd OF several thousand
persons collected late this afternoon.
Small boys threw stones at some of the
police, and later the windows of a
number of the cars were broken before
the reserves got the crowd under con-
troll. Aside from this outbreak cars
were run without nlolestation, and
there were more cars in opera tion than
on any Sunday since the strike began.
The police and company officials agree
in the statement that the situation is
improving. hourly. The rough element
which the company was compelled to
hire when the strike was suddenly
sprung is being weeded out. and bet
ter class of men now operates the cars.
The question OF the settlement of the
strike is. still the uppermost thought
: in the minds Of the citizens of Phila-
dclphia. Nearly everybody considers
9nrbitration as the natural method. but
how to arbitrate Is tho question. when
THE company. insists there is nothing to
sarbitrate.
firmly to their original declaration that
the union will not be dealt with. Tho
officers OF the Amalgamated& Garments
Union arc just as determined that no
settlement will be accepted that does
not include full recognition OF the
union. And there the matter stands.
y t is not believed that any effort to
secure outside Intervention or the me-
tliation OF the Civic Federation. Pres
ident Taft, Governor Stuart or rNany-
body else will bear fruit.
n Omclals Silent.
The company officials are silent re-
garding yesterdays action of the In
tcrstate Railways Company increasing
10 23 cents an hour the wages of mo
tormen and conductors in Trenton,
3 Reading Wilmington, Chester. Leba-
non and Norrlst town.. ooosin all. NJ
Tho htladelplial Rapid Transit Com-
\ pany at present pays % cents an hour.
with promise OF an Increase to %
cents on July 1 to men employed more
than one year. .ss ss E s
The authorities look for a, big break
sJinsthe ranks Of the sympathetic strik-
ors Tomorrow, Many have already
returned to work. and the police can
+ yass shows that thousand s will 10 SO
tomorrow. superintendent at
Cramp's shipyard declared to-day that
despite the extraordinary efforts OF
+ tho leaders of the sympathetic strike
mot II single one OF 5000 employees OF
,tllesblgG plant walked out f fBss {
According to police Information
hundreds OF the sympathetic strikers
8gat the Baldwln Locomotive Works vii
return to work to--m orroW. The brick.
layers and carpenters, IT. is sntt,<will
resume None day or Tuesday and other
trades wil foil ow their example.
# Ask Aid for strikers. " 5
Boston, Mass. March ID g. n effort
+ TO obtain aid Tor tho striking stree,
car men In sPh iladelphia was alnaugl, Il.
s,rated In this oity, . toissd day, When q