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A PAPER OFQUALITY THE WASHINGTON HERALD LARGEST MORNING
CIRCULATION
WASHINGTON D C MONDAY FEBRUARY 21 110 TWO CENTS
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Annual Anvil Chorus Beard
at Knockers Banquet
JIBES NtVSJS CUT DEEP
Congress and Other
Public Men Are Guests
Reprcscntntlvc VIVctor MurdockMakes Insurgent Speech and Rep-
resentative t Jameson Riurs Bullseye with Assault on Dinners andDiner Past Chief Knocker
Starts Fun and Quintet Sings
Halls of the mighty resounded to theclang of a gigantic hammer last nightwhen the Knights of Momus alias TheKnockers met for their annual anvilchorus at a banquet at Rausehers
Sparks rained Indiscriminately in thedirection of almost every one known topublic life in the Capital Never beforewith the possible exception of the Gridiron Club dinners has there been such aWholehearted knocking test in Wash-
ingtonMore than 300 printers employes of the
Government Printing Office and the fourlocal newspapers gave vent to the carefully stifled kicks of a twelve monthsand jollity reigned unconfined
Never Cut DeepMembers of Congress and wellknown
public men were guests at the dinnerSparing none but never allowing theirjibes to cut deep the men who set thetype and men the whining monotype andwhirring linotype machines hammed totheir hearts content
In songs find timely toasts they assailed the rulers of the nation without-a scruple and those few makers of history who sat at the dinner board took itall In good spirit and returned 5intllating raps for clever knock
Representative Victor Murdock madean insurgent speech that brought tearsof laughter to eyes of the Knights andRepresentative Jamieson rang the bullseye with a remarkably worded assault-on the dinner and diners PresidentGompers of the American Federation ofLabor was among those present buthe did not haves change to speak RajpresentatlvesHR 3Sai V nttm OWott andW W Wilson added to the merrimentwhen Toaatmaatcr Joseph C Watsoncalled upon them
Passed Chief Knocker F N Whlteheadstarted the fun with the following re-
marksMomus the ron of Night was adopted-
as the name of this body because themembership is largely composed of thoseemployed on the nocturnal forces in UncleSams big mill in the swamp Our object-is to meet occasionally and in a spiritof kindly levity lightly censure eachothers foibles and faults
Swat Unsuspecting ComradesFor a few hours we turn from the
grind of duty to Indulge in jolly jibe androllicking raillery to swat unsuspectingcomrades and timorous guests 1 theAchillian heel to puncture the pompouspride of the proofreader and depress thespirits of those sourfac d selfcenteredsons of sorrow the Merg and the Mono
menMost of the fun Is provided by ourselves but occasionally a Senator or aCongressman dips in with the usualpitiable result
The first Congressman called upon wasVictor Murdock and he was received withan ovation
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about the rules of the House that Iwould much rather say on Monday thanon Sunday There Is Suit one thing harder to do that I can think of than settingtype when you dont know how and thatis trying to pry a Speaker loose fromhis chair
He told half a dosen stories of thedays when he was a printer and closedwith the following sentiment
Must Obey Foreman-In this world there must always be a
foreman and we who know that disci-pline Is right must obey him But thereis an exception I am a subordinatewith a foreman over me and I shall obeyhim but when he is moved by selfish-ness caprice and 111 will I am not calledupon to follow him and please God Inever shall be
Hardly had the echo of his words diedwhen the Momus Quartet sang a dittyto the tune of a popular air as follows
MOLLY LWOMurdock dont ba lifibing
Cant you M QUI Marta beat trueTo the imtngent tanner
Bron tho were jut a fewVictor Murdoch tit of theeWhen youre ftr awy torn Ute ijoeie of battleAnd the sound of the saral
The kw ck i with jwtWhen the last note sounded there was a
diversion In the shape of female ofrather attractive appearance who enteredthe door and demanded in frenzied accentspermission to Interview her husband Acommittee tried to put her out but sheeuccEeded in getting around the hall be-
fore the Knockers realized it was partof the programme
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HURLED INTO RIVER BY TRAIN
Young Cumberland Man Dies AfterHis Rescue
Spcdal to The WashingtonCumberland Md Feb 20 Raymond
Harris son of Jesse Harris of Bloomington Md was struck by Baltimore andOhio train No 14 at Bloomington Bridgelast night and knocked thirtyfive feetinto the bed of the Potomac River
He died soon after his removal to theHoffman Hospital at Keyser W VaHis body was taken home tonight andthe Interment will be made tomorrow
Carnations 30c dos Violets 50cbunch at BlackIstones 14th and H
