The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-09

CHICAGO. July s.-ThroUgh the eff
! forts of Chairman Job of the state
arbitration committee, series of
meetings has been arranged for 10
o'clock tomorrow morning between the
general managers of each of the roads
and committee of i've men from the
striking freight handlers of the same
line Chairman Job went to each rail-
road separately and asked the general
manager if he would receive a COM
mittee of strikers.
In an instant he was informed that
the committee would be received if il
understood that it came from the en-
pioyes 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 consent
TO the meetings. II was arranged that
each committee should consist OF five
strikers.
The conference viii be held at 10 a
m The committees will not be enpow-
cred to settle the strike. and whatever
the agreement may be. if any agree
Inent is reached at the meeting, it will
be reported back to the officials of the
union at D. m for approval, and no
action viii be taken until it has the
sanction of the officers of the union
Chairman Job said tonight that he
thought he had inserted the entering
wedge for tfse settlement of the strike
The men have asserted all along"
he said, that they would not meet the
managers unless they were received as
representatives of the union. The man
ayers have said they would confer with
the men at any time, provided they
came as employees Of the road with a
grievance to be adjusted
"Of course. 1 cannot tell what will
come from the meetings, but the diff
ference in the demands of the men and
the concessions of the roads are so
light that recognition of the union is
practically the only thing at issue The
men show disposition to be less stiff
in this respect and / hope that we
have entered upon the beginning of the
end
President Curran of the freight han
dlers said tonight:
The representatives of the various
companies viii decide the duration of
the strike 1 feel assured, however,
that the difficulty will be amicably ad-
justea before tomorrow night
This afternoon the teamsters de-
cided not to aid in the strike They
issued the following over the signature
Of E. l. Hurley. secretary of the
transfers union:
The Transfers National Union of
America, in reply to John c. DriscoIl
secretary Of the Associated Teaming
interests, who called upon the officers
of the Transfers National union at ,
p m, stated over the signature of the
secretary, Z. l. Hurley of the Team
sters' National union that under their
agreements now existing with the
team owners of Chicago, they cannot
take part in the present strike OF the
freight handlers, and that they are
poWerless TO assist in any manner in
the strike.
The Transfers National union will
carry out TO the fullest extent the or
ders they receive from their employ
ers as to the handling of freight and
delivering of the same. They cannot
afford TO violate the existing agree
ments and conditions The freight
handlers cannot consistently call upon
them for assistance in this matter. as
without consultation or advice from
the Transfers National union, they
called this strike"
Want Transfers Aid.
The freight handlers strike. which
called out 5000 men yesterday and Sc
riously curtaiIed the handling of
freight. appeared no nearer settle
ment this morning than il did
yesterday. Chairman Job of the
state beard or arbitration, when asked
If he had received an answer from the
railroads or the men to his offer of ar
bration. answered in the mega tive.
At all the freight houses pickets en-
deavored to persuade newcomers from
taking jobs and sought to lure the men
away already at work In the yards
of the Illinois Central the men brought
In last night were at work on perish
able freight. They spent the night in
sleeping cars brought for them, and
ate their breakfast in dining cars
mostly OF the pattern used on consfruc-
ton trains.
4 man familiar with the present
trouble and experienced in strikes, said
today;
IF the teamsters come 20 the aid OF
the freight handlers they viii win; II
rot. the chances are that they viii
lose 1t is too easy for the railroad TO
bring in new men,"
This statement is full of meaning, in
connection with the statement of Of
fcials of the Transfers union, who
have said that the freight handlers pro-
ceeded to strike without the sanction
Of the Chicago Federation of Labor,
and that therefore they would be al
lowed TO fight out their own salvation.
The jobbing interests Ct the city are
seriously tied up in their shipping de-
partments. Heavily laden trucks which
left from the freight yards yesterday
are in many instances still waiting to
be loaded. The roads so far have had
but little chance of handling anything
save perishable freight
This afternoon inquiries from officials
OF the various railroads ELECTED the in
variable statement that freight Of all.
kinds was being handled with scarcely
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