Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-13
SEVERE BLOWS
TO TRANSFERS
CHICAGO STRIKERS ARE GIVEN
THREE SETBACKS
LOSE SUPPORT OF OWNERS
Joint Council of the Union Men to
Meet Today and Decide as to
Giving UP the
Fight
LOSE SUPPORT OF OWNERS
Ry Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 12.-Three severe
blows were dealt to the cause of the
striking teamsters tonight, and as re-
suit the governing body of the organi-
zation, the Transfers Joint council,
will meet tomorrow to decide
whether or not the strike shall be called
off. The decision to call this meeting
of the council followed a two hours
session between the officials of the
teamsters' union and the Team Own
ers' association. The members of the
latter body have all through the pres
| ent strike been favorable to the team
sters rather than to the employers as
sociation Tonight. however, the team
! owners informed the teamsters that
| their cause was lost and that the best
thing they could do was to call off the
! strike and do it at once. The teamsters
demurred, but the team owners were
obdurate, and the meeting of the coun-
! Gil was set for tomorrow morning.
! The second blow came from the Team
Owners association when the resigna-
| tion of John C. Driscoll, it's secretary,
was rendered and accepted. Secretary
Driscoll has been an official of the as
sociation since it's inception several
years ago, and during the present
strike has been a potent factor on the
side of the teamsters There was much
dissatisfaction among the members of
the organization with certain actions
of Secretary Driscol in connection with
the strike. The exact nature of the
difficulty that led to his resignation is
not known.
The third blow was administered at
the meeting of the Illinois Manufac-
turers association, which is made up
of business men from all parts of
the state. AT a secret meeting held to-
night the members of the association
decided that they would uphold the
cause of the employers association
which has been conducting the fight
against the strikers, and that they
would do all in their power to make the
employers association permanent in
stitution.
Some employers laid off union team
sters today on account of lack of bust
ness. More than the usual number of
teams about 1900 it was said made de-
liveries today, guarded by 2100 police
men and about the same number of
deputy sheriffs. large number of the
negro strike breakers have been
dropped and their places taken by
white men. The health authorities have
decided to vaccinate all the negro team
sters brought here from the south as A
precautionary measure, as there are
100 patients in the smallpox hospital.
There was practically no interference
with the non-union drivers and but
little disorder today.
Socialists of national reputation, in
) Guiding William Mailly, former ma
/: tional secretry of the Socialist party,
/, and Seymour Stedman, prominent in
the party, arrived in Chicago. 1t is
; said they came here to argue with the
union labor leaders on the power of the
ballot Up to this time the Socialists
never have been cordially welcomed by
! the teamsters, who, relying on strikes,
looked upon the ballot as something of
no value in correcting their grievances.
But, as a result of the crisis in the
teamsters' affairs, the Socialists were
received cordially today by President
Shea of the teamsters and an amicable
conference followed the arrival of the
visitors.
1T is just such conflicts as the team
sters' strike that proves that wage
workers must control the powers OF
government if they would get justice"
said Mr.. Mailly.
, SEVERELY INJURED BY
EALING FROM TRAIN