Show IN CITY STREETS First Day of Great Sympathetic Strike Marked by Many Disturbances FIGURES SAY HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN OUT I I II Business s Paralyzed Situation Growing Appeal 1 May be Taken to President Taft J Philadelphia Pa March 5 Disorder der tier In many man parts of the tho city eil marked lute lie first firs day da of or great sympathetic walkout w l out of organized la ha labor haher her bor to t back up un u the fight light of r the lie Irol trolley Icy ley c men mon against the tho Philadelphia Rap Id Transit Nearly Nearl every eory section of the city had its Us tale tall to toll tollof t of cars attacked rl or of clashes with police Thc Thi scene acetic of the thc most moat general din dis disturbance shifted from front the lie heretofore district to the heart of the city The Tho great greal trouble was experienced b by tho thin police at In Independence Ind independence dependence d Square despite o the th k announcement by b Mayor Reyburn hunt no demonstration could be held heldon on that lint historic ground bround a crowd of persons gathered to participate I In Ia or Ot watch wn eh tho the demonstration of or organized organized labor Policemen mounted and an afoot were there lucre by b the score with strict orders to keep the he t crowd moving It Is duo to the patience careful carefulness carefulness I I ness and steadiness t of the he I police that no serious outbreak ont brenk occurred A I I great crowd of strikers paraded through the square unmolested d dOnly I Only Rough Estimates cs There was a wide difference of opinion opinion ion today as ns to the extent of the Saturday Sa being a half haU holi Itoh holiday day thay tind In sonic some Industries no work heIn done atall 1 all on the last las day dB of the tho week It was utterly lIlt Impossible to lo get more than rough roush estimates e of the I number of men out mt Tho The committee of ton on of or the tho central ct labor union which la lEI conducting ilic strike In a statement tonight lc through 1 Charles Charle A Hope of the Central Labor union and a member m of the commit tec tee said that union men are arc out and that thal the walkout has huts affect affert affected af t tod I od ed OOOO other othor workers Secretary Hope declared that lint bak hak bakers bakera ers era drivers and anh grocery clerks wore were not called out ont and would not hot be lie It was hot Jol the lie I desire of or organized i labor he ho said sail to lo Inconvenience I hence lonc the tho public to the extent ex ent of han the lie delivery deliver of o the he of life Number Increasing labor leaders said thai that 55 5 lo men had hail struck and Inri that the num nunu number bar ber would bo bp greatly great Increased by I Monday Although the lIw entire population i lation latron of or tho city ell looks hooks upon the strike as HS a f most serious affair the tho effect of wh h fire are likely to a be he felt for fOl a long Ion time me the hue city officials from Mayor Reyburn down hown declares the walkout Is tiM nol a 89 widespread as claimed bY hv th tIie labor leaders Henry Clay CIa a of the de department of public said that hal police reports r showed that not more moreth tItan than th OOOO men eu were out However with all nil I ho he conflicting I reports it Il Will was wa evident that all ot or Phil Industries are arc not pros hiros prostrated The hc great gnat industrial establishments such as the Baldwin Lo 10 Locomotive Works Cramps Shipyards I Brills Car Cal Works the tho Midvale Steel SteelWorks SteelWorks SteelWorks Works all of or which are open olon shops concerns concerns wore operating today pra nt at fl lI blast The Tho number of sympathetic ic k strikers was md among the tex textile cx tile workers in iii the th Kensington lon dis district and in the tho allied building trades j Continued on Page Six DISORDER IN I CITY STREETS I Continued from Pager Page One I I to Taft Tart The strikers SI rik claimed that OOOO persons I were veri out oat In these two Indus Industries tries tries alono alone ond end that Ih H the unions anions In other trades were well rep represented represented I Ir resented r The master builders at al a meeting admitted that their theIl industry Is seriously crippled No Xo hand was raised today to stop stol I conflict is Iss rapidly paralyzing z zIn ing In business t U There was was wis a rumor tonight M that the tho I labor loaders leaders ders request President II Taft T Ct to use lIse his bis Influence to bring bringan I an end to the tho trouble or to 10 take Inke some come f step along alonE the lines adopted by Pres Pros President I ident Id nl Roosevelt in the Iho th coal oal strike of 02 Such n a more moe It Is I believed would bp be b welcomed Care Still Running There Thero was no n talk of arbitration or orJi peace Ji acc and It is 15 evident that large em cm employers are waiting the events event of tho the next few days before attempting any an settlement Tho The day developed nothing In the tho street car strike Itself Tho The trolley company had about as asman t many man cars car in operation o as ns It had yes yesterday os lg according to ti the company compan a n little HUle moro more than thon 1000 It was noticed however that tho thi cars carR did not carry IF as many passengers I as on days davs of oC this week l Peo People 