Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23
JOINT COUNCIL REPUpIATEa
TENTATIVE SETTLEMENT
ARRANGED BY SHEA.
MORE MEN IN IDLE ARMY

Drivers Employed by tho Rttenhouse
& Embree Co. and Edward Hlnes
Lumber Co. Go Out Today-BulldIng
Industries. Involving 100000 Men.
May Be Tied Up.
Chicago. My 22-The spreading OF
the teamstors' strike began promptly
today. One hundred teamsters EN-.
ployed by the Rittenhouse & Embree
company and the Edward Hines Lum.
ber company were tie first to be forced
into the struggle following the refusal
Of the teamsters' joint council to en-.
dorse the settlement professionally ar,
ranged with the employers by Presi.
dent Shea.
May Tie Up Building Industries.
Through the threatened spread o
the strike to all the lumber dealert
every branch of tho building industry
In Chicago involving 100000 men, Il
today apparently facing total paralysis
Shea Not Radical.
Paradoxical as it might appear, Pres
ident Shea is reported today as moi
anxious to spread the strike. He was
understood Furthermore to take the
ground that the strike will not be ex
tended unle-S the team owners insist
upon delivering oods to strikehound
houses.
t:ira Ill.,, - c$e;LA
AS the day advanced, the strike
gradually spread. Twenty-Five team.
sters employed by the T. Wilce Lum.
ber company struck. An incendiary
fire at the yards of the Rittenhouse &
Embree company Is suspected by the
firm to have connection with the strike
Last night fire was discovered in three
different parts of the yards, and before
the flames were extinguished $4,000
worth of flooring had been destroyed.
New Deputy sherIffs and Police.
In order to cope with the situation
growing out of the spread of the strike
Sheriff Barrett today began to add to
his large force Of deputies. The police
| force will al,o be augmented b. 200
men.
Arrest every man, white or black
who is found carrying concealed
weapon was the order given today.'to
the police force. A systematic search
Immediately commenced
Troops In Readiness.
Governor Deneen by long distance
telephone today assured Mayor Dunno
that the national guard will be avail
able for strike protection inside of two
hours after call is made for the serv.
ices Of the troops.
Shea Works For Peace.
Negotiations between the warning
interests, while overshadowed by the
spreading of the strike, were not aban-
doned today. President Shea and A.
]. Reed, business agent for the Furni-
ture Drivers local union, called on At.
torney Mayer, counsel for the Employ.
ers' association today, to urge Mayer
to act as mediator between the team
sters' organization and the express
companies The terms offered by the
employers for the settlement Of the
strike, the two labor leaders told May.
er, are satisfactory, and If the express
companies can be induced to grant q
/, like concession the strike will be de.
clared off. Mayer gave the leaders lit
tie hope for any change in the en-
press companies stand.
Situation Alarms the Mayor.
What would have to be done to pre-
serve law and order is the one thing
Mayor Dunno thought about through.
! out Sunday. Whether it would be ne
cessary to call out the state militia
was the subject of two conferences.
! That he would do 1t if necessary the
mayor indicated bluntly when he said:
'The law will be preserved and dis.
order stopped"
The Employers association prepared
: to furnish me to fill vacancies that
, may be caused by strikes today
Frank Curry. the strike breaker, who
had been ordered on Saturday to cease
, recruiting men in Kansas City, waa
notified by telegraph in the afternoon
to hire all the men he can and send
them to Chicago. He is offering the
men $3.50 day, with board and pro
lection from violence. Only white meu
are to be sent
Federation to Raise Strike Funds.
7 Other developments of the day came
from the meeting of the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor. A committee oi
twenty-five was appointed to solicit
financial aid for the teamsters from
g the unions o fthe city. Gratitude was
y expressed for the contributions pre-
4 viously received
Q What probably will be productive o.
more results was resolution, which
n was adopted indorsing school strikes
!. The board of education, the Juvenile
i. court and the press of the city were
condemned for their efforts to sup
press the outbreaks of the pupils, ant
. assistance was promised children ant
parents prosecuted.
? Two general agents declared the e1
: press companies were firm in their de
!. termination not to re-employ strikers
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