The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-28
RIOTS BREAK OUT
AGAIN IN CHICAGO
Mayor Dunno Has No
Hope of Settlement.
THE FIGHTS VICIOUS
No One is Seriously Hurt, However
Though Stones Stones are Hurled
and, Clubs are Used land in
One Case a Revolver
Plays its Part.
(By the Associated Press

Chicago, Ills, May 26.-Rioting
sters strike. Although nobody was
seriously hurt there were number
of vicious figths in the lumber yards,
during which the police were COM
PEELED to use clubs and i'll one IN
stance, revolvers, to disperse the
crowds.
The worst fight in the lumber yards
occurred at West Twenty second street
and Ashland Avenue, where q crowd
of men and boys had all through the
morning hurled stones and clubs at
every passing lumber wagon. Fin,
ally a wagon on which Policeman
ISagenski was a passenger, came along
and the mob greeted it with the usual
volley of stones. They also threat
ened to attack the driver and the
situation was 50 serious that the Off
Ger, drawing L revolver fired six shots
and the crowd fled in confusion. None
of the bullets hit anybody. This
evening general rioting was prevalent
throughout the lumber yards and par
ticularly near West 35th street and
Centre avenue. Lumber wagons re
turning from making deliveries were
attacked by crowds at every available
opportunity. Large numbers of men.
armed with clubs, slung shots and
bricks, accompanied by Jeering Wo-
men and excited children, filled the
sidewalks along Centre Avenue. West
35th street, Lommis street and Archer
avenue waiting the passage of wag-
ons which were believed to be un
guarded. They attacked the wagons
and policemen We're kept busy repul-
sing them. One policeman was
wounded by a shot from an air rife.
A union steamster was arrested as the
man who fired the shot.
Spread of the Strike.
The strike today spread in a small
degree throughout the building trades
There were number or instances
where woodworkers refused to receive
the material delivered by non-union
teamsterS and walked out. This move
in every instance was made by the
men as individuals only. There was
no official action taken by any of the
material trades unions looking to ac-
tive sympathetic support of the team
sters strike. Several of the labor
leaders in the ranks of the material
trades have declared within the last
twelve hours that there is no pros
pect in their opinion, of any complete
tie up of the building trades by a
strike
There is no movement on foot at
present looking toward settlement
of the strike Mayor Dunno today.
for the first time since the commence
nent of the transfers strike, declared
that he knew of no contemplated plans
for peace. The mayor talked as
though he had abandoned all hope of
a settlement.
A meeting of the Associated Build
ing Trades tonight at which twenty
nine trades affiliated withthe Building
Industries were represented, it was de-
cided that no action would be taken
which will tend to drawing the build
ing trades into the Transfers strike.
The action on the part of the building
trades will go far toward restricting
the strike to its limits, as it means
that the members of the building
trades union will work with materials
irrespectiye of the fact that they are
hauled in wagons driven by non-union
teamsters
Protest by Negroes.
protest OF negro citizens against
alleged race prejudice, through which,
it is asserted. negroes have suffered at
the hands of police and magistrates,
was made to Mayor Dunno today.
A delegation of negroes called on
Mayor Dunno and demanded that he
take action upon their complaint and
investigate the charges. Specific i'll
stances where police are said to have
ignored appeals of colored men Tor
protection we're cited. In addition
charges were made against number
of magistrates alleged discrimination
against negroes in fining them for car
rying concealed Weapons The mayor
promised to investigate the complaint