Show I fiGHT HARD HARDIN IN QUAKER CITY STRIKE Neither Neith r Street Car Men Nor Conductors Inclined to Give In PHILADELPHIA Juno 1 Extraordinary efforts are being made mado today by b bythe bythe the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company com coal pany the tho majority of whose motormen and conductors are on strike for higher wages and better working conditions to increase the number of cars in opera opera- tion I While the service service is still badly crippled crippled crippled crip crip- pled less Jess than 50 O per cent of the cars being in operation conditions are sli slightly improved Several hundred new newmen newmen newmen men brought from other cities and picked up here since the strike was orl originated last Saturday have hato been put putto putto to work under the tho protection n of the police In all parts of the city people are walking to and from their places of employment employment em em- most of them compelled to todo todo todo do so so because of the lack of transportation tion facilities I but thousands from choice through h sympathy for the men The Reading Heading Pennsylvania and Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Balti Balti- more Ohio railroads are carrying more than 90 per cent of the people from front the outlying section Each company has opened new ticket windows and extra equipment has lIas been drawn from other sections to handle the increased traffic There herE has been no effort made by hr either side to the Ibe struggle nor by bv third parties to end the strike by peaceful means The company 1 is ia 18 continuing its' its policy of ll hiring rinK TIn men wherever it itcan itcan itcan can to take tako the tho strikers strikers' places The strikers are arc dion all ill in their power to cripple the service At 10 0 o'clock clock the company issued a statement that cars we were in operation operation operation opera opera- tion at that hour more than at atthe atthe atthe the samo same time yesterday Tho statement statement state state- I ment meat also said that additional cars were bein being operated b by former employees employ employ- ees eec of the company 1 |