The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-01
NO PEACE IN CHICAGO STRIKE
MAYORS COMMITTEE FAILS TO
EFFECT 4 COMPROMISE.

Employers Insist on the Teamders' Tn.
conditional Surrender and Reject SuB-
geStlOnS OF an Armistiee or ArbitrAs
iOn-DOnate ~ 900 to Injured Cop.
CHICAGO, April 3O.-All hope Of a oassa-
ton Of hostilities and a peaceful settlement
Of the teamsters' strike through the citizens
committee appointed by Mayor Dunno was
abandoned tonight after a series Of con-
ferences in the Mayors Office in city hall,
lasting from 2 In the afternoon until 7.30
in the evening.
The peace conference was failure.
Unconditional surrender on the part Of the
striking employees il is declared, 10 the
only thing that can possibly close the breach
between them and the employers. This Is
the ultimatum Of the executive committee
Of the employers association as expressed
in emphatic language by the various spokes-
men before the peace committee.
I'VE will treat with the teamsters as
individuals, but we will have no truce with
men who attempt 10 destroy our stables,
let our horses starye, destroy property
and endanger the public streets with reck-
less abandon was the text Of the reply
Of several Of the employers.
Plans for an armistice Of forty-eight
hours, as suggested at a protracted meet
ing held Saturday night, we're first placed
before the employers, but we're firmly re-
fused The suggestion Of submitting the
controversy on its merits to persons com
handing the respect and confidence OF the
community also met the same fate. Finally,
the committee issued the following state
ment to the public:
The members Of the commission, acting
upon the request Of his Honor, the Mayor,
regret to inform the public that after having
heard reports Of both parties to the con-
troversy in the Mayors Office, Sunday
afternoon, from ? to 30 p. NJ, no plan has
been found acceptable to bring about an
adjustment Of the difficulties.
"The representatives Of the employers
refuse to accept any commission or means
OF arbitration which was suggested, while
the laboring men declare their readiness
to acquiesce in the plan Of submitting the
controversy to persons commanding the
respect and confidence Of the community.
Rather a thousand times an honorable
defeat than dishOnorable surrender, was
the keynote Of the speeches mnde by the
labor delegates in the Chicago Federation OF
Labor The keynote was struck by Presi-
dent Dold who deolered that the present
strike had been fore d upon the Transfers
in an effort 10 disrupt the organized labor
movement in Chicago,
The meeting was the largest ever held
in the history Of the cantrpl hodv. Brick
LAYERS Hall was crowded. The g neral
tone was for a fight 70 a finish. Only one
delegate, George J Thompson Of the Cigar
makers Union, attempted TO check the
/ radicalism. He said that the central body
J ought rather 10 take steps to try 10 end the
| strike. His motion was amended by fully
! indorsing the action Of the committee
/ which has handled the strike
A motion TO have union men sworn in
as deputies was adopted and the strike
committee was instruct ed 10 see that II wa
! carried out. Resolutions were adopted
I instruCting President Dold TO appon t
+ a committee 10 wait upon President Roose-
: welt. Gov. Deneen and Mayor Dunno re-
0uestng them 10 make thorough investl-
I CATION Of the strike before needing any
/ request for State or Federal troops.
/ The employer association yesterday
voted the thanks Of the association
! 70 Sergt Richard Cummings Of the Chicago
! police force for his bravery in the strike
! disorder and extended the sympathy Of
! the association 10 him and his family in
/ the injury he received while doing his
/ duty on Washington street on April D..
7 II was further voted to donate 81 600 TO
. him out of the treasury, with the good
wishes oT the association for his speedy
and complete recovery.
Cummings was run down by a team
driven 10y a union teamster. He was
reported as improving at the AleGian
/ Brothers Hospital tonight.