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CONTESTANTS ARE FAR APART
Employers Say Fight is Peterlng GU,
to Finish-Te Say Appeal
vii! Pc Made to Every Union il,
Country For Financial Support
Meeting of a. F. of [. Called.
0By Associated Press.)


CHICAGO. May !5-As n result of
today's developments in the teamstors'
Strike The employers predict it's speedy
end. whlc the labor leaders assert
:Eat The strike will spread and will be
aido,i financially by unions all over
The country. An appeal for funds la,
hcHn sent ont Ivy President Gumpcrs.
of the American Federation of Labor
and this call gives a color of truth to
tho strikers assertion. What the
employers take as n sign of The cn,r
of the strike is Il telegram sent b.
President shea. of the Transfers
Union. tn President GomI.crs The
message asks for Il pceling Of the
executive board Of the American Fed
Grafton IF Labor. tn BIZ held in Chicago
near tho end of this week prcai,!cr.
shea also ,,Ir.raphcd the members
IF the executive board of The ntcrna-
iir'al Brotherhood Of Transfers 10
cGEic to Chicago forthwith.
Meet Wednesday or Thursday.
II is expected that This body will
meet IN Chicago On "Wednesday o..
''''''i''ay These officers have the
final say in calling or ending strike
OF the .eamStCrS They are the sanu
men Win were called to Chicago lasr
year tn put an en'l io The strike Of the
teamstcrs at the stock Yards and il IS
believed by the employers that tl,ry
lave now h2cn summoned for a sin. liar
purpose.
The employers tn.lay operated > 10c
wagons with little interference. many
OF the deliveries in the residence not-
ton of the city being made without
prlicc protection.
Charles Casey. business agent of tn,
Carriagc and Wagon Makers Union.
NO. L. accused of being an accessory
10 the murder of Charles j. Carlstrom.
who ii is alleged. was brually beaten
t" death by alleged hired thugs. waiv-
ed examination and was held to the
criminal court without bail.
The police are centerinS their efforts
today towards the capture of George
Nallor, cX-rreSident of the union. Mai.
Tor. according to the police. took M
active part in the plans fov what is
declared to have been a systematic
"Glugsins crusade" against nonunion
mon.
Mayor Dunno, for The first time dur
ing the transfers strike. made The de-
finite declaration today that a call
fer State troops would be made
promptly. following spread of the
strike, accompanied by violence.
400 Pupils on a Strike.
When Il wagon loaded with coal
from the Peabody Coal Company. wont
10 The Hermann Raster public schccl
this afternoon. four hundred pupils
left their books. The principal of the
school sent for the police. who scat
tered the crowds that were about the
school.
About 1.l00 messenger boys employ.
ell ny The Western Union Telegraph
Company, went on strike today The
strike was hecause coal from the Pea
body Goal Company was delivered NJ
the Western Union building by non
union transfers
Temporary Armstice Declared.
An armstice in the teamstcrs' strike
was declared tonight to last until the
cilccrs Of the International Brother
hooll OF Transfers meet here Wednc!,-
day Or Thursday
Al meeting of the Transfers
Joint Council tonight to reconsider
the action of Saturday night when it
was decided to refuse the demand of
the Team Owners Association that de
liveries be made 10 houses where
strikes exist. the members of The
council reailirmed their stand and de.
cided that they would not accedc to
the demands of the Team Owners
Association.
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