Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-08
STRIKERS TURN BACK TEAMS
Effort to Deliver Goods Preoipitates Trouble
on South Main Street.
SEVERAL ARRESTS MADE BY THE POLICE
Driver Charged with Carrying Com
cealed weapons and several Mem
bers of the Crowd Charged
with Disturbing the Peace.

with Disturbing the Peace,
The efforts Of the striking teamsters in
Council Bluffs to prevent ~nonunion men
from hauling goods from Omaha to Coun-
ell Bluffs eliminated yesterday noon on
South Main street near First avenue and
the arrest of a number Of the strikers on
the charge of disturbing the peace resulted.
The trouble started when the strikers at
tempted to prevent A. ID. Talbot, a driver
for Grattan & Co., from delivering a load
Of boxes consigned to the McDaniels hide
house on South Main street. With Talbot
was John Beidler, who was driving a wagon
belonging to the Omaha Box company con-
tanning a load of boxes and crates. The
strikers attempted to stop Talbot and 1t is
alleged he drew a revolver. The strikers
crowded around the wagon and prevented
the horses moving. Officer Dorenzen
fastened to the scene, when the strikers
demanded that he arrest Talbot for carry
ing concealed weapons. The officer mounted
the wagon and ordered Talbot to drive to
the police station, which he did amidst the
jeers of the crowd, which by this time
had reached large proportions.
The crowd Of strikers and their symps-
thizers then turned their attention to the
wagon driven by Beidler, which by this
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front Of the Keil hotel the crowd took the
horses from the wagon and someone un-
screwed the burrs from the hind wheels.
Oficer Kirk succeeded in driving the crowd
back for a few moments and managed to
place the horses back, but the moment the
wagon started the hind wheels came of and
the load of boxes was toppled over into
the street. The officer used his club and
knocked down William Dunn, who, 1t was
alleged, struck the officer. BY this time
Deputy Sherins Baker and Groneweg ar
rived on the scene and assisted Officer
Kirk in keeping the crowd at bay. Someone
struck Deputy Sheriff Groneweg a vicious
blow in the stomach, but the officers held
their ground until the arrival. of Chief of
Police Tibbits and some patrolmen In the
patrol wagon.
Several Arrests Made.
Dunn was placed under arrest and was
followed by a large crowd to the city jail.
On reaching the city Jail Tom Callaghan,
who recently resigned from the police force
as night detective, and G.. A. Parker, Adolph
Kolb, l. A. Hutchins, David Kirk and George
Deeds we're picked out from the crowd and
placed under arrest charged with disturbing
the peace. 1t is charged they were the
rinRleaders in the trouble. Callaghan was
found to be wearing a deputy sherin's star
and this was taken from him by Deputy
Sheriff Groneweg during the mixup on Main
street. Callaghan and the other men ar
rested we're subsequently released on SIS
cash bonds, to appear in police court this
morning. 1t Is understood that informa-
lions were filed against a number Of other
striking .teamsters who we're said to have
participated in the trouble and further ar
rests are looked for this morning.
When the report of the trouble reached
Mayor Morgan he at once issued orders
for the enrolment of ten additional pa
trolmen. He stated that he would pre-
serve order at any cost and that no rioting
or interference with other men would be
tolerated. II ten additional policemen
prove insufficient the mayor said he would
still further increase the force.
II was reported that J.. A. Raabe, business
agent OF the Trades and Labor assembly,
was one Of the instigators Of the trouble,
but this Mr.. Raabe stoutly and Indignantly
denied. He said that he and others had
2 counseled the men to refrain from any
overt acts and claimed that more than one
Of the strikers arrested were acting as
peacemakers and not otherwise participant
ing in the trouble. Mr.. Raabe said that
. the better element of the strikers deplored
4 the trouble on Main street.
Talk of Injunction.
Business men generally were aroused and
q there was talk yesterday afternoon Of the
courts being appealed to to enjoin the
strikers from interfering with the hauling
= Of goods from Omaha to this city. The
arrests following the trouble on Main street
. had the result Of q~uieting the strikers dur
= ing the afternoon and no other act Of vio-
: lence was reported, although one or more
: wagons we're turned back and the drivers
made to return to Omaha. The driver OF
q an Omaha milling company, with a load OF
> -four, telephoned to police headquarters
that he had been stopped just east of the
, bridge by a crowd OF strikers and de-
u manded protection. Chief Tibbits and q
detail OF police at once FASTENED to the
: scene. only to find that the driver had be.
' come frightened and driven back to omaha
The police, 1t is said, have secured the
name of the man who removed the burrs
u from Beidler's wagon and that his arrest
will follow.
Building at a S%tandstilI.
There was no change yesterday in tn,
situation OF the mason tenders strike
None Of the contractors attempted to la!
brick and work OF this nature is at a stand
y stiIl. Contractor Wickham had a force o
men at work on the concrete foundation
OF the Great Western roundhouse, bu
stopped all work on the freight house ant
U | the fuiltIs JOunbOh * bhhbaAN hdANhOubt
Contractor Weaver made an offer to tn
pt mason tenders TO pay 20 cents and 221
cents, but at the meeting Of the uniol
yesterday afternoon this compromise offe
was refused. Weaver had been paying III
and 20 cents. The union decided that tn
he bosses must pay the scale Of 22h and 2
III cents, as demanded.
,h The hearing of Robert Stack. ~presiden
Of OF the Mason Tenders union. and Mix
l. Condor, charged with assulting men VIII
ty we're working on the Fuller, Johnson
an Shugart warehouse, was continued in pc
III lice court yesterday until next Monday.
Former Detective Tom Callaghan denis
er that he was in any way assisting tn
strikers during the trouble on South Mai
street or that he interfered with any Of tn
ce policemen OF deputy sherins. He state
that he offered his servtces to the oficeI
nd to assist in keeping order. His arrest. b
alleges, was due to the i'll feeling againi
&C. him by certain member Of the police fore
he He was released on his own reeognizanC
ey by order Of Judge Scott and was not oblige
=, 20 put I'M a cash bond. as the others WI