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WEATHER FORECASTFor the District of Columbia
and Maryland Rain and warmer today tomorrow partlycloudy and colder j moderate variable winds becoming southerly
COLD WAVE IN SIGHT-
The following special bulletin on theweather f 5r the present week was given out-last night by the Weather Bureau
In practically all districts from the Reeky-
JfcunUIni to the Atlantic cw t and tramthe Rockfoa ever the North P dSo Statesthe present Keek promises to bo mwsaajly-ztonny and ooid
During Monday and Tuesday a stormarea will cross the Central TaUeys Great
and Atlantic seaboarf attended byheavy aaovr In the Upper Lake region andInterior ot New York and New England byrain or snow in middle districts and rainin the South Following the etann a oddware with clearing and fair weather willorenmrcad the MlaMsslnpi and Upperlakes Monday and with dIml W d in-
tensity will reach the Atlantic Statesand Tuesday night
The second important storm of the weekthat will in turn be followed by a coldwave appear orer the extreme Westby Tuesday cross tha Plains States andCentral ralleya Wednesday and Thmadayand reach the Atlantis States by Friday
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MAINE OBSERVERS
Dozen Sailors Who EscapeFate in Havana PresentN-
ow York Fob 20 Nobody had to betold to romdmbar the Maine this after-noon at the memorial meeting which thoSpanish War Veterans hold at CarnegieHall The meeting was in commemoration of the sinking of the battle ship InHavana twelve years ago last Tuesdayand was attended by some hundreds ofmen who fought In the war that followedOn the platform near Admiral Slgsbeeand Chaplain John P Chadwick wore adozen or so of the sailor men who livedthrough the wreck Some of them are inthe navy yet
The specific purpose of the meeting wasthe erection of an adequate monument-to the men who died on the Maine Con-gressman William Sulzer made aspeech on his bill which Is now pending-in Washington for the removal of thehulk from Havana Harbor A resolutionasking Congress to got to work waspassed in a roar of ayes
Joseph H CJiQalo was thadfiaB ikn ofthe meeting Gehi Daniel B Slekete s t
him on the platformJlr Choate spoke of the destruction of
the Maine as one of the great events ofAmerican history It made inevitableand Irresistible said he those whowere killed should deserve o be placedside by side with the heroes who died onthe field of battle-
I was sadly Impressed he wont ona year ago when I saw the battered
hulk in the harbor of Havana telling Insilent horror the story of thl disaster ofthe 15th of February twelve years agoand I could not help thinking that it wasby no means creditable to ourselves orto our government to leave It lyingthere
FORTYTHREE YEARS IN JAIL
Care of Swiss Convict Costa Govern-ment 1OOOO
Geneva Feb 21 A convictin the penalestablishment of Lenzbourg has servedfortythree years Imprisonment havingreceived a life sentence for murder in1SI6 when he was twentyfive years of
has already cost the governmentnaarly 10000 and as he is a strong andhealthy man or sixtyeight he will probably live many years in prison He isconsulted both by warders and convictswhen questions of regulations and rightscrop up He is proud of the fact thathe Is the convict who has served thelongest term in Switzerland and probably in Europe
PLAYING CARDS IN MOURNING
Black Bordered Deck Used in Mem-ory of King Leopold
Brussels Feb 20 A Belgian firm isissuing playing cards with black borderfor use during the six months publlemourning for King Leopold
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Promises Murphy a Battle
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ILL NOT QUIT HE SAYS
Philosophises on Politics on His
Return from Florida-
A Friend of Mine for a LifetimeAlways SaM That Politics Dif-
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falo Chairman Fight Transferredto Albany
New York Feb 20 Chairman WilliamJ Conners of the Democratic State com-mittee strolled into Waldorf tonightrubicund and Jolly just as though Charles-F Murphy leader of Tammany Hallhad not decreed that he should be oustedfrom his place at the meeting pf the com-mittee to be held at the Hotel Ten EyckIn Albany on Thursday next Mr Conners had just arrived from Palm BeachAwaiting him at the hotel were a number of State commltteomen most ofwhom had boon there all day
Chairman Connero had a conferencewith these committeemen and then hesaid
With a Twinkle in HI EyeYes I returned from Palm Beach
somewhat earlier than I expected Iguess you know why
Has Mr Murphy got you beatenI dont know replied Mr Connors-
I wont know until ThursdayIf Mr Murphy has you beaten will
you resign before a vote Ig takon atAlbany
Under no circumstances retorted MrConnors will I resign I may be overthrown but I dont know Ill tell youa story about that A friend of minefor a lifetime always said that politicswas different from business In businessyou be sure to close a deal but It neverwas closed In politics until It was closedup see a politician today and youhave to sec him tomorrow to find out Ifhe ic In the place where you left him
