Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-05-08

Chicago, May 2~-The death of one
man and the injury OF scores of others
was the immediate result OF yester-
days fighting between the striking
teamsters and their sympathizers on
zone side, and the police and the non
union men on the other. There were
riots in all parts of the city. Men
were dubbed and stoned almost to
death within square of police head
quarters and five miles distant from II
men were shot down in the streets. AT
a hundred places between these two
extremes Of distance there were as
saults and fights in The streets. Blood
was shed on State ST. eet in the heart
of the fashionable shopping district
and furious riots took place almost IN
the .doorways Of the leading hotels OF
the city. Non-uniOn men were pelted
with stones, bricks and every other
conceivable sort of missiles. They
were dragged from their wagons,
beaten, dubbed and stamped upon. The
mobs that followed the wagons on
which they rode were bent on murder
and but for the splendid service rem
dered by the police the list OF dead
would be 20 instead OF one.
Mon-Union Men Fight Hard.
In the return the non-union men, al
though hopelessly outnumbered in
every tight, fought desperately ana
considering their numbers did the
mere execution. In several instances
they 3Hrewprevolvers and emptied them
into the crowds that pressed around
their wagons, pelting them with
stones 9and threatening their lives.
The ec6lored drivers especially were
quick with weapons. Large numbers
Of non-union drivers carried heavy
clubs amd hhey swung them with ten
rife effect throughout the day. AS far
as can be ascertained the list of in
jurad numbers in the neighborhood OF
40, but it is far short of being &C
curate Many men who were in the
mobB that attacked the wagons went
DOWN before the clubs of the police
md cOf tnewagon guards, but they were
carried away by friends and there is no
nance of learning their names or even
guessing aat their number.
End Not in Sight.
The outlook for today is for more
EghtiDg, and there is not the slightest
violence Of the approaching end of the
triae
Employers lcose Allies.
Chicago, May 3.-The strike situa-
ON in chicago assumed a peculiar
spect yesterday, and the interests
:hich have been opposing the striking
aamgteas are not as united as hereto
IRE. The cause of the dissension is
lie team owners association, which
as contracts with the railroads and
any Ea1ge firms throughout the city
transfer merchandise. Until yester.
ay it was supposed that the employ
rs association and their allies were
rmly bOarnG together in the fight for
upremacy against the teamsters.
The team owners association, which
mploys nome but union teamsters,
atty refused yesterday afternoon toI
Jake deliveries to any Of the firms
cred to do so by the employers asso-l
iatiOn. When the employers received
his ultimatum they notified the team
WnerS that unless the request that no
discrimination be made in deliveries
.e granted an effort would be made to
ave all existing contracts between the
cam owners and business houses and
he railroads cancelled. These amount
millions annually. The railroad
nen, contrary to the hopes of the en-
gIOyers' association, did not exert the
influence on the team owners that was
xpected. They took practically the
anne stand, declaring that the fight
ras something into which the railroads
id not properly enter that they had
Ontracts with the team owners, that
hese contracts were at present being
ulflled to their entire satisfaction ana
hey could see no reason why the rail
pads should be dragged into the strug-
lie.
The commission team owners ano
Re Lake Transportation Team Owners
ssociation have also taken a similar
tand as the Chicago Team Owners as
0ciatiOn.
Regiment of New Police.
During the day the employers had in
)rmed Mayor Dunno and Chief of
'olice O'Neill that they intended to
love today the 1856 wagons owned by
nem and the different express com
anies and manned by non-union men.
71,io ,,oooccitated a call for the swear
lg in of 1000 additional policemen, |
ut after the conference at the Union
eague club the employers modified |