Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-02-25
STREET CAR STRIKE.
FIERCE RIOT Occurred SUNDAY
In PHILADELPHIA.
Police and Firemen Called Upon to
Quell Disturbance-Two Girls Are
Wounded Thousand Additional
Police Sworn Sympathetic Strike
May Result.

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb 21.-Rioting
in every section of the city followed the
attempt of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit company to operate its lines here
Sunday. Passengers and crews were
driven from cars by Infatuated mobs of
strike sympathizers, and in nearly a
score of instances the abandoned cars
were burned or otherwise destroyed. At
nightfall every car was withdrawn from
service.
Stern measures were adopted by the
police to quell the disorders. Scores of
persons were arrested. Two women were
hit by stray bullets and many injured
persons were taken to hospitals.
Mayor Reyburn has ordered Director
of Police Clay to swear in 1000 addi-
tional police and issue proclamation
enforcing the riot act.
The executive committee of the CEN
trail labor union has pledged moral and
/ financial support to the strikers. They
also decided to call a sympathetic strike
of every union man in the city in case
the authorities put into effect their
threat to operate the cars with police
men and fremen.
Riots Begins About Noon.
In the morning cars were run on
every line with little difficulty except
in the mill district of Kensington, where
cars were stoned by mobs. At II
o clock transit company officials an
nounced that cars were running on the
regular schedule. Shortly afterward
riots were reported from scores of wide
ly separated localities.
In the southern section a mob of boys
drove a conductor and motorman from
their posts and, after the four women
passengers had left the car, set it on
fire. The car following was stopped
also and was being set on fire when a
detachment of police and chemical
engine reached the scene.
Contradictory claims are made by the
opposing forces as to the number of men
on strike. Leaders of the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric Rail
way Employees say that 6200 of the 1000
employees of the transit company have
left their cars. Officials of the company
say that $500 of their employees are
j, loyal and that regular service will be
resumed at daybreak tomorrow.
The importation of IT'S strikebreakers
from New York led to an attack on the
barns and main offices of the transit
company during the afternoon. Win
dows were broken by the mob, which
was finally dispersed after IS arrests
had been made.
Record of Destruction.
4 Transit officials say that 297 cars
were wrecked, two completely burned
and one partly burned. Two thousand
six hundred and eight ear windows were
smashed.
i Union leaders say they will force the
company to arbitrate. They charge that
the company has for months by series
of petty prosecutions been endeavoring
to force the union to strike and finally
by diseharging large number of union
men practically declared lockout.
Strikers Very Bitter.
Strikers and their sympathizers are
| displaying more bitterness against the
company than at any time in the strike
last summer At no time in the former
strike was the rioting so widespread,
nor were SO many persons engaged in
attacking the cars.