The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-15
END OF STRIKE
DECLARED NEAR
To-day May MarklAdjustment
of Labor Trouble in Phil
adelphia.
LABOR AND CAPITAL
MEET IN CONFERENCE
Mystery Surrounds Influences
Bringing Meeting About, But
Satisfactory Results Apparent
Both Sides Conciliatory.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, March Is
Philadelphia street car strike and
general sympathetic strike may come
to an end to-day. Preliminary nego-
tiations in plan to end the strike
by direct action of representatives of
the Rapid Transit Company and the
union car men will continue to-day
following the conference held late yes
terday by President Kruger. of the
traction company, end George III.
Earle, Jr.. one of the three municipal
directors, with President Mahon, of
the car mems international union,
and a subcommittee of the strikers.
While nothing definite was accom-
piished at this meeting, an inluen-
tial member OF the Rapid Transit
Company's directorate asserted to-day
that the next twelve hours are like
ly to bring the means to the end
Speaking for the strikers and repre-
senting directly the car mems organi-
cation. President w. ID. Mahon said:
Many difficulties were swept away"
President Kruger refuses absolute
Is to say anything about the con-
ference. and the meeting ie denied as
Official by the Rapid Transit Com
pany.
Mystery Surrounds Details
There liz mystery as TO the influence
exerted to bring about the conference.
each side consending that "overtures
came from the other side" Never
tieless. the cordially OF feeling and
the optimistic attitude Of both sides
Is taken as an Indication that a set
tl.sss4est- 81 se4ae sprt Viii be reached
National Organizer Clarence .. Pratt,
who called the present strike. and has
been conducting ii, was excluded from
the conference.
The GO between was Edward L.
Stokes member OF the stock ex-
change and a nephew of the late
John Low Der Welsh. who at one time
was president of the Union Traction
Company, the parent corporation OF
the Rapid Transit Company.
AT to-tIars conferences other repre-
sen,atives of the Transit compauv.
II is said. viii participate. The only
point of difference between Mr.. Earle
and Mr. Manon is what one % ~
of ten, In charge, OF the
general strike, describes as ..ef no
Importance" and refers to the means
of getting these men together MIR.
Earle saws the representatives OF the
strikers were brought To his Office
~ Mr. akeS,.- ashosr. he does -r.n1
know, Whiia the committee says SIR.
stokes came to them and asked that
they accent, any him to MIR. Earles.
there to 4setsgfer with President Kruger
both af whom would be glad TO hold
Il conference.
Deny Desertions.
Although the union grocery cierka
at mass meeting last night voted
to join the sympathetic strike this
m or ding, propr1etors of the large
retail grocery stores stated to-day
that their force was intact. Union
leaders declare that the entire sys-
tenn of stores will practically be tied
up before the day Is over,
At the general Offices of the Acme
Tea Company. who own a chain of a
score or more OF stores, II was ssisa
that none of their men had deserted,
The same was said at the offices OF
the William Butler Company. George
Dunlap and Company and Robinson
and Crawford.
Practically the same condition of
affairs existed with the bakers and
milk wagon drivers