Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-09
TRANSFERS REFUSE TO AID
will Not Assist Chicago Freight Handlers
in Their Strike.
REASONS GIVEN IN PUBLIC STATEMENT
Omcials of the Teamsters' Union Say
Freight Handlers InsusurRted
strike without sanction Of
Federation of Labor.

CHICAGO. July s.-Through the Efforts
OF Chairman Job of the state arbitration
committee a series OF. meetings have been
arranged for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
between the general managers Of each OF
the roads and a committee Of fve men
from the striking freight handlers Of the
same line.
Chairman Job went to each railroad sep
arately and asked the general manager IL
he would receive a committee OF the
strikers. In every instance he was in
formed that the committee would be re-
ceived II 1t was understood that 1t came
from the employees OF the road and not
from the Freight Handlers union. Then
Mr.. Job reported to- the men his success
with the railroads and secured their con-
sent to the meetings. II was arranged that
each committee should consist of fve
strikers. The conference will be held at
5 a. M. These committees will not OF
themselves be empowered to settle the
strike, and IL any agreement is made at
the meetings 1t will be reported back to
the union at 2 p. M. for approval and no
action will be taken until IL has the sane
tion Of the officers Of the union.
Chairman JOB said tonight that he had
inserted the entering wedge for the settle.
ment of the strike.
The men have all along insisted he
said, that they would not meet the man.
ayers unless they were received as mem
beers of the union. =, The managers have
said that they would confer with the men
at any time provided they came as en-
ployes Of the road with a grievance to be
adjusted. OF course l cannot tell what will
come from the meetings, but the differ
ences in the demands OF the men and the
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recognition Of the union is practically the
only thing at issue. The men show a dis
position to be less stif in this respect, and
1 hope that we have entered upon the be-
ginning Of the end"
Statement by Curran.
President Curran Of the Freight Handlers
issued the following statement tonight:
I'VE have offered to submit the issue
to arbitration. 1 had a long conference
tonight with Mr.. Job Of the State Board
Of Arbitration and we went over the stu
alton fully. He suggested that a omrnit
tee OF FIVE freight handlers in each Of the
fifty or more freight houses in Chicago
be appointed to call upon the railway man
ayers by which they are employed and
present our grievances. ! readily agreed
to Mr.. Jobs suggestion and the committees
will be appointed at 6 o'clock tomorrow.
Those committees will confer with the rail-
road officials at 10 o'clock and at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon will report to the com
mittee of the freight handlers union. The
reports {. these various committees Will
decide the duration OF the strike. ] feel
assured that the difficulty will be amicably
adjusted before tomorrow night"
At all the freight houses spickets en-
deavored to pursuade new Corners from taxi
ing jobs and sought to lure the men away,
already at work. hfhithe yaris Of the 1lii-
nois Central, the Sneb tfousht MAST night
were at work on upt -Shable fSeight. They
spent the night in q ting ,caps broueht. for
the purpose and ate Their breakfast In din
ing cars. mostly Of the pattern used on con-
struction trains. r.,
A man familiar with the present trouble
and experienced In strikes said today;
II the teamsters come to the aid of, the
freight handlers they will win; II not the
chances are that they will lose. II Is too
easy for the railroads to bring in new men.
This statement is full of meaning In cop
~nection with the statement Of %oficials Of the
Teamsters' union, who have said that the
freight handlers proceeded to strike with
out the sanction OF the Chicago Federation
Of Labor and that, therefore, they would be
allowed to fight out their own salvation.
JObblng Interests Suffer.
The jobbing interests Of the city are
seriously tied up in their shipping Depart
ment. Heavily laden trucks which left for
the freight yards yesterday are, In many
instances, still in waiting to be unloaded.
The roads so far have had but little chance
of handling anything save perishable
freight.
This afternoon inquiries from the various
railways ELECTED the invariable statement
that freight of all kinds was being handled
with scarcely any delay. 1t was claimed
by all that they had sufficient men to do
the work. Among the recruits at the I'LL
nois Central was an old man and his three
stalwart sons from down the state"
81 am a stakeholder in q small way"
said the old man, land as / heard your
men were leaving, l came up with my
three boys" The quartet were put to work
by the superintendent to whom the an.
nouncement quoted vas made.
President CurrRn Of the freight handlers
declared that he had been assured Of the
support OF the teamsters as individuals
and it is certain that no effort will be
spared by the freight handlers to obtain
the support Of the union to which the driv-
ers belong. National Secretary Turley of
the teamsters' organization said he knew
OF no action on the strike being contem-
!, plated by his union and said the drivers
were performing their duties as usual save
] in q few individual cases.
Clerks Keep Out of strike.
After a protracted meeting the Railway
!; Clerks union early today decided that II
B would not aid the striking freight handlers
3 in any way. When the meeting convened
y last night a deputation Of the strikers pre-
D sented a request for aid. which the clerks,
9 after a long debate. refused to grant Even
' a vote Of sympathy with the strikers was
refused.
Investigation by reporters OF the state
ment that full crews were working and in.
. terviews with TENDERS Of wholesale firms
! seemed to indicate that the reports OF the
: railroad oficials were somewhat optimistic
At the Wabash depot but ten men were
found at work and the Michigan Central
and Wisconsin Central, where hundreds Of
men went out, scarcely any were found a
work. 1t was said, however. that q ful
force Of men would be on tomorrow.
About 80 per cent Of the wholesalers re-
ported curtailment or a complete stoppag'
Of business with outside points. while the
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