Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-02-22
Central Labor Union to
Call Out Members to
Support Carmen.
LEADERS ACT TO AVENGE
ARREST OF ORGANIZER
Pratt, After Night Incommuni-
! cadO in Cell, Is Held Under
$4,000 Bail.
RIOTING is RENEWED AND
MORE BLOODSHED RESULTS
City Authorities Ready TO Call
Troops, and Declare Mill
tary Rule.

PHiLADELPHIA. Feb. 22.-In re
tnliation for the arrest Of Strike.
leader G. o. Pratt. leaders cf the Cen.
trnl Labor Union, of PhiladeIphin, play
to call out every worker amIiates
with the Central union, in . sympa
thetic strike TO support the carmen.
This action was decided upor TO-DAY
by the Central Labor Union officials
The advisnbiIsty of the move wns i'm.
mediateIy put up TO the presidents c
the various unions for their approval
and TO fix the time for bte walkout by
President John J. Murphy, of the Cen
tral Labor Union. Murphy declared
the general strike undoubtedly will b,
authorized. -
Thirty Thousand men and women, he
snid, have already expressed n willing.
ness 90 quit work 60 help the stree.
car men, and he felt confident that af
organized labor in the city would agre.
to strike.
The Central Labor Union last sundn,
gave the executive comniittc power t.
call general strike, and whether Ii
shall be called rests with the individual
unions.
The Central Labor Union claims =
membership of 100000. and the officer,
declare practically every mum will obc.
the strike order. In this event ePhiln.s
deIphia will face the most serious labor
crises of years.
III these workmcn ali 20 out II I.
feared the police, already oycrtaxeda
Will be utterly incapable of handling
the situation.
der Will be the proclamation OF martial
inw. This mny come tomorrow, even
tonight.
Already every arrangement Inns beer
made TO take this step nt nm Instant,
notice. The commanders 81 10000 Nu-
tioDal GuardsmcB have their troops In
readiness for quick action. Governor
Stuart and Adjutnnt- G eDcrnl Thomas J.
Stewart are In the city ready to take
charge IL military control Is decided
upon.
Pratt, the arrested labor leader, was
placed under $4,000 bond to answer
the charge of "inciting TO riot. con-
spiracy and disOrderiy conduct, at n
hearing today.
This will be furnished during the day
by his friends.
RiOting, marked by bIoodshed, was
resumed early today. In an attack ON n
car In the kensinGtou district two
youths were shot by policemen guard
ing the trolley. One is injured so badly
he Is expected to die.
Mutiny, which broke out among what
are declared to be nearly 300 strike
breakers kept by the Rapid Transit
Company in the trolley barn at Forty
third street ande Lancaster avenue
early today, resulted in pitched battle
between a squad of fifty Paramount
Park guards doing police duty and
the strike breakers. This disturbance
was caused, 1t is said, because most OF
the strike-breakers wanted positions as
conductors and were dissatisfied when
ordered to do duty as motormen.
Among other serious disturbances of
the day was a small riot at German
town and Lehigh avenues in the north
ern part of the city. 1t is a thickly
populated section and large crowd
had gathered at the intersection, anus
ing Itself by throwing missiles at the
few cars in operation. Finally one car
came along with two policemen with
more nerve than others that had pre-
ceded them and they fired their pistols
in the air. Fortunately no one was
hit, but the revolver shots attracted
larger crowd. Mounted policemen gall
Looping up swung their clubs right and
left, and when the melee was over
some of the men We're nursing lacer-
ated scalps. One mans arm was broken
by policemans club.
This riot occurred on the edge of
Kensington, one of the worlds great
mill districts. To assist the police in
their heavy task of trying to maintain
order in that section. the State Fen
cibles, numbering about ECO men,
equipped with guns and bayonets, were
sent into that territory this afternoon.
President John j. Murphy head OF
the Central Labor Union, who made
the announcement of the general SYM
pathetic strike at 10 a. m, and was
laboring under excitement, said he had
no doubt that labor will rush to the
support of the car men. Mr.. Murphy
could hardly contain himself in his
Indignation against the city officials
in taking National Organizer Pratt
into custody. The rumor that a war
rant is ready to DE served on Mr.. Muir
ply is still current. Police officials
have nothing to say regarding this
phase of the situation.
Mr.. Murphy said he had heard the
rumor of the issuance of warrant
for him and declared he was ready for
1t at any time. sThey can serve it
whenever they want to-" he said. sand