The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-19
BOMBS BLOW UP TWO CARS
DESORDER RESUMED ~ PHIE-
ADELPHIA STRIkE.

| E1ploaloas Take Psaee ln widely Separated
PaPas 90 the Ctly-Cars Wrecked and
Thetr Passenger ssndangered-0ns
woman Hurt Tue 0uiiSsk Tss Peace.
PHILADRLPHIA. March Is.-Two street
cars were wrecked. their passengers
endangered and one woman was eighty
, injured at widely separated places to-
night by bombs OF high explosive power.
supposedly made Of guncotton.
This outbreak. taking place after q
week Of comparative quiet and with peace
apparently 20 near. surprised the police
and led 60 reCloubled vigilance in all parts
OF the city.
~ was rlmOred that the two explosions
were part Of q plot to create disturbances
and wreck cars throughout the city. and
until after midnight tine mounted police
and men On zoo, were kept busy pa
trolling the car lines.
The police arrested three men a, the
scene OF the second explosion. a. Coral
and Dauphin streets. but the charges
against them were only malicious mis-
chief and inciting TO riot. The mot
serious evidence against them seems q"
he that they threw stones az the car which
had run over the bomb.
One ~ the prisoners was knocked down
by the horse 1T a mounted policeman
while trying to run away from another
policeman. who shot at him. and was
badly cut about the head.
The other explosion occurred on Co
lumbia avenue. between Thirtieth AID
ThiTty-frst streets where On. woman
was slightly injured.
Probably the greater damage was
created by that in the northeast section.
NOT only was the glass ia the car shattered
bat the windOws OF dozen houses within
block we're broken. There had been
trouble az this point earlier in the evening
aud before the explosion the police had 10
drive the crowds away several times.
The bomb was placed on one OF the
rails Of the car track and uaS run over
by . car on the Otis street wharf line
The car was lifted several inches in the
air. but fell upon the rails. Three pas
one va hurt
Immediately following the explosion a
crowd gathered in the street and began
throwing stones al the motorman who had
pluCkily remained on the car. several
mounted policemen and a detail % men
from the Trenton avenue and Dauphin
street stations arrived and charged the
crowd
IL was assumed this evening that the
Rapid Transit Company and the striking
car men would come TO an agreement by
Tomorrow night or Sunday at the latest.
The company and the men have been ne
GOtiatinG Amicably. The bitterness which
marked the statements from both sides
early in the week had disappeared.
Certain inhuence-. business and po-
itIcal. have been working in secret for
the last twelve hours They were potent
enough to bring about a modification OF
the company's position and a willingness
on the part Of the strikers tn reCede a
trifie in their demands.
The belief now il that there will be no
state strike because the differences be-
tween the p. " T and the car men will
have been settled by Monday the day
named by President Greenawalt Of the
State Federation ~ Labor for the walk
out.
Whatever agreement 10 reached will
have 10 do with the status Of the I7s con-
ductors and motormen dischar Ged a
AtoaAh 49, wv AhoNAlhk
down fares and the good Of the service
The peace ambassadors who have been
going from the Rapid Transit Company
to the men and from the men 70 the com
pany have succeeded. IL H. Understood. in
persuading each side TO give way a little
The basis % the agreement may he a
guarantee on the part OF the company
that these men shall have individual
trials and a chance Ia defend themselves
and the guarantee on the part Of tho
strikers that men proved TO be guilty Of
the offences charged by the company
shall he punished
After he had talked this afternoon with
senator McNichol and Recorder Ware. the
Republican leaders. Mayor Reyburn said
that both sides IN the labor controversy
were feeling kindlier toward each othey
and that some form ~ agreement would
he reached very sOOn.
Hugh Frayne. general organizer 81 the
american Federation Of Labor. received
telegram yesterday from X r. Barron
secretary tTea surer of the PHILADELPHIA.
car mems union. notifying him that on ard
after yesterday none 81 the Philadelphia
striking street car men have any au-
thority 60 solicit funds for the benefit -
the Philadelphia strikers.
II was sAid that one reason for the
order was q suspicion that some people
were using the strike al y means ~ col
Letting money without authority.