Do you expect to see Mr MurpHyIlls Position Made Clear
I do not know whether he will callon me or not replied Chairman Connera I know tit I have talked with-a lot of my friends and tbat X am totalk with more of them tomorrowTuesday and on Wednesday I shall
go to Albany I have not sent foranybody
Have you anything In addition to sayto your Palm Beach statement whereinyou declared that the party was to boturned over to contractors like MurphyGaffney Co and that recent SupremeCourt Justice nominations had been putup at auction
I shall not add to that statement to-night replied Mr Conners but I standby my Palm Beach statement In everyparticular I may Issue an additionalstatement tomorrow or
ALBANY TO BE EIGHT SCENE
Conners and Murpliy to Clash forPower in Committee
Albany N Y Feb 20Chairman Will-
iam J Connors of the Democrat Statecommittee and Charles F Murphy leaderof Tammany Hall have engaged suitesof rooms at the Hotel Ton Eyck forWednesday The fight to oust ChairmanConners will be transferred from NewYork City to the Hotel Ten Eyok on thatdayUnless
Mr Murphy changes his mindJohn A Dix will be the Murphy candidate for chairman of the DemocraticState committee to succeed Mr Connersuntil the fall convection meets when MrDix in turn will be succeeded as chairman by the man whom the antiConnorsforces really prefer
Mr Dix has been selected as the enter-ing wedge In the Conners fight becausehe has never been prominent enough Inpolitics to arouse political animosities
See the list of branch offices of thewant ad department of The WashingtonHerald top of firt column want pageand get your branch firmly fixed Inyour memory
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Boston Feb 20 Today is the fortyseventh anniversary of Ute day that MajGen Frederick D Grant was shot duringthe of VIokstaurg the ovont whichhas been teh basis of the demand by VicePresident Shorniarf that Gen Grant beenrolled as a civil war veteran
Dr C A Blake of Brookfield hascome out with evidence to show that thewound received by Grant was not In theline of military duty The man who han-
dled the rifle was tho late Caleb Perryfor many years a carpenter on the Statefarm at Bridgewater and prior to that ahunter and sharpshooter of note At thebeginning of the siege of Vicksburg Perrywas stationed above the regular Unionforces on the Mississippi River withorders o shoot at all persons and craftattempting to pass him without
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Perry puts Gen Grant on record as being moved almost to when he foundthat his son had unwittingly strayed Intothe trap set by the Union forces for Confederate soldiers and the outcome of theaffair was that Fred got more of a repri-mand than had been originally intendedfor Perry
Dr Blake said today I havent theleast desire to detract one jot from GenGrants fame and for that matter Itwould be impossible since he Is one ofthe biggest figures in the army todayBut the fact remains as nearly as I candetermine with accuracy that he neverwas a Veteran and that his only partIn the war was that of a boy Inhabiting-his fathers camp Therefore the Idea tohonor him for wounds received Is
I have every reason to believe fromPerrys account that Grant was merelya member of his fathers camp and thathe neither bore the title nor the uniformof a captain
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Four Dead and Four Seriously Hurtat Fredericktown b
Fredorlcktown Mo Feb 20 Four menwere Instantly killed and four otherswere seriously hurt when the brick wallof the burning Keyes building fell uponthem today
FIRES ON PREMIER
Three Bullets of fanatic in Cairo
Hit Boutros PashaCairo Feb 20 Prime Minister Boutros
Pasha while leaving the ministry offoreign affciirs to4ay was flr d at fivetimes with a revolver by a Nationalistparty fanatic ot the name of WardanlThree of the shots Inflicted severewounds Boutros Pasha was taken atonce to hospital where physicians saidhis Injuries are serious His assailantwas arrested
Tho Khedive Sir Eldon Gorst the British diplomatic agent and others of promi-nence went hastily to the hospital as soonas they learned of the shooting and con-
doled with the prime minister
SOLONS STAND PAT
Judge Wrights Order
Will Be IgnoredSenator Smoot of Utah chairman
of the joint printing commission of Con-
gress said yesterday that the attitude ofthe Senators wile are members of thejoint commission toward tho order issuedby Justice Wright in mandamus proceeding brought the Valley PaperCMmpany was unchanged
The Senators will not appear notwithstanding the action taken by the HouseInstructing the Representatives who aremembers of the commission to appear incourt next Friday in respon to thesummons The situation will bo unusualespecially if the court should hold thatit had jurisdiction
