The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-02-24
STREET CAR EMPLOYEES QUIT
AND TURBULENT SCENES
ARE ENACTED.
ENTIRELY %UNANTICIPATED
Mounted Police and Firemen With
Hose Try to Preserve Order
Efforts to Reach an Agree
Ment Abruptly Ended.

Philadelphia. - Coming suddenly
clared against the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company by the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric
Railway employees and the police and
firemen are busy handling turbulent
crowds in several sections of the city.
Two cars were burned, a score of
cars were attached, forcing their
crews TO abandon them, and numerous
arrests were made. Except I'm the
central part Of the city street car
service is almost at a standstill. Cars
running through the central sections
are heavily protected.
Five persons were arrested charged
with melting to riot. Two women
were shot by stray bullets and many
people were removed to hospitals.
Mayor Reyburn ordered Director of
Police Clay TO swear in 5000 addition
al police and issued a proclamation
enforcing the riot act.
Shot by Stray Bullets.
NV uIoSl iOuSlg lhJulCu pei
In yesterdays rioting was 13-year-old
Viola Bowen, who was shot in the alb
domen by a stray bullet from a police
mans revolver as she was stepping
from her home while a mob was at
lacking five trolley cars In front of
the house. George Feltsaup, aged %
years, was also struck by a stray but.
let while Fastening to a train. His
condition is not critical.
The transit officials state hat 2S7
cars were wrecked, two completely
burned an done partially burned by
the mobs. Two thousand six hundred
and eight car windows were smashed.
The officials charge hat the rioting
was directed by union men.
In Kensington, Philadelphia's mill
district, two cars were attached by
boys and strike sympathizers, com
polling the crews to abandon them.
The ears were wrecked and both were
then set on fire.
Great crowds collected and for a
time II was feared a riot would fol.
low. Firemen turned thier hose on
the crowds and the mob scattered.
West Philadelphia, the southern sec
ton OF the city, Germantown and 9th
err parts of Philadelphia, also reported
attacks on cars. Many were struck
by missiles, but no one was seriously
hurt. The strike is the second in
augurated within a year.
Agreement Impossible.
Since the threatened strike of a
month ago, a committee from the un
ion and President Charles o. Kruger
of the company, had been ~endeavorine
to reach an agreement to take the
place of the n made after the strike
of last summer and which expires or
June |. The men in the proposed
agreement asked for an increase In
wages and among other things want
ed to bind the company to not recog
nize any other union but the amalga
mated association. The union leader:
charged that a rival union known al
the United Garments association haC
been put in the field to defeat the eff
iOTtS. ne COuipduy utNiilcu W ItC
ognize the Amalgamated association
exclusively.
The break in the negotiations cam
on Thursday and Friday night, ant
about 200 men were dismissed TO
the good of the service This
aroused the indignation OF the mel
and they began turning in their a
about l o'clock. The news of the de
serations quickly reached union head
quarters with the result that a strik'
order was issued.
The police and fire departments II
anticipation of a strike had been OIL
a war footing" for a month. Tn
moment the fact that a strike ha,
been called reached the city hal
troops of mounted police were as
sembled and squads of officers an
firemen assigned to each of the 1
barns in the city. Policemen and fire
men were also put on the cars to Pre-
tect men who desired to remain a