The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-05
GAIN
IN CHICAGO STRIKE
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ers' Teaming company should be ar
rested, lcrge throng surrounded car
avian Of wagons that conveyed 100 ne
gro drivers and guards from lodging
houses to the Peabody Coal company
yards at Canal and West Twenty-sixth
streets. The fifty police who served as
an escort were unable to follow the or
der regarding arrests, but did succeed in
forcing a passage for the caravan. A
number of bricks were thrown, but did
no severe injury.
Banks Aid Employers.
Labor leaders and their followers
were considerably stirred today over the
action of the Chicago banks represented
in the Clearinghouse association, pass
n G1sa ~rg ling s Sendng go the
to help. the Chicago Employers asso-
citation in its fight.
Efforts, it is said, would be made to
find a "fair' bank in Chicago, and to
have the laboring men withdraw saw
ings from banks under the ban and de-
post with the t'fair' bank. President
Shea OF the transfers union said to-
day.
q The Buildings Trades Council has
sent a committee. to me to see if we
could not pick out fair bank and ad-
wise every union man and woman to
Withdraw earnings from unfair banks
and place them in one not furnishing
fH!ndS to igh the STRIKERS We are con
adopted it is probable that union men,
with about $25,OoO,0Oo in savings de-
posts, will be asked to take them out. -
Produce Business Hard Hit.
The produce commission business in
South Water street has been so crippled
that many Of the merchants discussed
tomorrow at l o'clock and declare u
lockout until the strike was settled.
An impromptu conference was held in
the offices of George w. Linn & Son.
Many present were willing to shut their
doors, but the majority voted not to
take such a, step. George r. Linn, who
called the meeting, said:
Should this strike last much longer. we
all will probably have to go out of bust
ness. The business men in this street are
losing between $4,000 and $1OO, OOO daily.
The egg, butter and; berry merchants are
the heaviest losers, because their business
depends entirely on fast express, which
is handled exclusively by the express
companies. Many Of the diaries are ship
ping to points outside of Chicago, because
the express companies cannot, handle the
business, and the shippers have been sc
alarmed about the strike that they have
abandoned Chicago as a shipping place.
.''Trying to Incite Violence
President Shea sent out today the
following statement, addressed to the
citizens of Chicago: .--
1t Is apparent to all that the Chicago
Employers association is trying to incte
violence with the object of securing as
sistance from the state and federal troops
.. in order to crush out unionism In Chicago
In the face Of claims that wagons art
, being moved and the fact that all tn,
rioting has been done by the coloret
! strikebreakers brought to Chicago by tn
! Chicago business men, the employers still
. demand the troops but the peaceful atti
, tude Of the strikers is known to the gov
= ernor and the federal authorities, and thi
! carefully-laid plan will fail.
: The people should not be deceived b
|, talk that employers are fighting for tn
rights of the colored man. The colore
men they have brought here are a men
n ace to society, and even the police wi
[ admit this. They are the; scum Of tn
e, south and tehir own race desDises them
4 Attorney Levy Meyers defense Of thes
!. blacklegs and thugs is only an inciden
n of his hiring and should not be seriousl
g considered.
Libelled by Bankers.
+ There is one other point the citizen
- should consider The bankers Of Chicag
y have grossly lbeled the city in whic
:. they made their living by declaring tha
q a state Of rebellion exists here.
Il It will drive people from the city an
d keep away investors, lowering the pric
t. of real estate, and injuring business ir
,r terests to an almost incalculable extern
le Yet these men are the men who clai1
if that they are trying to stimulate Il
n city's growth. Thas such a statement
q a vile SANDER on the city Of Chicago an
d a lye Of the. blacklist type Is apparent
+. everyone.
a l. Tt should not be forgotten that tt
"a garment workers strike, of which Il
I, present teamsters' strike is an on
sea growth, was caused by an attempt to r.
20 ltstore the sweatshops and contractor
4 system, and the lengths to which en-
Il ployers are prepared to go in this obje
10 and the attempt to break the teamster
w union can now be seen. They are Wi
= ing to fill Chicago with moral and phys
~ cal lepers and throw the city into cha
~ 10 in order to crush the working man, Il
~ stead of realizing that labor unions a
- here to stay and cannot be put down
i tyranny and oppression.
u Caravan Unmolested.
vi For possibly the first time since t
strike began a caravan of coal WACO
4 IL.