The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-25
UNION LEADERS
WILL GO TO JAIL
Refuse to Answer Questions Before
Master in Chancery.
STRIKE SPREADING RAPIDLY
so FAR THERE is NO RENEWAL
OF DISORDER.

CHICAGO, May 24.-Final rejection of
|, union demands. especially those of
the express drivers. was officially
announced today by the employers
/ They demanded practically uncou-
/ ditional surrender Neither side in the
strike made a direct step toward peace
and each WIS apparently waiting the
next move Of its opponent. The en-
J ployers sent their goods all over the
! city under police protection, without
enCOunteTing violence
There was one peace effort today,
and it was envelOped in mystery. 1t
was said that a prominent business
man was making efforts to induce
the managers of the express companies
to make terms satisfactory TO the
striking drivers. and that he had prom
ised them good news Nothing came
of the attempt. however, and there was
no good news tonight for either side
Strike Spreading.
The strike In the lumber district
spread today with great rapidity, and
practically all business of that kind
I is at a standstill. Some few lumber
yards are still in operation. but their
volume OF business Is 50 small as TO
amount 10 practically nothing \ num-
Der Of planning mills and sash and door
/ factories were compelled to shorten
operations today. and by Friday at
/ least viii be compelled to close en-
! tirely if the supply of lumber is not
( largely increased. The lumber yards
made little effort TO transact business
today and were waiting for drivers to
be sent them by the Employers Team
ing company a number Of these. it
Is expected, viii be at work tomorrow
and business viii be resumed IN a
small degree at least.
More Extra Policemen.
One cause for the lack of energy on
the part OF the employers in the lum-
Der district today was that the city
was not able to afford them police pro-
lection. Mayor Dunno provided
against this contingency tonight by
issuing a call for 600 extra policemen.
who viii be sworn in as rapidly as ap-
piications are filed by suitable men,
This viii be the second 1000 extra DO
licemeu sworn in since the commence
ment of the strike. Sheriff Barrett to-
day swOre in several hundred depu-
ties. the largest number at any one
time since the beginning of the trouble.
Jail in Prospect.
President G. P. Shea of the Team
sters union, James b. Barry. business
Bernard MUiligan. president Of the Ex-
press Drivers union, and John II.
Donahue- a member of the same union.
viii appear before Judge Kohlsaat in
the United States district court tomor-
row morning Attorney Mayer. acting
for the Employers association. viii ask
that the men be sent to Jail on d
charge Of contempt of court in refusing
TO answer questions before Master in
ChauCery sherman, which questions
they had previously been ordered to
answeT~by the court.
The men were ordered to make an
swer on Tuesday. although they claim
a personal privilege in refusing. To-
day they were asked the same cues
tions, and when they again refused to
reply Attorney Mayer announced that
he would make a motion that they be
arrested for contempt of court.
Will Ask Habeas Corpus.
While the attorneys for the plaintiff
IN the injunction proceedings have
everything prepared awaiting an order
of commitment from Judge Kohlsaat.
the legal advisers OF the men have been
BUSY and are ready to file writS Of ha-
beas corpus before another federal
Judge II the men are committed TO Jail
The wTitS of habeas corpus Will i'm all
probability be heard before Judge Ian
dis.
United States deputy marshaIs TODAY
commenced serving notices ON the
sixty teamSterS who have been cited
Tor contempt of court in violating the
injunction Of Judge KOhIsaat prohibit
ing them from interfering with the
wagons Of the seven express companies
and of the Employers Teamfng com
pany- The men are cited to show
cause on May 81 at 10 o'clock why they
should not be punished for contempt