Warren sheaf., 1903-05-21
Official Of Bridgeport, Conn, Bound
to Maintain Order If He Has
to Call for State Aid.
INJUNCTION IN MOBILE AND OHIO STRIKE
Employers' Union at New York to Be
Conservatives in ActiOn-The Strike
at Omaha Is Nearing q Settlement
The Strike Situation at Other
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of Sundays serious riotaing, the off
cials of the Connecticut Railway anc
Lighting company made no effort te
start cars on their lines in this city
early Monday, preferring to wait un
til the question of police protection
was decided. TO consider this ma tier
a meeting of the police commissioners
was held Monday morning. Mayor
Mulvihills alleged interference with
two deputy sheriffs who were trying
to arrest a stone thrower, was de-
nounced by Sheriff Hawley who in.
formed the police commissioners that
unless the police were able to cope
with the situation he would take the
reins of authority and summon state
aid without further parley. All was
quiet about the city during the early
morning, Sheriff Hawley will swear in
100 extra deputies. e +sszz.asr !.s.:1t;-
In the court Monday two of the men
arrested during Sundays rioting were
held in bonds of 81 900 each for the
sUbaFisf court. z~r?'~s1-r-4r TIT Gs:ss:s.s
IniijunctloR Against strikers.
JaSksoli, Teiln.> May 19.--When the
federal coufs met here Monday to
hear the arguasnts in the injunction
proceedings against the striking en-
ployes Of the Mobile &, Ohio rail
road, Judge w. I. Irwin, of Spring
field, No, spoke for the strikers.
| He said on the face of the bill, the
judge would have to grant the re-
straining order issued by Judge
Hammond, as it was the same as
that approved by the supreme court
in the Debs case, and that the strik-
ers in this case had no intention and
never had any desire to do any Of
the things prohibited by the re-
s+r.,,,, :.," order and thew reserved
+.sEn 'Wrf-'y, .r-,s-7.-.u
their :;::c~tense ::cns for the hearing: HEARING Judge
Irwin, on behalf of the strikers, then
submitted to all order for a tenn
porary injunction until the final
hearing. to be in the same language
as the restraining order. The infer
ence Is general that this indicates s
speedy settlement of the strike:
The form of order for INJUNCTION
was agreed upon by the lawyer .
court adjourned. s ) anu aiiu
Employees Union to -
New York, MAJ .>1 -
of the men = A'. IS 'Ae purpose
80 a,,,,1~~ responsible for the union
- .oyers in the building industry
J. proceed cautiously and erect every
safeguard against action which might
jeopardize the effectiveness of the
movement. Charles L. Eidlitz said that
the employers union would be simply
a protective organization for some
time to come. The reason for this is
that several of the branch organiza
tions in the building trade and the EN-
ployers' unions have contracts with
their labor unions which do not expir.
until May 1, 1904. One of the com
plants of employers has been thai
some of the labor unions break these
contracts. Nothing will be done by
the employers to invalidate contracts
The exact programme to be followed
by the employers union will not be
known until after a meeting of the
executive committees of 20 organiza
tions in the Building Trades associa
tion Tuesday night. --,<
May Soon End.
Omaha, Neb., May 19.-The strike il
this city of trades unionists seems tt
be nearing an end, so far as the shut
ting down of business is concerned
The first break in the teamsters
ranks came Sunday when rs men EN-
ployed by one of the large delivery
companies decided to return to work
| A meeting Of the teamsters' unio1
also decided to withdraw the obiec
tionable features of their demand:
on employers, but it was stated tina
the latter would also demand a lower
scale of wages. To-day several of tn,
large downtowns restaurants viii
4 open their places with nonunion men
most of whom are colored. The EN-
ployers have made concession thus
far and state the plan of arbitration
proposed by the strikers will not b,
accepted. To-day the laundries will
resume operations with nonunio1
men, although a number of the OLE
employees will be retained. Th,
union laundry workers have arranged
to enter into active competition will
the laundries, having established /;
large number of offices in this cit,
from which they will send their worl
to laundries in the small outsid,
towns. By the laundry proprietors i
is stated that wagons will not be sen
out at present, but work received al
laundries will receive attention.
Given Five Months Sentence.
Springfield, Ill, May 19.-Jame!
Duffy, who fired gun at a Mobile
Ohio train crew, was sentenced to fiv,
months imprisonment Monday. TIL,
charge was contempt of an injunction
given by the federal court estrainin{
4 strikers from interfering with .th,
+ operation of the railroad.
early Settlement Likely.
Philadelphia, May 19..--Indication
q point to an early settlement Of the car
penters' strike, which has been ii
progress since May 1.
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