Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07

Lieutenant Smiley, Of the Germantown
police station, held policemen in readiness
all night to answer any riot calls.
Six large autotrucks were pressed into
| service by the Bell Telephone Company 20.
| day 70 bring an extra shift Of telephone
operators TO the KensInston branch, al
Hope and Berks streets. The operators who
live In the Kenslneton section were aroused
early today and asked to report to the
Kensington branch at once.
PIcKETs AT WORK.
oficlais 81 the Amalgamated Association
sald today shat between 250 and 400 motor.
men and conductors detailed al the Eleventh
and Luzerne streets barns had gone on
strike. This barn. according TO strike lead
ers, will be completely crippled before the
day Is over. At o'clock this morning
leaders Of the association placed pickets at
points near the barns who called upon mo-
tormen and conductors TO quit.
At the sixteenth and Jackson streets
barn. Superintendent Charles Green said
that OF 400 men who were scheduled to 60
on duty this morning only two had failed
TO report The superintendent said that he
did not know whether these two we're out
on strike or their absence was due 20 ILL
ness The seven lines operated from that
barn were running on their regular time,
according TO Mr.. Green.
The superintendent said that up until
July he knew OF 25 men In his barn who
we're members OF F'lynns union, but is OF
them withdrew at that time and a short
time later five more withdrew.
A reporter who was instructed to fnd a
representative Of the union and get his
side OF the strike was unable TO find such
man. There were no pickets, and but
for the ten policemen on duty, there was
no indication that a strike had been called.
Lieutenant Noon, Of the Fifteenth street and
Snyder avenue station, had ten men
patroillng the outside OF the barn.
At the Frankford barn, Frankford avenue
and Bridge street, $50 men are employed.
only l2 nre out on strike, according to
George Gutherman, the superintendent
Fifteen policemen, including Ave from city
Hall, have been assigned to duty there, un-
der command of sergeant
william =. Cornell. superintendent Of the
Richmond street barn, Allegheny avenue
and Richmond street, said that only six OF
his 400 men have responded to the strike
call Sixteen policemen and n sergeant are
on duty here.
Al the CallowhIll barn, Fifty-nlnth and
Callowhll streets. the largest barn in the
city, arrangements have been made to feed
and lodge policemen called to protect prop
erty Between so and 60 beds kept in
storeroom nearby have been moved into the
building occupied by the Executive Depart
ment, and these will be used by policemen
and others during the emerBencs guard duty
Tickets honored at Callowhill street res
taurant are also being issued by the COM
pany to tho policemen. q. b. Good, super
ntendent of the barn said that none Of
his 600 men had quit work, although men
outside assert that they know Of IL or IL
who have answered the strike call.
STILL ON THE JOB.
Il, r. Skinnell. superintendent of the barn
at 49th street and Woodland avenue. also
declared that none of his 500 men had quit
work, although men on the outside mere
put forth the claim that nine men did not
report for duty this morning. Mr. Skin
nell said that every man supposed to do
so showed up at o'clock this morning, half
an hour after the strike had been called.
"The afternoon men will report between
9 and o'clock" he said. II don't think
there will be any desertions. If there are,
we can get plenty of men,
PICKETS AT BARNS.
Superintendent of Police Robinson ap-
peared at the Eleventh and Luzerne streets
barn this morning and remained there for
some time directing the details of police
sent from the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-ffth
Police Districts. who soon afterward found
barns picketed.
The union men, however. were kept NOV
ing, and there was no disturbance, al
though reports came that at Second and
Tioga streets car had been wrecked,
This however, was officially denied by the
company. The men asserted that the cars
later in the morning were running two
hours behind schedule, but company Of
ficials declared that they were having no
trouble and that the trolleys were running
as usual.
When the order to strike was issued this
morning about 800 carmen and men OF
other occupations were at the headquarters
or standing in front of the building, 232
North Ninth street. Union officials asked
them to dlsperse in an orderly way and
they followed their request.
The first arrests made in connection with
the strike occurred at Twenty-ninth street
and Columbia avenue shortly after o'clock.
The prisoners are Alexander Henderson, OF
2932 Susquehanna avenue, and Augustus
Avery, OF 2649 Myrtlewood street. They
were arrested by Policeman Humphries, Of
the Twenty-eighth and oxford streets sta
tlon. According 10 Humphries, the men at
tempted 20 board cars and urge motormen
and conductors to quit Both Henderson
and Avery are members OF the Amalga-
mated Association. Both were arraigned
in Central station and freed after hearing
William Foley, a strike sympathizer, was
arrested by Policeman Tomkins, OF the
Eighth and Jefferson streets station, for
throwing sticks and stones at cars at Tenth
and Master streets. Foley is "a years old
and lives at 1891 North Ninth street.