The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-07-18
Twenty THOUSAND IDLE
The Second Week OF the Freight
Handlers Strike Opens With
Shipping at a Standstill.
no HOPE FOR AN EARLY SETTLEMENT.
one Of the Worst strikes I'm Chica-
go's uistory-WhoIesale Houses
Closed Down, and They ssan~ 10
Lose Milltons-The 10
Admittedly Very Grave.

Chicago, July 15.-While the whole
sale business of this city Is almost
completely paralyzed, and while its
business men are standing a loss or
81, OO0, 900 a day, the striking freight
handlers and the railroads are in .
deadlock and nnoun their deter
mination to fight to a finish over the
question of one-half q cent per hour
per man, or a total of $500 for every
"a hours, this being divided on one
side between "a railroads and on the
other between 10000 men.
The situation tonight is more seri-
Gus than at any time since the COM
mencement of the trouble, and at no
time since the walkout have the
points at issue been so o~bstinateiy
maintained. Three times to-day the
freight handlers sent committees TO
meet the general managers, and
three times they came back without
results. The first call was made with
out giving warning to the managers,
and when the committees arrived
they were unable to find many OF
them, for the reason that the man.
ayers were having a meeting OF their
own and were not at their offices.
The second call produced more CT
feet. as several of the committees
saw the managers, but nothing def
mite resulted. The last committees
) were Sent out by President Curran OF
) the freight handlers at the demand
Of the transfers, who wanted IN
thing toward n settlement. This time
the committees were started so late
in the afternoon that it was a fore
rone conclusion 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 Milwaukee & st.
? Paul road came back bearing the in
:. formation that they had been re-
: fused admission and were Informed
: that their former employers did not
:. care to receive them. that they had
: all the men necessary in their bust
: ness, and that hereafter no deputa'
: tons would be received from en-
.. ployes who had gone on strike. III
J officials of the road declared later
that they would maintain this posi-
ton.
q Will he Fought to u Finish.
=. After this had been reported a.
~ headquarters of the strikers Presi
dent Curran announced that the figh'
Z. was on to a finish, and that hereafter
when the railroads had any overture
to make. or wished to do any bust
ness with their employees, they woul'
be compelled to transact such bus
ness through the officers OF tn
n Freight Handlers union. Both side
now declare that they have reache
q the limit and that absolutely nothin
"a will be conceded. The men deman
no 17is cents; the managers say tina
"A they will not under any circun
stances nav more than IL cents.
Business. Men Will Drive Wagons.
IN The business men of the city, pnl
rs tioularly those who deal in perish;
IS BILE goods, are growing FESTIVE and d.
". clare they can endure the situate
ks but a short time longer. 1t is cos
ing them more thar either the stril
ers or the railroads, and they say TIT
SS II the strike shall not be settled witt
in a week many of them will be bad
~ crippled. To bring about an end
the blockade which is maintained
the strikers and their friends, II
teamsters. the commission men
- South Water street met his afte
ser noon to take matters into their ov
!, hands. 1t was out of the question Il
'rd the employers to look to the tear
sters to drive to the depots, and thu
ere therefore decided to drive their ov
vas wagons to the depots tomorrow al
remove from them all Of the goo
that had been consigned to the
much OF which Ia being rapidly RUNE
A message was sem to Mayor Har
-. son asking If police protection wou
be afforded. Just at this time, no
ever, word was received that Pre-
dent Young, Of the Transfers \
tional union, had arrived in the CT
a and that a meeting of the executi
officers Of that body would be held
night to consider the advisability
ordering the men now on strike
DIV. return, or Of calling out every tea
tho ster in the city who is affiliated W
,o;s the union. The merchants decided
nor await the results of this meetiI
"a and IL the teamsters should be
ock dered back, they would go for tn