The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-06-05
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. BUSY TIMES I FOR OF THE Il POLICE
Entire Force on Active Or Reserve
& Duty as 4 Result Of the Serious AS.
pect Assumed BY the Labor Trouble.
Strikers Disclaim Responsibility for
LaWIessness and Assert Il Is the
Work OF sympathizers.
Chicago, June A. Chicago's entire
police force is on active or reserve
duty as result of the serious aspect
assumed by the stock yards teamsters'
strike. Every patrolman on a furlough
reported for duty during the day and
many of the police on crossing duty in
the down town district were held in
readiness for riot calls. Hundreds Of
officers assembled early in the morning
at headquarters and were given def
mite orders to prevent disturbances
such as marked Mondays deliveries OF
meat by the packers. The strikers
have doubled their picket forces to try
to dissuade non-union men from car.
rying meat from railroad branch
houses either to hotels and restaurants
or distributing points cf the big eight
packing establishments. All the build
ings of the packers are under guard,
the police assisting in many instances,
The strikers deprecate the lawlessness
and disclaim responsibility for it. Tiey
say In all instances The work of the
mebs was that of sympathizers only
Delivery drivers of the big depart.
ment stores have become more dissat-
isfied with their positions and threat.
en- to make the teamsters' strike still
more serious by tying up all delivery.
The teamster employees Of the Boston
store struck during the day. The Fair
teamsters are already out and other
men who were pressed into service on
the wagons met with constant block
ades formed by sympathizing team
Sters in other wagons along their
routes. The drivers of A. II. Roths-
child e Co. held meeting in the
basement of the store and threatened
to 90 out. Police were called TO all
the stores where men had struck or
made demonstrations.
AT 10 o'clock the teamsters OF all
4 the big State street department stores
struck. The number Of men affected
is estimated at $50. @
A train of 20 wagons loaded with
meat from the stock yards made its
way to the downtown district early
under 2 heavy guard Of police.
Rioting Again Breaks Out. 5
Rioting broke out in the streets later
in the day. Notwithstanding police
precaution the attempt to move cal
avan of "a wagons from the yards
brought on q conflict in South Clark
street before the stores Of Irwin Bros.
& Wagner, wholesale dealers. When
the wagons were being unloaded a
crowd Of spectators and strike sympa-
thizers began hooting and interfering.
The disturbance drew a mob. of nearly
1000 people to the scene. The two Ir-
win brothers seized axe handles and in
company with the police beat back the
crowd. In the melee one man, Isaac
Bean, was thrown down a stairway and
had his back broken. A passing street:
car overturned patrol wagon on tho
way to the riots and dumped the police
into the streets A score or more Of
people were arrested, but were releas-
ed again. In other sections of the city
attempts were made to move meat, but
without success. s.9s n
While disturbances were going on
over the strike by the stock yards,
teamsters managers Of the big State
street department stores were In con-
sultation over the strike of the driv-s
ers and conductors of their delivery
wagons, who are members of the Ma
tiona1 Teamsters union, the same or
ganization that is conducting the meat
drivers strike. The stores affected
are: Marshall Field & Co, Carson
Pierre, Scott e. Co. O.. a. Stevens &
Bros, Mandel Bros. Schlesinger &
Mayer, Hillmans, Boston store, the
Fair. "A. M. Rothschild & Co, and
Siegel, Cooper &. Co. The reason for
the strike is a difficulty over the wage
scale of the stores and an attempt to-
relieve the Fair, whose men were all
read on i strike, by sending two wag-
ons from each off the other stores to-
carry goods The managers sent out a..
Joint ultfmatum against the union and
Its methods. saying they would brook
no Interference between their en-
ployes and themselves Nv organizers; /;
that there had been no an ificulty until
the organizers assumed an authority tos
dictate terms !: hat the wage scale was
eqlitable and would be continued In
force OH at present and the men would