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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-

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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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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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WALL CRUSHES EIGHT

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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Car Strike Riots Call Out 4000 Extra

Police and Worst Is Expected

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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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Use Crowtiars and Axes Fire Debris and Rebuff

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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stream of cold water At the momentwhen things looked pretty ticklish forthe blucoats fifty men under DirectorClay Supt of Police OLeary and LieutMills arrived In eight automobiles Clayordered his squad to charge straight Intothe mob and use a club on every headthat stuck itself in the way The fiftycops went driving into the crowd inwedge formation They swung theirclubs with telling effect and a dozenstubborn fighters la the army of strikersewnt down with cut heads

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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