Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-11
INDIVIDUAL PENNSYLVANIA LABOR
ORGANIZATIONS TO DECIDE
WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
WANT TAFT TO INTERFERE.
Committee to Urge President, Senators
and Governor to Compel Arhitra
ton in Philadelphia.


a
committee of nine, appointed "Wednesday
10 devise means of carrying into effect
the resolution calling foe general state
and possibly countrywide labor strike,
i'll the event that arbitration fails in the
labor situation at Philadelphia. report
ed to the convention of the Pennsy lvania
State Federation of Labor i'll session
here today.
President Greenawait of the state or
ganiZatiOn was empowered by the com
mittce with the right to call upon Pres
ident Taft, United States Senators Pen
rose and Oliver and Gov. Stuart, to use
Their best efforts to compel an arbitra-
ton Of the Philadelphia Carmens strike
question within ten days
The committee stated that they had
issued a request to all state local union
organizations to call special sessions to
vote on the question of a statewide
strike within tItcen days aid report the
result by wire to President Green
await.
Upon the result Of s.lGL. = xate. the
general statewide strike will depend, ac-
cordlng To the committees The CONVEX
ton unanimously adopted the committee
report.
Situation in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, March To-
Encouraged by the success which has
met their efforts 1T breaking into the
ranks Of unorganiZed Ia Dor and persuad-
ing several thousand workers III this
city 10 join the general strike movement,
union labor leaders continued the cam
paign today to swell the army of sym
pathMing strikers. Baldwins locomotive
works. where 1000 men quit Wednesday
and which was considered almost i'm
pregnable against the attacks of union
ism. was again the object of much at
tention. the labor leaders hoping to add
10 the ranks Of idle men before the
close Of the day
Success i'll penetrating Baidwin's
works is likely TO lead to moves against
other large industrial plants THAI are
considered open shop" places.
The Central Labor union committee
of ten which is conducting the general
strike has given out figures TO support
the assertion that between 12o,0OO and
100000 persons are idle. The exact TO
tai number Of men. women. boys and
girls on strike up TO last night as zig
>.ured by the committee was l39.5Il
Number IN Detail.
The members gave out The following
approximate details:
building trad IS, 10000; metal trades,
2O,ND: textile trades, $1,000; garment
workers, mems wear 1O,UtU: garment
workers. womenS wear 5000.
Miscellaneous trades: Asbestos work
ers lOo; cloth hat ana cap workers. 20:
cigarmakers 300; SltirtwaiSt and laun-
dry workers, 1000; piano movers, 131:
bakers and Confectioners. 341: PAYERS
and rammers. 1853; Suspender makers
211; electrical workers. 800; walters
40; upholsterers, AZ; street hackmen.
no, cilauifeurs, $50; street car men.
600: matters. 81.
lin, to tha In hor the
following unaffiliated workers on
strike Lawnmower makers, 800: glaZiers.
ITS; American hoe and shovel company.
161, National Cutlery company. 81:
butchers, 800; sheet metal workers, 800:
worsted weavers. 100; stone masons.
800: laborers, 25O: wood carvers, 125;
mast ard carpet mills, 400: Germania
carpet mills. 800; rolling spring works.
300: Wallace Wilson Hosiery company.
800 Baldwin Locomotive works, 5000;
Bement Miles 4; Co. 900; Harrington
Machine company 125; Newton Machine
Sbons 800: lace curtain operators, 600;
Cramps Shipyards, heater boys $50.
Some of the above figures are diSput-
ed by the city authorities and large en-
ployers Officials of Baldwins Loco
motive works declare that only one-third
of the number of men the union asserts
are sun strike quit work yesterday.
More Cars Operated.
Aided by recruits obtained from many
other cities, the 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 We're
confined to the outlying sections Of the
city. where nearly all disturbances since
the strike began have occurred
There was a big break in the ranks
of the union taxicab chauffeurs who
Vert Synn1thy with the trolley
men. The three taxicab companies re-
ported today that 10 out of a total
of about 30 taXicab drivers had re-
turned to work. The companies arr
making 70 attempts To fill the places of
the striking chaufieurs.
Motorman Is Injured.
What little trouble was reported dur
ing the morning hours occurred in West
Philadelphia. 4 crowd OF men and boys
attacked car with stones bricks and
lumber at F,lfty-secoEd street and Ian
caster avenue. injuring a motorman. An
hour later another car was attacked at
that point and to avoid further trouble
the car MAS returned 10 the barn.
y sidelight to the strike today the
raid made by police Oh teamsrers who
have been reaping a harvest since the
trolley strike began by carrying 'paSSen-
gers. Inder local law. persons en-
gagged IN transporting people must have
licenses the same as those issued to the
street ear companies. Because of the
violation of the law the city decided TO
put stop To the ira ffic. Some drivers
have tried to get around the law by sell
ing potatoes, apples. oranges bananas
or other articles for 10 cents apiece and
then carrying the purchaser free TO
his destination.
\ large number OF wagon drivers were
arrested in the raid, and many were Ell
Their fined or beld in nominal bail. One
teamster when arrested had thirty girls
ca their way to work. crowded II his
wagon. They We're eating apples for
which they had paid the driver :, dime
each