The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-10
FIRST DAY CLASHES
Mild Troubles Follow Walkout
in Philadelphia.
CITY is STIRRED THROUGHOUT.
AT Least 10000 Men Have Now Quit
Their Jobs, So Estimate the Labor
Leaders, Though it is Thought to be
Less.

Leaders, Though it is Thought to be
Less.
Philadelphia, Pa. Spccial.-Thc
general sympathetic strike, the Sill
| preme and final effort Of organized
labor to win the fight of the trolley
men Tor recognition of their union.
which began here two weeks AGO. is
now III full swing.
| Acting OH the orders of the COM
mlttcc Of ten Of the Central Labor
mon. which is directing this de-
monStratiuu of the power of union.
labor workers in MANY trades cras-
ed work Saturday as protest
against the refusal Of the Philadel-
| pima Rapid Transit Company To adj
| just the grievances Of striking con-
ductorS and motormcn or treat with
the officers OF Tie Amal-amated AS
Soclation of Street and Electric
Hallway Employees.
| In the Central part of the city
the hrSt persons TO feel the effect of
| ihe mandate were the users of pull
Tic hacks and taXlcabS. Riders i'm
these vehicles. when the clocks struck
midnight were politely Informed by
the sdrlvcrs that it would be ncccs-
sary To walk the remainder of the
way. Then the non-union :cabbics. -
whether from sympathy with the car
men or fear of injury, withdrew
from the streets.
several union trades remained nj
Wrok, among them the printers. whose
committee voted not TO join the
strike, although most of the Job meu
were anxious TO join IN the strike.
Philadelphia will thus not be depriv
ed OF its newspapers
| More than the tic-up of business.
| the authorities fear the thronoinr of
the thousands of idle people on the
| streets and the disorder that almost
inevitably ensucs. Since the trolley
strike begun the greatest distur-
Dances have occurred on the days
When work was generally suspended
Sundays AMI Saturday afternoon.
The greatest trouble Saturday was
experienced by the police al Indcpcn-
| dence square. the very centre of the
city, where despite the announce
men by Mayor Reyburn that no DEM
onSiration could be held ON thar
historic ground. crowd estimated
at -D.o0u persons gathered to par
ticlpatc IN or watch the dpmonstra-
tlons of organized labor.
iollc":nen. mounted and afoot.
were there by the score with strict
orders to keep the crowd moving.
| This was accomplished and il is
due To the patience, carefulncss and
4 NJ tl,n
I riouS outbreak occurred.
n statement issued by the labor
| leaders says: "Lct the Philadclphia
hapld Transit company rcinStatc all
employees now on strike to their old
| positions and let the company then
| appoint one arbitrator. and we one.
these two to be disintcresicd parties.
Let the two thus selected choose a
! third person and both parties 10 the
dispute submit all questions Ia the
board. the decision of the majority
TO he iinal and binding
This includes recognition of tho
union. one of the issues between thc
transit company and lis str!kin~ en-
| plOvCS.
The general strike which went into
eilect at midnight. has taken away
from their iOhs according 10 the csti
mate of the labor leaders. between
$4,000 and 10000 men. The police
men saw the number only reached
about 10000.
No matter which is trua. there
nave been ominous looking bands
OF IDLE ones passing through thc
streets IN almost every section of
the clty ever since morning. If
dIdnt t take much 10 stir them into
action. and before long the Rapid
Transit people deemed it wise not to
| run very mnnN cnrS