Show SITUATION IN PHILADELPHIA GROWS CROWS I WORSE WITH EACH SUCCEEDING HOUR THREE BOYS BADlY HURT Crack City Soldiers the State Disarmed by the Strikers and Accoutrements C of One Thrown Into River Kiver GENERAL STRIKE STILL STILLMORE STILLMORE MORE THAN PROBABLE Entire Force of State Militia May Be Called Out Today if the Police Are Unable to Maintain Peace and Order C 0 o PRATT OUT ON BAIL Philadelphia Feb 22 Three boys were shot and probably fatally in injured injured and several received less severe I wounds today in ill riots that followed the tIle resumption of service by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company The shooting occurred in attacks on cars in the northeastern section Market street the principal business was the tha scene Sene of o disturb disturbances disturbances ances all day dR Cars were stoned and andt two t policemen were roughly rou handled by bJ a II tob of several thousand persons persona A Adz dzu n arrests were made mad and the prison prisoners ers TV were ore placed in a trolley car This Thill was ivan stormed storm by the mob and two prison ets u Et Preparations were made by authorities to call can upon the entire force foree forcer if l r the tha state militia if tf the police pol tomor r rw iw were unable to cope with the situa Un President Murphy of the Central Labor Labori i 1 L tin In sun still regards a general strike of of all trades unions in the city CILY as Organizer Pratt is said to op oppose pose this move With Loaded Rifles Members of the State an in independent dependent military organization JOO OO t toong stong t ong were placed on 00 duty today i tn tt loaded rifle They were ware detailed 4 tailed 11 u th mill ullI district In the ther r ast t a hotbed of union s L Jn In thIr lr first skirmish they UteJ were I t L a beaten Eaten l by a mob that paid no atten t a n to t the drawn bayonets and snatched t j r from the hands of the tha yon yoong i 1 lit amen Members of or the according to toHa toMar Ha Mar T Reyburn acted as aa if Ie the they were W i 3 nIng In girls gina in the mill district to wear weart r t c r ups 18 and cut the brass braa buttons off LU LUt ff c t r c lulling At one point a group of I Urs tl rs 15 captured a member of ot the Fend and carried him several feet from I J 3 t cst t where they the stripped him of ot his hisa I a It Jat and cartridge belt Jt and gun guna a Ii j i t tw rW w them into a sewer Barn Dynamited IV c n policemen quartered in the barn c Us at Ridge avenue and andy andi 1 y k i narrowly escaped death to tor tor tor r t H v I n the entire northeast corner i t building warn waa wa blown away with dy dr dyn drar n ar ai te explosion occurred just as asO asU O U Pratt waa about to address a meet i 1 g j of tt f i armen eartHen at Ridge avenue and andI I Ir F n How Ho the dynamite was wasI I 1 lJ LJ J in ill the tar oar barn is a mystery m tery teryl l i i c Mot tut 3 after being bar har harass barass ass lid beaten all day by a mob of th Ji ds of strike were re v t J an at The militia had hadl l cn 7 powerless against the mob but a ai af i if ic f dozen n mounted police had ridden up ird ii drown wn the rioters before them U o l two cars caN were run on the Lehigh an W r If f C line in the afternoon Both were 1 shattered by stones Policemen in int t t were fired upon h by a strike strikeS S II who had concealed himself St Simons Simon church This enraged enra ed the th tb K f of the peace and they returned return t 1 hitting W E K CollIna Collins in the theMay theMay 1 J I May Ask for fer Constabulary D I r of or Public Safety Clay said Raid to tor r It that should outside assistance e be ber r ml rd d lie Jie would ask for the state con cont t before calling for tor state troops ft sf s ed Md himself elf as satisfied with t wa w I the he police poUce have ha t handled ha the mobs moba i t i f t oat dat I 11 tutting a conference with Governor I st t it rt t tins this afternoon Mayor Reyburn Reburn I IJ 1 J i a consultation with heads of the thet t o it ity departments ck and decided to to call on the governor for the tire state militia in caw case the police poUce t r rov cow are unable to cope with Ith the ther r X f fic Xe ic I t e UK ial point in the situation prom 5 I s n t J i tomorrow The I s will attempt to tart Start cars au aut t J regular schedule and if the pollee police c r t give Gie adequate ad quate ir te luin will Continued on Pane Page P Ten I f T TI 4 1 g Tz Tzi x I i I 35 I S 11 I S I I I i 1 i f 4 t 4 C c S Saw i vJ aw t J o I il I v vJ vI vI vi vO I 4 tt i r i j j I L c r I 4 I 4 I II J I I I t tt t A k 1 I i I Y if s I IOe t Oe l I ii v I I J k 7 O ttA I STRIKE SCENES IN PHILADELPHIA i iI I t 4 I 1 I C 0 O PRATT National Organizer of the Union Who Is Conducting I the Strike I I PHilADElPHIA STRIKE I IS GROWING WORSE ORSE I I Continued from Page One demand that the mayor maor forward to the governor a request for state troops Crisis at Hand The general strike order by b President Murphy may ma ina also materialize f 0 O Pratt national organizer for the street streetcar car men after his release on ball bail today held a conference with President Murphy at which he is reported to have urged the inexpediency of a general strike out but Murphy at the close of the said that lio hl li till believed a general strike inevitable of the Hie or more mem members hers bers of ot labor unions mions In this city 0 already have havo ha voted to go on strike a to the secretary of the Central Labor union Whether leaders who are aro opposing a general strike will be able to defer a walkout tomorrow Is problematical cal al A delegation of 01 labor leaders left Ifft for Washington ashington this afternoon to nig ug Senator Penrose to use his Influence c to toward toward toward ward a peaceable settlement |