Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-05-08
City and County to Unite in Heroic Effort
to Maintain Peace
Strikers Continue to Attack Non-unIon
Workmen but Situation Improves

Chicago, May 5.-Sheriff Barrett OF
Cook county will take active control
of the strike situation today. So much
pressure has been brought to bear
upon him and Mayor Dunno by bust
ness men who believe their interests
are seriously imperilled by the con-
slant rioting in the, streets that the
sheriff has been compelled to swear in
large force of deputies and take act
i've steps to do away with the present
disorder.
Two hundred deputies were sworn
in yesterday afternoon by the sheriff
and it is expected that 1000 will be
enrolled by this evening.
A committee of prominent business
men went to Springfield yesterday
afternoon to lay the situation before
Governor Deneen and to ask for mill
tia. The Chicago clearing house as
sociation yesterday afternoon adopted
sweeping resolutions, declaring that
the riots in the streets were constant
ly increasing in fury and had gone
beyond the power of the civil author
tiles of the city and county to con-
troll, and asking that state troops be
al once called upon. NOTWITHSTANDING
ing the pressure brought to bear upon
him the sheriff is determined to take
the situation in hand himself declar-
ing that until he has done so he will
not be justified in calling for the mi
litia.
Mayor Dunno for three hours yes
terday afternoon rode through down
town streets in a buggy and on his
return to the city hall, declared he
had seen no violence and believed the
police fully able to cope with the sit
uation.
A conference was held yesterday
afternoon between Levy Mayer, attor-
ney for the employers association,
and the leaders of the teamsters'
union. 1t was supposed before it's
commencement that the meeting
would have a strong influence toward
the settlement of the strike. 1t result
ed in nothing however. Their talk at
first was of conciliatOry character,
but Shea and Mayer got iIsto dis
pute as to who was responsible for
the rioting in the streets. The debate
was heated and the meeting ended
with it.
Fail to Tie Up Street Cars.
The transfers attempted yesterday
afternoon to call out the employees OF
the Chicago Union Traction company,
now in charge of receivers appointed
by the United States courts.
Albert Young, representing the
transfers. called upon General Mana
ger Roach of the traction company
anil demanded. that the company at
once cancel it's contracts with the
Peabody Coal company and receive
no more coal from it, under threat OF
calling out the employees.
The receivers refused to comply
with Young's demand. w. d. Mahon.
president of the national organization
of street car men, was in the city
AMI after looking into the situation he
ordered all members of the street
Garments union to continue at work.
Employers Make Progress.
Notwithstanding constant fighting
in the streets and numerous attacks
upon nOn-uniOn men the large dry
goods houses and wholesale grocers
last night reported that they were
steadily making progress and increas-
ing their shipments. The express
companies were interfered with but
little and considerable progress was
made toward relieving the congested