Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-18
OVER HALF A CENT
THIS PREVENTS A SETTLEMENT
OF CHICAGO STRIKE.
Both Railroads and Frcishthandlers Saw Thew
Will Yield Nothing More, and Expect to
Fight It Out to a Finish-Busness Men
Of the City Losing Million Dollars a
Day-No Sign Of Settlement

Chicago, June 16.-While the whole.
sale business of this city is almost COM
pletely paralyzed, and while its busi-
ness men are standing a loss of 81 ,OO0,-
600 day, the striking freighthandlers
and the railroads are in deadlock and
announce their determination to fight
to'a finish over the question of one-half
cent per hour per man, or a total of
5000 tor every "a hours, this being
divided on one side between "a rail-
roads and on the other side between
10, 900 men.
The situation tonight is more serious
than at any time since the commence
ment of the trouble, and at no time
since the walkout have the points at
issue been so obstinately maintained.
Three times yesterday the freight.
handlers sent committees to meet the
general managers, and three times
came back without results The first
call was made without giving warming
to the managers, and when the commit.
tees arrived, they were unable to find
any of them, for the reason that the
managers were having a meeting of
their own, and were not at their offices.
The second call produced more effect,
as several of the committees saw the
managers, but nothing definite resulted.
The last committees were sent out by
President Curran, of the freighthand-
lers, at the demand of the teamsters.
who wanted something attempted to-
ward settlement. This time the COM
mittees were started so late in the
afternoon that it was foregone conclu-
sion that they would not find many of
the general managers at their offices.
All the committees reported, as before,
that they had failed OF any result.
The committee that went to the Mil
waukee & St. Paul road came back
bearing the information that they had
been refused admission, and were in
formed that their former employers did
not care to receive them, that they had
all the men necessary in their business,
and that hereafter no deputations
would be received from employees who
mad gone on strike. The officials of
the road declared later that thew would
maintain this position.
dltoT ILLS naQ Deen reported at head
quarters of the strikers, President Cur
ran announced that the fight was on to
finish, and that hereafter when the
railroads had any overtures to make, or
wished to do any business with their
employees, they would be compelled to
transact such business through the
officers of the Freighthandlers: union.
Both sides now declare that they
have reached the limit, and that abso-
lutely nothing will be conceded. The
men demand 17h cents, and the man
ayers say that they will not, under any
circumstances, pay more than II cents.
The railroad warehouses, ordinarily
a hive of industry, were almost as quiet
as on Sunday. At distance from each
warehouse was a company of pickets
posted to keep freight from entering or
leaving the sheds. Nearer the depots
were guards of police on duty to protect
the men in the warehouses and to quelI
any disturbances which might arise.
Gangs of nonunion men brought into
the city to take the places of the strik-
ers lounged about the warehouses or in
their cars, with scarcely anything to