The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-05-26
STRIKE MAY EXTEND.
New Impetus Given TrOublein Chicago
by Arbitrary Demands Of Team
Sters' Union Leaders.

StCIS UNION LfduSTSs
Sunday brought no change in the
attitude OF either side to the labor
controversy now in progress in Chi
cage, and everything points to an ex-
tension OF the teamsters' strike to
many other business houses. Officials
Of the seven express companies whose
refusal to reinstate any Of their strik'
ing employees, caused the collapse Of
the settlement OF the trouble, still
adhere to their. determination not to
give employment to any OF their for
mer employees and the other firms
involved in the difficulty declared
that they would stand by the ex.
press companies In the fight. The
teamsters' union has just taken as
Arm a stand, as the employers, and
II was stated by President Shea that
the union would never call OF the
strike until TIE express companies
came to terms.
The first spread OF the strike Is ex-
pected to come when the Lumber
mems Association, an organization
employing 2,4O0 teamsters, issues an
order to their men to make deliver.
les to all business houses, regardless
of whether they are involved in the
strike or not.
In anticipation Of such an order the
teamsters met Sunday afternoon ana
voted to go on strike should any
teamster be discharged for refusing
TO obey the order Of the association.
With non.union drivers making de-
liverles for the lumbermen, the trou
BILE will undoubtedly spread to afilliat-
ed industries, as the union men en-
ployed on buildings will refuse to
handle material delivered to non.
union labor. Should this strike be
called, there seems to be nothing that
can prevent a general industrial up
heaval in Chicago
Levy Meyer, chief counsel for the
Employers Association, gave out a
statement Sunday night, in which he
said:
THE employers propose to do bust.
ness and will continue to invoke every
legal avenue for the protection OF
their men and property. That the
employers are right in the attitude
they have assumed in the controversy
was demonstrated by the fact that
every term and condition they insist
ed on was agreed to by Shea and his
committee, Notwithstanding this,
however, Shea now insists that the ex-
press companies be boycotted by us
In order TO bring about a settlement
of the strike,
This we will never do, and even
II we were willing TO comply with
the demands OF Shea to take such
action would be a crime which no
law.ablding person would countenance.
The teamsters struck against the OK.
press companies in violation Of the
letter ~ their agreement, despite the
fact that the men were told that II
they struck they would not be re.em.
ploycd. The employers association TO
a man believe that the seven express
arc justified in the stand /.
they have taken and our organization |
will use every endeavor to assist the |
express companies In maintaining the !
decision they have reached. or
course, this decision means that there |
will be no settlement OF the strike |
unless the union withdraws its dc.
mand, but It is the only thing left for
us 10 do"
Alonzo Wygant, general agent OF
the United States Express company.
said that so far as a settlement OF
the strike was concerned. the only
way It could be ended would be for
The teamsters 10 surrender.