The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-14
Little Probability that Representa-
tives of the Companies at Chicago
VIII Make Concessions.
FREIGHT HANDLERS FIRM
THEY INSIST on THE PAYMENT OF
EIGHTEEN CENTS AN HOUR,
And VIII Have the Support of Every
Teamster in the City i'm Enforce
ing Their Demand.

CHICAGO. July 13-Final overtures for
the settlement of the strike of freight
handlers and teamsters were made at meet
ings of the two unions tonight. AT the in
stigation of the members of the Chicago
Board of Arbitration the freight handlers
agreed to send committees to all the rail-
roads tomorrow morning. This agreement
was made after the board had announced
to the union men that eight of the largest
railroads entering Chicago had agreed to
pay III cents an hour to truckers and pay
for overtime and to do away with the de-
mand for probationary period of service.
The general managers of two of the rail-
roads declared they had agreed to no such
proposition. They declared that when the
committees shall visit the railroad offices
tomorrow morning the roads will offer
them the same terms as those which were
rejected by the union men yesterday. The
statement from the general managers de-
stroyed the hope OF settlement of the
strike tomorrow on the basis of the terms
suggested by the general managers of the
railroads.
Even If the general managers had not in
sisted on maintaining their position il is not
probable that a settlement could be effect
ed. The freight handlers agreed TO make
another effort to reach settlement with
the railroads only to please the teamsters.
of the BOARD of arbitration to settle the
strike. There is lack Of evidence Of their
intention 10 make a serious effort to settle
the controversy.
President Curran, of the Freight Han
dlers Union, stated tonight that the COM
mitteeS tomorrow morning will insist on
the payment of is cents an hour, instead of
171a cents, which the railroads are reported
TO have offered He also stated that the
freight handlers will make no more over
lures and hereafter Will reject all proposals
NfnI hall xl1N1
of the wage scale as formulated by the
union and the recognition of the union.
With the general managers and the unions
both maintaining these respective positions,
Ii is believed there is slight chance for a
settlement tomorrow. and that when that
opportunity shall have vanished 1t will be
a fight to a finish.
Every Transfers union in Chicago that
has members handling freight voted, to-
day. TO refuse TO take teams 10 the freight
depOts.
Longshoremen of Chicago. who have beer
in only a partially organized condition
were formed into union to-day. They
are out now IN sympathy with the freight
handlers, but tomorrow may Inaugural e
an Independent strike of their own if a
higher scale of wages for loading and un-
loading the big lake boats shall be re-
fused.
The ice teamsters also have agreed not tC
ice refrigerator cars nor TO visit the rail
road yards This is virtually a sympathetic
strike and until the railroads shall settle
the trouble with the freight handlers the
ice storage points along the railroad lines
will have to be closed.
The coal teamsters at a meeting to-day
determined that no member of the union
shall go near the railroad freight sheds
during the strike While there is little like
lihood of the coal teamsters being asked
TO haul from the freight houses, they de-
cided TO prepare for such contingency
by resolving not 10 touch any articles un
loaded from freight cars by nonunion la
bOrers.