Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-06
eoMPERs WILL RETURN TO CHI.
cAGo TO WORK WITH
STRIKERS.
MAYOR is PEsslMIsTIC
Dunno ls Not Vet Sure That Troops
May Not Be Demanded by Situation
That Threatens-shea Regarded as a
Stumbling Block.

Chicago, June 5.-The settlement OF
the strike is not yet in sight. President
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor is coming to Chicago again
to supplement the work he did during
his previous visits here.
Express Companies Hold Key. y
Managers of the railway express
companies will not yield and are still
holding the keys to the situation. The
team owners association continues to
believe that 1t will be permitted to
make deliveries to the boycotted
houses. The question of permitting
this will be acted on by the teamsters
tomorrow night, but the vote is apt to
be adverse as it is understood the rank
and file has been notified that an af-
firmative vote will lend the strike with
out granting any concessions to the
strikers. In the event Of a refusal on
the part of the teamsters to permit
such deliveries it is intimated that the
team owners association will discharge
the recalcitrant drivers and thus ex-
tend the strike.
Two UnIonIsts Liberated.
| Judge Grosscup today released on
bail Mulligan and Donahue Of the ex-
press drivers Union, who were ar
rested for refusing to answer questions
before the master of chancery, who
was taking testimony In the Injunction
case. They refused on the groundfthat
they might incriminate themselves and
the Judge intimated that they were
right in so doing in view of the in
vestigation by the grand jury. The
charge was conspiracy. An indictment
1 against Albert Young, former president
4 of the International Teamsters' union,
was secured today by Montgomery
4 Ward &, Co. I,
sIugslns Continues.
4 The non union men are still being
harrassed by strikers. Albert Johnson
believed to be a non-union teamster
was probably fatally beaten today at
Fourteenth street and Ashland avenue
Mayor Dunno is plainly worried over
the situation.
cts too bad" said the mayor. "The
prospect seems to have been quite
promising for a few hours. The only
hope now is that the team owners anc
truck drivers will come to some agree
ment Tuesday night and from such
circumstance good influence on tne
general situation will emanate."
The impression among the mayors
advisors that an outbreak Of vic
lence is feared and at any event
, spread of the strike today and tomor
row. The executive was asked II III
!, thought troops would yet be necessary
but said he couldn't yet tell.
Hopes Based on Progress Made.
The basis for peace hopes seemed t.
be in effect that some progress ha,
been made in bridging the chasm 0
differences between the merchant
and the strikers by the last unsuccess
,, full conference. There also was ter
!, dency. entirely new, to regard the sit
uation with calmness. Many of tn
leaders took occasion during the da
to analyze the points of difference a
contained in the set of terms draw
. up by the employers committee o
Saturday.
"The greatest objection to the en-
s ployers' proposition is that it was to
q legal" said member of the teamster
/ national board. Remove this di
/ agreeable feature and I feel sure ths
$ the unionists will accept the term
s There are now no insurmountable di
ferences in the way of peace"
Afraid Of "Catch Phrases"
BY legal the executive member e;
planned that he meant superfuity {
e words and "catch phrases" in the Sc
tlement conditions as proposed by tt
employers.
= 1--WE objected for instance, to tt
clause referring to the open shop,
he said. "That article was unnece
= sary and it cast reflection upon tt
= teamsters' union The mention of tt
4 Employers Teaming company WE
unfortunate. While the union me
did not care particularly about this
: ranked. The plan to abolish the wea
ing of buttons was a third undiploma
. ic suggestion to offer the strikers"
Believe Shea a Stumbling Block.
Among the rank and file" the bell
has gained ground that the eliminate
of President Shea absolutely is nece
sary to the restoration of peace in tt
strike. Shea's dramatic victory in IL
In teamsters' joint council, when he su
ceeded in blocking the way to Sc
tlement Saturday night generally W;
o. regarded as destined to be short live
N in it's effect. He controlled the vote
, of twenty men in that meeting, but
was said that with a fill attandanceh h