Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-11

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down by pl0toons OF infantry They
rotallOtod later the same day by throw.
ing bombs The casualty llst now IN.
oludoa ninety dead ana moro than u
hundred wounded, and there Ii talk OF
calling a general strike IN Poland an u
reply to the pure wantonness OF tho
Coasack
Chicago IL a young city, II has rear
ed lie structures In a country where
perfect freedom rolgns, and whcro
orory eltgon has the right guaranteed
by the constitution, 10 ne, liberty, and
tho pursuit Of happiness And yet tho
streets have, l0toy, been rendered un-
safe by murdcroue rioters The casual.
Ties arc said 10 DO two dcnd and over
100 wounded, some pthor seriously II
~ comparison which suggests tho
thought that no form OF government
can guarantee peace, unless the ndi.
vldual citizens themselves are peace.
fully inclined.
Tho origin OF the trouble IN Chicago
dates back 90 the time when the tai.
lors declared for the open shop pol.
ley M the only remedy against the
diiilcu,los encountered IN max.
INK contracts with ASSOCIATIONS,
ana Interpreting such contracts,
folno months ago conference
was called between The contondIng fac.
lions ana M the close Of brief soa.
sion tho garment workers woro told
tina, the tollors association wished 10
declare all tho existing contracts null
ana void, and draw up u new agree
ment which would be more broad and
liberal than those already executed
An cfrort was made to have the mat
Ter adjusted by arbitration, but tho
employers showed no disposition 10
parley further, stating that the unions
had sacrificed all claims by their pcr-
nlstent monaoes They could accept
or reject ms they saw At
The following day tho garment
workers were notified that thcncororh
open shop should prevail and that
II thoy desired TO continue work Il
would be az individuals and not nv
nombers Of any union This ultlmatum
prcclpi,ated u walkout Of the nno-
teen men employed by Montgomery
Ward n co, one OF the twonty-elght
Chicago members Of the National
Wholesale Tail0ra' association
Thcn followed the Injection into the
controversy OF the dread sympathetic
strike The teamstors were appealed
TO with the hopo that they could In
llucncc the employers TO settle or ar.
bitrote After several weeks " Of.
fort this failed, and the chicago Fed
Grafton Of Labor took hand,
Finally the toamstcB decided to act
ana taking Montgomery Ward 4 CO.'S
house as tho place Of attack, set IN
motion one Of the greatest industrial
uphoayals OF the last decade,
Thus has the strike" OF the nine.
teen garment workers motamorphosod
Itself into the great "tcomsters' strike"
The teamstors had no grievance and
took up the cudgcs only because Of
sympathy" once In the fray, they
could not rctroco their steps and the
battle cry now Is night 10 the I'm
| lsh"
President Roosevelt has now had an
Interview with tho strike leaders. Ito
INSURED them that tho efforts Of tile
local authorities to keep peace and or
der had his full sympathy This means
that, II necessary the Federal troops
would b0 sent 10 their aid, IN this the
President viii be upheld by every loyal
citl2on Of the country. The strikers
have stopped the wheels OF industry IN
one Of tho largest cities OF Tho Republic,
and Killed and malmcd peaceful cltlzonB
whose only crime was an effort 90 earn
their LIVING by honest toll by such
acts they arc virtually IN rebellion IN n
country whore the laws arc ample 10
give protection against wrongdolng,
and whore violence has no shadow of
excuse, When the chief Executive
toarossly assured the leaders OF the
lNwbreakers that his Influence viii be
cScrted for the restoration and MAIN
tcnOnco OF peace, ne fulfilled u sacred
duty The Mayor of Chicago expressed
the conviction that the worst Of tho
trouble Is over, and that the difficulties
win be adjusted before long II IN to
be hoped that he understands the sl!ua.
tlon correctly liut 4, " certain that
the trouble win not be entirely ended,
unlll those responsible for tho murder
and other acts Of violence that have
been committed, Nro brought before
| the bar Of Justice