Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-15
BUSINESS, SUFFERING
Chicago Freight { Handlers { Strike Causes Heavy Loss.
DUES SETON lOF ilA HALFsgEN WIPER HOUR.

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 An Effort sto: Bring About g SettIe-
 ment of Differences Proves Fruit
 less-Mnyork Harrison4s Pledges
 " AProtectionsto Business Men.
 g CHICAGO, July 15.-While the whole
 sale business of this city is almost com
 pletely paralyzeds and whae it's busi-
 sness men ares suffering a. loss of ST.
 100000 per day thea striking freight
 zhandlers and the railroads are in a
 deadlock and announce their determi-
 nation toSfght to- the finish over the
 squestion.. of one half a cent per hour
 per man. or total of about $500 for
 5every twenty-four hours, this sum be
 ling divided on one side between twen-
 ty-four railroads and on the other be-
 tween 10, 900 men. s s.4
 } The situation is more serious than at
 any tiIne9 since theI eIcommencement of
 ahe trouble, and satt no5 time since the
 walkoutshavef the points at issue been
 so obstinatelyymaintain Three times
 yesterday the freight I handlers sent
 Committees to meet the, general mana
 gers. and, threes times. they came back
 without result.
 After this had been. reported at the headquarterss of tthes strikers President Curran announced that the fight was on tosa finish. ands that hereafter when the railroads had any. overtures to make or wished to do.any business with their 7 employees they would be compelled to transact such business through the of , sScers', of the Freight Handlers union. Both sides now declare that. they have reached the limit ands that absolutely 2 nothing will be conceded. The men demand .171as cents The managers say that they swill not under any circum- s stances pay more than r cents.
 Theibusiness men of the city, partic- Hlarly those who deal in, perishable goods, are growing. restive and declare they canS endure the k situation but a short time longer. It is costing them :. more than either ,the5 strikers or the rrailroads,9 and they say that if the Strike shall mot be settled within <week many of sthemiwill be badly crip- pied. To bring about an end to- the Blockade which is maintained by the strikers and their friends, the team sters, the commission ;menE of South Waterssreet met to take matters into their own. .shaHds. It was out. of the . question for theE Eemployers.s to look to the teamsters tox drive to thel .depots, and they thereforeA determined to drive Ftheir yown wagonsE to the depots today fand remove from Kthems all the goods that had been cpnsigned to- them, much of which Sis being rapidly ruined A message Twas semitic Mayor Harrison fasking if pohceE protection would be {giyen them, and word was received that Ample protection would be afforded. ( During the last ten days great pres sure has kbeens brought to bear upon the railroad officers tosmake any con cessions ' that could terminate the sstrike. RailroadI companies are as much concerned x in the sgwelfare of est, yet they arei opposed to making. any, concessions that will result in | yielding control ( of their business to any laborx organization. Aside from this fundamental treason sthere are many other considerations Which may be mentioned: sa First-The offers. made by the rail road companies fApril 14' and July 1 gave ,al substantial ands adequate in- crease of wages.
 | Second-Ins alll conferences held be- i tween the railwa yoficers and commit | tees of employees it has been conclu- sively, shown that as Individuals the gmen are satisfied with, the terms offer ed them. In.. other words, the obstruc- tions in the way of a Ssettlementicome l from the officers of, the union. who will | mot allow the employees to accept the terms the railways have offered. 2 Third.-A. large number of sthe em- | ployees have already returned to work, | iandsmany more have expgessed a will | ingness Ito do 50 as soon as the pre- | lyailing disorder has passed. | In this strikes a singular spectacle l is presented on the part of organized | labor. There is on the one hand un- ion the members 2 of which struck without notice and < whose officers ,would not permit its members to deal with their employers, and when under pressure they did permit this refused Tfo allows' the committee Ito negotiate sTwith the. officers, they met, while on the other hand another union whose mem- bers without grievance of their own have gone on a sympathetic strike in complete violation of their own agree ment with their own employers made but a few, YeeksfagoF in settlement of the steamsters' strike, disregarding in this respect a II Iathe appeals from their own union officers and fremkt eirf em- ployefs not to gbreak the agreement andspledses so recently made. {
 
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