The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-06
INTENSE
ANXIETY
IN CHICAGO OVER THE STRIKE SIT
UATION. FUEL SUPPLY OFcAR
LINES IN DANGER
10000 POLICEMEN ON DUTY
To Protect From Violence. Many Calls
for Protection.

Chicago. May -Bluntly warn
ed by Sheriff Thomas E. Barrett
that troops would be asked for by
him if police and deputy sheriffs
togather proved unable to control
violence, strike sympathizers were
less in evidence about the many
strike bound stores and stable.
today. A distinct innovation was
made by the police. Chief O'Neill
is, ued a general order to arrest all
persons following police guarded
wagons.
when this strike first broke
out, saidO' Neill, persons follow
ed the curiosity. Now they follow
them to incite riot. There will be
no discrimination by the police in
such cases in making arrests,
A typical call upon Sheriff Bar
ret for protection came today from
James B. Claw & Sons, manufact-
urers of plumbing supplies. Depul-
tes were sent to the firm S store
with instructions to take seats on
wagons sent out by the establish
ment and aid in keeping the peace.
Yesterday the firm steamslers were
stoned and the police were unable
TO arrest the offenders.
Two thousand men constitutep
the police forced available for strike
duty today. With this number, the
police officials expect to guard 200
wagons Ia decided increase over
yesterdays total. Renewed conid-
ence was experieced by the police
officials in their ability to exercise
a reasonable degree of control.
The fuel supply of the Union
Traction company, which controls
more than half the street car lines
in Chicago, was placed in jeopardy
today. Pickets of the teamsters'
union we're on duty all night to
prevent shipments being made to
six big power houses supplied with
coal by the Peabody company, an
ally of the Employers Teamiug
association. This watch vigilantly
continued today.
Chicago, May 5-Addition to the
number of teamsters on strike will
aggregate nearly hundred today.
The new strikes are confined to in
dividul concerns, chiefly wholesale
houses.
All the principal wholesale groc-
ery firms are under the ban of the
teamsters, and the dimishing stock
in the retail stores are further plac-
ed in jeopardy.
The union leaders also threaten to
tie up the river service by calling
out the tug men and thus add more
difficulties to the transfer of goods
from the grocery warehouses. Union
tug men reported that several large
concerns were utilizing the river
route to move merchandise.
1t is learned thatPresidentSamuel
Gompers of theAmerican Fedora
ton of Labor has recommended to
his executive board that they vote
an assessment for the striking team
sters in Chicago. The teamsters
strike has attracted many laboerr'
leaders from all over the country
among whom is P H. Mccarthy o.
San Francisco, Johh L. Lennon,
treasurer of the American Fedora
reon of Labor, also is in Chicago
Bricks and baseballs were used il
blood letting effects in Dearborn
street near Nineteenth when scor'
of negroes, all non-union men pre-
pairing to take out wagons to trans
fer goods for various establishment
were attacked by a mob of strik
sympathizers. Several were hurt
Harry Jameson, bystander
whose head was cut open with
baseball bat, will probably die.
squad of police wrth swinging
clubs dispersed the rioters afte
beating many men over tn
head.
Delivery wagons were sent OF