Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-05-25
All CHARGES for Peace Vanish and Fight
Is on Worse Than Ever
Officials Will Call for Troops at First
Case Of Serious Rioting
Men High in Unions Indicted for Paying
Thugs to Kill and Main

Chicago, May 24.--An prospects OF
peace in the teamsters' strike have
disappeared and it Will be open war
from this time on. The last confer
ence looking toward d peaceable ad-
justment was held last night between
James B. Barry, business agent of the
express drivers union, and the local
managers of the express companies.
When the meeting finally took place
the conversation was brief and point
ed. Barry opened the negotiations by
saying:
Our position is this. | want all
men reinstated except those guilty OF
violence. | cannot do anything differ
ent. That is what the local union
wants and that is what the local otil-
GERS have told me TO demand. That
is all | can do. The men told me that
they all want to go back in a body or
they wont go back at all That is the
position of the union and union otti-
GALS
Express Companies Stand Firm.
The reply of the express companies
was brief 1t was:
Our opposition to the reinstatement
of the men will be the same four years
from now as it is today. We will no 3.
take them back under any circum-
stances"
Lumbermen Go Out.
This brought the conference to Il
close and all parties concerned in it
Immediately left the city hall. The
spread of the strike yesterday was not
as large as was anticipated, it being
understood in many quarters that
there was still a possibility of peace
being reached. Four hundred and six
ty-two drivers employed by % firms
belonging to the lumbermen's associa
ton went out. In each case the men
were ordered to make deliveries to the
boycotted houses and the usual strike
followed. Fifty-five other firms be-
longing to the Lumbermen's Exchange
will make similar requests of their
men tonight, and by night 1t is expect
ed chat 1000 drivers employed by these
concerns will be on strike.
The United Employers association
of wood industries composed of 1856
firms owning lumber yards, planning
mills, sash and door factories, et2,
yeste rday decided to call upon their
drivers to make deliveries This viii
force out 1900 additional men.
Prepared to Fight to the End.
Edward Hines, president OF the asso
citation of wood industries, said last
night that the members of the organi
ton proposed to stand together. He
declared that they were ready 20 fight
1t out and have the matter settled ar
once and for all.
Hines said ne would start to haul
lumber in the yards the first thing
this morning, but that as soon as it
was necessary to make outside deliv,
cries he would lead the caravans of
wagons in person.
Others Will Become Involved
With union drivers employed by the
lumbermen's association on strike IL
will be only matter of short time
until outside unions will become in
yolved in the trouble. AS soon as the
building material on hand now has
been used up and an attempt is made
to make deliveries with non-union
drivers other labor unions employed on
the work will order their men to re.
fuse 10 handle nonuniOn material.
Unless the strike is settled within
short time carpenters, stonemasons
and other affiliated organizations are
bound to be involved in the difficulty.
To Quickly Call Militia.
The possibilities for increased riot.
ing are vastly enlarged by the spread
of the strike to the lumber district
1t is a district noted for fierce mobs
which have marched through it during
former strikes and is a place which
has invariably caused more trouble
than any other part Of the city. The
city officials and Sheriff Barrett feel
vel nigh hopeless Of being able to
maintain order in the lumber district
and at the same time protect the wag.
ohs in downtown streets as they have
been doing thus far in the strike. II
mas therefore been determined that al
the first outbreak OF rioting such as
marked the strike ten days ago, CAL
will be made on Governor Deaeen for
military assistance.
The troops which will be first or.
dered out II necessity arises compose
the first brigade OF the Illinois Ma.
tional guard, about 1000 men.
Soldiers Already Prepared.
Every preparation has been made
for a prompt response by the National