New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-28
GENERAL S1RlAE
FOR PHILADELPHIA
UNIONS AGREE TO
BACK Up C1!RNEA.
.Action Not 10 BE Taken II
Sreetcm Managers fieid 6y
Saturday Nc.rt.


with possible momentous consequences
TO Philadelphia was taken b. the Cen
trail Labor Union tonight. when that
body representing l4o unions. with
stated membership of 123.tDo. voted to
begin a sympathetic strike next Satur-
day IN aid OF the striking street rail-
way employees This action came at the
end OF secret session Of about seven
hundred delegates in Labor Lyceun
Hall. which lasted more than six ho1r--
There was apparently no question bUr
that the delegates would vote to strike.
the split being on the question %
whether il would be started inlmed:-
ately- The more conservative element
prevailed however. and the walk-otir
was put off until next Saturday Mean
while there is hope that the street rail-
way strike will be arbitrated. despite
the repeated declarations of the Transit
company. controlling all the lines in the
city. that there is nothing TO arbI-
trate."
Nobody DOUBTS that to-night's action
of the Central Labor Union makes the
situation very grave. There Is strong
feeling especially among business peo-
pie that the strike should be settled
speedily, as all lines of business suffers
because of the stagnation resulting from
the interference with traffic. COnse-
ouently. there is much sympathy for
the move for arbitration made by clergy
men of all denominations early in the
week Whether this sentiment is strong
enough to bring the clashing interests
together remains to be seen.
UNIONISM AT STAKE.
There was surprise at the unanamity
of the vote in favor of a general SYM
pathetic strike. For several days the
meeting of to-day had been discussed
and there was q mixed sentiment as 70
the wisdom of calling out " classes of
workmen Leaders of trade
unions said they were oppt to gen.
eraI strike because it involsed the mat
ter of broken trade agreements. Oth-
ers doubted their ability to order all
vorkmen to lay down their tools and
have the order Obeyed
There is no doubt. however. of the
strength of the feeling that unionism IS
at stake and the consequent feeling
that a fight to preserve the union IS
necessary This is the sentiment with
out doubt that prevailed at tO-day's
meeting.
AS the gathering was secret. little of
an authoritative nature can be learned
of what happened behind the barred
doors That there was much imp9s-
stoned oratory is evident from the fast
that the meeting of the delegates lasted
from a little after o'clock until $50
The great crowd of work people gath
cred outside the hall would occasionally
hear loud cheering. and a responsive
cheer would go up from the outsiders
Finally. when the meeting broke up and
the announcement was made that the
delegates had resolved that unless the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
comes TO an agreement with its striking
employees by next Friday the greatest
strike in the history of Philadelphia Will
be inaugurated. there was great Chez
and the crowd dispersed
Not only members of unions affiliated
with the Central Labor Union. the Allied
Building Trades Council. but OF every
labor organization in Philadelphia in any
Grafton of Labor participated in the con-
ference to-day
Two separate meetings We're held The
delegates to the Central Labor Union
met on one floor of the building. while
the presidents and business agents of the
other organizations met on another floor.
Declaring the car strike here had be
Ccme battle between capital and labor.
the members of the Contra. Labor Union
unanimously adopted resolution that
every union man and woman stop work
OF next Saturday if in the mean time
the striking car men have not reached
an agreement with the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company. When this
resolution was forwarded to the other
meeting il was received enthusiastically
but was amended so that the strike
would take place on Tuesday. This
amendment was sent 20 the Central La
bor Union. where il was debated for
several hours, but IL was finally deter
mined to abide by the original resolu-
ton.
THE DAYS CASUALTIES
A man and a boy are dead and four
other boys were seriously hurt as the
result of a trolley car jumping a switch
| at Sixth and Jackson streets down
| town tonight and crashing into the
front of a cigar store. The dead are.
N.KENNs Charles. aged fourteen wears: died
i'm the Methodist Hospital from fractured
SKULL
/ FREDERICK John r. aged forty-ave years
crushed head. leg and internally injured, Gied
shortly sfterward
| The injured are:
EVERETT William aged fourteen years leg
and arm crushed and internally injured
| SHINSKIG Abrani. aged twelve years general
contusions.
/ TRAINOR. Raymond, aged ten years. general
injuries.
MOORE. Edward. aged hf;een years. crushed
/ head
| The dead and injured were all stand
| ing in front of the cigar store. There
had been a disturbance down the street
and some one had turned the unused
switch at this point. A trolley car.
driven at high rate OF speed. jumpe d
the track and crushed through the crowd
on the sidewalk. stopping only after II
had torn the front out OF the store.
Realizing that much of the disturb
apce throughOut the city waS in many