The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-10
That There Are Over 125, 900
Men i'm the Ranks.
is MUCH ENCOURAGED
By Success in Breaking into the
Baldwin Works.
Other Big Open Shop Plants
Will BE Attacked.


aged by the success which met their
efforts yesterday in breaking into the
ranks of unorganized labor and per-
suading several thousand workers in
| this city to join the general strike
movement. union labor leaders con-
tinued their campaign today to swell
the army of sympathizing strikers.
Baldwin's locomotive works where
1000 men quit yesterday and which
was considered almost impregnable
against the attacks of unionism was
again the object of much attention
by the union men and their hope to
add to their ranks of idle men before
the close of the day.
The success in penetrating the Bald
win works is likely to lead to cam
paign against other large industrial
plants which are considered open
shop" places.
The committee of ten of the Central
Labor union which is conducting the
general strike has given out figures to
support it's claim that between 123,-
900 and 10000 persons are idle. 1t
men, women, boys and girls on strike
up to last night was 1851. The COM
mittee gave out the following approx
innate figures:
Building trades 10000; metal trades
10000; textile trades 10000; garment
workers mems wear 10000; garment
workers women's wear 5000.
Miscellaneous Workers.
Asbestos workers los; cloth hat
and cap workers 210; cigar makers
1000; shirt waist and laundry work
ers 1000; piano movers 151; bakers
and confectioners 341; paviors and
rammers 46S; suspender makers 211;
electrical workers 365; walters 40;
upholsterers 142; street hackmen 10;
chauffeurs $50; street car men $500;
hatters 972.
According to the labor committee
the following unaffiliated workers are
on strike:
Lawn mower makers 800; glaciers
pany ,161; National Cutlery company
"a; butchers 500; sheet metal workers
500; worsted weavers 1,700; stone
masons $50; laborers ESQ: wood carv-
ers 125; mast carpet mills 400; Ger
mania carpet mills 500; rolling spring
works 200; Wallace Wilson hosiery
company 500; Baldwin Locomotive
works 5000; Bement Miles & Co., 900;
Harrington Machine company 125;
Newton Machine shop 500; lace cur
tain operators 500; Cramps ship
yards, heater boys $50.
Figures Are Disputed.
Some of the above figures are dis
puted by the city authorities and large
employers. The Baldwin Locomotive
works declare that only one-third Of
the number of men, the union claims
are on strike, quit work yesterday.
Aided by recruits secured by its of
hcialS from many other cities, the
Rapid Transit company today operated
more cars than on any day since the
strike was declared. The few attacks
made on the new crews were not
serious during the early hours and were
confined to the outlying sections of the
city where nearly all disturbances since
the strike began have occurred.
Trouble, however, may come today Il
the police and labor leaders clash over
the proposed demonstration of strike
sympathizers at the grounds of the
Philadelphia National league baseball
club.
To the director of public safety's de-
cision that the proposed meeting would
not be allowed to take place because It
was in conflict with the proclamation
issued by the mayor forbidding all
gatherings on the streets, the strikers
attorney replied that the police power
could not abolish the constitutional
rights of citizens to peacefully assem-
BILE for a lawful purpose.
The baseball club is enlarging the
seating capacity of the park and work
on the improvements was stopped
when the general strike was inaugu-
rated. The management asked the
union leaders to permit the contractor
to continue his work and the permis-
sion was granted on condition that the
club would let the strikers use the
grounds for a mass meeting today.
This was quickly agreed to and when
the city authorities heard of it they de-
clared the meeting would not be per-
mitted to go on. Counsel for the strik-
ers insists that the ball park is the
same as hall as its grounds are in
closed and the authorities have no
right to stop the meeting
Break In the Ranks.
The baseball management, realizing
that the city authorities were in earn
est in the declaration that the open air
mass meeting would not be permitted
today, decided not to give the strikers
the use of the grounds unless permit
ted by the police department. The call
for mass meeting has gone out, how
ever, and a crowd of strikers and 9TH
ers is expected to gather at the grounds
which are at Broad street and Lehigh
avenue, ne rly three miles from the
center of the city.
The general strike leaders declared
todav that 500 additional men have
quit at the Baldwin Locomotive works.
This as usual. is disputed by the su-
perintendent of the works. who said
that only 400 failed to report for work
today.
There was a big break in the ranks
of the taxicab chauffeurs, who went
out in sympathy with the trolley men.
The three taxicab companies reported
today that lis out of a total of about
work The companies are making no
attempts to fill the places of the strik-
ing chauffeurs.
Action on State Wide Strike.
Newcastle, Pa, March 1O.-The
committee appointed yesterday to de-
wise means of carrying into effect the
resolution calling for 3 state and DOS