1 toe Irn ally wore Wire not no t willing to 10 t tako lako lakon n i chance chanc of or being Injured Vi i I ii c cm m pan opened one new Hm in tn the tho thoI I hew part of the city but bu after fter a af aI I f w trips tr rs the tho cars were because bec tine u of the tho tr frequency AIth ww they limy were cro l by atones alone and bricks Half of the cars In ht up ui Iu Flu n i the day were a al tl night 11 In the four hours from 2 to G p fl m ra I when tho tIlO great groat demonstration d In In ln Independence Independence dependence Square were wore in preparation preparation tion the th police pollee had their hands hand full controlling the crowds and keeping a semblance of order It was on Walnut street that thai the Ute first trouble took place The sight of oC trolley cars proceeding proceed lot leisurely along that thoroughfare angered the vanguard an tard of the tho labor parade aralia near Independence Ind Hall and a atone was sent through the window of one ono of oC the cars I I I 1 f I Mob Mo Destructive Every Ever car that came along ran the I gauntlet and there thore was lac a 1 running tiro 1110 of stones pieces pees of or wood and other missiles which terrified the passengers I ers era and crews To escape the mis missile missile sile threw on full e and sent their cars flying out of the way war the occupants lyng on the tho floors The worst outbreak occurred u In the heart of or the city where the police mobilized In force to make an Im inn Impression on the crowd cro fl No o previous pre lous disturbance with this In n magnitude or Intensity Ity Men Ien and women fell In tho onslaught of oC the police lay 13 all about tho the and sidewalks and scores S cut and scores wore were cut ctt C t and bruised Subsequent to the Walnut street streeL disturbances thoro there was another In Washington Square re In which tho the crowd turned on a small force of po policemen policemen knocking ono one of oC them thorn down and breaking the club of o another over Oel its owners head bead In the that t followed the thc men in the throng thron help themselves to eggs es produce canned goods everything they the could set get et their r hands on from nearby stores and pelt pelted pelted ed cd tho the policemen A mounted squad dispersed the mob moho Cars Care Attacked All during the march of oC the strike sympathizers dozens of oC cars were at attacked tacked lacked their windows smashed and the tho passengers and crews crows forced forcer to 10 take refuge from flying missiles by h 1 on the tho floors The police poll co seized four prisoners inthe in inthe the ranks of the disturbers rs One On man I who was placed in ht a patrol wagon waon made mode a spectacular leap to 10 freedom One Ono of those In custody Is a young women omen Miss lIss Ada said to be bethe 1 bethe the secretary of the Union of Wom Women om omen en Shirtwaist t Makers Malters and prominent In tho the recent shirtwaist strike Police Scatter Sc Crowd Driven away from Independence Square several thousand persons con congregated congregated In Washington square near nearby nearby by hy A man mounted on tho the should shoulders ers of several and started to 10 the crowd A L detail of mounted policemen dashed through tho archway of hall and into the tho throng f The crowds scattered right and left before the he I horses horRes the orator was as tumbled tum tumbled bled off the shoulders of the other men and was swallowed up 1111 In the crush Several minutes sharp work worl with tho the horses and nd clubs served to lo break up lip and disperse dl perso the mass A number of oC colored policemen aroused the Iro ire of the tho crowd and Supt of Po Taylor fearing further trouble ordered them away awayA awarA A detail of mounted polite polio sent to break up III another disturbance were met by several women who showered the men IDan with confetti f fIn In Kensington a big crowd was charged by b mounted officers officer Two persons were Injured by blows from the officers clubs and three arrests were cre made Denounces City Three thousand strikers mot met In ht Cen Con Central Cent ral Iral t Labor hall Burrwood Daly Dalr coun con congel counsel gel sel for the tho th strike leaders told the strikers striker that they the had this day da with without out mt sanction sa Ion of or law lav In w been heen deprived of the tho right lt of or peaceful assemblage lie ie advised them to dorly derly derl no in matter matt el how great eat their provocation lion Jon declaring that the cause of oC la labor labor labor bor throughout hout the country was at nt Issue in this struggle John Murphy attacked the city ad ail administration ministration characterizing It as till the most roost damnable thing thine that had hart over owr boon been seen The Tho mayor he ho said could prevented the strike fit had hd he cared caled to E Every n reference ference n to the tho may lUll 01 or was waR greeted with 1111 hoots and Jeers Outside the hall ball 1000 men unable unal lo loto to gain an au entrance lined the side sidewalks walks and began to stone cars car The policemen on post found themselves unable to cope with the crowd and a call for reserves was as sent sont to headquarters head headquarters quarters Two patrol wagons un unloaded unloaded loaded thirty Into tho crowd clowd which speedily scattered Two arrests were wore made |