The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-07-10

not be held responsible for their actions.
/ If what Mr.. MCGEE fears reaches con-
summation the worst, strike since the
great railway strike will soon be In
progress in Chicago. -..
FREIGHT HANDLERS WILL FIGHT
They Vote Unanimously to Continue
the Strike.
Chicago. July 10.-By unanimous. vote
the freight handlers at a meeting this
morning voted to continue the strike.
1t was decided to refuse the railroads
terms presented last night despite the
official refusal Of the Chicago Federation
of Labor to help them. - ::
This action was taken by Polk local
union, consisting of men. employed by the
Rock Island Baltimore & Ohio, Lake
Shore, Nickel Plate, Great Western, Mo
non and Chicago Terminal Transfer roads
and the Western Local. comprising men
| in the warehouses of the Burlington,
| Chica go & North Western, st. Paul, Fort
Wayne and Chicago & Alton roads. One
thousand members were present at the
injecting. ~
President Curran, of the Freight Han
dlers Union, advocated accepting the
terms offered by the railroads and re-
| turning to work to a wait an opportunity
to retaliate upon the Transfers Union
and the Chicago Federation of Labor.
His proposition was entirely lost IN the
excitement that followed and by a stand
/ ing vote the strikers not only decided to
stay out hut to fight to the last ditch
without seking cooperation or support.
! : Following the meeting Of Polk and
| Western locals. a2delegation Of thirty
strikers visited the Burlington yards and
persuaded all the transfers delivering or
receiving freight, except those of Mar
shall Field & Co., to drive away with
their work uncompleted. The delegation
The action of the teamsters is contrary
| to the orders of the officials of their
| union. 49, ~...,@... .
At meeting held later Healy union to
which belong Erie, Grand Trunk, Waba7
sha and Chicago & Eastern Illinois ware
housemen, voted to continue the strike.
Five striking freight handlers were ar
legged murder of John Lander. also a
striker. -
Last night Lander announced that he
intended to return to work to-day and a
group of freight handlers to whom he
made the declaration began to abuse him.
A short time afterward he was found in a
hallway with his throat cut. He was
taken to the hospital, where he died
The police last night arrested Daniel Gro
gan, a freight handler, whom they. sus-
pected Of killing Lander. ..,g :
At 1890 the Northwest local, compris-
ing men from the st. Paul, Pan Handle
and Galena & Wisconsin divisions of the
North Western and Central local, en-
bracing the Illinois Central, Wisconsin
Central and Michigan Central, voted tt
continue the strike. .:.. -..t,> ~
w. c. Brown, vice president of the Lake
Shore road, upon hearing Of the action o.
} the strikers, issued an ultimatun de
claring that If the men were not back a.
work by tonight, the non -uinon men wht
have been hired i'm their places, would b.
t recognized as ''old employees" ~
President. Curran at the meeting Of TIT
, Central local declared his intention 0
making another a tempt to secure thu
official aid of the Chicago Federation o
Labor and Of the Transfers Union.
The Men Take Decisive Action.
Mr. Browns ultimatum was received
quietly by the men. Meantime the de
cision of the men, to flight to the bit
. ter end was made evident by decisiv,
movements. Delegations Of picket
marched to all the freight houses. The,
, stopped wagons and vans and chiefly b,
, persuasion (a1though there were a few
scuffles) got the drivers to turn back
BY noon it was said that practically n,
: teaming was being done at. any of tn
I. freight houses.
The scene at the Burlington warehous
was typical. Two hundred wagons wer
lined UP on Canal street when the strik
= ers arrived. Members made speeche
I appealing to the transfers, in the nam
of union brotherhood, y to stand by tn
!. freight handlers. Meanwhile other truck
: continued to arrive and Canal street an
It it's intersections were soon congested
>, Some body turned in a riot call, but tn
If police, who came rushing to the rescue
r found no fghting-only wagons goin
away empty or partly loaded.
$ Wholesale Houses Gloomy.
The majority of the roads found them
selves as badly off as Monday when
came to handling such freight as reache
: the warehouses.
8. The news of the failure Of peace plan
;. was received by the big wholesale houses
who will be among the greatest sufferers
with gloomy words and faces. Man
have made practically no attempts t
ship goods since the strike began, hop
ing that an early settlement would re
lieye them of embarrassment. They ha
Il much faith in the power of the pressur
Z exerted in favor of settlement, and tn
I failure to-day brought them to a realiza
e ton that severe struggle of some lengt
le probably stares them in the face.s The
'e are already much behind in filling order
$. and more men were laid off to-day. TIL
d attitude Of the individual transfers aide
'e greatly to the feeling of depression. A
g feared that McGee's prediction that
r sympathetic strike would be forced wa
re only too true.
II II Roads Hiring New Men.
x Managers of the other roads assume
positions similar to that taken by til