The San Francisco call., 1905-06-05
END OF STRIKE
NOT IN SIGHT
Employers and Teamsters In
Chicago as Far Apart as
They We're at Beginning
EACH SIDE CONFIDENT
Attorney for Business Men
Says Only Surrender OF
Unions Will Bring Peace

CHICAGO, June An adjustment OF
the teamsters' strike by mediation,
seems as remote tonight as ii did two
months ago. Peace negotiations begun
last week, which promised TO bring
about an amicabie adjustment OF the
difficulty. have been abandoned Tor the
present at least and the strike VIII be
allowed to take its natural course. ac-
cording to President Shea OF the Team
sters' Union. A natural course means
one. of two things. either spread OF
fhe strike or defeat for the union, as
all business firms now involved In the
trouble absolutely refuse to concede
anything further in the controversy or
to bring about settlement
Peace negotiations are or for all
time" said Levy Mayer. chief counsel
for the employers. tonight We aoso-
lutely are finished with all conferences
with the strikers. The only thing that
prevented a settlement OF the whole
trouble last night was piQue on the
part of President Shea because he had
been sighted in the conferences and
The only way that settlement can be
reached now is for the strikers to
acknowledge defeat"
The employers blocked a settlement
last night" said President Shea to-day.
Their objection TO the men wearing
union buttons and a refusal to agree
not 10 discriminate against the strikers
was all that prevented the calling on
of the strike. We feel that our position
is as strong as it was a month ago and
we are not going to give in now that
we believe we have the struggle prac-
tically won. Those business firms in
volyed in the strike are losing money
every day and they are getting tired
of It They will soon be willing to
come to us and sue for peace. Our
men are perfectly satisfied with mat
ters as they are and we are not going
TO accept any proposition from the em-
ployers which would in any way affect
the standing of the Teamsters', Union.
The spread of the strike depends
upon a meeting to be held to-morrow
between the Chicago Team Owners As
ISOLATION and the Commission Mer-
chants' Team Association for the pur-
pose of deciding whether the two asso-
Citations will make deliveries to the
strike-boun houses The two orgapi-
cations have been anxious all along for
this question to be left to arbitration,
and at a meeting of the Chicago team
owners last week the teamsters were
given FIVE days in which to come to a
sters in turn put the question up to the
Truck Drivers Union for referendum
vote as the greater portion Of the en-
ployes of the Chicago team owners be-
long to thfs association. This yote1is
scheduledSto be taken on-Tuesdaya
To-morrow's meeting between the
commission men and the Chicago Team
Owners Association is for the purpose
of making arrangements to meet any
emergency that may arise in case the
vote of the truck drivers is against the
proposition Of making deliveries ire.
spective of whether firms are involved
n the strike Oh not ;r.sjs = ~.
: The naaj5rity. of the memb bers of these,
two teanin g sofg gaiiiza tions = 81 said to-
be IN favor ofsnnaking deliveriesDto the
boycotted houses and should the drivers
refuse to do SO, 1t is the general belief
that all of these men Will go on strike.
Albert Young, former president of the
Teamsters' Union, for whom a capias
was issued yesterday, has not yet been
found,