The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-12
A STRONG PROTEST
President Asked Not to
Send Troops.
No Request for Them. He Says 81 Be-
Iieve in Unions, But You Must o.
beV Law" Roosevelt and
Dunno Confer.
Dunno Confer.
(By Associated Press.)

Chicago, May 1O.-A strongly word
ed protest against the sending of Fed
eral troops to Chicago was submitted
to President Roosevelt this afternoon.
The protest is signed by c. p. Shea,
president of the international Broth
erhood of Transfers; Charles Dold,
president of the Chicago Federation
of Labor and by other labor leaders.
The employers have repeatedly spurn-
ed the request of the labor leaders for
arbitration, the protest declares, and
boosted that Federal troops would
back up the employers side OF the
controversy.
Peace" says the protest of the la
Dor leaders "rests not upon the mill
tia or the army but upon the patience
and long suffering of the toiling mass
Can a few soldiers scare the men who
make armies and who compose the
flower of American manhood"
Declaring that the workers will
abide by the decision of an arbitrator,
even should that decision fail to be
made that might by hoped for, the
appeal to the President closes with
the request that he consider all the
facts in the case before he permits
any abuse Of Federal power in COM
plying with a request for troops.
Received by Roosevelt.
The committee presenting the pro-
test was received by the President in
person at the Auditorium annex.
The President told them that no de-
mand had been made upon him for
the use of troops in Chicago. He said
he regretted that the protest should
have spoken of the Federal army as
it did He declared that Mayor
Dunno had his hearty support in sup
pressing mob violence, and concluded:
81 am a believer in unions / am
an honorary member of one union.
But the union must obey the law, just
as the corporation must obey the law,
just as every man, rich or poor, must
obey the law. AS yet no action has
been called for by me, and most GER
tainly if action is called for by me I
shall try to do exact justice under the
law to every man, SO far as / have
power. But the first essential is the
preservation of law and order, the
suppression of violence by mobs or in
diViduals."
Negroes Shot and Cut.
It was agreed by both sides that
there would be no trouble while Pres
ident Roosevelt was in the city. Not
withstanding this tacit agreement
there were q number Of outbreaks,
one of them taking place in Michigan
avenue q short time after President
Roosevelt had passed the spot. In this
riot several negroes were. cut and
| shot.
The employers sent out more wag-
ons today, with fewer guards than at
any previous time, since the strike be-
gan. The Employers Association is
steadily increasing the force of non
union men, and tonight it was said
| fully 1000 men We're ready to take
charge of the wagons.
During the luncheon given by the
| Merchants Club this afternoon Pres
ident Roosevelt and Mayor Dunno
talked of the strike situation. Mayor
| Dunno told the President that the
most alarming stage of the strike had
passed and that the police had con-
troll of the situation.
! George S. Pierce, a union teamster,
was shot and killed tonight by George
T. Waldorf. a deputy sheriff, who
was guarding a Wells Fargo express
wagon. Pierce was passing Clark and
! Seventeenth streets. when the express
wagon, under guard of several depu-
ties. among which Waldorf came
| down Clark street. Waldorf was for
/ merly member of the Transfers
Union. and Pierce tainted him with
his change in employment. Angered
by the language of Pierce. Waldorf
! drew q revolver and fired one shot
the bullet striking Pierce just above
the heart Waldorf was arrested.