The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-31
Committee Appeals to Civic FEEDER
alton for Adjustment of
Differences.
ACTION WILL SOON Be TAKEN.
Strike of Warehouse Men and
Transfers Likely to Be Settled
by the Same Course in a
Few Days.

At an executive meeting Of the Civic Fed
Grafton last night at the Mercantile Club,
at which Ralph NJ. Easley, secretary Of the
National Civic Federation, was present, a
committee from the Freight Handlers
Union requested that their differences be
adjusted. The matter was placed in the
hands Of the Cancellation Committee.
/ The committee from the freight handlers
was composed of: ]. Schatzman, John P.
O'Brien, Martin Higgins, Frank Wagon
blist and W. C. Burton. No request has
been made by the employers to have the
matter taken UP.
The strike of the warehousemen and
teamsters is very likely to be settled by
arbitration. Union officials stated yester-
day that every effort would be made to
have the men go back tomorrow morning
and work pending arbitration.
The officers of the National Transfers
Union called a meeting, to. be held at Dru-
ids Hall. Ninth and Market streets. this
trustee Of the Transfers National Union
of America, who is in the city trying to
settle the affairs of the Transfers. said
that he believed the men would all be back
to work tomorrow morning.
Ofhcers OF the association stated several
days ago that all members not returning
to work by yesterday morning would be
expelled from the union. This edict has not
been carried out.
Officers of the freight handlers and ware
housemen hope for an early :ettlement. as
this is the day the new wage scale is to
be brought up.
At the Simmons Hardware Company 1t
was stated that the men would be taken
back as soon as they were ready to re-
turn to work.
AT other places. such as the Cupples Sta
ton and the railroad frcighthouses, the
prospect of the men being taken back IS
not so bright. Since the teamsters' strike
there has been very little freight to handle.
The difficulty in these places Is not the
lack of men to handle the freight. but the
lack of teams to do the hauling.
Henry L. Magee.. general superintendent
CT the Wabash Railroad. stated last night
that the freight handlers and warehouse
men employed by hat company would not
be taken back in a body, He said that IL
any places were vacant the men would be
all of their places had been filled.
If the teamsters return to work to-mor-
row morning, a serious obstacle win be
freight can be made then whether or not
the other men return. Many of the team
sters. however. declare that they will stay
out in sympathy with the other strikers
and will not go back to work until their diff
ferenceS are settled.
The officers of the Transfers Union de-
clare that the men will all be back to work
also say they will join the international
association. II their officers try to force
them to return to work.
awaiting shipment on the East Side. About
sixty clerks employed in the Vandaiia
freighthouse have walked out. Several were
put to work checking freight handled by
nonunion men, and the result was that they
walked oNt
H. L. Magee. general superintendent OF
the Wabash Railroad. stated last night that
but that they would be taken back as tndt-
viduais, II any vacancies were opeh. He
said the strikers places were filled The
same thing can be stated Of the other rail-
roads.