The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-10

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poaceabIo gathering and free speech.
;rhe letter ndded that * the director
,t,oueht tho presence nf tho police
necessary to preserve order they would
be welcomed.
Tho committee OF ten tonight issucd
It's first detailed list OF the men who,
fhcv say. arc now on strike. The total
claimed is ise.671, which does not In
cludc, the statement says, several
thousands who were forced TO STOP
work In plants whore there were walk
outs. The committee claims that 49,
600 men are out IN the building trades.
I'm textile industries in the Kensing-
ron and Richmond districts, and 10000
mon and womcn in the garment
n,aktnr Industry. Figures are given
FOR only a few OF the individual plants
arfected. Including the Baldwin Loco
rnotiyc Works. where the committee
claims 5000 men are out
ranks Unbrokcn.
IN q. formal statement tonight the
committed &c ten declares that tue
,anks OF the strikers are unbroken and
POINTS to the success OF It's el1ort "
induce descrtions from the BALDWIN
liant ms naturalization OF the reason
nhleness OF its declaration that WITHIN
the next day or two, Equally I'M
,ortant additions" to the ranks OF tile
general strikers "a be expected.
a campaign to dissipatc the impress
sion apparently widely preva4en'
throughout the country that phiiAuei.
mia Is in the grip OF strike terrorism
and that the city Is not q sa1e or q
pleasant place to visit at the prescns
time, was innugurated by the Met
r. -. ~. /, Az , , $o n fvtrNrc Association
to-day.
In resolutions adopted 1t is poine
out that exaggerated reports OF the
seriousness OF conditions in this city
have been widely circulated and TINS
organization asks the press OF the CITY
tn cooperate in making the actea1
facts known. IL.
what outbreaks have occurred ~
been sporadic in character, the resolu-
lions declare, and these nave peeh
mostly in the outlying districts @, "
city and easily handled by .ne Aoea'
pol,ce. It is declared that Philadelpnia
is anything but excited g condl.Aohs'
and that except for the prince re-
ports "the majority OF the eitl@ens
would be Ignorant that awning ous
normal conditions prevailed,
Reports Denied.
The protest OF the merchants an
manufacturers against the
OF the reports that tend to prevent
people coming to the city for fear OF
e%ncountering strike violence, Is given
point BY the fact, apparent to any n
on the scene, that SO far as business
amusement and residence districts are
concerned. there is scarcely an ind1ca-
ton tlat a great labor war Is IN pro-
gress within the municipal limits. To-
night street cars are running unmo-
Tested and we'll filed throughout the
central and residence sections. and the
streets were thronged all day with
shoppcrs, with men. women and chill
dren bent on business or pleasure. The
ordinary life OF tho city is. to the cas-
ual eye at any rate, untouched to any
material extent by the strike.
Determination to stand its ground Is
expressed by the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company not only through Its
announcement that 1t has said its last
word on arbitration, but through Its
offer made to-day of $50 reward for
information on which an arrest can be
made for acts tending to ~intimidate
or terrorize the families of the motor
men and conductors on Its lines.
Regarding the walkout at Baldwfn's,
Nice-President and General Manager
.Alva. v. Johnson declared that while
more than 1000 men went out at the
plant to-day. 1900 men were still
working.
I'VE have four months contracts o.
hand said Mr.. Johnson. and in n
case Will the works BIO shut down"
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