The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-19
STRIKE TO END.
Sheriff and Mayor Both Declare
Trouble VIII Cease
Within "a or 48 Hours at the
Latest.
DEPUTIES CALLED IN.
No Formal Action viii Be Taken
in the Matter.
President Of Union Says No Man
Can Call Off Strike.
DEPUTIES CALLED IN.

tonight or tomorrow. There was no
claim of victory or defeat by either side.
The employers win take back the team
sters who are worthy and desira bic
men, and who have not violated the
law
This declaration was made by Sheriff
Thomas z. Barrett today and was con
drmed from several sources. Sheriff
Barrett began at once to call in the eS-
ira deputies engaged in guarding
wagons Of the Employers Teaming
company and discontinued the appoint
ing of new deputies.
Mayor Dunno asserted that he had in
formation from a source in which he
has implicit confidence that the strike
will come to an end within "A hours or
within 48 hours at the latest. There
viii be no formal declaration of a call
ing off the boycott" he said. The men
who are re-emplOyed viii quietly go
back to work and the ban viii be lifted
without demonstration of any sort
President Shea of the Transfers
union when told of the declaration OF
Mayor Dunno and Sheriff Barrett said;
There is no man in this world that
has power to call this strike off or make
any such settlement. The teamsters'
Joint council alone has that power. The
council has not considered any sucn
proposition"
The police were called to Lake and
Clark streets today to rescue a team
ster on an Employers Teaming com
pany wagon which had become stalled
In a rut. The wagon was loaded with
goods for Reid-MurdOch & Co. and was
protected by one policeman. When the
wagon became stalled a crowd of two
thousand persons gathered. jeering and
hooting at the uOnunion teamsters. Be
coming bolder the crowd began to throw
decayed fruit and other missiles A
riot call brought 25 patrolmen who
forced their way to the wagon and
rescued the nonuni0n teamster. No ar
rests were made.
Union Drivers Discharged.
Pieser, Iiverstene & co. today ordered
flour taken to a boycotted house. When
the driver refused to make the delivery
tWenty-eight union drivers were told
their services were not needed any long
er. IT was said that each of the man
ufacturers and dealers who supply the
bulk Of the retail trade in the citywould
take similar action whenever drivers re-
fused to make deliveries
No Sign of Weakness
Officials of the teamsters' union.
while admitting that the arbitration
proposal of the team owners would
probably be accepted by the team
sters' joint council tonight, denied to-
day that this was to be taken as
showing any weakness on the part of
the strike against strike-bound houses.
A. J. Reed. secretary OF the furni-
ture drivers union, said today: 1T is
q bad thing to arbitrate, for it sets
bad precedent. If the principle of de
livery to strike bound houses by union
drivers is submitted to arbitration in
this case it will only be for this one
case and then solely for the purpose
of preventing a general spread of the
strike to all the teaming interests in
the city"
Victor W. Sincere. associate secre-
tary of the employers association, said
today the employers teaming associa-
tion had reduced teaming work to a
system Today the company had p
100 wagons making deliveries and in
employment $500 drivers This is
exclusive of 500 drivers employed by
the express companies.
Members of the aldermanic strike
committee made individual appeals to-
day TO employers to end tne strike.
Some were asked to make concessions
to the strikers. It was said the en-
plOyers replied they could not break
away from their association.
A serious -four famine threatens
Chicago as the result Of the sprea d.
ing Of the strike to include the whole
sale -four manufacturers and dealers.
Predictions were made today that un-
less peace interviewed the delivery OF
-four to retail merchants would be
tied up within the next l. hours The
-four manufacturers and dealers were
said to be acting in concert and in
tend to lock out union drivers as soon
as the drivers refuse to haul goods to
any of the bOycotted firms.
notwithstanding the statements of
Sheriff Barrett and Mayor Dunno G. II.
Cook OF the teamsters' general strike
committee said:
Il have heard nothing whatever of
such a settlement as the newspapers
are printing today. The strikers are IN
structed and have promised to take no
Hrss fr147 mon
positively will not go back to work IN
ill the strike has been settled officially" :"
simultaneously with Mr- Cooks state
ment came report credited to a mem
Der of the Employers association who
is q department store leader that he had
reason to believe the strike would be
officially called off if a promise were
made to the strike leaders that there
would be no prosecution in the federal
court of the men now included in the
charges of violating the Injunction Of
the courts.
Leaders Of the department store union
admitted this question would be brought
10 a focus by the rank and file of the
union al a meeting between the union
men and some of the employers.
From this meeting large results will
come-watch the meeting for a settle
ment,' the union man said
What GonDers Said.
When President Gompers left Chicago
last night III Is S1ltl k9AAeLtL I0dLAA6Lt was
given authoritative information that
while there would be no formal capitu-
fation on either side of the controversy
the striking teamsters and the employ
ers would quietly merge interests and
restore pc ee- The sheriff was inform
ed that ie the law abiding members of
the union could be reinstated the strike
would not last "a hours. Sheriff Barrett
declared that he had been inforr6ed that
such men would be taken back
T. 81
Teamsters' union came to Chicago this