The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21
WILL NOT DESERT
THEIR FELLOWS
Chicago Teamsters Decide to Stick
by Express Drivers.
GREAT STRIKE TO CONTINUE
TROUBLE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
MONDAY.

CHICAGO, May 20.-The strike of the
teamsters. instead of being de-
cIared off. win be spread to greater
proportions. This was decided tonight
by. the members of the Teamsters'
Joint council, which was in session UNI
til midnight.
The council met at S o'clock to hear
the report of the negotiations that had
been in progress with the employers
throughout the day. They agreed to all
the stipulatiOns OF the employers with
the exception Of that which declared
that the drivers of the express COM
panies should nOJ be taken back This
was the rock upon which the peace
programme was wrecked, and after
several hours of debate il was de-
cided that the Transfers union could
not leave the express drivers to make
a lone fight, but must stand by them.
II was decided to call off all the ne
gotiauons and prepare for a further
fight
Statement Given Out.
The sense of the meeting was ex-
pressed in the following statement,
which was given out as defining the pO-
1t Is due To the public and members
Of the teamsters' organization that
statement be ISSUED relative to our
position in refusing to accept the prop
ositiOn submitted by the Employers
association The Employers aSSocia-
ton offered q proposition which might
have received faVora bic consideration
from the strikers and their committed
providing that il carried with ii no
rFr-t =.
TO any part of our organization
Their proposition. however. carried
with it that the strike against the
railway express companies BE- declared
off without those companies agreeing
To the proposition made by the employ
erS or any other proposition. they hav-
ing made the statement that they had
held a meeting and decided that uO
strikers would ever again be Te-cm-
ployed as wOrkmeu for the railway ex-
press compaHies-in fact. 10 establish
a blacklist against all of their former
employees This the teamsteTS' organ
ization or its officials could not ac-
ceot
Refusal Not Justified
We believe that the railway ex-
press companies are not justified IN
their refusal 20 reinState any Of their
forme Temployes. and believe that the
best interests of all would be served
had they agreed To the same PROPOSE
ton, or "a somewhat similar one. To
that which the Employers association
suggested Under these conditions il
is incumbent upon the members of the
transfers organization To continue the
strike until such time aS the express
companies viii agree to the same con-
ditiouS as those offered by the En-
pIoyers' association
The methods of the unions will not
differ from those which they have pur-
sued thus far i'm the strike. They viii
continue the boycott against the nous
Is where the strikes have been held
during the last month. and if any OF
their mem bers are discharged for re-
fusiuC TO make deliveries all Of the
drivers employed by that house viii be
called on strike at once
Probable Effect.
The first effect Of the strike viii be
in the building trades. and trouble is
looked for in this direction on Monday
The LUmbeTmen' association has de-
clared that they would make deliveries
to boyCotted firms and would insist
upon their drivers taking goods where
they We're ordered to take them This
means "a strike of all the union men
by the LUmbermeu'S asSOci-
alton. mum beTiuE about 2.004- Tt Is eN-
peCted that the members of the Team
Owners assOcia ton. which does the
greater part Of the hauling for the rail-
roads I'm the city and which has been
for several days threatening To- take
sides with the Employers association.
viii also be compelled to come out for
deliveries to the boycotted houses. and
that all Of their men viii be out with
in a few days after the commencement
of next week They employ about 5000
teamSteTS-
Militia Will Be Used.
Sheriff Barrett said tonight. after
being informed OF the action of the
Transfers Joint council
1t simply means that the troops viii
have to be called out We have found
1t difficult TO maintain the peace with
the force of police and deputy sheriffs
we have had out. and now that there
is a prospect of d much greater body
of men being on strike, with all the
chance of rioting that it entails. it
will 10 out of the question TOT us to
handle the trouble without aid from
the military. As soon rs the strike
spreads. I viii be compelled to ask
the governor of the state for aid.
have done all that I am able to do.
and the prospect now is that the thing
viii get beyond the powers of my Of
fee"
Lawyer Levy Informed.
As soon as the tedmStcTS statement
was given out and the council ad-
iourued President Shea of the Team
sters' International union. stepped to
the telephone and called up Levy May
er. attorney for the employers. at his
rooms I'm the Auditorium Annex
Hello. Mr. Mayer he said. This
X Shea. 7 wanted to tell YOU that
the council has decided to reject the
proposition that has been made to US
by the employers. I thought il right
to let YOU know at once That's all"
The strike committee was then in
to demand from Edward Mines
Of the LGmbermen'S association an
explanation Of a declaration on his part
that the lumbermen would insist upon
to bOycOtted houses Monday
The committee was told TO inform Mr.
Hines that an attempt on the part of
the Iumbermen to do so would mean
d strike of their drivers
These terms were this afternoon YER
bany accepted by the leaders of the
teamsteTs' union, and they promised
submit them 70 the axa17fffxa com