Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-07

ment SAYS. that at such meetings. "if-
responsible ana Unauthorized speak
ers may he given no opportunity 20 m
cite riot or unlawful action,
The strikers viii hold "a mass mest.
1 ng tomorrow afternoon IN Labor ~.
lceum hall
The committee OF ten today reeeir-
cd word Of several Important acces-
slons to the ranks of the strikers
Among those who. it is claimed.
! will quit work tomorrow are the car
| pct loom weavors Involving &, 600 men
the glass workers. l.500. and shirt ANA
1 laundry workers, 1900.
I charles A. Hope secretary of the
Central Labor union predicted that
I lsO. 600 men viii be- cut tomorrow and
I that practically every Important indus
try in Philadelphia viii he tied np.
The strikers estimates of the number
now on strike. vary from 100000 to
l25,000
"As for Director claws statement
that no more than 10000 are out.
said Hope, II viii offer to accompany
him at any time through the mill dis
trict 0f kenslgntoa and show him no.
i000 strikers in that quarter alone
II was reported ut the labor head
quarters today that the Business Men
associations OF kensington and West
Philadelphia are planning a public
demonstration Of their sympathy with
tho strikers. Actors local No. s which
the moving picture shows ana cheap
vaudeville theaters voted this after
noon to accept no Philadelphia en-
gaFements while the strike is on This
action. il is said. win result in the
closing of many OF these places Of
amusement
Director OF Public Safety Clay this
afternoon issued q statement of the cN-
tent of the sympathetic strike. The
figures were obtained by the police
ana are declared TO be authentic. The
list of establishments effected con-
tains eight names. with a total OF 81
010 nlrn on strike. To this Is added
list of eleven concerns affected, the
number OF strikers not being given.
The number OF establishments unaf-
fected BY tho walk -out is twcnty-four,
lemploying 3S,aS5 persons. The list
of unaffected concerns. with the num-
ber of employees not given also CON
tains "a names. These figures. Mr.
clay declares are obtained after al
careful canvass. Upon these he bases
his estimate of less than 90 4on per
ticipants in the sympathetic strike,
Mr. Clay further stated that many
Workmen nominally out on sympa-
thetic strike yesterday We're really en-
lpNlnS niue HohuiN uhu lHtN viii
be found at work tomorrow morning
He nstaneed the bricklayers who he
says. today voted to go back.
Among the large employers of labor
not affected By the strike are tho
Baldwin Locomotive works. 900
men; Midvale Steel works, 5000, J
G Brill Car company 1900, j. Bl
Stetson Hat Manufacturing company
1000, Disston's saw works, $500;
A Ip4st a,..tf
Dobson S Carpet mills, 1900
Other large employers OF labor unaf- I
fected are the Bell Telephone com
pany, the Philadelphia Electric conn
pany. Cramps ship yard. the Wilbur
Chocolate company, Folwel brothers
& CO., and the san Quit SILK Manu- (
featuring company.
Among the concerns whose men
walked ont are the Harwick Il Magee /
Textile company, 1000 men; the
American Lace company. 500 John
5lood Co, t'os'rly 330i Dornani
Brothers textile $50.
Assistant Superintendent of Police
OLeary, who has been practically in
charge of the police since the strike
began was pleased today at the sitH
alton This has heen the quietcst day
since the strike began" he declared
THE sympathy strike was the best
thing that could have happened from
a police point of view
The average working man who at
first assisted the striking ear men
hesitated when the strike reached his
own home
The Philadelphia working man
who is a law-abidng citizen. IN nearly ;
every case owns his little home or
has an equity in IT, When it comes to .
such a man striking out of sympathy
for n lot of unskillcd iaborers he hesi- {
tated and the result is the fizzie OF
Yesterday.
The firm stand by Mayor Reyburn
10 upholding the police has done much /
to keep down lawlessness orders
have been obeycd implicitly We have ,
maintained throughout the city TWEEN
-y-seVen flying squadrons. or emerg-
ancy stations with fifty or more po-
ice at each and sufficient automo-
)iles to carry them to the scene Of dis.
order in any part Of the city or its
800 miles of trolley trackage in less
han five minutes. Thus before a dis ,
.urhance has time to grow to the pro- |
portions Of a riot we have the men on !
he scene to break 1t up. !
The rapid action of the district Mt ,
orneys office and the courts and the ,
severe sentence imposed upon rioters ,
,idcd materially in the preservation OF !
rider
The police heads have been on duty !.
lay and night since the strike began, =
iiXteen days ago, all OF them eating
md sleeping in the city hail In ad- I
Hilton, hundreds of cots have been .
placed in the big building Tor the use
lf policemen kept for riot calls and .
IN these have been fed from nearby "
'estaurants. The city hall has been u
practically on a war footing since the
ar mems strike started. 1t was said u
~ a city official that the strike is add q
ng $50. 900 day TO the expense Of +
unning the city. a representative Of II
he transit company said that up tc u
yesterday. the beginning OF the third ?
week Of the strike. the total cost to II
he company had been between $T50,- q
00 ana $500, 900 Asked how long
he company could stand the expense. u
Ie said: a
THAT is less than $1,000, 600 The n
ompany is ready ana willing to spend s.
everai millions, If necessary. 10 win y
mt i'm this strike. II Is a huge price Y
o pay. but we have To pay IL TO retain Il
he privilege Of running the company k
nd managing the property for the "
tockholders and the public ~
Regarding the letters and tele- ~
rams commencing its stand received u
rom employers of labor in all parts of 81
he country made public by the Rapid c'
iansit company. w. ID, Mahon inter-
ational president of the Car Mems I'll
nion made the following statement. Il
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit q