Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-09
MORE FATALITIES
IN LABOR RIOTS
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lCOntinueu from rage One.J
sharper character than that of Satur
day. one man was killed, two mer
were fatally injured and a number o.
others badly hurt, although the mum
ber of the wounded is not as a whole
rearly so large as on some of the days
in the middle of last week.
The dead:
Albert Enbers.
Fatally hurt:
John Fruen, stabbed.
Richard Fruen, brother of Johr
Fruen. stabbed.
Five others were injured
The ma ajority of the affrays occurred
during the early part of the after
noon.
Civic Commission Begins Work
The civic commission appointed by
Mayor Dunno to investigate the strike
commenced operation today. 1t did
little but organize for future work,
however, and the promise for the sue
Cessful performance of its mission
does not seem to be bright 1t has no
therefore rely upon volunteer testi-
mony Tonight the members of the
Employers association declared that
they had received no official notice of
the creation of the commission and
would have no dealings with it until
they had been properly notified of its
existence
President Dold of the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor declared for the labor
men that none Of them would appear
before the commission and give any
testimony whatever unless it's sessions
were open to the public and it in
vestigated not only the causes of the
present teamsters strike, but those
leading up to the strike of the Gar
nent Workers of Montgomery Ward
& Co., last January. 1t was in
support of this strike four months
after its inception that the teamsters'
went out in sympathy.
The members of the mayors commits
sion issued a statement late today de-
Claring that they had a private session
nounced. however, that no announce
ment of the proceedings would be made
until the hearing was completed and a
decision reached. The action of the
labor men in declaring against the Sc
cret feature of the hearing practically
nullified the attitude of the commission
as soon as announced
The efforts of the attorneys of the
labor leaders to protect their clients
from answering questions in connection
with the federal injunctions granted
during the strike by Judge Kohlsaat
proved unavailing. Judge Kohlsaat de-
cided that although person can avail
himself of the privilege of not answer
ing. discriminating questions, the defen-
dants must appear before Master in
Chancery Sherman tomorrow morning
and be sworn as witnesses AS the oc-
casion arose where they did not desire
to answer questions for fear of in
elimination they could take advantage
of their rights and refuse. The privi-
lege of refusing to answer questions
The Employers association tonight
issued a statement addressed to the
public. declaring the charges against
President Shea Of the teamsters made
by them last Friday are true in every
respect. In these charges II was de-
clared that President Shea had offered
TO settle the strike ON the following
basis:
That the strike be declared off, the
teamsters to return to work for twenty
four hours, during which time Shea
would leave town. The employers
would then have the right to discharge
all of their men. President Shea has
denied the assertions ever since they
We're made and still asserts that there
is no truth in them.