Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-14
OVER 10000 MEN OUT
Shipping Business at STAND
still in Chicago.
PICKEIS ARE POSTED
EFFORTS TO KEEP OUT NON
UNION MEN.
It is Estimated That the Daily Loss is
Considerably Over
S1,OOo,OOO.
PICKETS ARE POSTED

CHICAGO, July 1.-THE second week of
the freight handlers strike began today
with over 5000 men idle and shipping at
standstill. The railroad warehouses, or
drariy hives of industry, were almost as
quiet as they were yesterday, far as
regular business was concerned. At dis
tance from each warehouse was a COM
pany of pickets posted to keep freight
from entering or leaving the sheds Near
er the depots were guards of police, on
duty TO protect the men in the warehouses
and 10 quelI any disturbances which might
arise
Gangs of non-union men brought into the
city to take the places of the strikers
lOunged about the warehouses or IN their
cars with scarcely anything to do.
President Curran of the Freight Hand
lers Union appointed committees to visit
the various railroads But his proposition
had reverted to the original one, further
than ever from the ideas of the railroad
managers, and no hope was expressed that
settlement would be made today, or even
this week The line between the opposing
parties plainly drawn today and no
move of either side was made to cross 1t.
Wholesale Houses Doing Little.
Wholesale houses made practically no
attempt to send out freight or to receive
it These big establishments were all but
closed down. The strike has cost them
hundreds of thousands of dollars already,
and they stand to lose millions should the
conditions which obtained this morning
continue. The loss in wages to the strik-
ing freight handlers and their sympa-
thizers, the teamsters, to the railroads and
other lines of business is roughly esti-
mated at considerably over S1,o00,OO0
day. The situation is admittedly very
grave.
Commission merchants on South Water
street declared that usually animated mar
ket dead. In times of commercial peace
This street is of the most cOngested in
the world. Today in front of many of the
stores there was not a wagon and scarcely
a crate, box or barrel of produce. Some
had few berries brought by boat from
Michigan and Wisconsin, but these were
about the only fresh arrivals. Thirty cars
of highly perishable stuff was reported on
the ira acks, while many more cars contain
ing commodities which will last a few days
longer lay abandoned. OF todays arrivals
by rail only three carloads were cared fo:
promptly. These contained live poultry 1t
was said that the humane society would net
allow them to perish and a permit was Sc
cured TO take them to South Water street
One Dealers Neat Strategy.
One wholesaler had a carload of Georgia
peaches on sale. The peaches came in Sat
urday by rail, but the teamsters refused TO
haul anything from the railroads The
dealer thereupon shipped the car around
the lake to st. Joseph, Mich. where the
consignment was transferred TO q boat and
reached here this morning
President Field of the Knickerbocker Ice
company stated today that the icemen were
hauling Ice every where, including the rail-
way depots and to cars. This was denied
by some of the strikers.