The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-07-19
CHICAGO STRIKE SITUATION
The Railroads Declare They viii
Offer the Men the Same Terms
That Were Rejected.
OTHER UNIONS BEING DRAWN INTO IT.
General Belief That There Are Hut
Slight Chances For an Early Settlement.
and That IL WIN Be Fight TO the Fln-
ish-Every Teamster Votes In Not Han
die Freight

Chicago, July 1s.-Final overtures
for the settlement of the strike of
freight handlers and teamsters were
made at meetings of the two unions
tonight. At the instigation Of mem
hers of the Chicago board of arbitra-
tion the freight handlers agreed TO
send committees to all the railroads
tomorrow morning. This agreement
was made after the board announced
to the union men that eight of the
largest railroads entering Chicago
agreed to pay t7h cents an hour TO
truckers, and pay for overtime and
TO do away with the demand for a
probationary period of service.
The general managers of the rail-
roads declared they had agreed to no
such proposition. They declared that
when the committees shall visit the
railroad Offices tomorrow morning
the roads will offer them the same
terms as those which were rejected
by the union men yesterday. The
statement from the general managers
destroyed the hope of settlement
of the strike tomorrow on the basis
Of the terms suggested by the gen.
eral managers Of the railroads.
Even If the general managers had
not insisted upon maintaining their
position II is not probable that set
tlement could be effected. The freight
handlers agreed to make another eff
fort to reach settlement with the
railroads only TO please the team.
sters, who previously had indorsed
the attempt of the board of arbitra'
tion to settle the strike.
There is lack of evidence OF their
attempt TO make a serious effort to
settle the controversy. President
Curran of the Freight Handlers
union stated tonight that the com
mittees tomorrow morning win insist
on the payment of IS cents an hour
instead of 17h cents, which the rail
roads are reported TO have offered.
He also stated that the freight
handlers will make no more over
lures, and hereafter will reject all
proposals which shall not stipulate
for the payment OF the wage scale
as formulated by the union and the
recognition of the organization.
With the general managers and the
unions both maintaining these re-
spective positions IL is believed that
there is slight chance for a settle
ment tomorrow, and that when that
opportunity shall have vanished IL
will be fight 10 a finish.
Every teamsters' union in Chicago
that has members handling freight,
voted to-day to refuse TO take teams
to the freight depots.
Longshoremen of Chicago who have
been in only partially organized con-
dition were formed into a union to-
day. They are out now in sympathy
with the freight handlers, but to-
morrow may inaugurate an independ-
ent strike of their own if their scale
of wages for loading and unloading
lake freight boats shall be refused.
The ice storage employees have also
agreed not to ice refrigerator cars
nor to visit railroad yards. This is
virtually a sympathetic strike. and
until the railroads shall settle the
trouble with the freight handlers the
ice storage points along the railroad
lines will have to be closed.