Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-25
EXPECT CALL TO ARMS
State Militia at Chicago Ready
for Prompt Action.
STRIKE Is SPREADING
MAYOR CALLED FOR 1000 CTTI.
zENS FOR POLICE DUTY.
Armed Sentries Guard Various Armor-
les in City-4,Ooo Deputy Sheriffs
Patrol Affected Districts.

Mayor Dunno OF Chicago this
afternoon announced that owing to
the absence of serious rioting the
civil authorities continue to mold
control of the situation. AS lo..g
as such conditions prevail troops sill
not be asked for.
Possibility of the addition Of
thousands of street car employees to
the ranks of the strikers developed
today as result OF formal presen-
tatlon of demands for increased
wages and complaints that the street
car company is using so-called "un-
fair" coal.
Commitment of President Shea Of
the teamSters and other labor lead
ers for alleged contempt of court
was formally asked before Judge
kohlsaat today The Judge, how
ever, decided to hear arguments on
both sides before entering any or
der.
The strike OF teamsters employed
by lumber dealers spread more slow
ly today than had been expected.
CHICAGO. May 25.-Troops were not
called today to control the strikers, and
may not be called tomorrow. With $500
fc -
police energetic in furnishing protection
for teaming the city authorities were a
unit with Sheriff Barrett in making the
positive statement that soldiers were not
needed yet. Responses to the mayors call
for 1000 citizens to volunteer for special
police service were few, but the citys ex-
ecutive did not become discouraged. The
absence of any serious form of strike vio-
lence In all strike-affected portions of the
city did much to keep up the spirits of the
authorities.
Spread of the strike in the lumber inter-
ests, confined chiefly today TO the hard
wood lumber yards, did not affect many
firms as some of the members of the Lum-
bermen's Association feared. But many
thought today lull before a storm. AL
though President Shea of the teamsters
made light of fears of employers that the
lumber tie-up would soon affect 100000 men
in the city building trades, the impression
prevailed that the action of carpenters and
other artisans in openly boycotting supplies
from ssstruck' firms would eventually lead
to an Industrial paralysis that would make
the situation too serious for the civil au-
thorities to cope with.
Feyerish labor conditions were apparent.
Not the least sensational of the days de-
velopments was re-entry of the Union Trac-
ton Company phase of the situation. I'M
portant demands for increased wages and
other requests, made by employees TO the
receivers of the big street railway system
today brought the company again to the
verge of strike. Delivery of so-called
unfair coal to the companys traction
power plant has heretofore caused serious
apprehension, but pending the making OF a
new agreement with the company leaders
of the street car mems union allowed hre-
men to handle the coal
Now the crystallized demands of the em-
ploves are: Increase of gripmen's pay from
26 to 80 cents an hour; increase of conduc-
tors nav from % to 24 cents an hour, and
reduction of the probationary period from
six months TO three months.
A Serious Aspect Today.
CHICAGO May 25-With the strike spread
signs of peace in sight, affairs in the team
sters' strike assumed serious aspect today.
Unable to meet the demands for police
nrotection. Mayor Dunno issued a call for
600 able-bodied citizens to report at Chief
O'Neilrs office and be sworn-in as policemen
to do strike duty.
Sheriff Barrett continued to swear in dep
mites The number of deputies sworn since
the beginning of the strike now NUMBERS
1900 one-fourth of whom are active depu-
ties assigned to protect non-union drivers
and wagons
Armed sentries were guarding the various
armories located in the city, and the ofhcers
expected a call to arms at any moment.
Fifty thousand rounds of ammunition have
been distributed among the four regiments
in the city and the naval militia.
Lumber Business Paralyzed.
Efforts to increase the force of police on
active duty guarding wagons for strike-
bound business establishments were car
ried on today with the utmost vigor. To
such extent was this done that every de-
tective in the city was said to have been
assigned to work ordinarily done by uni
formed police Sixty detective sergeants,
many of whom had not carried cluo 1or
fifteen years, found themselves marching
today from the city hall armed with the
regulation hickory. The sergeants were
taken to various express company head
quarters. Among the sergeants who TO-DAY
on express and other wagons took chances
of brick bats and broken glass were
number who had guarded Presidents NC
Kinlev and Roosevelt on gala visits to Chi
cago.
c. S. Wicke. secretary of the Hines Lum-
her Company, said today that inside of q
week 100000 men who work in wood Will
be out of employment if the te-up OF ihe
lumber district continues The WOOD
working mills are already affected
+ D. Smith of the hardwood lumber firm
of F. r. Crane Company, asserted that al
ready 6,oo0 lumber yard workers have been
laid off on account of lack of business.