FIFTY DIE IN STORM
Conditions Over British Isles Grow
Worse in Two Days
London Feb 20 An exceptionally vio-
lent southwest gale which has prevailedover the British Isles for two or threedays reached hurricane force today thewind sometimes reaching a velocity ofeighty miles an hour There have beenseveral wrecks on tljo coasts and a num-ber of disasters ashre resulting in theaggregate to nearly flfty deaths
The steamer Queen from Boulognewith 129 vainly tried to enterFolkatono this evening She was finallycompelled to stand off at sea whore shehas been tossing like a cork for hours
Tho Cunard Line steamer Mauretanlawas compelled to lie ort Queenstown fornine hours before sa was able to enterand embark tmOtJ wd passengers forNew York r le retailed she wasunable to drop the local pilot at RecitesPoint and IB taking him to New York
Severe thunder and lightning and heavyrains accompanied the gale In manyplaces causing floods Miles of phonowires are down and communication between London and many of the Northernand Western cities has been stoppedThree hundred lines down In LondonThe suffragette demonstration scheduled-to be held In Trafalgar Square this after-noon was compulsorily abandoned only-a handful of enthusiasts being able toface the weather The gale is still blow-Ing
TTTTFF RANSACKS HOUSE
Dwelling of Missouri GerardWhile Family AVa at Church
Missouri Gerard who lives at 477 Mary-land avenue southwest reported to thepolice that his house had been enteredand robbed yesterday while he was atchurch
Throe watches valued at 65 and somesmall change was taken The thief
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Son of New Jersey Army Officer IsVictim of Accident
Somerville N J Feb 20 Edwin Dungon the nineyearold son of Col Nelson-Y Dungon commander of the SecondRegiment of New Jersey was found deadwith his neck broken in the stables backof the Dungon residence today
The boy had been romping with hislittle sister in the hay mow of the stablesduring the morning
DIES OF BOLO WOUND
Robert Johnson HnTvnilmi IrrigatorPauses Away at Bayonne
New York Feb 20 Robert A Johnsonwho helped to introduce Irrigation intothe Hawaiian Islands died in Bayonnetoday He was In the employ of ClausSpreckels from the time he was twentyyears old and was sent to the HawaiianIslands Philippines and Japan as over-seer of the sugar plantations He was inthe PhJHpplneg during the war He wasstruck by bolo In a fight and the Injurywas given as the cause of his Illnesswhich resulted from locomotor ataxIa
LESLIE CLARK ARRESTED
Prince Francis Joseph of BraganxaCharges Swindle
Berlin Fob 20 Leslie Clark represent-ing a mlnlng of London whobrought here promissory notes represent-ing 100060 which were given by PrinceFrancis Joseph of Braganza in a miningventure to a man whom the Prince saysho supposed was Frederick Vanderbiltand which were later seized by the policehas been placed under arrest
Prince Francis charges him with com-
plicity In a swindle
CANON RITES POR AMERICANS-
Rome Feb 20 America is to be espe-
cially favored In the matter of canoniz-ing new saints No fewer than ten de-
ceased North Americans are to receivethe title of blessed at the twentyone sit-
tings of the Congregation of Rites to behold here during 1910 The assembly willbe in deed very busy making new saintsthis year The total number of canonizations will be 321 Ireland will get twoand England one The remainder will beapportioned among the Catholic coun-tries
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Four dying 100 in hospital297 cars damaged 3 burned2608 windows broken totaldamage 5000
Arrests 150Cars run during Sunday
702 normal number 1004Both strikers and company
claim advantageShowdown of strength ex
pected today when attemptwill be made by company tofurnish service for busy crowd
Company says only 4000are on strike with 2200 loyal
Union says 7000 are strik-ing including every old employe
Transit Company accusesstrikers of making trouble
Mass meeting of carmen setfor 1 oclock today at LyceumHall
MAY EXPOSE MOVE
Trial of Senator Allds to Be Resumed Tomorrow
Albany Feb 20 When the trial of Sen-
ator Jotham P Allds Is renewed beforethe senate committee of the whole onTuesday morning a determined fight willbe made by ESwis E Carr to compelSenator Conger to reveal all he knowsabout the distribution of the 4COO heclaims was given to Assemblyman JeanBurnett Counsel for Allde have been ledto believe that Burnett acted as the disbursing officer who distributed portionsof the 4000 where results would be mosteffective In the event of any additionalnames being brought into the case laconnection with the boodle fund of 1901
the investigation will be prolongedThe expectation that Mr Carr might be
successful in bringing out the names ofmen other than Nixon Burnett andAllds gave the closing hours of the trialon Friday a sensational tinge If Senator Conger Is unmoved from his
