Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-03
STRIKING CARMEN
Will HAVE HELP.
I4O Unions Vote to Go On Sympa..
thetiC Strike.
Move Will Involve 1876, 200 Men and
Business Will Be Completely Par
allied Citizens, Alarmed at Pros
poets, Urge Company to Arbitrate
Riots Continue, Two Killed.

Philadelphia, Feb. 2S.--After ses--
sion of more than six hours, the Cen
tral Labor union delegates last night
voted to call a sympathetic strike of
140 trade unions in the organization,
beginning next Saturday. The dele
gates assert that 1875, 900 men will re-
spond to the call.
This action of the Central Labor
Union is fraught with momentous con-
sequences, the union officials say. The
decision was made at a secret session
of 700 delegates in Labor Lyceum Hall,
which lasted more than six hours.
There apparently was no question that
the delegates would vote strike, the
split being on whether or not the strike
would be started Immediately.
The more conservative element pre-
vailed, however, and the walkout was
put off until next Saturday. Mean
while, there is hope that the street
railway strike will be arbitrated, de-
spite the repeated declaration Of the
Transit Company, controlling all the
lines in the city, that "there is moth
ing to arbitrate.
Nobody doubts that last nights ac-
tion of the Central Labor union makes
the situation grave. There is strong
feeling, especially among business
men that the strike ought to be settled
speedily, as all lines of business suffer
from the interference with traffic.
Consequently there is much sympathy
for the move for arbitration, made by
clergymen of all denominations early
in the week.
There was surprise at the unanimity
of the vote in favor Of general sym
pathetic strike. The meeting yester-
day had been discussed previously
and there was mixed sentiment as to
the wisdom of calling out all classes of
workmen. Leaders of various trades
unions said they were opposed to a
general strike because it involved bro
ken trade agreements. Others doubted
their ability to order all workmen to
lay down their tools and have the order
obeyed.
AS the gathering was secret, little
of an authoritative nature can be
learned of what transpired behind the
barred doors. That there was much
oratory is evident, as the meeting
lasted from little after 2 o'clock un-
til 8 80.
The great crowd gathered outside
the hall would occasionally hear loud
cheering, and a responsive cheer would
go up from the outside. Finally when
the meeting broke up and the an7
was made that unless the
Rapid Transit company
made an agreement with its striking
employees by next Friday, the greatest
strike in the history of Philadelphia
will be inaugurated, there was a
cheer and the crowd dispersed.
Not only members of unions affilia-
ted with the Central Labor union and
the Allied Building Trades council, but
those of every labor organization in
the city in any way connected with the
Federation of Labor, partic-
ipated in the meeting.
Two separate meetings were held.
The delegates to the Central Labor
union met on one floor of the
building, while the president'and bus
mess agents of the other organizations
met on the next floor.
Declaring the car strike here had
become battle between capital and
labor, the members of the Central La
Dor union unanimously adopted reso-
luton that every union man and woman
stop work on next Saturday if, in the
the striking carmen have
not reached an agreement with the
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