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Show UNION MEN i CALLED OUT Philadelphia, Pa.. Mar., 1. A universal strike of union workers and their sympathizers to begin at midnight mid-night Friday was proclaimed by the Central labor union r Philadelphia and vicinity tonight The strike leaders declare that lOO.ouo men will stop work at that hour If Ibe Rapid Transit company does not consent to arbitrate Its differences dif-ferences with the striking car men Tho meeting at which the strike oider was promulgated was large and sentiment was apparently unanimous Id favor of the general strike. Telegrams Tele-grams wore received from the Chicago Chi-cago and San Francisco federations of labor with 250,000 and ' 175,000 members respectively; pledging their moral and financial support to tho cause of their Philadelphia brethern. Resolutions were adopted condemning condemn-ing the attitude of the traction company com-pany by which. It was elated, business busi-ness had been arrested and thousands of persons not directly Interested in the strike thrown out of employment. Councils were called upon to Insist that Mayor Roy burn use hU prerogative preroga-tive as chief executive of tho cltr to serve notico on tho company that it must submit to arbitral ion as the public, whom he represents, demands and that he return tho police to their regular posts of duty and cease using them to man the trolley cars. In a proclamation addressed to tho trades union of Philadelphia and their sympathizers, the grievances or tho carmen against the corporation were recited in detail, ' A committer was appointed to watt upon the select and common councils tomorrow afternoon and present copies of the resolutions and proclamation procla-mation Union stago hands employed In theatres the-atres and other amusement places In this city today notified their employers employ-ers that if the Rapid Transit company and Its employees have not reache I an agreement before Saturday, the stage bands would quit work. Mayor Roy burn said today that he would continue to refuse to he :i party to any arbitration proceedings even if It caused him to break wHL the Republican organization. When bo was Osftcd by a com mlttec from tho United HuslneBS-mcn's HuslneBS-mcn's society he said powerful po litfcal leaders had already uvgod him to change his attitude and urge arbitration, but he was going to maintain peace and order. Althodgh I the day was unusually quiet throughout through-out the city, rioting started again tonight to-night in the northeastern section, where everything was peaceful during the presence of the state police: A number of cars were demolished by stones and a number of small boys set flre to a frame watting room owned by the transit company. |