The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-09
GIRL And 8 MEN SHOT IN RIOT
CAR WIN ARMED MEN RUNS
FHR0UGH PHILADELPHIA won.

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PMLADGLPHIA. March s.-A girl and
sArss men we're shot to-uiaht in a pistol
hasrls In Fnnkford between employees
Of the Rapid Transit Company and a mob
Of IO.0oo strikers and syInpathissrs.
Ths rioting came suddsnly and unsx-
peOtsdly after two days Of cullen mac
tivity on the part OF the union labor forces.
Fairly in the evening the modernism
and conductors Of oars along Frsnkford
avenue were oureed by crowds strlnG
cut along the thoroughfares for a mile.
When u grsw dark bricks were thrown.
Ths mob took up its favorits amussmsns
Of smashing glass and stoning non-union
workmsn. The crowd was angry beoanss
the Rapid TrAnsit Company persisted In
maintaining service In q part of the city
where the car strikers declared no cars
could 10 run.
About 1850 O'Clock after several oars
had been shunisd into the Frankford
avenue barn with their windows broken
a car loaded with armed mon was started
from the harm. A. Frankford avenue
and overingtOn street tho car. moving
slowly. was attacked. Stones and bricks
ratified against lie sides and whizsed
through the windows. The sidewalks
were iammsd with trouble makers. No
police were in sight
There were fifteen men in the car and
they were armed with revolveTs. They
shot rapidly while the car was in rapid
motion.
A it-year-Old girl named Helen May.
whose homo In in Coral street. was hit
in the leg by q bullet. The shout was
raised that she was dead. The mob re-
newed its attack more violently than ever
shouting the news down the avenue faster
than the car could move
u The garrison continued firing. Three
Tss we're dropped between Overin gton
street and Allegheny avenue. John
} Saioncy. Frank Bromley and kiichnsi
Osborne. each shOt in tho leg
A. Allegheny avenue tn car was
switched into a Y and started hask
toward the harm. Il ran q gMntlot 81
bricks and some Of len defenders wers
knocked ssnsslsss and cut about the face
and had.
The car returned 10 the Frankford
; harm. racing between walls Of riossss.
lArwe force Of police was hustled 90
FrAnkford in response to . riot call. The
trouble WA over and the avenue pretty
vel cleared when the reserves arrived.
The polios ssnt the injured persons 70 the
Frankford Hospital and chased the
loiesrers.
The manufactures Of Philadelphia have
started back Are to fight labor unionism
Unless the thousands Of men who broke
their agreemsnts by laying down their
tools return to work within the week the
mill owners have determined TO close In
dsdnitsly.
A. thinRa stand the textile workers.
% 90 in number. tho main body Of tho
strikers. are not likely To get chance 10
a work when they will need work most
Other Iaboring men. such an the builders.
will be In tho same class. The employers
have come 10 tho realization tina. there 10
no uss daIlying with organizations that
have shown disregard for aligned agree
ments.
In che summer months the big textile
mills are run az small profit. The owners
would not he hurt much II they locked
the doors and turned their Operatives
out 10 Craze. In some cases they would
actually save money. Now OF course
} every day they fail 10 keep wheels turn
ing they lose big money; but they be-
lssve that labor will be hurt far more by
next summers closing than they are
crippled now by lRbOr's de~ertiOn. Sew
enty i've PER cent % the manufacturers Of
} hosiery voted this afternoon 90 shut thsir
; milk until next Monday Monday was
set AZ the day when the strikers must ~
} turn 60 work or fOrsVeTlastingly stay
} away.
Ten Of the biGgsst carpee and TAPESTRY
mills In the city have served notice thai
! they would keep their factories closed In
J definitely 10 their men did not rot on the
Job next Monday. Their attitude h a.
} proved by sixty pre- pr ietors Of textile
unilIa The manufacturers came 20 this
conclusion Aftsr several hours confer
} ence In which the whole situation was
J Gono over carefully. Thsy figured out On
; dollars and cents jlst what thsir Iossss
would anounf to and thsy computed
lust what months 90 idlensas would mean
10 the employees. They cams Co thu oon-
|, olsn.ion that Ehsir position wa impsag-
nable and that peaOe was IN hs secured
only by fighting.
The meeting Of tho manufacturers
was secret and lasted all afternoon. Fred
w. simOns. president Of the Manufao-
turers Club. pgeaadsa and @. y. Garter
was the seCEStnxy % the NESTING. Only
a bri0f stseemsus was gwen out afssT
the AdjouVnmsna. 10 was:
sM q msSting of tho bosiery manu-
! Tantnrors Of PhiIaAslphiA. rspreesntine
vs. Dor osu6 Of ehs prOauctioa. u waS
unanimOunly dsciAsd 20 close the mills
until nsxt Monday
A msmbsT % the club explained tAns
thaar MoeiaA could nat bs cgnsidarsd
Iook0ut, alnco most % mo eaxtilS worlnsrs
IhaA saruek anyway. but II was posadbls