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Show TIRED OE Tfjpl People and Papers of Philadelphia Demand Arbitration Philadelphia, Pa., March 1. Powerful Power-ful Influences are being brought to bear on tho Philadelphia Rapid Transit Tran-sit company. to end the strike. The big department stores which, have suffered suf-fered from tho ntrlke,-aong- -with the - thousands of other business houses, " are known to have demanded. that the Transit company tball not Involve the cit,y, in a great sen&raj, labor strike struggle, A conference Is being held In the office qf the company, at which are present Charles O Kruger, president of tho company; State Senator Clarence Clar-ence Wolf, vice-president; George H. Earle. Jr., the city's representative on the board of directors, and JRichnrd Y. Cook, a prominent financier. Thtre Is a general appeal for arbitration arbi-tration today. Newspapers demand It, various organizations are clamoring for it and citizens generally are calling call-ing for an end of the trouble at once. Important developments are looked for during the day. Determined to demonstrate Its ability abil-ity to operate Its cars without the as-elstatvco as-elstatvco of the striking motormen and conductors, the Transit company today to-day a?aln increased the number of cars in operation on its various lines. The company declares no settlement involving a recognition of the Carmen Car-men s vnlon will te considered, and li reiterates that arbitration Is not needed to settle the strike. Both the labor loaders and the coadministration co-administration are preparing lines for an expected demonstration. Director of Public Safety Clay sent in an Interview Inter-view today that ho did not consider the proposed rtrike a bluff, and suggests sug-gests increasing the police, force in anticipation of further trouble. He said: "The mayor has power to direct every able-bfylled man In Philadelphia for r.ervice in protecting life and property. prop-erty. He can swear iu special policemen po-licemen Indefinitely. I expert to have llts prepared of all citizens who aro fit for fcuch service. " "We do not man to call for the National Guard v.ntll we have exhausted ex-hausted every power at our command." com-mand." The labor unions, having decided on n general stride untss the city takes xorne steps to force the company to arbitrate, the sessions of select and common councils on Thursday afternoon after-noon arc looked forward to with Interest. In-terest. ' State Senator .lames P- McNIchol, the Republican leader of Philadelphia, and William . Van-, who stands next to him In leadership, are in Florida, having left here with a party of friends before tho strike began. It Is believed Senator McNIchol could eud the strike if he cared to Interfere. The several locals of tho Brotherhood Brother-hood of Painters and Decorators havu endorsed tho general strike order, and painters have been instructed to stop work Saturday morning unless tho strike Is settled. Another death due to the strike occurred oc-curred lute last night, when Benjamin Gibson, a negro, died In the Douglass hospital. This brings the number of deBd as a result of tho strike up to six. The eleventh day of the strUo opened wet and foggy,-making walk-' Ine more disagreeable thnn ever. The street cars "are carrying more paBScn-gem paBScn-gem than last week, but tho number Is far from normal. |