The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-12
MAY SETTLE STRIKE
CONFERENCE AGREED ON AT CHI
CAGO TODAY.
MUCH DISORDER YESTERDAY.
RAILROAD MEN WILL MEET WITH
COMMITTEE.


BOARD of Arbitration Arranged for
Conference and Has Prepared List
of Demands for Men which Are
Said to BE Acceptable to Rail-
roads-Tenmsters VIII Not Handle
Goods to Freight Houses After To-
day and If Strike Is Not Settled
To-day They Are Practically Ger
tain to Join the Strike.
Chicago, July 11.-Mutual concessions
by the freight handlers and by the
railroads have paved the way for con-
ferences between the managers and
their employees, which, it is hoped, will
lead to the settlement of the freight
handlers strike. These conferences.
which will be the result of the work
of the Chicago Board of Arbitration,
will be held tomorrow morning in the
offices of the respective general mana
gers
The board of arbitration tonight
made the following recommendation,
which has been accepted by the rail-
roads and by the freight handlers:
THAT a committee of five, four or
whom must be employees of their re-
spective railroads and having full
power to act meet with the proper
officers of the said railroads during
the forenoon of Saturday July IL. to
settle the existing differences between
the railroads and the freight hand
! lers''
While not so expressed in the rec
| ommendation, 1t is understood by all
| parties that the fifth member of each
| committee is to be a member of the
| Executive Committee of the freight
| handlers.
| The agreement reached tonight Is a
| slight concession on both sides. The
| board of arbitration tonight decided
unanimously in favor of the recon-
mendation, and it was said by menu
| bers of the board that the railroads
would receive the committees, with
one officers of the union included.
The members of the Board of Arbi-
| tration proposed a list of demands for
| the men to present to the roads to-
| morrow morning. In drawing them
| up they said they were assured that
they would be acceptable to the rail-
roads. The managers said they would
meet the men and use every possible
| means to reach settlement
More Rioting Yesterday.
There was more rioting to-day than
| yesterday, but nobody was seriously
injured The chief sufferers were
| transfers who tried to deliver goods
| at the freight houss. All the streets
| leading to the depots were picketed and
| it was impossible for teamster to get
a load to any depot without being
stopped.
j. G. Klein. a driver for the Acme
Flexible Clasp Company, was stopped
at the intersection of Sixteenth and
Clark streets this afternoon by crowd
of pickets They boarded his wagon
and finding that he had a load Of
freight consigned to the Erie road, the
strikers pulled him from the wagon and
beat him badly.
A driver of van belonging to the
Livingston Company left the Pennsyl-
vania depot with a load of household
furniture and within q square was
knocked from his wagon with a paving
stone. hurled by a man who had fol-
lowed him from the freight house.
A driver of the Kennedy Biscuit Com
pany was badly pounded by a group
of men just after he had come from
the yards of the Burlington road. There
were numerous other assaults which
the police were unable to prevent.
The strikers had determined 10 make
an extra strong effort in the neigh
borhood of South Water street. where
many commission houses are located.
but they accomplished very little there
throughout the day. Lieut.. Cudmore
was stationed here with a strong de-
tail of police and he would not per-
NIT a striker to stop team or raise
his hand to stop one. As result the
freight handlers were compelled to
keep quiet all day or be arrested
Tcnmsfers Take a Hend.
IF the conferences between the gem
eral managers and the strikers shall
rot lead to the settlement of the strike,
1t is a practical certainty that all the
members of the teamsters union will
go out The drivers for the commission
houses on South Water street inform
ed their employers this afternoon that
Trey would handle goods for the lake
lines and for the express companies.
but that they would not after to-mor-
rev deliver anything to the freight
houses or haul anything away from
them. This means, according to the
commission men. that 100000 worth of
produce, which will arrive tomorrow
morning, will be allowed to spoil UNI
less the strike shall be settled before
noon.
The commission men have deter
mined to divert as much as possible of
their supplies to the express companies
at outlying stations This will mean an
immediate increase of rs per cent. In
the prices of all vegetables, as the ex-
press charges will be added to the us
ual cost of freight.
what the Men Demand.
The demands of the men viii be as
follows:
The abolition of time or probation of
new men, all freight handlers to receive
full pay from the start: is cents an
hour for truckmen, the railroads offered
II cents; and one-half for overtime.
President Curran of the freight han
dlers said tonight:
IF the railroads accept our demands
and believe them reasonable. we will
do our best to see that all the men are
at work by noon tomorrow. If the
railroads will not meet us fairly to-
morrow morning all the teSmsters in
the city of Chicago will be out before
night. If Chicago is demoralized by
the strike which will follow. it will not
~. ot,r fa,If