The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-05-09


time discuss peace propositions The
association will never be satisfied
with anything save an unconditional
surrender on the part of the strikers"
Levy Mayer, counsel for the EN-
ployers Association made this state
ment to reporter for the Publishers
Press after O meeting of the associ-
alton held at the Union League club
which had lasted all the afternoon
and we'll into the evening. 1t was
the length of this meeting that led
many to believe that the employers
had devised some new plan by which
peace and an end of the teamsters
strike might be secured.
Mr. Levy Mayer saw the Publish
ers Press reporter in his room at the
Auditorium annex.
"Is 1t true" he said, that / would
not be interviewed this afternoon.
The only reason for that was that
L was too busy. ! authorize you TO
state now, however, that at this
afternoons meeting-which meeting,
by the way we propose to continue
day by day until we have forced this
strike to an end--was held solely for
the. purpose of formulating plans by
which the stores throughout the city
will be able to carry on their bust
ness. Nothing regarding peace
Mr.. Mayors voice was scornful as he
uttered the word-"was talked about
and am quite certain no one at the
meeting even thought about it. I'm
conditional surrender on the part of
the strikers-that is the only way
that the men who went out will be
able to regain their positions and
even then the employers will reserve
the right reject the applications of
men they may think undesirable.
I'VE claim now, as we always have
claimed, that we have perfect, God
given right to run. our business as we
please as long as we obey the laws
and we certainly intend to do so. The
strike now is virtually broken. In a
week delivery wagons will be running
as usual.
"As to protection, authorize you
to say that beginning with today we
have had it. The police did not give
1t to us. Sheriff Barrett and his men
have done so and there will be no
need for troops. l could say a great
deal against the action of the police.
but there is no need of that now
that the sheriff has taken command.
He will see that the law is enforced
and that is all we ask
"As to the statement made by Mr..
Shea that we have melted riot in
order to- force the mayor or the
governor to call out the troops, that
is all nonsense. Our very striking
move in bringing Sheriff Barrett in.
TO the strike gives the lie to that
absurd assertion"
secret meeting of the committee of
the whole Of the Chicago Employers
Association was held late today at the
Union Labor Club. 1t was commonly
reported that the object of the meeting
was to discuss an entirely new plan
by which the teamsters' strike might
be brought to an end, but at the con-
clusion of the meeting none of those
who attended could be induced to talk.
Previous to the meeting Edward C.
Young, of the First Illinois Cavalry,
visited the office of Levy Mayer, the
counsel for the association. At the
conclusion of this meeting the officer
denied that his presence had anything
to do with prospective calling out Of
troops. He declared 1t pertained to the
interests of the firm, Belding Bros,
which is threatened with trouble be-
cause OF the strike.
To the onlooker the strike tonight
is as serious as ever. All day there
has been more or less rioting. Many
men, some of them unionists, others
strike breakers were taken to hospitals
with broken heads as the result of
fights in the streets. No one, however,
was fatally injured. AS on previous
days, the drivers of coal wagons were
looked upon with the most enmity by
the strikers and their friends.
Ine chlef OF police To-Day decided
to take drastic measures to stop the
rioting and to that end he directed his
men to arrest all men and women, too,
who followed carts through the streets.
THESE people," he said, may follow
these carts out of curiosity or they
may not One thing is certain and
that is that they cause fighting and
propose TO teach them lesson. /
promise them that II they are arrested
they will be heavily fined"
Sheriff Barrett, who is in control Of
the situation, declared that he and his
men are working in perfect accord
with the chief and that the latter's
orders will be carried out to the letter
by his deputies, Several Of the latter
refused to do strike duty today and
were threatened with arrest by the