Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-05-04


man and the injury Of scores of others
was the immediate result of yester
days fighting between the striking
teamsters and their sympathizers OF
one side, and the police and the non
riots in all parts of the city. Men
were dubbed and stoned almost to
quarters and five miles distant from Il
men were shot down in the streets. AT
a hundred places between these two
extremes Of distance there were as.
Saults and fights in he streets. Blood
was shed on State street in the heart
of the fashionable shopping district
and furious riots took place almost III
the doorways of the leading hotels OF
the city. Non-unlon men were peltel
with stones, bricks and every other
conceivable sort of missiles They
were dragged from their wagons,
beaten, dubbed and stamped upon. The
mObs that followed the wagons on
which they rode We're bent on murder
and but for the splendid service rem
dered by the police the list of dead
would be 20 instead oil one.
Non-Union Men Fight Hard.
In the return the non-union men, al
though hopelessly outnumbered in
every fight fought desperately ana
considering their numbers did the
more execution. In several instances
they drew revolyers and emptled them
into the crowds that pressed around
their wagons, pelting them with
stones and threatening their lives.
The colored drivers especially were
quick with weapons. Large numbers
of non-uniOn drivers carried heavy
clubs and they swung them with tel
rifle effect throughout the day. As far
as can be ascertained the list of In
jured numbers in the neighbOrhood OF
40, but it is far short of being ac-
curate. Many men who were in the
mobs that attacked the wagons went
dJwl before the clubs of the police
and OF the wagon guards, but they were
carried away by friends and there is no
chance Of learning their names or even
guessing at their number.
End Not in Sight
The outlook for today is for more
fighting, and there is not the slightest
evidence of the approaching end Of the
strike
Employers Lose Allies.
Chicago, May 3.-The strike situa
ton in Chicago assumed a peculiar
aspect yesterday and the interests
which have been opposing the striking
teamsters are not as united as hereto
fore The cause OF the dssension is
the team owners association, which
has contracts with the railroads ana
many large firms throughout the city
t. transfer merchandise Until yester
day it was supposed that the employ
ers association and their allies were
firmly bound together in the fight for
supremacy against the transfers.
The team owners association which
employs none but union teamsters,
fatty refused yesterday afternoon toi
make deliveries to any of the firms
now involved in the strike, when OF
dered to do 50 by the employers asso
citation. When the employers received
this ultimatum they notified the team
owners that unless the request that no
discrimination be made in deliveries
be granted an effort would be made to
have all existing contracts between the
team owners AMI business houses ana
the railroads cancelled These amount
TO millions annually. The railroad
men, contrary to the hopes Of the en-
ployers' association, did not exert the
influence on the team owners that was
expected. They took practically the
same stand, declaring that the fight
was something into which the railroads |
did not properly enter, that they had |
contracts with the team owners, that
these contracts were at present being
fulfilled to their entire satisfaction ana
they could see no reason why the rail
r0ais should be dragged into the strug.
gle
The commission team owners ann
the Lake Transportation Team Owners /
association have also taken a similar
stand as the Chicago Team Owners as.
sociation.
Regiment Of New Police.
During the day the employers had in f
formed Mayor Dunno and Chief OF .
Police O'Neill that they intended TO T
move today the 1885 wagons owned b.
them and the different express com
panies and manned by non.union men
This necessitated call for the swear.
ing in OF 1000 additional policemen,