The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-07
MAYOR DUNNE AND SHERIFF
BELIEVE THE WORST Is OVER
Only Two Riots Yesterday and They We're
Quickly Settled--Strikers
Attack Negroes=Police
Favor Strikers

against him were brought to his atten-
tion, declared with vehemence that
there was not single word of truth
in them. He asserted that he made no
proposition of any kind to the employ
ers, nor any other official OF the Team
ster, union.
Mayor Dunno viii investigate.
The insistence cf the charges in
duced Mayor Dunno this evening to
appoint a commission TO inyestigate
and he issued proclamation reciting
the allegations aga ,nst the union
leaders and adds:
"On tho other hand, it is charged
that at times OF peril and excitement
certain officers OF the Employers as
ISOLATION are seeking 10 spread the
strike by demanding such action Of
employers beyond contract relations
as Is al such time bound to be provo.
catiye Of passion II they BIZ proved
1t may be stated that it Is hard to pre-
servo peace when war is being sought
for II the chosen representative of
either or both parties in this conlict
are guilty as charged the party or par
ties thus guilty of fomenting discord
should no longer be permitted to plot
against the peace and general welfare
Of Chicago
He asks that all parties aggrieyed
| report to the comm ssion such facts az
are capable of preof.
Mayor Thinks Worst Has Passed.
The mayor tonight expresae Ell him.
self confident that the serious part
OF the strike was over and that there
would be no more disturbance in the
streets.
Sheriff Barrett expressed the opin-
icn that there would be no more fight
ing, and believed that with deputies
and police the situation could be con
trolled.
During tho day the sheriff swore in
as deputies several hundred employs
Of stores against which strikes are be-
ing made. One hundred and fifty dep
uties were sworn in from among EN-
1 ployes of express companies
Strike is Still Spreading.
The strike was extended somewhat
during the day by walkout of the
drivers of several grocery houses that
/ 50 far have not been concerned in the
trouble.
The tugmen also joined the strikers
although no formal order was issued
| by the officers of the union to which
they belong The men refused to
make deliveries Of coal or other mer,
chandise to the struck firms.
Mayors Recruiting Plan Fails.
Mayor Dunne's plan for recruiting
the police force by men taken from
the water department did not prove 4
success One hundred and eight men
were sent in by the superintendent of
tho water department and of these
thirty-eight We're chosen for pol &c
duty. Several of them declared out.
right that they would not guard wa.
4 SohSt NHiit oVNcldl more stated tnat
they had sore feet and could moi
walk beside the wagons. Five men
assigned TO Inspector LAWN struck
when he ordered them to guard wa
gon belonging to Marshall Field n
company He took their stars from
them and sent them back to the wa
ter department BY night nearly ev
cry one Of the thirty-eight had beer
dropped from the rolls CT the police
department.
Two Probably Killed.
Two men We're fatally shot tonigh
In a riot in front OF the Gainsbort
hotel in West Madison street The,
are Charles DAILY shot in the righ
hand andab domen; John Noonan
! shot through the body just above th,
heart Both claimed to be deput,
sheriffs and at the time they wer,
: shot were wearing the star of
deputy sheriff and were armed.
fight started when three non.unio,
! men, among them Harry r. Ford,
, guard employed by the. United State
; Express company, appeared at tn,
hotel where they lived DAILY AM
Noonan and a number Of others hoot
ed the men and Ford and his compan