New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-28
CHICAGO STRIKE WORSE.
TEAMSTERS QUITTING.
Deer 800 NozC Out-TzUo Fatally
Injured IN Riots.

Chicago. April 27.-W4th 300 teamsters on
strike tonight. with constant accessions to
their number and with the express determine
ton OF the Employers Association to take a
firm stand for the open shop" and to fight the
transfers union to the bitter end, Chicago to-
night to all appearances stands on the eve OF
one OF the greatest industrial Upheavals in her
history.
There was rioting in various parts Of the city
to-day. despite the strong guards Of policemen
and the private detectives hired by the En-
ployers' Association. Three persons were seri-
ously injured. two Of whom viii probably die.
One OF the latter is Richard Cumming, police
sergeant, run over by an omnibus driven by
John Ceresa, a union driver.
The declaration that members Of the EN-
ployers' Association would discharge any team
ster who refused to haul goods to or from Mont
gomery. Ward & Co. brought out the teamsters
In many downtown mercantile houses, and the
number. it is expected. will be increased largely
by tomorrow
Tonight the leading firms against which
strikes have been declared are as follows:
Montgomery, Ward & Co. Is; Daniels Coal
Company, %; Marshall Field & Co., wholesale
and retail 100; Carson. Pirie, Scott & Co.. whole
sale and retail, 20; J. V. Farwell & Co., %; Wells
Fargo Express Company, 20; American Express
Company, 300; National Express Company. 80:
Pacific Express Company. so: United States Ex-
Company,
10; Forbes Carriage Company, 220
The business agents Of the teamsters union
declared tonight that by tomorrow they would
call out one thousand truck drivers. and thereby
cripple to a large extent the entire transporta-
ton business Of Chicago.
While the labor leaders were In conference
to-day delegates Of the Chicago Employers As
ISOLATION, the Commercial Exchange and repre-
sentatives Of outside industrial organizations
met at the Union League Club and declared that
they would fight to the last ditch for the open
shop" in Chicago. Speeches were made along
this line by John G. Shedd. Of Marshall Field
& Co.; Robert J. Thorne, Of Montgomery, Ward
& Co.; Graeme Stewart. OF the wholesale gro
Gerry house OF Hoyt & Co.
At the close Of the meeting Mr.. Thorne made
the following authorized statement:
The employers are of one mind. They are
determined to have this city made an open
shop" They are tired Of standing for slavery
such we have endured from labor unions in
the past The employers pay the men for a
days work, and If the men fail to do it they
viii be discharged They cannot tell us with
whom We shall or shall not do business. We
are not making any fight against the unions as
SUCH but the unions Of Chicago are evidently
determined to run the business Of every Iner-
chant in the city, and we are going to show
them that they cannot and will not be allowed
to do it. We are ready to defend our interests
against any fight that the teansters and the
Chicago Federation Of Labor may put up.
Subscriptions were taken to strengthen the
Employers Teaming Company. the weapon
with which the teamsters' union is to be fought
and tonight. President Mark Morton, OF the
company. who is a brother Of Paul Morton,
Secretary Of the Navy, had S1.OOOOO0 at his
disposal, and had ample assurances from busI-
ness men that he could have many times that
amount was necessary.
It is the intention of the teamsters union TO
shut off as far as possible all supplies of coal
-, - -#aHl Itch 1.ec
been called.
The strike to-day was not confined to team
sters. When the tug Talbot attempted to re-
ceive goods from the pier OF J. V. Farweu & Co.
thirty steYedOres refused to handle the goods.
Fifty bundle boys in a downtown drygoods
store also struck