The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-08
Mayor Dunno Feels Safe.

and the courtesy Of Chicagoans to feel
certain that nothing need be said on this
subject. l am sure President Roosevelt
will find Chicago an orderly and peaceful
city when he gets here. I am also sure
Chicago will accord the president q
hearty, whole-souled welcome, one which
will not be marred by disorder of any
kind. have conferred with the commit
tee which has charge of the presidents
welcome, and everything seems to be ,ad-
mirably arranged The chief Of police un-
derstands what the route Of the parade is
| to be, and he knows his business well
enough to issue the necessary orders.
Both Sides Grid for Fight.
The merchants have made plans for
strenuous efforts to bring the recalci-
trant team owners into line. The, Fed
Grafton of Labor, on the other hand,
the officials Of the Employers associa-
ton for this effort, charging that the
employers have entered into criminal
conspiracy to ruin the business Of
transfer companies who refuse to join
hands with them.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
that the law is supreme and should
apply to all alike, and that if officers
Of la Dor unions. can be indicted for
conspiracy to injure the business of a
firm by ordering a strike, the employ
ers should also be indicted for attempt
ing to intimidate other employers who
refuse to discharge their union team
Sters.
The Strike Commission.
No notice was taken Of the commits.
sion appointed by Mayor Dunno to in
quire into the charges which have been
made against the leaders on both sides
of the controversy.
The commission, com posed Of Pro
fessor Graham Taylor, Towner K. Web
} ster and W. G. Boyden, appointed by
Mayor Dunno to investigate charges OF
ID graft and blackmail, by union leaders
and Of efforts to incite trouble, by the
employers, has made detailed plans fol
| beginning the inquiry.
, The strike commission will have NJ
holiday task. It is without power o:
will of necessity be volunteered. The
union leaders declare they will submit
volumes Of testimony bearing on tn.
t charges that the employers have fos
tered the war by aiming to extend thu
strike thru score of trades.
The employers are not enthusiastic
= over the project, tho Chairman Taylo
was assured the merchants would d
nothing to block the inquiry.
, Death for Two Brothers.
f Two brothers, John and Richar,
t Fruen, were fatally injured today in !:
4 street fight with colored man. Bot
: were stabbed in the abdomen Thei
assailant, whose identity is not known
r escaped. The police believe he is
b stranger in Chicago, and are workin
: on the theory that he may be a strike
e breaker.
Non-Union Men Hurt.
Two non-union, colored teamsters o
the Employers leaning company, wer
q painfully hurt and escaped more ser
# Gus injury only by the interference Q
n the police in a riot today in the ale
T north Of the Olympic theater. The il
iured men were Wade Crowder, VIII
. was cut about the head and face, an
,, John Pitkins, struck on the head by
;, stone.
The riot occurred after wagon, G
which the two men were in charg
tipped over as result of an attemI
to make a sharp turn. Both men fe
from the seat and were Immediately su
= rounded by crowd Bricks wei
y hurled and the men were in serious da1
ger when police appeared in response
r. riot call They dispersed the thron
Is and rescued the colored men.
q. Tho the ice-wagon drivers are facir
Al a strike of their own, announceme1
,e was made by them today that the unie
n would pay into the transfers stril
fund $1,000 weekly. The ice-wage
- drivers say they will insist on an i
= crease of $40 a month in the wages
every member of their union.