New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-24
STATE POLICE GO
TO PHILADELPHIA
CITY 1CTHORIIIES
<fDNTT Failure.
Pratt and Murphy Fail Ont
Ouer General Strike Fight
at Baid7cin Plant.
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Philadelphia Feb. 23.-The police or
ficisls of this city virtually acknowledged
their inability to cope with the present
strike situation to-day when a request
was made of John a. Ciroone. supertn-
tendent of the state police. that the two
hundred members Of his command be
brought 20 this city for police duty Ad-
vices from their stations that they
are already ON their way here
This request was made notwithstsud-
ing that serious rioting was less fire.
quent to-day than on ayy day since the
strike of the streetcar men went into ef-
feet last Saturday The state police are
expected To reach here tomorrow morn
ing, and will doubtless be sent into the
Kensington district. where the state
Fencibles had such an unpleasant expert
ence yesterday.
The state police viii not bear triaiug
with. and if the strike sympathizers at
tempt the same liberties with this body
Of men that thay did with the Fencibles
there will be serious clash.
MURPHY-PRATT RUPTURE.
y rupture has taken place between
John j. Murphy, president of the cen
tral Labor Union and e. -. Pratt. Da-
ticnaI organizer OF the caTmens union
and leader of the strike. The grievance
COMMITTEES of the central body indorsed
Murphy's action in calling d general
sympathetic strike of all unions affiliated
with that body to-day, and Murphy an
nounced later that the order for gem
eral strike had not been rescipded-s
Pratt declared late yesterday after
noon after a conference between MUr-
ply and himself. that il had been de-
cided to hold the general strike order
| in allegiance" This statement is nov
repudiated by Murphy, who says that
the order is still in effect, and that it =
UP to the various locals To act upon it.
What effect the rupture viii have upon
the progress of the carmens strike is
problema teal Although il was de
cIared on Tuesday that thirty thousand
union men had voted to strike. there are
no figures available as to how many
men. if any. have gone out
FIGHT AT BALDWIN-S
What came near being a serious af.
fair during the noon hour occurred at
ten thousand workmen were turned
loose in the heart of the city when the
whistle blew at II o. Jock As these men
were returning from their MONDAY meal
they congregated at 18th and Spring
Garden streets. hundred yards from
the United States Mint. and hooted the
passengers and crew of every car that
passed.
The intersection became blocked ami
a riot call was sent in Mounted police
in a few minutes came galIoping up and
drove the great crowd east in Spring
Garden street and into Broad street, the
city-s main thoroughfare- While this
was going on there came from the win
dows of the shops hailstorm of rivets.
bolts nuts iron bars and almost every
small thing that goes to make up loco
motive.
With this flank movement III their sup
rort the rioting crowd became bolder
and the police realized they were in for
4 battle. out came the revoIvers of the
mounted men and the half hundred foot
policemen and a general fusillade Of re-
volver shots rang through the air Every
policeman kept his nerve. and under d.
GFtiOn
cd his revolver upward. The shooting
scared only q few of the men and there
was no general break for cover IL
seemed to be more Of a happy. jeertHs
crowd than a mob bent on vengeance
and they slowly retreatad-
Suddenly there beIched forth the
boarse roar of BaIdwin's great whistle.
and there was a general break for the
entrances to the plant. In two minutes
every man was within the confines OF the
works The police marched off and the
engineer who witnessed the affair re-
marked with a laugh:
IL can do more with my whistle than
all the cops in Philadelphia
When il came to counting the casual
ties it was found that one man had been
shot in the foot
CLOSE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOLS.
The city high SCHOOLS. which are at
tended by pupils from all parts Of the
city. are near these industrial plants.
which have been bombarding the ears
with b1lts In order not 10 endsnger
the lives of the pupils. who would be
forced to ride on the cars. the Board ac
EduratIOn to-day decided nOt to open
the two schools for girls during the re
mainder of the week
The efforts of the police Tomorrow.
as they were to-day. viii be concentrated
in clearing the Kensiugtou district of the
lawless mobs which have infested II
since the % ening of the strike
For the first time during the present
struggle the Rapid Transit Company
succeeded in running its ears until q
O'Clock on tho Frankford tue which
this uBrtily territory Nt that
hour cars on all lines were returned tn
the respective barns.
Four policemen guarded each ear on
this line. and the pick of the citys de
tective force patrolled the route all .lay
i'm automobiles These men succeeded In
restoring semblance of order where the.
FcncibIes had failed iSnominiousIy The
day before Whenever a group Of men
formed anywhere on the street the de-
tcctives rushed them and fonove ed the
rinsleadeEs even into. houses until they
captured them.
SHEET IRON CAR WINDOWS