The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-12
WILL GET TOGETHER
STRIKERS AND EMPLOYERS TO
CONFER.
Mutual Concessions by the Freight
Handlers and the Railroads
Pave Way for Settlement Of
the Troubles.

Chicago, July u.-Mutual concessions by
the Freight handlers and by the railroads
have paved the way for conference be-
tween the managers and their employees
which it is hoped will lead to their set
tlement of the freight handlers strike.
These conferences which will be the result
of the work of the Chicago Board of Ar
filtration. will be held tomorrow morning.
After working all day upon the situa-
tin the Board of Arbitration tonight made
the following recommendation. which has
been accepted by the railroads and by
the freight handlers:
That a committee of five. four of
whom must be employees of their respect
i've railroad and having full power to act.
meet with the proper officers of the SAID
railroad during the forenoon of Saturday.
July IL, to settle the existing differences
between the railroads and the freight
handlers"
While not so expressed in the recon-
menda tion. 1t is understood by all par
ties that the fifth member of each COM
mittee Is to be a contender of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the freight hand
lers.
President Curran of the freight hand
lers has from the first vehemently oppos-
ed the meeting of any of the employees
of the road with its officers, unless an Of
ficer of the union should be with them
The railroads have insisted that they
were ready at all times to listen to the
demands of their employees but would
not transact business through third par
ties. The agreement reached tonight is.
therefore, slight concession on both
Sides
After receiving the consent of the
freight handlers, the members OF the
Board of Arbitration prepared a list of
demands for the men to present tomor-
row morning In drawing them up they
said they were assured that they would
| be acceptable to the railroads. The gen.
eral managers said they had not been
consulted about the demands but added
that they would meet the men and use
| every possible means to reach a settle
| ment.
There was more rioting today than
| yesterday. but nobody was seriously in
| jured. The chief sufferers were team
sters who tried to deliver goods at the
| freight houses. All the streets leading tc
the depots were picketed and 1t was i'm
possible for teamster to get a load tc
any depot without being stopped ]. G
Klein. a driver for a clasp company, was
stopped at Sixteenth and Clark Streets
this afternoon by crowd of pickets
| They boarded his wagon and finding that
he had a lot of freight consigned TO the
Erie road the strikers pulled him from
| the wagon and beat him badly. A driver
| of a"1an left the Pennsylvania depot
| with a load of household furniture and
within the distance of a square was
knocked from his wagon with a paving
stone. hurled by a man who had followed
him from the freight house. A driver OF
N the Kennedy Biscuit Company was badly
| pounded by a group of men Just after
/ = e . l. yk,.
lington road. There were numerous Other
assaults, which the police were unable tC
prevent. The strikers had determined, tC
make an extra strong effort in the neigh
borhood of South Water Street. where
| many commission houseSSare located. bu
| they accomplished very little during thu
day. Lieutenant Cudmore was stationed
| there with a strong detail of police ant
he would not permit striker to stop {
team or raise his hand to stop one.
If the conferences between the genera
managers and the strikers shall not LEAD
to settlement of the strike, it is a practi
cal certainty that all the members o
the Transfers union will go out TIL
drivers for the commission houses oil
South Water Street informed their EN-
ployers this afternoon that they woulC
handle goods from the lake and for tn
express companies, but that they woulC
not after tomorrow deliver anything from
the freight houses or haul anything t.
them. This means, according to the com
mitteemen that 100000 worth of produce
which will arrive tomorrow morning, will
be allowed to spoil unless the strike shall
be settled before noon. The commission
men have determined to divert as mucl
as possible of their supplies to the eX
press companies at outlying stations
This will mean an immediate Increase o
% per cent in the price of vegetables a
the express charges will be added to tn
| ,suaI cost Of freight