Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-23
RETURN TO
MILLS IN PH|LAS
GENERAL STRIKE
olleymen Disappointed Be-
ause Textile Workers Didn't
Hold Out Longer.

PHILADELPHIA, March 23.-Thirty-
+ thousand textile workers in the
nsington district, together with the
bmbers of the allied building trades,
10 formed the backbone of the gen.
II sympathetic strike. resumed work
lay.
Phe resolutions calling upon the tex
workers to return to work today
ted that they had stood loyalty to-
Their since the beginning of the SYM
thetic strike and had made all the
~erifces necessary or that could be
pected of them.
rhe breaking up of the general strike
a disappointment to the striking ar
N. who believed the sympathetic
iikers should have stood out longer.
pecially at this time. when the rapid
lnsit company was showing a will
gness to treat with the men. 1t is
herally agreed among labor leaders
d others hat the general strike to
the car men was not a successful
Svement. 1t had the effect, however,
urging the business men to interfere
the interest of peace. but the rapid
lnsit company would not yield to the
assure.
Nothing was done up to this after
pn to bring about peace in the car.
ms strike, but there is a general
ling that the long-looked-for settle
int is not far off.
It was understood this afternoon
ut the trolley men will not insist
on having but one grievance COM
ttee to settle grievances with the
mpany, but will insist that the COM
my agree to take back all the strik-
) and place them in their old posi-
ms within two months. The COM
my has declared that it will give the
tikers their old places as rapidly as it
p, but will not promise that this can
done within two months.
Although participants in the confer
lce between strike leaders, transit
mpany directors and politicians
hich adjourned early today stated
at no agreement had been reached
I'D that a settlement of the street car
rike was not yet in sight, it is be-
sved that a step toward a settlement
the difficulty has been taken.
The conference was held in the resi-
nee of George H. Earle, one of the
representatives. of the city on the board
directors of the transit company.
pr the first time all the principal
Dor leaders were brought together
nd discussed with members of the
bard of directors their stand in the
I%ntroversy between the a men and
lie transit company.
Several of the national officers of the
malgamated Association of Street and
~lectric Railway Employees. as we'll
) the members of the Committee of
en, which has charge of the local
mpathetic strike, were present. State
knator James p. McNichol and Frank
eeney, chief of the bureau of elevator
ispection at City Hall and former
resident of the Central Labor Union,
Iere also in attendance.
1T was after 2 o'clock before the last
[ the conferees had left Mr.. Earle's
ksidence. Everyone was reticent in
iscussing the meeting, although Presi-
ent w. d. Manon. president of the
hrmen's union, and Senator McNichol
9TH stated that a settlement is not yet
J sight. AS the settlement of the
treet car mems troubles continues to
e delayed the leaders of the general
ympathetic strike are finding it harder
~harderfto keep their followers IN
ne.