Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-10

Chicago, H., May S.-Today, the thir
ty-first of the teamsters' strike, found
both sides prepared for an even more
intense struggle during the week to come
the week in which President Roosevelt
is to visit Chicago.
Mayor Names Commission
The commission, composed of Prof.
Graham Taylor, Towner *. Webster
and William @. Boyden, appointed by
Mayor Dunno to investigate charges OF
graft and blackiuail on the part Of union
leaders, and of efforts to incite trouble
on the part of the employers, have made
detailed plans for beginning the inquiry
The merchants have made plans Tor
more strenuous efforts to bring the re-
calcltrant team owners into line, ana the
Federation of Labor, on the other hand.
has resolved to seek the indictment OF
the officials of the Employers associa-
ton for this effort, calling it conspiracy.
Has Big Task.
The strike commission, which was to
begin work this afternoon, from all ap-
pearances will have no holiday task. 1T
IS without power of subpoena, and ali
the inf0rma ton it gets will, OF necessity,
be volunteered. The union leaders de-
clare they will submit volumes of testi-
mOny bearing on the charges that the
employers have fOstered the war by aim
ing to extend the strike through score
Of trades.
On the other hand the employers are
not enthusiastic over the project, seeing
no good that is likely to come out of it,
though Chairman Taylor was assured
the merchants will do nothing to block
the inquiry.
Try to Resume Work.
Attempts were made by the employers
today to resume business on a scale as
near as possible to that before the team
sters' strike This was especially the
case at ali the barns used by the depart
ment stores.
Little trouble was reported at any of
the Employers company barns. Unlike
the corresponding time last week, few
the Peabody Coal company, against
which there has been a special fight.
sent out today caravans Of loaded coal
wagons without mOlestatlon. Police and
deputy sheriffs. however, continued to
guard nearly all vehicles driven by non
union teamSterS.
Two Fatally Injured
Two brothers. John and Richard
Fruen. were fatally injured today IN a
street fight with colored man. Both
of the men We're stabbed in the abdomen.
Their assailants, whose identity is not
known, escaped The police believe he
is a stranger in Chicago and are working
on the theory that he may be strike
breaker"
Colored Men Hurt in Riot.
Two non-union. colored teamsters of
the Employers Teaming company were
painfully hurt and escaped more serious
injury only by the interference of the
police in a riot today in the alley north
of the Olympic theater. The injured
men were Wade Crowder. who was cut
about the head and face, and John Pit
IinS. struck on the head by a stone.
Today was the Quietest since the strike
began The employers started to make
deliveries on the apparent theory that
Tie strike is broken Over 1000 wagons
were said to be on the streets.
Strikers Are Paid Benefits
The strikers received their first bene-
fit payment today drivers getting $40
and HELPERS So Hereafter they are to
get ST and So respectively,
Though the ice wagon drivers are fac
ing strike OF their own, announcement
was made by them today that their
union would pay into the transfers
strike fund $1,000 weekly. The ice wag-
on drivers say they will insist on an in
crease of $40 a month in the wages of
every member of their union.
Knocks Out Four Rioters.
Battling with four strike sympathizers
today in view of more than 1000 men,.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Mulhall rescued
fine driver of a United States Express
company wagon and after knocking
down four men with the butt of re-
volver, arrested the quartette at Frank
lin street and Jackson boulevard
Wholesalers in Chicago, particularly in
the grocery line are losing thousands of
dollars day because of decrease in
country business.
A new difficulty liz the strike situation
from the viewpoint of wholesale houses,
none of which have been supplied with
paper since the strike began. The sup
NV is running low