The sun., 1910-02-21
-Four Fatally Hurt In Battles
Between Philadelphia
Police and MObS.
FIFTY SERIOUSLY INJURED
Fighting Begins Early and Com
tinues All Day-TroIIey Cars
Burnei In Streets.

H"us "DuUNs anu FiWrW r
Have Heads Cracked With Paving
StOnes-Thousand OF Extra PoIice-
men to Re swOrn In To-day--Fire- \
MEN called to Dsench MObs DO Ereo.
tive WOrk-Lahor Organizations
Threaten a General strike OF An
Trades-MuCh Trouble Expected To-
day when Business VIII Cali FOR Brt-
ter transportation FacIlIties--state
COnstabuIary May ne Called to Help.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 2o.-The hospitals
are overcrowded with persons who were
shot or beaten in the car strike riots that
spread viciously all over suburban Phila-
delphia to-day and tonight.
At least a hundred got in the way of
bullets or bricks or paving stones. and
half OF them were hurt seriously. The
outlook was SO alarming late this after
noons when the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company withdrew all its earn
from service and sent them to the barns
that Mayor Reyburn authorised Henry
Clay. the Director of Public Safety. "a
recruit 1000 extra policemen tomorrow
IL possible. .sss
The regular force of $500 was utterly
unable to smother the trouble to-day.
despite the bland announcement OF tho
Director that he had the situation wen In
hand.
The indications are so plain that tho Z
rapid transit company intends 70 givp
c. @. Pratt and the striking Conductors
and motormen ell the fighting they want
that sober minded citizens are considering
already the advisability OF asking th&
Governor to lend a hand with the Stats \
The police force did not cover itself
with glory last June. when there was un,sch
less of a storm at any stage than broke
to-day, and there is a distinct fear that
Clay and Tim O'Leary. even with 4,000 y
extra men. may not be able TO make the
streets safe for citizens.
DECIDEDLY UGLY LooK.
There was never a day in the strike ~
nine months ago when things looked 4.
uBAy h6 Jucy uO CO-ulkut I.
The widespread violence that brolke out
In twenty places In the last twenty-fcur
hours has indicated to those familiar
with the attitude Of the company and AZ
the strikers that unless somebody with
in for big trouble.
Briefly the situation is just this: The
former strike was settled by q compro~
AAnS DlaaaA1 - Dns
Transit company and the strikers were
brought together by Jim McNichol. thu
boss. because an election wa&
imminent and Philadelphia waA disgustsa \
with the attitude Of the machine.
The company knew that the fight was
merely being delayed and 1t went 20 work
to fortify itself against the time when
It could refuse to compromise. II built
up a local union OF employees called the
Keystone Carmen and by a system of
rewards succeeded in weakening the
union.
The company kept to its promises and
IN many instances paid a higher scAlB
than the compromise agreements cAllsd
For.
c. q. Pratt. who is always around whsa
looms. realized. or thought ha
11Os Lkl1o bhC OJAuRhhy RothOy WHu w
destroy utterly the old union. Two weela
ago when he arrived here the heads u
the union began to confer. Thcy eonRht
for a pretext to strike. The conpany
gave II TO them by discharging upward
OF two hundred men.
BOSSES ESCAPE TO YL,oRrnA.
Boss McNiohol and Billy Ware. ths
OF the Republican callcnH
In this city. saw the trouble coming i
week ago and decided that Florida wna
good enough for them. They slipped
out OF town and with their going pecp1s
who realized how serious matters ware
gave up all hope that the RepublicNh
would interfere as It did kcs4
summer.
There is no election to be held IA the
near future and all circumstances indt-
cate that the company seized its oppor+
tunity 10 make a stand against the Arr&l-
eanaated. especially against being forced
70 recognize the union.
Indicative OF the company's attieude
and Of its determination To stand firm
against the closed shop dsEnahd. N 4, y
Pierce, executive assistant to Press6wE8
Kruger OF the rapid transit conpamy
and the man that Pratt win hays tde
strength with. said to-nigAts
Every one OF those thousands Of hrscltn
that were thrown to-day adds TO the Scs X
OF officials of this company
to spend every cent In the trsasnly and 4
to use every bit Of power they have %
keep the system in operation withoat
the use Of taese men who have struck.
The men were treated fairly and tina
conductors and motormen that wore
had been proved guilty a. n
or evasion OF duty
rHREArEN GENERAL BrRIKN.
Close upon Pieroe's natfooted ssnte-
nnsrM eanas another from Pratt. the mo-