Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-03-10
POWER OF TRUST
WRIT TEN IN BLOOD
Cauxht Between IT. Promises So the
SIoekAeiders and Employees. Il
Breaks tke Latter.

/ 10 wrench from the people eaough
T mCuey 90 keep It's aafered securities
I afioat. 90 pay - guaranteed STOCK
holders enormouS profits. - rcstsl the
falr Gcm ands % labor. an Amerc1n
( trust. as ia shown ~ the action q the 4
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com Dany. 4
can ruthlessly violate soiennn Goa
rracts. throw 5.Qoo men out ~ su- i
n psoymsnt. force l.5O0.ese people 70
ssalk. pus mlrdcrcus weapons into the /
hands OF every policernan, nrern-kn ~na
/ nilltiaman with orders - shoot -
; kni'--can bring into the streets ne
, cossasks of a trust-o~ned state. maze
I puppets % the Mayor. ely 1oeEes sHc
: many newspapers ana convert
psAosable community iass sisssy
, nald Of battle
An THIS 49, happa0sd h@rN
The company and the e1ry rsNsrn-
. uAsnt Il created and Stated h rssBonst-
e BE for every Death IN Ftota- svsry
r drop OF spilled bhDo1. every hrOksn
r LIMB or rtAcksned eye In the SArusn
p strike. Il forced the atrike- II brazsn-
IL encouraged vtoieDcs 20 t2rn pahtsc
u, opinion against the strikers IL prs-
= / clpltatad ths civil war-for dollars
y and nothing slse. It's judges sent chu-
y dren 90 prison. It's Mayor sneersd Al a
. militia captain who REFUSED Ia -
'e many words 10 murder women Ane
r children" its troops shot right and lsfi
for dollars and nothing elae.
IA Honestly. as I have gone over this
=" CITY ano picked 0R AHe E@Aofl - so
J., civil war. I have wondered that ms
~ men % Philadelphia are not actually
as In the streets with tnuskets on thetI
shoulders Listen % this brief sam
a. mary
an the traction companies OF Phna
"a delphla were rolled into a merger viii
An millions 90 wnterec stock.
Service was lntoiernbly bad an,
y fares were unreasonaoly high
~ The cost 90 living was going up.
mi f..n ~ b
20 edge that the traction magnatcs yer
et making huge profits and thai thel
ny greatest assets were abe rich iran
We chises they had secured from polS.
ke clans
The men struck for better hours an
pay and treatment They Nuutl
10y their share of thc prize.
ne The puanc symrathiFrf with fh
lue strikers and because elections wef
coming on tne company treated via
ala its mga. and an agreement was mad
are Election over. the company dclil
H., erately broke that agreement
~. The officers of tne company plali
ly say that they cannot keep OF
l.-re.ineut and pay tnc millions
lIt .deuus they have Eulrauteed
,he merged companies such faila
- means "a receivershlp.
III So this blood Oh shed Cor aoilai
The question is. shall thc trust ke'
rhe SIS word 60 the companies it ious
,r- or to tne men 10 hired IL fAla
go can't dn both lt choose to prc'
$50 fts aord CO. the men,
ok The nrst warning came o. the m
when Tim D.l.eary. assistant superb
49, 49,. tenfert OF police. announced 20
49, newspapers that supply ot rnlea Q
t'N- ammunition had been pure uaacu
~Ns rInf ana strike use.
Sow the company began to dischai
los men ln violation 81 lta aKrren't
ne rrn Fnew That lt VAS a case
sf. ke or grt area 80 tne. ett ~ e
- who does not deny " hen thAfke u
Il DE is BIS traction stoc Aholder' y.
hold fe armed -,Noe 1870 Y
= rlfe- an1 clubs. 5000 - ,leemee y
auam-uted oy 600 specials picked
On che the water front A troop
ASK ~itb earbisss' tts aad rot clubs
ciety youth, rifle ln hand. reaponae,
the order for militia
Clarence %. Pratt. national organ
or the carmen. saw the danger
They are trying 20 profoee Ie1-
Ms How well The msa uadsEssoo.e.
49,, shown ~ ths fact that cut o. = %
tne sand arrested. lsss than doasn
A-.Ne striksra -
Jus the company that has looted their
No and pr0atituted their onciels
~ st courts There Was an ugly spirit
mat let and club. And thta is what
ay az maddened the people OF Philadelph
Mills children were shot down Ia
: ir.- catherine Conroy. aged eleven
...,-.... her way home from sunday echools
- run down by a policemau's horse.
rie Whelan. aged ten, was shot IN
.'.'t" hip bF "a policeman
riocn- Viola Bevans aged Twelve. was
.rr DO lu the head BY IA policeman
over Marie Devlan. aged seventeen.
90 work, was shot in the side
etpre I0hn Hughes. a young business
pt' was IA bv-srander during disturb
rs the A special policeman ofeers ss,. ~
again him through the breast. killing "a
ent be stan.ly., en-. .,s ,o,~...r
crippled by a blow from police
ng for The crowd. OF which Sellers va
,ry de- had PLACED an American Rag 81
The street car track and warned = n
decree man not 20 drive ever IL WE
sourt did the crowd charged the ear D
y days hsrses Aowlea Despls ever aud .
II the were hurt
q time Casualties 81 thks sort repert
ticnny. hsspItals sveEaEsd lSs . asy, >
,erunft- h0e efhcsr went - a hospital -
Vt ask PsIrSsk AaSan vas ariven ~
Tomor sorSsn Sstw cen a ear ana = trac
ts pos sruShed - death-
y The AL bnt teuT 81 the swsnty- els
Oitative lee naEtstrates are knsWn as
IN aue nsen Thase dealt with Drtson~
a M onhear4-sf severity. One Boy.
settle go Fer SIX ysSrs. asa net svsS
ent IN 4 lauver In court The cases ~
hat ru- rushed and upon the testimony .
settle clal policemen or railroad tet'
. Inter Detectives FOR the trust plan
md be- ~ ...,-, - sS-f,srs -
lawyers Probably never In any Araerics
settle IN strike time have the police
OF the bold ed brutal
= ,yiSe VIII armed policemen on th4
,Ds four forms OF cars run ~ strike Dr.
aava ~ the city government sought 20
ching tor 81 public safety Clay issued