The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-05-30
MORE R|OT|NG ON
CHICAGO STREETS
WERE PRINCIPAL FEATURES IN
THE TEAMsTERs' STRIKE.
Many Arrests Made and Of Those
Taken In 23 Were Armed.
Appeal For Peace.

pal feature of the days doings in the
teamsters' strike. The principal strug-
gle occurred late this afternoon at the
corner of Canal and West Madison
streets, where large crowd attempted
to overturn a wagon belonging to the
American Express Company and beat
UP" the driver and the guard.
A riot call brought dozen police
men from the Desplaines street sta
ton, but the crowd numbered several
hundred and all sorts of missiles were
being thrown, so tnat 1t was necessary
to send 40 more men to the scene. A
I. vigorous fight followed, in which many
OF the mob we're clubbed. and 40 of
Z them carted to the station. The police,
found number of men in the windows
of cheap lodging houses in the vicinity
throwing bottles and bricks at the
wagon. These were arrested and the
proprietors Of the resorts given notice
that people must keep away from the
windows in time of trouble or the
places would be closed. The express
wagon got over the bridge under
heavy guard, the driver and the guard
being painfully cut and bruised.
Of the rioters arrested. % were
found to have in their possession re-
volvers, brass knuckles and slung
shots.
In the lumber district wherever
wagons were started out with nom
union drivers there were constant
fights, until attempts at delivery
ceased in the afternoon. One police
man was seriously injured by slung
shot and some of the rioters were sent
to the hospitals.
& States Attorney Healy announced
this evening that next week he would
turn the grand jury into state inves-
tigating body. Slugglng. conspiracy,
black listing and anything that per-
tains to the strike will be gone into,
whether it affects the labor side or the
employers. Some of the union leaders,
1t is said, are preparing information to
lay before Mr.. Healy, which they hope
will result In the indictment Of ex-
press companies for conspiracy and
blacklisting.
President Shea of the teamsters was
summoned into the Office of Master in
Chancery Sherman again today and ex-
amined for an hour by Attorney Mayer
for facts believed to relate to a seri-
GUS. charge, the nature of which is
closely guarded by Mr. Maher.
1t is known that the Employers AS
sociation has for several weeks past
conducted an investigation into
charges made against Shea, concerning
something that occurred three or four
years ago in the vicinity of Somerville
and North Cambridge, Mass.
There were no conferences Of note
during the day, but this evening the
Daily Labor Bulletin, regarded as the
Cficial organ of the strikers, contained
this appeal "The time for peace has
come. 1t may be accomplished now.
A few steps more and it may be be-
yond our reach. A few steps more, and
what might now be controlled may be
beyond any reasonable control.
IF we cannot agree to arbitrate, let
us get together on some basis of mu-
tual concession and stop this ruinous
policy of self-destruction.
Let there be peace. and let the
business of Chicago once more re-
sumo"
DIDN'T VOTE TO AID TRANSFERS.
The Associated Building Trades, rep
resenting probably $4,000 men, held a
meeting tonight, at which it had been
supposed the question of openly aiding
the teamsters by sympathetic strikes
would be discussed. Nothing of the
kind was done, however. After Press
ident Shea had briefly addressed the
delegates and left the hall delegate
from the iron workers local made a
complaint reciting grievances against
the iron teamsters. 1t set forth that
the latter had, in many instances, after
hauling large iron stacks, ETC., tn
buildings proceeded, with the aid of
fellow teamsters, to set them, up in
place, Notwithstanding the protests, Of
the iron workers, who claimed that
this part of the work belonged to
them. After discussion, commune
cation was prepared to be sent to the
teamsters' joint council tomorrow. de-
claring that If this dispute were not
settled the alliance of building trades
must decline to contribute further
financial aid.
1t was stated tonight that the team
sters had practically decided to send
men to all the larger cities In the mid
die west and east to look into the or
gsnization of express drivers In those
places, and If not found in a satisfac-
tory condition to work to bring about
the result desired, with the hope of
getting more aid in what they think
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