New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-25
CHICAGO FEARS RIOTS
MORE GUARDS SWORN IN.
Union Leader May Be Sent to Jail
for Contempt Of Court.

Chicago, May 24.-Final rejection Of the team
| sters' demands officially announced to-day
! by the employers, who demand unconditional
! surrender. Neither side in the strike made a
! direct step toward peace, and each was ap-
! parently waiting for the other to move. The
! employers sent their goods all over the city
under police protection without encouuterng
violence.
There was one indirect peace effort to-day.
and it was envelOped in mystery. It was said
that "a prominent business man" making
efforts to induce the managers Of the express
companies TO make terms satisfactory to the
striking drivers, and that he had promised them
good news" Nothing came of the alleged at
tempt, however. and there was no good news"
tonight for either side.
The strike in the lumber yards spread with
great rapidty and nearly all lumber business
is at a standstill. Some few lumber yards
still in operation, but their business is small.
number of planning mills and sash and door
factories were compelled to shorten operations
to-day and by Friday, at least. will be compelled
to close entirely If the supply of lumber is not
largely increased. The lumber yards made
little effort to transact business to-day and
were waiting for drivers to be sent them by
the Employers Teaming Company. A number
Of these, il is expected. will be at work to-
morrow and business will be resumed in a small
degree al least.
One cause for the lack of energy on the part
of the employers in the lumber yards to-day
was that the city not able to afford the
drivers police protection. Mayor Dunno pro-
vided against this contingency tonight by issu-
ing call for 1000 extra policemen, who will be
sworn in as rapidly applications are filed by
suitable men. This will be the second 900
of extra policemen sworn in since the beginning
o he Etrix
several hundred deputies, the largest number at
any one time since the strike began
President c. P Shea, of the Teamsters' Union;
| James B. Barry business agent of the Express
Drivers Union; Bernard MulIigan, president of
! the Express Drivers Union and John H Dona-
hue member Of the Express Drivers Union
will appear before Judge Kohlsaat in the United
States Court tomorrow morning. Mr.. Mayer
acting for the Employers Association. will ask
that the men be sent to jail on a charge of con
tempt Of court in refusing to answer questions
before Master in Chancery Sherman. which
questions they had previously been ordered to
answer by the court.
The ordered to make answer on
Tuesday. although they claimed personal privi-
lege in refusing. To-day they were asked the
same questions and when they again refused TO
reply Attorney Mayer announced that ne would
make motion that they be arrested for con-
tempt OF court
United States Deputy Marshals to-day com
menced serving notices on sixty teamsters who
have been cited for contempt Of court in violat-
ing the injunctons Of Judge Kohlsaat prohibit
ing them from interfering with the wagons of
the seven express companies and Of the EN-
plOyers' Teaming Company. The men are cited
to show Nav 81. at 10 o'clock. why
they should not be punished for contempt
Extra fire protection for the lumber district
was provided by Fire Marshal Campion late this
afternoon. J. NJ Embree. of the Rittenhouse
& Embree Lumber Company, requested
Marshal Campion to station extra steamers in
the district and promptly met with favorable
reply. Other employers united with Mr. Embree
in stating apprehension to fires in the lumber
district.
Sheriff Barrett to-day issued the following
signed card to the public
In view of existing conditions in Chicago. the
Sheriff OF Cook County begs all citizens To keep
cool and to avoid being carried away bv the ex-
element of the moment. The civil authorities
at present equal to the occasion, and have
the situation well in hand. They are moreover
prepared for emergencies, and. should IL become
necessary. will ask for the assistance of the
State militia without hesitation. Should the
militia prove insufficient, they feel confident that
the federal authorities would respond immediate-
ly to a call for aid, by sending such a number
of federal troops the emergency might de-
manG
it becomes question of law and order or mob
rule, the former must and shall be preserved.