Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-25
Situation Kept in Hand
by Police and
Deputies.
THOUSANDS ON DUTY
Senator Platt Declares Flatly
No Express Employees viii
Be Taken Back.

Chicago. May 25.-Troops were not
called today To control the strike sit
uation and may not be tomorrow.
With 5000 deputy sheriffs and 300
city police on duty the authorities were
unit in making the statement that
soldiers were not yet needed Re
sponses To the mayors call for 1000
citizens To volunteer for special police
service were few. but the executive did
not become discouraged. The absence
of any serious form of violence did
much to keep up the spirits of the au-
thorities.
Few New Firms In.
The spread of the strike in the lum-
ber district was confined chiefly today
To hardware lumber yards. and did not
affect as many firms as some members
of the lumbermen feared. Many
thought today a lul before a storm
IndustrIaI Paralysis IL Nenr.
Although President Shea made light
of the fears of the employers. that the
lumber tie-up would soon affect 1OO.-
600 men in the city's building trades.
the impression prevailed that the ac-
tion of the carpenters and other firms
in bOycOtted supplies from struck
firms would eventually lead to indus
trial paralysis that would make the sit
uation too serious for the civil authori-
ties to cope with.
Traction Company la Again.
Feverish labor conditions were ap-
parent. Not the least sensational of
the days developments was the re-
,F ha
phase of the situation. Impertinent
demands for an increase OF wages and
other requests made by employers tu
the receivers of the street railway sys-
tenn today brought the company again
TO the verge of a strike.
Ask Shea's imprisonment.
The commitment of President Shea
and other labor leaders was formally
asked before Federal Judge Kohlsaat
today. The judge. however. decided To
hear arguments on both sides before
entering any order.
Appeal tn Fairbanks.
Chicago May 25.-The president of
the Chicago Federation of Labor an
nounced this afternoon committee
representing his organization would
call upon Vice President Fairbanks To
ask him to use his good Offices to- end
the strike.
Getting More Officers.
Chicago. MAY 25.-Efforts to increase
the force of police ON active duty
guarding wagons for strike-bound bus
mess establishments were carried on
today with the utmost vgor. Every
detective in the city was said to have
been assigned to work ordinarily done
by uniformed police
VIII Never Get BACK.
New York. May Ex-senator Platt.
president OF the United States Express
company. said today the striking ex-
press drivers in Chicago would never
be taken back by their employers
The wagon men in Chicago left the
express company's service at the de
mand Of the teamsters union. said
the senator, "and in so doing they not
only violated the union contract with
the express companies. but what Is of
more Importance they violated their
signed agreements with the companies
TO obey our rules and regulations.
Could Not Garry ON business
Their action materially affected the
express companies ability TO discharge
their public duties and caused serious
loss and damage. Such men cannot. in
the very nature of things. be taken
back into the express companies serY-
ice. nor is II at all possible for the ex-
press companies 10 discharge their pub
lie duties by employing any men in
their places who would act in the same
manner"
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