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Show HOPE OF ARBITRATION IN PHILADELPHIA STRIKE PHILADELPHIA. March 3. Tho ilrst step toward settling the differences between be-tween the striking street car men and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company under the authority of tho courts, thus preventing tho Impending sympathetic strike, was taken tonight by the carmen. car-men. An attorney representing the Amalgamated Amalga-mated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees wrote to President Kruger of thn Philadelphia Rapid Transit Tran-sit company nsklng that he Join In application appli-cation to the courts under the act of 1S03 for The appointment of a board of arbitration arbi-tration to decide tho differences bo-twncn bo-twncn the strikers and the transit company. com-pany. A reply is requested before noon tomorrow. |