The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

100000 MEN AFFECTED
The Garments Union Will 90 Down to
Defeat In Case the General
strike is Not Ordered
Now.
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26.-The cri-
sis of the strike of the street car men
in this city. which has already re-
suited in several violent deaths. much
bloodshed, destruction of property and
loss of money, is at hand.
Minor riots tonight have served to
keep the situation at the highest pos
sible tension and thousands Will join
tomorrow in the mass meeting to de-
eide whether or not 100000 union
workmen shall join the striking car
men to force the recognition OF their
demands. The former action it Isl
feared will mean untold distress to-
thousands of families. The latter
course. it is believed, will mean fur
ther loss to the car company, but
final death blow to the car mems or
ganization. Union leaders face Ofe
greatest problem in the history OF the
city.
s Thousands of union men are eager
!. to join in o sympathetic strike. Whlle
other thousands, seeing in this move
weeks or months Of idleness ana sui
fering are fearful OF consequences OF
such step.
The first riot of the afternoon oc-
CURED at Fifth and Glenwood avenues,
where crowd of nearly LOCO mlll
hands built an obstruction across the
track. The first car stopped was i'm
mediately attacked. The motornlan
and conductor were beaten and the
car wrecked. The car was then Sc.
on fire. Squads of police reserves
were summoned to the scene. The
mob fed to an adjoining mill yard,
from which it hurled missiles at the
police, who finally drew their revolv-
ers and fired number of shots. Two
men were wounded and spirited away
by their fellows Several arrests were
made and the police drove every per
son off the streets at this point. The
police were twice forced 20 call fol
reserves before assailing crowd oil
1000 men and BOYS who attacked
every car that passed Front street and
Susquehanna avenue.
At the first attack brick smashed
through the front of street car and
broke TIE motorman's S nose. A squaC
Of police reserves was summoned ana
drove the crowd away using theil
clubs freely OH the heads of all who
showed the slightest signs of resist
ance An hour later at the same spo
more attacks were made and a wo
man was seriously injury by fyins
brick.
The trolley pole of car jumped
from the wire tonight and instantl.
the car was set upon by a amob ant
practically destroyed before the police
could interfere. Bricks and stone!
smashed out ever window in the car
Two uniformed and two plain clothes
men We're on the car and had mar
row escapes before the arrival of re
serves.
At Bethlehem.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, Feb. 26.--Re
peated conflicts between the stat
constabulary and the striking stee
workers here tonight in which man,
heads were broken, followed the fata
shooting of one man, the probable ia
tai wounding of another and the SER
ously injuring of many during TIL
day. The riots have resulted in tn
appearance of third detachment Q
constabulary, which was rushed int
the city tonight Several thousan
strikers and sympathizers crowde
the streets during the evaning an
minor conflicts between groups of fol
eigners and mounted police occurred
Despite the seriousness of the sit
uation, President Charles M. Schwa
Of the Bethlehem Steel company ar
nounced tonight that he would resum
operations at his plant Monday ur
der the protection of the Black Hus
sars." Every preparation is bein
made to prevent clash at that time
as it is certain the strikers will gatl
er by hundreds and il a battle ensue:
the results will be serious.
The entire town is under heav
guard tonight