made on direct examination that hedid not know what became of the HOQQ
after Burnett got It the supposition isthat tho limit had been reached as far asexposures are concerned It no othernames are brought out counsel qn bothsides feol that they can sum up thalr-caee and have the trial over by the
3f next week
EXPRINCESS SON IN BRAWL
Cornell Student Arrested on Chargeof Fighting with Negro
Ithaca N Y Feb 20 Eugene A Culbertson of Budapest a junior In the col-
lege of law at Cornell University will bearraigned in Police Court tomorrowmorning charged with threatening a negrowaiter with a razor and resisting arrestCulbertson had a tusslo with three po-
lice officers before he was jailed Laterhe was released on ball
He Is the son of Raymond Culbertsonof a wellknown Philadelphia family whois at present in business in Russia Hismother was Xenla Ragozuya Russianprincess who married his father whenshe wag a young girl and was disin-herited
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Copenhagen Denmark Fob 3ft A letter purporting to come from Frederick ACook has been received by the Universityof Copenhagen which seems to be Intended for a confession that he didntreach the north pole
This letter is typewritten in the thirdperson seemingly dictated bearspostmark of a town in Minnesota and isnot signed
The members of the university oonsistory have been summoned to meet anconsider the document
ZELAYA REACHES SPAIN
Blames Uncle Sam for Ills Exile
Madrid Feb 20 ExPresident Zelayaof Nicaragua has arrived here He de-
clares his intention to prove documentartly that the revolution In Nicaraguawas caused by Intrigues of the UnitedStates
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Police and Worst Is Expected
SEVERAL OF VICTIMS DYING
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Philadelphia Feb are overcrowded witlr persons
shot or beaten in the car strike riots that spread viciously all over sub-
urban Philadelphia today and tonight jfAt least one hundred got in the way of bullets or brisks or paving
stones and half of these were hurt seriously jrThe outlook so alarming late this when the
delphia Rapid Transit Company withdrew everyone of its cars fromservice and sent them to the barnsthat I yor Reyburn authorizedHenry Clay director of public safety to recruit 4000 extra policementomorrow if possible The regular force of 3300 was utterly unable-
to smother the trouble todayThe indications are plain that the Rapid Transit Company intends-
to give C O Pratt and the striking conductors and motormen all thefighting they want and soberminded citizens are considering the ad-
visability of asking the governor to lend a hand with the State con-
stabulary There was never a day in the strike of nine months agowhen things looked as ugly as they do tonight
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Taken to Scene of Murderand Bled for Facts
Atlantic CItY N J Feb 20 The thirddegree which has failed entlrel o break
Iseyler in his denials of anyknqwl f3l r iie3 lath1Jl 1Janft AdamShas completely smashed the nerve ofOrvis Seyler his younger brother untiltoday accused by the police of being anaccessory to the crime
Within a few moments after OrvisSeyler had signified his intention todayto giving what evidence he could about hisknowledge of the murder his handcuffswere removed and he was taken to theend of the pier where he coolly markedout the spots where he stood with AliceAdams when she called to her sister toleave William Seyler on the night ofFebruary 4 and where the older Seylerstood while he held the Adams girl toprevent her leaving
Police officials admitted tonight thatthey had finally cowed young Seylerinto turning witness against his brotherThey refuse to admit that they have
any direct evidence of knowledgeof the actual killing of the girl but havein their possession a long statement fromthe young man which Is believed to in-
clude his conversations with his brotherwhile the two were dodging the police
PENNSY LIMITED DITCHED
Passengers Shaken up When FiveCars Leave Rails
ScIo Ohio Feb 20 A Pennsylvaniapassenger train on the Panhandle Division was partly wrecked near here atS oclock this morning five cars leavingthe rails The passengers were shaken upbut no one was seriously Injured Thetrain was the 24hour limited runningbetween SL Louis and Now and hadtwo engines A rail had been snapped bythe cold
Fat Boy to DisappearLondon Feb Fortune of War
an old city Inn at Pye corner WestSmithfield which marks the spot wherethe great fire ceased has closed its doorsand will shortly be demolished It isfamous for tho figure of a gilded fat boy
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Firemen Who Rush to Scene
WRECK
Philadelphia Feb 20At Lehigh ave-
nue there wore women in the mob thatdrove three POlicemen and a donductor
and a motorman from a car and beatthem
