The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-13
 P A STUNT Men ld Off Because Of Business DullneSS. THOUSANDS ARE NOW OUT Advertising for TeamSterS In
 Newspapers. Large Numbers of Negroes Ousted and Their Places Filled With White
 Men--Aiieged That "BIack-
 list" is Being Prepared.

Chicago, May 12.-Employers today began the execution of new policy as to the teamsters strike by the men 1 employed by the various industries be- | ing laid off because or a lack Of busi- ness brought about by the strike. At | the employers associations off1ce, IL was said the number of men laid on | because of dullness in trade and con sequent lack of demand for certain
 manufactured goods would run Into | the thousands and would continue un- less normal business conditions ret | turned soon.
 Hundreds of wagons were sent out today by strike-bound houses, adYer- tisements for teamsters filled the newspapers and on every side was evil dence of the aggressiveness of em- | ployers. The department stores par l ticularly caused large advertisements | to appear simultaneously in the news papers announcing that men are want ed to fill permanent positions as teamsters and drivers. Protection was promised to prospective drivers and | the character of men the department stores desire to recruit was indicated | by the fact that references are required | from applicants. Most of the adver- | tisements state that union or non- union" men will be accepted. | Kinsley's restaurant, the scene Of many a banquet, where Presidents and royalty have dined, has been turned | into a hotel where non-union white l and coIored teamsters are housed ana | fed
 Furniture was brought to the res 1 taurant building today from strike breakers headquarters formerly In l Custom House Court, State Street and
 Lake Street. The furniture consists or woven wire cots. The large dining
 room has been turned into mess room | and the upper rooms, designated for | occtpatlon by private dining parties, now contain cots upon which the non unionists sleep.
 Charles Johnson, a colored man em-
 ployed by the Standard oil Company. l was mistaken for a strikebreaker bg a l mob at Wentworth Avenue and Twen- ty-fourth Street today and so seriously
 injured that he may die.
 After being knocked down, Johnson | was kicked and one of his eyes was al- 1 most gouged out. A riot call brought l a wagon load of police, but before they | arrived the crowd had disappeared
 Johnson was found lying unconscious on the sidewalk and was hurried to | the Peoples Hospital
 | A Negro Rescued. | Walter St. Clair, colored, employed | by Amour & Company at the stock | yards, was attacked by a crowd or
 strike sympathizers at Twenty-seVenth
 and Canal Streets today. St. Clair was
 apparently suspected of being a strike
 breaker, employed by the Peabody | Coal Company. He was beaten with
 clubs, black jacks and other weapons. | Two deputy sheriffs rescued him and | escorted him to the stables of the Pea | body Company at Twenty-slxth ana
 Canal Streets, where his wounds were
 dressed He was sent home in an ann l bulance.
 | A total of 1900 wagons were sched- I uled to be moved today by non-union | teamsters under police protection. This l Is the largest number of wagons nov | ed since the teamsters' strike began.
 the excess over the record of previous | days being 150 wagons. To accom- plish the task 2,100 policemen were de-
 tailed to guard the wagons and were | assisted by an almost equal number or
 deputy sheriffs.
 Some employers laid off union team l sters today on account of lack or | business. More than the usual number | of teams, about 1900, it was said, made deliveries today, guarded by 2.100 po- l licemen and about the same number l of deputy sheriffs. A large number of 1 the negro strikers have been dropped
 and their places taken by white men.
 The health authorities have decided to | Vaccinate all the negro teamsters
 brought from the South as precaution,
 as there are 100 patients in the small
 pox hospitals
 The Employers Association Is said
 to be making up 6 blacklist" The
 strikers are to be given until next
 week to return to work. After that
 they will be unable to get employment | as teamsters from a boycotted firm
 It is said that 2, 400 of the 4.30O vacan-
 cies caused by the strike have already
 been filled.
 The scoIors at Anchor school struck | The scholars of Anchor school struck | by non-union men.
 There was practically no interference
 with the non-union drivers and but l little disorder today.
 1 All of the negroes and men import
 ed by the employers association to 1 take the place of strikers are being
 vaccinated by the city health depart ment. Twenty inspectors are working | among the strike breakers, subjecting them to vaccination. There at the pres
 ent 100 smallpox patients in the isola- 1 tion hospital filling every cot in the in- stitution and taxing the attendants.
 nurses and physicians. While Health | Commissioner Reynolds does not lay l the outbreak of the disease to the i'm
 rortation of strike breakers. 1t has | been decided to vaccinate them as rap | idly as they are brought to Chicago ] .ad yoIniunfze the danger of contaRiOn.