Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
WILL ASK ROOSEVELT
To End the Teamsters' Strike
in Chicago
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ANTICIPATED ACTION OF CHICAGO
FEDERATION OF LABOR
At a Special Meeting to Be Held To-
morrow-Labor Leaders Do Not
Want Troops.
Y YARBITRATlNG ISSUES

| CHICAGO, April 29.-President Roosevelt
may be formally asked to end the team
sters' strike here as he did the strike of the
anthracite coal miners. resolution re-
| questing the President to try to induce the
| employers of Chicago to arbitrate the issues
which are now being fought out, and so
| avert the bringing of troops to Chicago.
| and check talk of a general war between
| capital and the wage earners, is expected
will be introduced in the Chicago Fedora
! ton Of Labor at a special meeting tomor-
| row. A petition to the President may be
presented to him upon his expected arrival
| in Chicago shortly.
The use of federal troops in Chicago to
protect the handling of money for the
| United States treasury is in the hands of
| Col. W. T. Duggan. acting commander of
| the Department of the Lakes.
No Need for Troops.
THE matter is in allegiance" declared
| Col Hunter Height, adjutant general of
| the department, today. Colonel Duggan
| has received instructions to take the proper
steps, but there IS no occasion at present
for any troops in Chicago. If the strikers
should attempt to prevent the moving of
bullion from the trains to the subtreasury
of course, it would be necessary to bring
an army "dSOil VI tNO IIolil OIl SHti
possibly with a guard of one or two men,
to handle the money.
''At present we do not contemplate such
move and no instructions have been sent
to the fort. l understand that the team
sters have offered to continue driving the
wagons handling government business with
or without compensation during the strike,
so that it looks as if even the presence
of a government wagon will not be neceS-
sary. There is absolutely no truth in the
talk of sending troops to Chicago now
Disturbances Today.
Disturbances today in the teamsters'
strike began promptly. Trouble started
near the 18th street barns of the Employers
Teaming Company.
Inor Mulcahy, a plumber, was attacked
by non union colored teamster and cut
with a razor about the face and neck.
Mulcahy was taken to the Peoples Hos
ptal. His assailant escaped. Mulcahy was
walking y the barns on the way to his
place of business when persons in a crowd
about the barns, it is declared, began to
jeer the non-union colored teamster.
The non-unionists- resentfully rushed into
the crowd Before police could interfere
Mulcahy, who chanced to be nearest the ne
groes had been fearfully sashed. His as
sailant was followed by a crowd throwing
sticks, stones and other missiles, many of
which struck the fugitive. The negro fin
ally managed to run through livery stable
and escaped.
Following the outbreak 100 negroes en-
ployed as non-union teamsters left the
stables to begin service for the j. V. Farsell
Company.
Two police patrol wagons and 100 police
men guarded the negroes.
Great quantities of live chickens and veg
etabes, shipped by express. accumulated at
the railroad depots and express stations to-
day The express wagons have been unable
to handle the goods and shippers and mer-
chants face heavy losses unless the con-
signments are moved quickly.
Boys Injured.
Two boys were the victims of the disorder
growing out of the strike. Both were pain
fully but not fatally hurt. Victor Crimes,
aged fifteen, a messenger for trade paper,
was assaulted by three boys, one of whom
stabbed him in the chest. Grimes had re-
fused to obey orders of the boys not to de-
liver any more packages. Ten boys were
arrested, but Grimes could Identify none of
them as his assailants- Crimes was taken
TO his home
James Mcnamara, seventeen years old,
wagon boy who had been employed by Mar
shall Field Co, shot in the left arm
and severely wounded by L. B. Coles
colored non-union man Coles was arrest
ed. Mcnamara was taken TO the county
hospital. Coles was followed by crowd
of wagon boys and strike sympa thizers, who
taunted him and hooted at him. 1t is de-
clared by Coles that the boys attacked him,
and that he then drew "a revolver and fired
into the crowd, the bullet striking Nc
Namara.
Police Used Clubs.
The police used clubs vigorously upon
crowd that gathered at the Majestic Hotel
in Quincy street, where two colored men
We're trying to deliver a load of coal. The
mob had surrounded the non-union drivers
and stones were thrown. A riot call was
sent in, and the unloading of the wagon was
accomplished under guard.
The F. G.. Hartwell Coal Company came
under the ban of the strike leaders today
for having filled orders for customers of the
Peabody Il Daniels Coal Company, whose
men are on strike. The drivers of the Hart
well company had already quit, refusing to
work with non-union men, when an order
! to strike arrived from union headquarters.
Managers of the express companies an
| nounced today that they were ready to do
| about twice much business as yesterday
and that they would make all important de-
| liVeries and pick-ups.
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