They smashed the windows wrenched
the metal parts with crowbars used
knives and axes on the woodwork ripped
up the seats and then piled the debrisIn the middle of the car and set It on
fireThefew policemen who got up on It
were helpless They were outnumbered00 to 1 and If they had made a motion
they would have been jumped on A fireengine rolled up and two firemen Jumped-
on the car and began to kick the blaz-
ing wreckage out of the oar door Awoman climbed on the platform and
to beat and kick the firemen Thecrowd cheered her
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Another nasty fight took place atClarissa and Dcnnie streets where 1000rioters dragged William Berry a motor-man from his car and pounded him soterribly that he will die
Kensington gave the police more trou-ble perhaps than any other section Therioting began early and it continueduntil the company quit running carsThere were so many fights that only themore serious could be given attentionfrom the station house Hundreds ofheads got rapped with policemens clubs
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of its ietermination to stand firm againstthe closed shop demand D T Pierceexecutive assistant to President Kruger-of the Rapid Transit Company said to-
nightEvery one of those thousands of bricks
that were thrown today adds to the de-
termination of officials of this company-to spend every cent in the treasury anduse every bit of power they to keepthe system In operation without the useof these men who have struck The menwere treated fairly and the conductorsand motormen that were discharged hadbeen guUty oC WlionQty or vaslpn oJ
OiTtbjf of air PIftrc attd state-ment came another from C 0 Prattthe national organizer who Is homingthis strike In person
He said that a meeting of the CentralLabor Unions executive committee hadbeen held tonight In the borne of President John J Murphy and that the com-mittee with Murphys approval decidedto call a general strike if the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company perseveredin trying to run cars with nonunion men
Murphy who Is thoroughly In sympathywith the striking conductors and mo-
tormen confirmed Pratts statementWould Shut Down AVhole City
Murphy says he has the power to callout 100000 men which would tie up orcripple practically every industrial es-
tablishment in the cityHow frequent and generally distributed
was the rioting today and tonight maybe judged when it is known there wasa call for policemen every four minutesfrom early morning until late in theevening
The area of rioting was so immensethat the police had a desperately diff-icult problem on their hands Severaltimes during the day there were tights inwhich more than persons were taking part occurring simttftaneeMly in adozen farseparated localities The northeast and northwest was alive with trou-ble It ran as far south as Qirard ave-nue Kenlngston was a particularlyriotous section and there much of theserious trouble took place
Win Some into Their RanksThe tactics employed by the strikers
were practically the same everywhereThey tried to pull loyal conductors andmotormen off the cars Sometimes theysucceeded because the carmen lost theirnerve and ran but often the car opera-tives showed spunk Then the strikerswould throw bricks smashing windowsand sometimes heads They rolled crossties and rails on the tracks and blockedcar lines When the police squads got toeach riot spot there was always to befound two nonunion men trying to wardoff blows and save themselves from being knocked and stamped on
There was nothing delicate about themethods the strikers used tonight Timeafter time the police wore so greatly outnumbered that they woro driven backwith torn uniforms Sometimes they madearrests but only after fifteen minutesclubbing
Occasionally they hadjo shoot One ofthese incidents took place at Thlrtaentnand Cambridge streets A mob stoned acar until every window was broken Asquad of police came up and charged Intothe crowd A child named Violet Bezanthirteen years old was standing on thasidewalk Hundreds of men and somewomen were yelling and throwing stonesall around her A policeman ran from theInside of the car to the front platformHe shot into the crowd several times andone of the bullets struck the little Bezangirl In the abdomen There Is hardly achance for her to recover 33ght othersincluding a policeman and a fireman werehit with bullets or bricks In this fight andthe car was burned
Boys Skull FracturedAn elevenyearold boy Samson Skle
now was riding In a Frankllnvllle carwith his mother At Eighth and McKeaustreets a crowd of 1600 or sur-rounded the car and began to bombard itwith bricks and paving stones The pas-sengers got down on the floor and triedto dodge the missiles and the shatteredglass A brick hit the Sklonow boy ontho side of the head and fractured hisskull He wilt probably die
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