Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-09
ASSOCIATED PressJ
n PHILADELPHIA, March S.-Six
persons. including a young girl,
L. were wounded tonight by bullets

n PHILADELPHIA. March s-Six
persons. including a young girl,
II were wounded tonight by bullets
fired by a party of alleged strike
breakers who rode wildly up and down
Frankford avenue, in trolley car and
shot into the crowds that lined the
sidewalks.
After one of the most uneventful
days since the beginning of the strike,
the stoning of cars was renewed to-
night along Frankford avenue, the
principal thoroughfare in the mill dis
trict.
A stone thrown by one In a crowd
injured a strike breaking motorman.
Infuriated at this. fifteen of his com
panions took out car, the windows
of which they broke with a club AS
the car. loaded with the strike-break
ers, sped down the avenue, bullets
were ralned at the jeering crowd.
Helen May, aged IL, was struck In
the leg by a bullet.
John Malohey, IS, and Michael Os-
born, "a, were also shot in the legs,
and Frank Bromley, %, received
bullet in the foot.
The wounded were removed to the
Frankford hospital. Two other in
jured were taken to their homes.
After reaching Allegheny avenue, the
car was switched to the northbound
track by its crew. and the dash back
to the barn was begun.
So swiftly was ii driven that before
the crowd realized that 1t was coming
back, it had sped past them and into
the barn.
The shooting of inoffensive bystand-
ers worked the crowd to high pitch
Of excitement and as other cars came
down the street the mob wrecked sew
eral, leaving only the trucks on the
rails.
About dozen arrests were made.
Factories May Close
Announcement that plants represent
ing rs per cent of the hosiery manu-
factories of philadelphia would close
down until next Monday was the most
important development in the strike
situation today.
The announcement was coupled with
the intimation that if the employees In
the hosiery plants did not return to
work by that time the mills might re-
main closed down until fall.
One of the manufacturers said the
Hosiery association represented mills
employing 20, 900 hands. Many of them
were reported to have gone out on the
first day of the general strike.
While accessionS to the strikers
ranks were reported today from the
manufacturing plants, includes few
men from the Baldwin locomotive
works, there were many reports of
strikers returning to their old plants.
Manufacturers declared that many
union men were disappointed over the
failure of the general strike to force
the Rapid Transit company to arbi-
trate. Union leaders denied that there
were any defections.
C. o. Pratt, the carmen's leader, ad-
dressed crowd of several hundred at
a meeting of the Allied Jewish Trades,
urging the men to stand fast in win
ming cause. He declared that If an
outdoor demonstration was permitted
1t would assume proportions that would
surprise the country.
Discredit Report
The report from Cincinnati that the
local brewery workers might be ordered
out has apparently been discounted by
the local brewing interests. The Phil
adelphia Brewers association issued a
statement in which confidence was ex-
pressed that the men would stick to
their jobs.
I'm view of the good will and har-
mony that have existed so many years
between employer and employe no vio-
lation of the existing contract is looked
for" the statement concluded.
One interesting development today
WIS lDe dppedl ny Oh Tie 1Illl-
adelphia National league baseball club
to the strike leaders. The baseball in
terests asked that the union men who
have been working on the ball park
improvements be permitted to continue
and complete the work. Unless the
work is finished by April 15 the OPEN
ing of the season, the baseball men say
the club will be badly handicapped.
The labor leaders promised to place
the matter before the full committee.
New bleachers are being erected and
improvements are being made to the
grandstands.
Hope for Settlement
All Philadelphia hopes the city-wide
movement begun yesterday by the
United Business Mems association to
end the great strike will meet with
more success than the effort made last
week when the same body of men asked
the Philadelphia Rapitd Transit COM
pany and Mayor Reyburn to arbitrate
with the men, but got no satisfaction.
Now this association, which includes
practically all business men of stand
ing in Philadelphia, will enlarge its
movement by taking in other organi-
cations and will make united attack
on the warning elements in the interest
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