Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-25
ANOTHER STRIKE
IN PH|LADELPH|
STREET CAR EMPLOYEES QUIT
AND TURBULENT SCENES
ARE ENACTED.
EVENT ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED
Mounted Police and Firemen With
bose TRY 70 Preserve Order
EVENT ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED
Mounted Police and Fremen With
Hose Try to Preserve Order
Efforts to Reach an Agree
Ment Abruptly Ended.

denly when least expected strike
was declared against the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit company by the Anal
gamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway employees and the
police and firemen are busy handling
turbulent crowds in several sections
of the city.
Two cars were burned, score of
cars were attached, forcing their
crews to abandon them, and numerous
arrests were made. Except in the
central part of the city street car
service is almost at standstill. Cars
running through the central sections
are heavily protected.
Five persons were arrested charged
with melting to riot.
Two women were shot by stray bull
lets and many people were removed to
hospitals.
Mayor Reyburn ordered Director of
Police Clay to swear in 5000 addition
al police and issued proclamation
enforcing the riot act.
Shot by Stray Bullets.
The most seriously injured person
in sundays rioting was 13-year-old
Viola Beven, who was shot in the alb
domen by stray bullet from a police
mans revolver as she was stepping
from her home while mob was at
lacking five trolley cars in front of the
house.
George Feltsaup, aged % years, was
also struck by stray bullet while
fastening to train. His condition is
not critical.
The transit officials state that 287
cars were wrecked, two completely
burned and one partially burned by
the mobs. Two thousand six hundred
and eight car windows were smashed.
The officials charge that the rioting
was directed by union men.
In Kensington, Philadelphia's mill
district, two cars were attached by
boys and strike sympathizers, COM
polling the crews to abandon them.
then set on fire.
Great crowds collected and for a
time it was feared riot would fol.
low. Firemen turned their hose on
the crowds and the mob scattered
West Philadelphia, the southern sec
ton of the city, Germantown and 9th
err parts of Philadelphia, also reported
attacks on cars. Many are struck
by missiles, but no one was seriously
hurt The strike is the second in
augurated within year.
Agreement Impossible.
Since the threatened strike of a
month ago. committee from the I'M
ion and President Charles o. Kruger,
of the company, had been endeavoring
to reach an agreement to take the
place of the one made after the strike
of last summer and which expires on
June 1. The men in the proposed
agreement asked for an increase in
wages and among other things want
ed to bind the company to not recog
nize any other union but the amalga-
mated association. The union leaders
charged that rival union known as
the United Garments association had
been put in the field to defeat the ef-
| iOilo. 1 nc lupdus ueCuuSu " rec
ognize the Amalgamated association
exclusively.
the break in the negotiations came
on Thursday and Friday night, and
| about 200 men were dismissed for
the good of the service" This
aroused the indignation of the men
and they began turning in their cars
about / o'clock. The news of the de-
sertions quickly reached union head
quarters with the result that a strike
order was ISSUED.
1t was after o'clock when the cur
tailment of the service became notice
able. The greatest difficulty was ex-
perienced from to o'clock when
thousands were compelled to walk.
Enterprising transfers who had the
Saturday afternoon holiday to them
selves reaped a harvest in hauling
fares" to distant parts of the city.
The police and fire departments in
anticipation of strike had been on
war footing" for month. The
moment the fact that strike had
been called reached the city hall.
troops of mounted police were as
sembled and squads of officers and
firemen assigned to each of the 10
barns in the city Policemen and fire
men We're also put on the cars to pro-
work.