Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-20
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ice to suburban points.
According to union officials, no pas
sengers rode on the cars to-day. The
men are determined to keep order
and pickets aided in preventing dis
turbances. Some of the strikers
again acted as dispatchers for the nu-
merous jitneys operating in the city,
and stood on the corners announcing
the destination of the auto convey
ances.
Protest Police Inefficiency
Notwithstanding the efforts of
many of the strikers and their real
friends to prevent disorder a certain
element in the community are taking
advantage of the situation to indulge
in all sorts of disorderly practices.
Citizens who have only the best in
terests of the city at heart are protest
ing against the apparent inefficiency
of the police department in quelling
the disturbances which are the out
growth of the purely malicious ele-
ment that has no interest either in the
railway company or the striking en-
ployes.
Big Parade Tonight
The strikers with their sympathizers
will meet this evening at 7.45 O'Clock
at Front and State streets to form for
the parade over the city streets. Labor
organizations of the city will be in line
and Vice-President Thorpe estimates
that the number will probably be more
than two thousand. The route of the
parade follows:
Form at Front and State streets;
south in Front street to Market street
to Fourth street, to Sixth street. to Ma
clay, to Third, to Reilly, to Second, to
Market, to Third street, to headquar-
tcrs and dismiss.
To Be No Rough -Neclzing''
M IRON OecEtpo" will ba +oI
Grated, according to union officials, but
all organizations are invited to be in
line. The parade will be headed by
the Trainmens band, The demon
stration is planned to show the mum
Der of people in sympathy with the
striking carmen.
At the meeting this afternoon the
| following resolution was passed unani-
mously by the members of the local
division of the Amalgamated associa-
tion:
Resolved, That the membership
of Division No. zoe. Amalgamated
Association OF Street and Electric
Railway Employees of America. ex-
press its appreciation of the splen-
did support given the striking en-
ployes of the Harrisburg Railways
Company in refraining from rid
ing on the cars or in any way Civ
ing their support to the company
now existing. 1t is through such
support and sympathy that the
deplora BILE conditions under which
the men were obliged to work in
the past can be remedied.
No Trouble on Valley Lines
Notwithstanding the pa-ade of Har-
risburg strikers to the West Shore yes
terday afternoon, both officials and
employees of the Valley Ra,Iways lines
united to-day in giving assurances
that there will be no strike on that
side of the river. 1t is known that
the trolley men and the officials oi
the company have conferred fire.
quently in the past few weeks and il
was said by both sides this morning
that there are no differences of any
account at present existing. The Val.
ley lines are operating on their usua,
schedules.
According to John ]. Thorpe, strike
leader in this city, and vice-president
of the Amalgamated Association oi
Street and Electric Railway employees
nothing definite has been decided upon
by the Valley Railways men.
They can join the local division il
they wish, or form a division of their
own as part of the Amalgamated AS
sociation." he stated at noon.
Yesterday afternoon after the busi.
ness sessions of the local union, the
men paraded over the Market stree
bridge to Lemoyne and met some OF
the Valley employees and officials.
No disorder occurred in the city