The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-25
.RIOTING BEGINS
AND SEVERAL HURT
All Chicago's Detectives Now
on Strike Duty There.
All the Available Deputies Sworn I'm
loo Special Policemen
Summoned.
THE STRIKE STILL SPREADS.

Chicago, Ill.,, May 25.--violence
broke out in connection with the
strike this morning. Louis Flint, col
Ored, was taken for a strike breaker
and beaten and kicked into lnsensi-
bility by five white men.
His assailants then escaped. Flint
Is In the hospital in critical condl-
ton.
The city is without detective
force. all the detectives going or
strike duty.
Fifty men have answered cali
for a thousand volunteers.
Twenty-four hundred officers are
today guarding twenty-five hundred
wagons.
Final rejection of union demands.
especially those of express drivers
was officially announced by employ
ers. They demand practically uncon-
ditional surrender
The strike in the lumber distric,
has spread with great rapidity and
practically all business of that kind
is at standstill. Some few lumber
yards are still in operation, but their
volume of business is so small as to
amount to practically nothing. A
number of planning mills and sasi
and door factories were compelled to
shorten operations today and by FRI
day will be compelled to close entire.
ly if the supply of lumber is not
largely increased. Lumber yards are
making little effort. to transact bust
ness.
One cause for the lack of energy on
the part of employers in the lumber
district is that the city will not BE-
able to afford them police protec-
ton. Mayor Dunno provided agains.
this contingency last night by issuing
a call for / 900 extra policemen, who
will be sworn in as rapidly as appli-
cations are filed by suitable men.
This will be the second | 1000 extra
policemen sworn in since the com
mencement of the strike.
Sheriff Barrett has sworn in sew
eral hundred deputies, the largest
number at any one time since the be-
ginning of the trouble.
President Shea, of the Transfers
union, James b. Barry, business
agent of the Express Drivers union,
Bernard Mulligan, president of the
Express Drivers union, and John IL.
Donahue, a member of the same un-
ion, will appear before Judge Kohl
saat in the United States distric.
court today. Attorney Mayer, acting
for the Employers association Will
ask that the men be sent to jail on a
charge of contempt in refusing to
answer questions before Master IN
Chancery sherman, which questions
they had previously been ordered to
answer by the court.
While attorneys for the plalntln
in the Injunction proceedings have
everything prepared awaiting an or
der of commitment from Judge Kohl
saat, legal advisors of the men have
been equally busy and are ready to
file written a habeas corpus before
another federal Judge II the men are
to Jail The writs of ha
Deas corpus will in all probability
De heard before Judge Lands.
United States deputy marshais
nave commenced serving notices on
he sixty teamsters who have beer
,ited for contempt of court In yio-
atlng injunctions prohibiting theni
rom interfering with wagons OF ex'
,ress companies and the Employers
reaming company. The men are eli
ID to show cause on May 81, why
hey should not be punished for con
empt