Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-06-07
OBSTACLES TO PEACE.
Little Chance of an Early Settlement
of the Big Chicago
Strike

of the Big Chicago
Strike.
Chicago, H., June 5-The strike sit
uatiOn presents many obstacles to an
early settlement, even with both sides
ready and anxious to conclude terms
of peace. President Samuel Gompers
| of the American Federation Of Labor
is on his way back to Chicago, to again
| lend his good offices toward effecting
satisfactory adjustment. No further
concession by the railway express COM
panies is entertained by the strikers,
which continues to battle both the mer
chants and the strike committee.
Big Mass Meeting
Truck drivers have planned a big mass
meeting for tomorrow, at which meeting
1t will be decided, possibly, to refer a
| proposition by the team owners that the
teamsters arbitrate the matter of deliv-
cry to strike affected houses to refer
endum vote Of the 5000 drivers in the
employ OF the team owners. When and
where that referendum vote will be taken
is not yet decided. But it is said that
the word has been passed around to the
rank and file that a negative vote is alb
solutely necessary; otherwise, the strike
would end itself and no terms of any
kind could be obtained by the several
thousand teamsters out on strike.
Strikers Win a Point.
Tonight employers of the lumber in
| tereStS intend to meet to take steps for
settlement conferences. The lumber driv-
ers strike situation took a new turn to-
! day when the Pulaski Lumber company
broke down from the arrangement with
the Lumbermen,S association to use En-
/ ployers leaning company men to make
deliveries, and reinstated some of it's old
union union drivers; Teamsters sent by. the
Employers leaning company to drive
the Pulaski company's wagons are said
to have failed to give satisfaction, and
member of the firm resolved upon get
ting teamsters who would work.
Street Car Strike Threatens.
Another cloud foated on the labor sky
today. The Union Traction company re-
ceivers fatty refused several Of the de-
mands Of the employees committee seek
ing new wage scale and working agree
| ment. The street car men wish to equal
ize the wages Of the Consolidated Trac-
ton company and the Union Traction
company proper. The employees wish
pay for men summoned to barns for
extra work. Notwithstanding the re-
fusal, the receivers Of the street car COM
panies are disposed to confer with the
committee Of the employees and are ex-
| pected to make concessions to bring
about an amicable adjustment.
Charles Dold, president of the Chicago
| Federation of Labor, has resigned from
the teamsters' strike committee. He as
serts that his action was due to the fact
that for several weeks he has neglected
the affairs of the piano and organ work
ers' union, of which he is an Official
Non-union men are still being har-
raised by sluggers.
Another Slugging.
Albert Johnson, believed to be a non
union teamster. was severely beaten to-
day at Fourteenth street and Ashland
! avenue When found by the police he
was insensible and was bleeding from a
wound in the head. He was taken to a
! hospital, where it was found that sew
! eral of his ribs were broken. He will
probably die.
The garment workers strike, which
practically has been regarded as a dead
issue, has unexpectedly reared its head
and threatens to become an obstacle in
future negotiations looking towards the
settlement of the Transfers war.
In the Chicago Federation of Labor
meeting delegates from the tailors union
attacked the strike committee for Slight
| ing" the 1000 garment workers, out of
sympathy for whom the teamsters went
on strike The federation, in the end,
was forced to acknowledge that the two
strikes We're inseparable and that one
could not be settled without the other.
Allowed to Starve.
For half an hour the delegates wran-
gled over accepting the report of the
| strike committee read by Chairman
| Joseph W. Morton. The objections were
that the report confined itself to the
progress of the teamsters strike exclud-
| ing all reference to the garment work
ers' controversy. Charges were made
that thousands of dollars contributed
weekly by labor unions are being spent
for the teamsters' benefit, while the gar
ment workers, according to statements,
are starving"
Stand by Garment Workers
Transfers who were present vigorous
u denied the assertions and succeeded
| finally in having the strike report adopt
ed In addition, President Dold Of the
federation placed himself on record as
declaring that the strike committee
never would consent to the settlement of
the teamsters' strike until the garment
workers dispute had been satisfactorily
adjusted.
Crisis in Strike.
Chicago, ILL.,, June 5.-Deyelopments
of the utmost significance in the strike
Of the teamsters hinge on the outcome
of arbitration between the team owners
and the teamsters within the next few
days.
Both sides are in an aggressive mood,
and failure to reach an agreement, it IS
predicted, will force a Walkout of 10000
more teamsters and bring idleness to
thousands of workmen in other crafts.
If the members of the Chicago Team
Owners association force the issue with
their drivers similar action on the part
Of other teaming organizations, it is
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