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Show COMPJUY IS iif OUT PRESENCE OF STATE POLICE QUELLS RIOTS Philadelphia. Feb. 24 Surface car8 were operated on tho principal fctreets of Phlla.-ir-lphln until after midnight for the first time elncc the spinning of the present utrl'KC against the Rapid Transit company. Guarded by members of the utate police, the cars continued to run even through the turbulent mill districts of Kensington and Frankford. Although the coropony rTorlfd that Si carp had bn stoned today, no disturbance was permitted to reach serlom proportions All disturbances dis-turbances were quickly quelled by the police and not a "riot call was 6cnt In. According to the company's Azures, 74 4 cars were In operation and sifty-elx sifty-elx continued to run until mldnlpht. Increased service is promlaeu by the company, which announces that four hundred new men. many formerly in the employ of the company, were hired today and will tako out cars tomorrow. to-morrow. Propose Arbitration. The proposal for arbitration made by repreaentxitlcs of twenty-six religious re-ligious denominations. Including the leading clergymen In the city, has been approved by tho strikers, who suggest, however, tbat ono of the seven members on t lie proposed board of aruitratlon be a rcpreaenta-tlve rcpreaenta-tlve of organized labor. Only one-third aa many nrrests were made by tho police today as yesterday, yes-terday, wli n seventy-client per?ona were Ul.cn Into custody. Among those arrested wa3 tbo son of a constable con-stable in the office of the committing magistrate. He confessed he wa a member of a Urnd of youths who manufactured a quantity of explosive caps and then drew lots to see wuo should place them on the tracks, tie drew the fai-ful ptraw, and was arrested ar-rested when placing the explosives Ou tho tracks. Bricks Are Thrown. For five minutes bricks and 6tones were thrown into one car, breaking windows and throwing the passengers into a panic, wht-n a detail of police gave chase to the riots, who ued. Soon afterward tho same crowd soped a down grade, and the next car slid down the slippery rails, but came to a halt before crashing Into the preceding pre-ceding car. The mob was driven away. Plans for the proposed sympathetic strike have been deferred for the present The striking carmen, at their meeting today, requested that the general strike be held In abeyance. abey-ance. As a result the Ceneral Lnhor union and the Allied Building Trades council decided tonight to postpono further action until Sunday. further Strike Propoted. Plans for crippling the son-Ice of the company by a strike of the power pow-er house employes were discussed at a meeting of the Stationary Engineers Engi-neers and Fireniens union tonight. These men were In executive session until after midnight. Report that the power houses of the company would be attacked resulted re-sulted in detailing the ntAte fenalbles to guard these structures. Orders that they were not to flro huvlDg been withdrawn, these young soldiers say they will redeem themselves from their recent inglorious fiasco. The company posted a notice In each of Its nineteen barns today that all employes who have remained loyal to the company, and who may become lncapncltated by reason of injuries received in the strike disorders disor-ders will be cared for the rest of their lives. At the company's offices there was a long line of unemployed men seeking seek-ing positions as conductors and mo-tormen mo-tormen The company is advertising for 2,000 men. Washington, Feb. 24. The President Presi-dent today directed that the United States attorney at Philadelphia bo ordered or-dered to see that mall agencies are not Interfered with during the strike; to cause the arrest and exert every effort to secure the conviction of nny one attempting to Interfere wl'h the mail In any way, and to see that fh government's contract with the Philadelphia Phila-delphia Rapid Transit company Is cnrrled out. Investigation Ordered. Washington. Feb. !M Attorney-General Attorney-General Wlckcnham, acting on Instructions In-structions from President Taft, has directed the l'nltd States aitorn-y at Philadelphia to report at his earliest ear-liest convenience whether there has been any interference with the I'nlted States mails during the stilke of the street C3r employes. |