Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30
.reat surprise to the labor leaders and to

great surprise to the labor leaders and to
the public.
The strike continued to spread today.
and a large number of transfers en-
ployed by lumbermen, grocers and coal
dealers went out 1t is believed that the
meetings to be held tomorrow by union
labor men will forecast accurately to what
extent the trouble may spread. Several
mass meetings are to be held on Sunday,
and at all of them addresses will be made
by labor leaders, and in all OF their
speeches there will be the request for aid
from the unions that have not as yet
struck 1t is indefinite at this time what
aid they may receive
The most serious phase of the trouble
today was the aggressiveness of the
packers and the ice dealers. VINO nave ue
cided that they will stand with the mem u.
beers OF the Employers Assoclation l.
was decided by the packers ana the zee
dealers that they would issue orders lor
deliveries to boycotted firms. and that II
any teamster declined to make them ZIG
is to be instantly discharged
This means a lockout, for the men nave
already declared that they Will not MAKE
such deliveries. Some 1900 men VIII Dc
involved when this action Is taken Dy
packers and ice dealers.
The Commission Men.
The commission men have accepted the
situation. and have depended on fast autos
for the transportation of their goods, ana
are ordering as little possible or the
mora perishable articles of foodstuffs.
Fighting in the streets today was the
uost vicious since the beginning OF the
strike Three persons were shot. two We're
stabbed and fully a score suffered bruises
and scalp wounds. 1t is not expected that
any of the injured will die.
In nearly ever portion of the business
quarter today there were numerous hand
to-hand encounters between union men ana
non-union men, aided in many places by po-
n this evening. however, no
report had been made to Judge kohlsaat
of the United States circuit court OF any
Interference with the employees or teams Oh
the Employers Teaming Association.
Employers Not Seeking Peace.
Attorney Levy Mayer, counsel for the
Employers Association, today declared
that the employers were not seeking peace
with the Transfers Union. but purposed
to fight until they were left undisturbed
by labor agitatorS, and allowed 10 run
their business without interference.
This statement was made to Miss Jane
Adams of Hull House, who wants an ar
mistice of forty-eight hours declared our
ing which a committee appointed by Mayor
Dunno may seek some solution of the DIM
Guilty between the employers and the team
sters.
A meeting of this committee has been set
for Sunday afternoon, but pacific results
are not probable.
City Transfer Affected.
During the afternoon the strike spread
to the city transfer system, and not
trunk was handled for any of the downtown
hotels by the Scott Transfer Company.
The Parmelee Company delivered baggage
10 hotels from incoming trains, but touched
no outgoing baggage. Where the trunks
were not too heavy, people leaving the city
were compelled to have them transferred
on the tops of cabs, but where weight was
a consideration they were compelled 10
leave trunks behind.
Peter KIausen, a grocer died this after
noon of injuries inflicted by strikers in
front of Montgomery Ward & Co. S on We'd
nesday. when he delivered goods at the
Ward store.
Mayor Dunne's Proclamation.
Mayor Dunno tonight issued a proclama-
ton to the citizens of Chicago declaring
that in the present state of public excite
ment it is improper and dangerous for the
people of this community to accompany or
go near the wagons carrying armed men,
and 1 request the people of this city to re-
frain from doing
The carrying of concealed weapons by any
person. except officer. is forbidden. I'M
der penalty of search and punishment.
The Employers Association tonight Is
sued formal statement of the issue at
stake as seen from the standpoint of its
members. The statement declares that be-
tween the teamsterS union and the en-
ployers a contract forbidding sympathetic
strikes existed, and that it has been vio-
lated by the union. The statement con-
tinues: The teamsters have no complaint
and have made none with refer
enCe to hours or conditions of any
kind. They have, however, declared
that TO concern doing business in this city
shall make deliveries TO or receive deliveries
from certain other merchants who have
been boycotted and against whom the team
sters have declared q strike. They have
gone to the extent of declaring that they
will starve the horses belonging to any per-
ttrhI MAY n1.A H.r
Transfers disfavor The members of the
Employers Association resolutely decline to
take or receive orders from teamsters, die
Eating with whom business may be done