Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-24
Workmen Seat Home by the Hun
dreds and Lumber Yards Closed
BY the Dozen,
SHEA WILL DEFY KOHLSAAT.
VIII Persist 10 Refusing to Answer
Questlsns.--"Let Them Call Their
Troops Ne Says

Chicago, May l-Extcnsion Of the
strike In the lumber district Was much
moro rapid today than yesterday n
MAS not slUW, reluctant eprcad today
but u sweeping wholesale Offoir that
sent workmon homo IN hundreds ami
closed ~ lumber yards by the dozen
No complete ana thorough was the viz
lual lockout that IN short time every
lumber company In Chicago except iva
were reported M having practically nls'
pended operations owing 10 lack ~
Transfers. II was expected thut the
two remaining companies would be slm'
ilorly involved before night,
'Nmo,y.,ight per cent ~ the lumber
business IN the city IN NOW crippled 20
declared socN Hooper of the LumhcN
Mems association, ~ IN only a matter
Of q nhort time when that per cent n
the building operations Of the city win
cease We are nov calling on tho EN-.
ployorS association for tcnmstors, anh
Wlll we get them the building business
viii necessarily suffer-
International President Shea Of tn
Tounelora' union announced hs inton-
ton today Ia defy Federal Judge Kohl
sat and Muster IN Chanccry sherman
By perslslIng In refusing 10 nnswcl
questions AZ the resumption of the hear.
INK " the alleged violations of the
strike Injunctlons President shea
based hlt determination upon the fact
That 10 answer might tend 10 incrImIns
ate HIM. The strike leader declared
that he would sulfcr himself Ia be sent
TO jail for contempt rather than answer
the questions,
Relative 10 the prospective calling on,
Of state troops Mr., shea said,
Let them call their troops, That VIII
not alter the situation 40 far Az the
Transfers are concerned. The team.
sters are not interfering with the op.
eratlons OF WAGONS on the streets, ana
neither VIII the strike he spread 10 any
great extent We are using our best
EFFORTS TO keep II within III present linn.
It's
III would seem 10 mo that the bust.
ness men OF Chicago would not want
tho soldiers here, with lot OF young
men unnccuatomod to scenes Of excite.
mont armed with deadly weapons, NE
VIII be IN danger At any rate thous.
nnds OF people intending TO como 10
Chicago TO buy goods win be friRhlon.
"a away and the oifocl win be serious
70 many business men But personally
J have nothing to say against tho sol
diors coming
The planning mills felt the effect Of the
lumber shortage today, some ~ them
being compelled TO shut down sash
ana door factories are almost at
slandsill and carpenters all over tho
city arc being laid on. Tho paralysis
In The building Industries, II seemed
today WOULD extend until at least 100
600 Worlmen IN many trades are out NJ
employment FOR lack of material
Secy. r, T., Hooper Of the Associated
Wood Industries, declared that every
union lcamslor who struck has been
formally discharged The lumber deal.
ems, NJ said, were following the exam.
pie of lho express companies Not ono
Of the lumber loamslcrs who struck,
he declared, win ever be ro,omploycd By
the lumber dealers
Any Levy Mayer Of the Employers
association sinlod omphollcnlly today
mat the demand Of the union luumalprs
ana particularly Of the express drlv.
ors, has been permanently aud finally
nc Ioctpd, lio declared that further
conferences were useless Hnd defended
the action Of the oNproW companies as
entirely within their rights
Drivers for the railway oYprcss com.
Ianicg AUN Mayer said, arc constant,
~ In charge " valuable freight and
largo sums Of money Tho oXwoN
managers have concluded that thry
cannot afford to ro'cmploy contract
breakers,
~ IL Os absurd us II is fllso," slld
AllN Mayer "for the ionmelorF, who
arc pullly Of boycottlng, 20 Try 10 turn
the lnblos by saying that the express
companies are calculating Each NJ
the express companies simply refuses
TO rosongAgo IT, own former strikers
AZ TO MI others the express companies
say You WIN comply with our rule OF
10 years standing ana mako application
win be considered The Sumo I'M here.
toforc Oh tho basis ~ individual qunll.
noutiona such method N no moro
than " the rlRht of the
individual 10 determine for himself |
whether ho VIII have oggs az chops Tor |
Members or the executive board Of |
the International Transfers union met |
nj the irIggs house today and after |
some discussion, appointed Edwin |
Gould Of San Francisco 10 be the |
active strike director IN the case Of |
the e. T. court sends President shea |
go jan, Gould N the ilrW vice prcsl. |
dent Of the International union and has |
been close follower ~ Shea and hIs |
plans throughout the strike,