New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-24
FIGHT STRIKE TO FINISH
CHICAGO TROOPS READY,
Fear of Riots an Lumber District
Last Hope of Peace Gone.

Chicago, May 23.-Au hope of peaceable set
tlement of the teamsters' strike disappeared to-
night with the breaking up of final confer
ence between agents of the express companies
and the strikers. Both sides and the city are
preparing for great extension of the trouble
within few hours. Rioting increased to-day.
and the threat to extend the lockout to $500
more men In the lumber trade tomorrow, gave
an impetus to the preparation TO disperse rioters
The possibilities for rioting are vastly enlarged
by the spread of the strike to the lumber dis
trlct" The territory which generally goes un-
der this designation extends along the river
about three and half miles. and for prob
ably q mile to the north and south of the
stream. 1t is a district noted for the hercs
mobs which have marched through it in former
strikes, and is the place which has invariably
caused more trouble than any other part of the
city
Adjutant General Scott is in the city by or
der of Governor Deneen, and everything is said
to be in readiness for calling out the militia
whose armories are in Chicago
Sheriff Barrett said tonight
At the first outbreak of trouble which in
apy way approaches the rioting we have had
shall call for troops l will do everything In my
power to maintain order, but the minute 1t gets
beyond me l will appeal to the Governor, and
the troops will be on the ground within less
than two hours.
Every precaution has been made for a prompt
response by the National Guards, and large
consignment of riot cartridges has been received.
These differ from the ordinary rife bullet IN
that they contain three buckshot each in place
of the single steel bullet.
The last conference looking toward a peace
able adjustment was held tonight between
James B. Barry, business agent for the Express
Drivers Union, and the local managers Of the
tiou
was brief and pointed. Barry opened the nego-
tiations by saying:
Our position is this: 1 want all the men re-
instated except those who have been guilty OF
violence. / cannot do anything different. That
IS what the local union wants and that is what
the local officers have told me to demand. That
is all 1 can do. The men told me they all want
to go back in a body: or they won't go back at
all. That Is the position of the union and the
union officials.
The reply of the representatives of the express
companies brief. 1t was
Our opposition to the reinstatement of the
men will be the same four years from now as
it is to-day. We will not take them back under
any circumstances.
This brought the conference to a close. and
all parties concerned in it left the City Hall.
The spread of the strike to-day was not as
large as was expected. it being understood in
many quarters that there still possibility
of peace. -Four hundred and sixty-two drivers.
employed by twenty-eight firms, belonging to
the Lumbermen's Association went out to-day
In each case the men were ordered to make de-
liveries to boycotted houses. Fifty-fve other
firms belonging TO the Lumbermans Exchange
will make similar requests Of their men to-mor-
row, ana by night it is expected that the two
thousand drivers employed by these lumber con-
Germs Will be on strike.
A meeting of the United Employers AssOcia-
ton Of Wood Industries. which is composed of
five associations embracing 135 firms owning
lumber yards planning mills, sash and door
cded 10 call upon their drivers TO make deliv-
cries. This will force out eighteen hundred ad-
ditional men.
The Board of Education has determined to re-
sort to Ftrngent methods TO prevent further
strike demonstrations in the public schools. All
pupils attempting to induce other pupils to bov-
colt the schools are TO be arrested. All adults
seeking to incte trouble at the schools are to be
locked up. All persons attempting to interfere
with school children their way 10 and from
school are 10 be arrested