Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
EMPLOYERS REFUSE TO HlRE
OLD DRIVERS WITHOUT
A COMPLETE SUR.
RENDER.
LOCKOUT DEVELOPS
Truck Drivers Are Required BY sn.
pIoyers Who Declare they viii
Give No Quarter Leader Of Work
men Says Strike Can Continue for i
Year - Employers Are Equally
Firm.

Chicago, July rs. AT a mass meet
ing of employers held last evening at
which representatives Of over two
hundred business houses were present
1t was unanimously decided that no
more of the teamsters who have been
on strike will be reinstated until all
factions involved have called off the
strike. After the meetingq, j. v. Far
i well Jr.. speaking for the Employers
/ association, issued the following
statement:
Owing to the fact that the various
local teamster unions have refused to
call Off the strike and order their men
to g.. work. the wagon teamsters tlre
kept in a state Of unrest and their
attitude toward their employers n1slde
uncertain, the members Of the en-
! ployers have concluded not to en-
ploy striking teamsters until the
Whole strike is settled
May Resurrect Strike.
The action by the employers asso.
citation thus may result in. giving
| new lease Of life to the tearnsters'
strike. AS soon as the stand taken
by the employers had been made
known to the unions a special meet
ing of the Transfers joint council
was called for tonight to consider
ways and means of renewing the fight
should such a course be decided upon.
The transfers are in belligerent
mood and threats are freely made
that unless the employers recede
from their position there will be
general strike of all the union team
sters in Chicago. This would mean
the calling out of $4,000 men, whereas
but $4,000 were involved in the strike
which was recently declared at an
end by the transfers council.
A. j. Reed, formerly secretary Of
the Transfers joint council. said last
night:
"The decision of the employers VIII
rouse every union teamster in Chi
cago to action and unless am great
ly mistaken the employers will have
a fight on their hands that they never
dreamed of. There is plenty of fight
left in the teamsters and the action
taken by the employers will cause an
ugly frame of mind"
President Hughes MCGEE of the
truck drivers union said
THE truck drivers will never re-
turn to work unless they are granted
the same terms as existed before the
! strike"
I Talk OF a General Strike.
i When the strike leaders heard of
! the edict they seemed to be worried
There was much talk of summoning
the Transfers Joint council in special
materialize, the argument prevailing
not hi 1,o
! President Shea arrives on the scene.
He will preside at the regular coun-
Gil meeting.
I. The truck drivers were disposed at
! night to be aggressive. Their head.
quarters at >274 Madison street again
took on the scenes OF activity which
marked the early stages of the strike.
i Officials were instructing the men as
to which firms are still to be consid-
cred on the "boycotted" last and Sec.
Rotary Connors was busily engaged in
making up the strike benefit roll
for the week
The Truck Drivers union has a
membership of over 5000 and only
I, 100 men are on strike said Con
nors If our members who are work
4 ing pay dollar week we can keep
this fight up for a year"
4 Gonlpers You'd Punish Thugs.
i Uncover the outlaws who raided
1 the federation election, and assist in
bringing the would-be assassins to,
justice, or forfeit your charter" was
the ultimatum sent to. the Chicago
Federation OF Labor officials yester-
day by Samuel Gompers, president Of
the American Federation.
/ Thomas |. Kidd, vice president of
the national body, was the medium
through whom Mr.. Gompers spoke,
and Mr.. Kidd made it clear that his
/ chief meant every word he said The
local federation must purge itself OF
the crooks and sluggers who have
brought the organization into dis.
grace, according to Mr.. Gompers, or
lproye itself unworthy to exist.