Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-22
rAssociated Pressl

IN H1LADELPHlA bep'
officials took the initiative to-
Il night in the war being waged be-
tween the striking carmen and the Of.
fcials of the Philadelphia Raplo
Transit company when they arrested
Clarence O. Pratt, the national organ
izer of the Amalgamated Association
of street and Electric Railway En-
ployes on a warrant charging him with
''conspiring to incite to riot.
THE warrant was served on Pratt
inst after he had attended mass
meeting of the union carmen. he
was locked up in the city hall and
held to await a hearing tomorrow
morning.
II is rumored that warrants have
been issued for other labor leaders as
n result of a conference late today be-
tween District Attorney Rotan, Direc-
tor of Public Safety Clay and Magls-
trate Beaton.
The police force was augmented to-
night By the swearing in for riot duty
of the state Fencibles-an independent
military organization of about 2OO
members. Plans are being discussed
tonight by the commanders of three
local regiments of the Pennsylvania
guard to mobilize their troops at q
minutes notice. The mayor has au-
thority to call on those troops.
Governor Stuart and Ad1utaut Gem
erai Stewart are here tonight, and II
necessary a call for outside troops
can be made any time, but this is not
anticipated.
Police Augmented
The regular force of $500 police ana
5000 specials was enlarged today by
swearing in &C park guards and 300
i city employees from other departments.
J Five carloads of strike-breakers
reached here late today and were load
ed on trolley cars at the Pennsylvania
railroad station in West Philadelphia
and taken to car barns in that section.
A large squad of mounted police es-
corted the cars and prevented a
threatened demonstration by mob of
several thousand.
Trouble is expected to follow the use
of these men on the cars tomorrow.
Reports vary as to the number of
cars in service today. The company
claimed 700 cars were in operation, but
the pickets watching the car barns re-
ported only. 124 cars were in operation
and that nine crews of strikebreakers
who left the car barns this morning
had deserted.
Cars were withdrawn at 6 o'clock to-
night, the company stating it did not
desire to endanger the lives of it's loyal
employees.
Rioting in the very heart of the
business section of the city, the at
tempted burning of another car and
many petty attacks by sympathizers
led the police officials to enlarge their
force and consider calling out state
militia.
Arrest Causes Sensation
The arrest of Leader Pratt also
caused a sensation and resulted in re-
newed rumors of a general sympathetic
strike of all the 100000 union men in
Philadelphia
The first serious disturbance occurred
in the center of the city in front of
the Reading station, within a stones
throw of the central police station. AS
a car was proceeding out Market
street a small boy jerked the trolley
pole from the wire, causing a block
ade of cars.
A pile of building material on the
street provided ammunition for the
lawless boy element, and soon the
standing cars were shoWered with
bricks. An attempt was made to ar
rest the leader of the boys, and this
was the signal for a violent outbreak.
In the meantime wagon of an cleo
tric company had been robbed of in
candescent lamp globes They We're
used also as missiles and exploded with
pistol-like reports.
Workmen on the roofs of nearby
buildings Joined in the bombardment.
The exploding globes startled the timid
and there was a mad rush for safety,
as the cry went up that dynamite was
being used to tear up the tracks.
After battle of nearly an hour the
police drove back the rioters and the
cars went on their way, with scarcely
a whole pane Of glass in the long line.
One of the most serious outbreks oc-
Cured in the northeastern mill dis
trict, where all traffic was suspended
early in the day.
Strike Breaker Seriously Injured
William Maloney, said to be a strike
breaker from New York, sustained a
fractured skull, being hit with brick
bat.
Dynamite caps were used by strike
sympathizers in many sections of the
city, but did not cause serious damage.
After stopping car with one of
these explosives the mob started to set
the car on fire. A squad OF police with
loaded revolvers dispersed the mob,
hut not until Edward Morgan, conduc-
Tor. had been beaten severely.
Although 5000 persons were in the
crowd, only about five arrests were
made.
Feeling the police were too sympa-
thetic with the strikers and sympa-