The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-06
Merchants Will Send Out LOO
Delivery Wagons to Every
Part of The City
POLICE CAM T PROTECT
TROOPS To Be CALLED
SHERIFF SAYS HE WILL PUT Of
FlcER ON EVERY WAGON IN
THE CITY - BELIEVES
BACKBONE OF
TROUBLE
ENDED

Chicago, May G.-The crisis in the
teamsters' strike is expected to come
tomorrow. State street merchants
have decided to send out LOO wagons
to make deliveries in all parts of the
city. As far as possible these wa
gons will be guarded by deputy sher-
aus, and IN some cases by local police.
1t will be impossible for all the wa
CONS to be guarded by deputies, but it
Is the Intention to place two men on
each wagon as far as the number of
deputies already sworn In will permit.
Sheriff Barrett says If his present
force with the local police are not able
to control the situat on a request will
be made fer militia
Governor Dcneen has ssid that he
VIII order out troops If the request in
made by the sheriff. Fifteen wagons
We're sent out today by the large dry
goods and department stores. and all
made deliveries without interruption.
On each side Of these wagons RI do
two deputies.
Riotlng Grows Less.
Either because of the threatened an
pearance Of troops or because of ad-
dition to the police force in the shane
OF deputy sheriffs. there was lees riot.
ing and fighting in downtown streets
today than on RAY day tIsss waek. We
gons Of express companies, each one
OF which carried guard armed with a
winchester rife or double barrelled
shotgun, passed through the streets
with little interruption.
An order issued early in the day
by Chief of Police O'Neill, directing
that all persons should be prevented
from following wagons as they went
through the streets had much to do
with the absence Of rioting.
Assaults We're Numerous.
While there was less rioting in
downtown streets, there were nnmer
GUS assaults committed In all parts Of
the city remote from the principal
business section. Wherever a GROVE
could find a wagon with a small police
guard or unprotected, there was sure
to be trouble IL the driver was a non
union man. In several cases thu
drivers were badly beaten and thei.
wogans overturned and goods stolen
In others drivers escaped injuries onl
by the fieetness Of their horses.
Coal Drivers Attacked.
Three coal wagons, after making {;
delivery at the factory of Selz Schwal
& Co, at Ohio and K'ngsburg streets
late this afternoon were attacked b
crowd which pursued them fer NOR,
than half mile, raining stone
bricks and bottles upon police officer
and drivers AS the wagons continue,
down Ohio street they were traget
for persons in windows OF all buile
ings and for the crowd which contir
ued to follow them. Police charge
the crowd repeatedly, but was unabl
to keep II back. The mob was cor
posed almost entirely OF young me
and women, the latter taking an actiy
part in rioting and urging the men
further violence.
Dispersed at the Bridge.
AS the caravan passed Orlean
street large cannon cracker wa
thrown from the crowd, exploding I'm
der one of the teams. The horse
started to run away and were he'll
4 back with great difficulty by the pc
lice This was repeated at almos
every corner, but search among tn
crowd by several detectives failed t
find tho person who threw them A
Dearborn street bridge the pol c
made final charge and dispersed tn
crowd.
Team Onwer Beaten Up,
Edward Lashem, president of tn
Lashem Teaming company. was a
tackled by crowd of union teamstel
this afternoon at Madison and Unio
streets and fearf,lly beaten. Lashel
was driving one CT his own wagon
and was asked to show union bu
ton. Before he was given chance
explain that he was team ownt
and therefore ineligible as memb'
Of the Teamsters union, he was pu
ed from his wagon knocked dow
and kicked. Lieut. O'Conner, Of u
police force, who was returning fro
another disturbance further up II
street, came to Lashem's assistan,
IN time to capture seven of his assa
ants. Lashem's condition is serious.
Swearing In Policemen.
The first call for "able bodied" mt
among the employers Of the city to a
in supprcssng riotinE was made IN
afternoon One hundred lahore