The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-07
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
CHICAGO STRIKERS TO CONFER
 WITH EMPLOYERS.
Action Follows Firm Announcement of Attorney Mayer, Acting for the Latter, and May be Produc-
 tive of Results.

chicago, June 6.-The teamsters
 joint council tonight appointed com mittee with full powers to settle the strike and tomorrow a conference will be arranged with the employers. The appointment of the committee followed the announcement of Attorney Mayer, who, speaking for the employers asso- citation, said two days ago that no more conferences would be held with
 the men unless the committee came to
 the meeting with full power to act and
 this power must be explicitly stated in writing. ti& W
 The teamsters' promised to appoint the committee last night but instead of doing so sent a committee to ar range individual settlements with a number of large dry goods houses. .. This attempt failed completely. the employers having announced that no separate settlements would be made and that if the strike was declared off it must be declared of in every di- rection.
 Failing in the effort to effect set clement with the stores today the teamsters' joint council appointed the uoint twenty-four hours earlier. It is composed of one representative of each union involved in the strike and is headed by w. J. Gibbons. president of the teamsters joint council.
 At a mass meeting of the truck drivers called to consider the question of arbitrating the demand of the own CTS association for delivery to the boycotted houses 1t was decided to decline the arbitration, notwithstand- ing the fact that the agreement be- tween the teamsters' and the team owners association contains a provis- ion calling for arbitration in exactly such cases as the one under considera- tion. The action of the truck drivers however, loses much of its importance compared to the appointment of a com mission empowered by the men to set tie the strike. No action will be taken by the team owners pending the meeting of the committee appointed tonight with the employers.
 President Shea of the teamsters was not present at the meeting of the joint council tonight when the committee was appointed.
 Destitution has entered the ranks of the men thrown out of work on ac- count of the teamsters strike. Hun dreds of families have been reported to be without supplies. Benefits paid by the unions in many cases are said to be inadequate to keep up large fam lilies. Added to the thousands of strik- CTS have been many who lost positions because of business depression directly to labor troubles. Scores of men imported to the city as strike breakers are said to have become idle.
 Distress also comes from another source. The county has not yet paid salaries for the month of May to extra men put on as deputy sheriffs. Most of these men are said to have gone on the sheriff's force a month ago in the hope of relief When they will be paid is still uncertain.
 Charges of perjury and subordna- tion of perjury were made by attorneys on both sides today in the hearing of the strike injunction eases before Judge Kohlsatt. The court agreed that there had been perjury committed The situation arose when the contempt rule against City Fireman Daniel Gar risan, charged with attacking Frank Curry, strike breaker leader, was talk en up. Attorneys on both sides and the court agreed that there should be complete examination into the fact, as admitted. that there existed evil dences of wilful perjury or subordna- tion of perjury in the record of the court. As to which side was the per jurer none would suggest. After a long argument Judge Kohlsatt decided that the perjury investigation would not be taken up at this time.