The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-10
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 Washington, May 9s--For Alabama, Fair on the coast, showers and thun- derstorms in the interior Wednesday, Thursday showers and cooler, fresh south winds, Increasing.

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 will be taken against them at a later time.
 why do you arm the men on your wagons?" he was asked.
 Because they are assaulted and shot and they must have some means of pro- tecting themselves and the company's |, property"
 Try to shift Responsibility.
 The attorneys for the defendants att tempted to show in the cross examtna- tion that many of the assaults credited to strikers might have been perpe- trated by robbers or other persons and that many of the street blockades might have occurred at any time. MT. Eddy will resume the stand in the morning.
 Motion to dissolve all federal injunc- tions against the strike leaders on the ground that the bills are supported by insufficient afidavits was made before United States Circuit Judge Kohlsaat today by Attorney J. c. Leboske, Judge Kohisaat continued the proceedings un- til tomorrow morning, saving he was too busy to hear arguments today. The motion was made prior to the hearing before Master in Chancery sherman.
 The general strike plan was revived N~A~~N~-o today. Strong pressure was brought to bear on President Shea to have him call ont all the drivers in Chicago and have them stay at home for week or ten days in order to bring the employ ing interests of Chicago to realiza- ton of the power of the unions. Shea, ia opposed to the plan and has been since the inception of the strike. His theory of fighting employers is to tie m only those firms that are antagonis- tie. It was suggested today that if the teansters would all stay home for week that within four days the mer- chants of the city outside of the Elm ployers' Association would, as one man put 1t, rise and demand that some thing be done to settle the strike
 Managers of State Street department stores professed to be happy today as a result of what they declared to be return of normal business. They de- clared that by tomorrow the trade will, if anything be little heavier than normal, and the restraint that has been nut on the customers as to the time of deliveries of purchases has been re- moved and promises are made to each customer that goods will be delivered on time.
 Same Method Used.
 The same methods that were used so successfully yesterday, police and
  today. The scope of the operators Of the wagons today included the whole city.
 the Furniture Manufacturers Associa- tion to force an issue with their driv- CTS even if it resulted in spread or trouble beyond firms now affected, was news that the Lumbermen's Exchange had decided at a meeting today not to force a strike of drivers by ordering deliveries to struck" honeeH
 Many employers who have thus far remained neutral in the teainsters strike began today on insisting on de- fair" houses, and a aHes&ad widening of the struggle seemed 5aevitabter un . less the unions abandoned their present policy. Firms which adopted this plan today included the Crane Company anu the H. D. Maxwell & Bros Box Com pany. The Maxwell Company Is one "f the leading members of the Box Manu- lecturers Association.
 Street car patrons were endangered more than once today by crowds in- tent on terrorizing strike breakers. Ons man in an Eighteenth Street car mar rowly escaped an axe thrown by riot CT. The weapon was aimed at six non- union teamsters returning in street car to barns at Eighteenth and Dear born Streets. At Rubel Street crowd of strikers was waiting for the ne- eroes and another started a rain or bricks and stones. Suddenly a sharp ened axe was thrown from the crowd. It grazed a woman's arm and sank deep into a stanchion. The car was crowd ed and a panic followed among the passengers until police dispersed the mob.
 A Bitter Battle.
 A bitter battle took place in nar- row alley behind a Van Buren street power house. of the Union Traction Company, Clinton and Jefferson streets, where non-union teamsters and coal shoyelers of six Peabody Company coal wagons were spied by employees of the Decorators Supply Company, whose five story building Is just across the alley fro mthe power plant. The decorators plant men made no move until the negroes had begun unloading coal for traction use. Then while street mob began heaving bricks at the negroes nearly one hundred men and boys ap- peared at windows and threw bricks and broken bottles, badly injuring sev- eraI of the non-union workers. dozen police dashed into the alley and taking in the situation began shoot ing The men at the windows got out of range instantly Police were sta tioned at the alley to prevent with bull let's a repetition of the attack on the | non-unionists.
 After being chased mile by strike svrnpathizers Jacob Oliver. a non un- l ion negro teamster. was today beaten almost into insensibility by his pur- | suers Oliver was driving an express wagon when he was stopped by l crowd of men who ordered him to | show his union button. On failure to | comply with the request, the traces of ! his team were cut and the horses re- | leased from the wagon. The negro 1 jumped to the ground and began to l run He finally fell exhausted and
 was heinz savagely beaten when police ]