The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-23

Philadelphia. February a2.-As a
retaliatory measure for the arrest of
National Organizer c. o. Pratt. OF the
Garments union; President John j.
Murphy, of the Central Labor Union.
which claims Il membership OF 100000
persons, has communicated with the
presidents OF all local trades unions
affiliated with the central body, asking
them the advisability OF calling gem
-eral strike in sympathy with the
street car men,
Mr.. Murphy earlier in the day stated
that general strike had been called.
lie modified this later when he an
nounced that the proposition for gen.
eral conflict had been referred to the
various unions.
Expects All Labor to stop.
President Murphy. who had been up
all night in connection with the strike,
said that. a. general strike might be
called by the presidents at any time.
Thirty thousand men and women. he
said. already had expressed a willing
ness to quit work to help the street
car men. He felt confident, he added,
that all organized labor in the city
would agree to strike.
The Central Labor Union last Sunday
gave the executive committee power to
call general strike. Whether such
shall be called. MT. Murphy said. rests
with the Individual unions.
"This thing has been forced upon
u.s." continued Mr.. Murphy. Tho po-
lice have deprived Pratt OF his liberty
on trurped-up charges, and labor will
not stand b. and see its leaders treated
IN such a manner.
Strike leader Pratt. OF the carmen's
union. who was arrested Yesterday,
1,o
this morning and held in $4,000 bail,
and disorderly conduct Rail was fur
nisllsd.
One Man Killed.
man was killed as the result of a
riot at Fourth and Market Streets this
afternoon. The man was walking along
the street when he was caught in a
crowd that was attacking two cars
Forced off the sidewalk he was push
ed against a heavy wagon and fell
| under the wheels. Before he could be
picked up his life was crushed out.
He was an elderly man and has not
get been identified.
This is the second death as the re-
| suit of tho rioting. One man died yes
lterday from heart disease following
excitement when he was caught in the
vortex of a turbulent crowd that was
attacking a car
! Three Boys Wounded.
| Three boys were shot and probably
| fatally injured, while several received
less severe wounds to-day in riots
which followed the resumption OF SER
| vice by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
| Company. The shooting occurred in
attacks on cars in the northeastern
I section.
| Market Street. the principal business
thoroughfare in the heart of the city,
was the scene of disturbances during
| the entire day. Cars were stoned, and
/ two policemen We're roughly handled
by a mob of several thousand persons.
A dozen arrests We're made, and the
prisoners placed in trolley car. This
was stormed by the mob, and two OF
the prisoners escaped y
4 Preparations were made by the au-
thorities to call upon the entire force
OF the state militia If the police to-
4 morrow are still unable to cope With
| the situation.
General Strike Imminent.
President Murphy, of the Contra
Labor Union, still regards a general
strike of ell trade unions in the city
as inevitable, although Organizer
| Pratt is reported to be opposing this
| move ~ ueleEallOn OF LABOR leaders
| left for washington to-day to ask
| Senator Penrose to use his Influence
for peaceable solution of the trouble.
Members OF the state Fencibles, an
independent military organization,
about zoo strong, Were placed on duty
to-day, armed with loaded muskcts.
| They were detailed in the Kensington
min district, In tho northeast. Which
lis a hotbed Of union sympathiacrs In
/ their first skirmish they We're badly
beaten by a mob who paid no atten-
4 tion to the drawn bayonets. and snatch
4 cd the muskets from the hands of the
4 young m1litiamen. Members Of the
/ state Females, according to Mayor
Reyburn, acted as though they wero on
j d picnic allowing girls IN the mill dis
I tr,ct to wear their caps, and cut the
i brass buttons off their clothing.
A AIT one point a group OF rioters can
\ tured member OF the Fencibles and
!, carried him several hundred feet from
4 his post. where they stripped him OF
!, MS coat. hat and cartridge belt and
gun and threw them into q sewer.
{ The probahlg fatally injured boys
lcontinusd on Ilighth Page,)