Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-19
|CHICACO STRIKE
WILL LIKELY SPREAD
II Is Feared Transfers Will Go
Out in Sympathy With
Freight Handlers.
BUSINESS MEN STIRRED
Chicago Gets Restive as Food Supplies
Begin to Railroads Will No
Longer NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Determined.

Chicago, July 12.-Late last night IL
was stated the roads will not arbitrate,
but will post in their freight houses a
statement of what they are willing to
grant, and the prediction is made that
the men will find it satisfactory.
Chicago, July 12.--Business men or
the city took ar active part in attempt
Ing 10 settle the strike Of the freight
handlers yesterday. and at midnight
last night sorae progress a been
made.
An agreement was secured from the
Freight Handlers union that the or
ganization would abide by the decis-,
OF the Chicago board Of arbitration
If hat organization could arrange
meetings with the railroads. 1t is not
likely such. action will be taken before
this morning, If at all.
General Manager Hit of the Rock
Island, and General Manager Barrett
of the Alton, said last night they did
see what there was to arbitrate.
The general manager of another large
road said that no proposition
for arbitration would be entertained
by his road.
Under the circumstances" he said,
there is nothing to arbitrate. The
strikers are basing their hopes of sue
cess on a sympathetic strike of the
teamsters. 1t Is generally conceded
that the freight handlers nave but a
small chance to win unless they have
the support of THE Transfers union"
The officers of the Transfers union
profess to be opposed to any strike,
but they say that the desire to strike
is strong among the Transfers. 1t
was thought last night that the worst
danger of the strike was over, but the
meetings Of the freight handlers yes
terday developed an almost unanimous
desire to continue the fight, with or
without the aid of other organizations.
After the decision had been reached,
President Curran of the freight hand
lers appealed to the members of the
board Of arbitration to settle the
strike.
Business Men Join In.
Mr.. Selfredge asked MI. Curran II
the members of the executive council
of the freight handlers would sign an
to abide by the decision Of
the arbitration committee. Mr.. Cur
ran said he would have to confer with
the committee, inc the meeting ad-
journed until 4 o'clock.
At that time President Curran and
all the members Of the executive COM
mittee of the freight handlers met
sever members of the Team Owners
association and an equal number Of
the Chicago board of arbitration. Pres
ident Curran announced that he
freight handlers would accept what
ever recommendation the arbitration
committee might make.
The determination Of the business
men of Chicago TO endeavor TO secure
q settlement of the strike was taken
when symptoms of unrest appeared
among the Transfers. Nearly 1000
refused to work when the
freight handlers decided to continue
the fight.
A refusal Of these men to carry out
their contracts made recently at the
end of their strike would mean heavy
loss to the business interests of the
city, and the services of the Chicago
of arbitration were enlisted.
Those who took a hand In the work of
to secure a settlement yesterday
were II. G. Selfredge, Henry b. Steele,
Frank j. Hebard, Arthur Dixon, f. G..
and w. T.. Defiant.
The railroads said that they were in
shape yesterday han the day
A number Of strikers returned
to their places yesterday as follows:
Chicago and Northwestern, 25; Chi
Milwaukee and st. Paul, $50 out
Of 200 strikers; Panhandle, Il out Of
100; Wisconsin Central, nearly all.
The Illinois Central and the Wiscon-
sin Central roads made a satisfactory
agreement with their men. The wage
schedule was a little In advance Of the
offered the night before. The
of the Illinois Central said:
W. have reached an agreement with
the men, but it Is not certain that any
great number Of them will come back.
Transfers employed by the Dixen
Transfer company. the largest in the
city, decided last night hat If the
strike was not settled today they would
quit work. Fifteen hundred teamsters
met last night, but took no action
toward a sympathetic strike. The
gathering was stormy, and there was
overwhelming sentiment among the
men In favor of n strike.
Daniel Furman, secretary of the
teamsters' union, denounced the pro-
posed action of the men In violating
their contracts.
While there will be no action by tie
teamsters as a Lody, ii is likely that
the men individually will refuse to take
freight TO the freight houses WNen re-
quested not to do so by the pickets Of
the freight handlers uni n.
Food Prices Go Up.
At h meeting it was announced
from the platform that during the day
twelve teamsters had been 'slugged".
while endeaVoring to carry freight to
the depots.
Members of the federation of labor
called on Mayor Harrison during the
afternoon and informed him thai they
will refuse to order a sympathetic strike
in aid of the freight handlers.
Prices OF fruit and vegetables have al
ready risen materially as a result of the
freight handlers strike.
A number Of the teamsters of the COM
mission men who handle the city's vege-
tables and fruit supplies refused to work
this morning. Several commission men
held a meeting to consider the advisable
ity of going out of business until the
strike shall be over. A meeting will be
held later, at which the matter will be
determined. The loss to the commission
men is not less than $500. 900 per day.
Apples today went from 50 to s. a bar
rel, bananas from $3.50 to 81 per bunch,
strawberries from SIPS per crate to $1.75.
blackberries and raspberries went up 80
per cent; potatoes are rs cents per bushel,
and will be 81 by Monday II the strike
shall continue. Tomatoes have jumped
from so to 20 cents a crate, and are still
going up. Several commission men had