The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-11
MAY Be A
CLASH TODAY
TROUBLE FEARED AT PROHIBIT
ED STRIKE MEETING.
STRIKERS DISREGARD ORDER
The Attorney for the Strikers De-
clares Police Have no Power over
Peaceful Meeting of Citizens at Base
ball Park-over $4,000 Idle.

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Philadelphia, March 10.-A crowd
estimated at 10000 persons went to
, the National League baseball club park
this afternoon, despite the announce.
ment of the authorities that a mass
meeting called by the general strike
committee would not be permitted.
There was no disorder of any kind.
Philadelphia, March 1O.-Encourag.
ed by the success which met their eff
forts yesterday in breaking into the
! ranks of unorganized labor and per-
! suading several thousand workers in
this city to join the general strike
movement, union labor leaders con-
tinued their campaign today to swell
the army of sympathizing strikers.
Baldwin's Locomotive works, where
1000 men quit yesterday and which
was considered impregnable against
the attack of unionism. was again the
object of much attention by the union
men and they hope to add to the ranks
of idle men before the close of the day.
| The success in penetrating the Bald
win works is likely to lead to cam
paign against other large industrial
plants which are considered "open
shops"
The committee of ten of the Cen
trail Labor union, which is conducting
the general strike, has given out fig
ures to support its claim that between
/ 1926, 900 and 10000 persons are idle
1t announced that the total number of
men, women and boys and girls on
| strike up to last night was 139,700.
The committee gave out the following
approximate figures:
The People on Strike.
Building trades 10000, metal trades
10000, textile trades 10000, garment
workers (men's wear) 10000, garment
workers (women's wear) 5000.
Miscellaneous trades: Asbestos
workers los, cloth hat and cap work
ers 210, cigar makers $500, shirt
waist and laundry workers 10000,
piano movers Isl. bakers and confec-
TONERS 341. PAYERS and hammers 46S,
suspender makers 211, electrical work
ers 1866. walters 40, upholsterers 142,
street hackmen 10, chauffeurs $50,
street car men $500, hatters 972.
According to the labor committee
the following unaffiliated workers are
on strike:
! Lawn mower makers 800, GLACIERS
IT'S, American Hoe and Shovel COM
pany 161, National Cutlery company
"a, butchers 300, sheet metal workers
500, worsted weavers 100, stone ma
sons $780, laborers $50, wood carvers
1875, mast and carpet mills 400, Ger
mania Carpet mills 300, rolling spring
works 200, Wallace Wilson hosiery
company 500, Baldwin locomotive
works 5000, Bement mills company
900, Harrington machine company 1876,
Newton machine shop 100, lace cur
tain operators 900, Cramps shipyard
(heater boys) $50.
City Officials Dispute These Figures.
| Some of the above are disputed by
the city authorities and large en-
ployers. The Baldwin locomotive
works declare that only one-third of
the number of men the union claims
are on strike quit work yesterday.
w I'LL lcSlullo oSCulSu
other cities the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company today operates more
cars than on any day since the strike
was declared. The few attacks made
on the new crews were not serious
during the early hours and were con-
fined to the outlying sections of the
city where nearly all disturbances
since the strike began have occur /
red.
The general strike leaders declared
today that 300 additional men have
quit at the Baldwin locomotive works.
This as usual Is discredited by the
superintendent of the works who says
only 100 have failed to report for
work today.
Taxicab Drivers Break Strike.
There was big break in the ranks
of the union taXicab chauffeurs who
went out in sympathy with the trolley ,
men. The three taXicab companies
reported today that 115 out of a to-.
ia. of about 275 taXicab drivers have
returned to work. The companies are
making no attempts to fill the places
Of the striking chauffeurs.
To the director of public safety's lie.
cision that no meeting will be allowed
to take place because it was in con-
fiict with the proclamation issued by
the mayor forbidding all gatherings on
the streets, the strikers attorney re-
piled that the police power could not
abolish the constitutional right OF citi-
zens to peacefully assemble for law
full purpose.
The baseball club is enlarging the
seating capacity of the park and work
on the> improvements was stopped
when the general strike was inaugu.
rated. The management asked the
union leaders to permit the contractor
to continue his work, and the request
was granted on one consideration, that
the strikers use the grounds for mass
meetings. This was quickly agreed to
and when the city authorities heard of
it, they declared the meeting would
not be permitted to go on. Counsel