The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-23
s,re.a Bexan Promptly.

Spread Began Promptly.
 Spreading of the teamsters' strike began promptly today. Thirty-six teamsters employed by the Rittenhause & Embree Company, lumber dealers, and four by Edward Hines Lumber Company were the first to be forced into the struggle following the refusal of the steamsters' joint council to en- dorse the settlement provisionally ar ranged with the employers by Presi- dent c. P. Shea. of the Teamsters' Union.
 Through the threatened spread of the strike to all lumber dealers, every branch of the building industry in Chi cago was today apparently facing paral- ysis. There are only eighty teamsters employed by lumber firms. but so close are relations between them and several other unions of men engaged in haul ing building material that the walkout of the lumber teamsters, it was said, would doubtless lead to strike in nearly every department of the building in- dustry. Indirectly dependent upon the building material teamsters. 1t was es- timated today, hung the employment Of nearly 100000 men in yards, mills and factories and on construction work. It was not believed the drivers strike would affect the wood industries or building construction work generally at first.
 If, however, the walkout should go all along the line, as it threatened to- day to do. all the lumber yards Of Chicago would be tied up. The same program was seemingly in store for the store industries, and the enterprises dependent upon them. The plaining mills, the sash and door. the box fac- tories, and kindred plants would also face soon a shortage of lumber sup plies which may necessitate closing down.
 In the first strikes today the initia- tive was taken by the employers. Mem bers of the Teamsters' Union were discharged for refusing to deliver to boycotted firms. Orders by the union for others to quit where discharges had been made followed quickly. As an immediate result the yards of two big companies were completely tied up Edward Hines, president of the lum- bermen's association, declared that every lumber yard In the city would before long be without drivers.
 Complete stagnatiOn.
 'Tt means complete stagnation of business at a time when building ope- rations in Chicago are booming to a greater extent than has been known since 1892" said MT. Hines. The sup ply of lumber on hand will not last the building contractors more than forty-eight hours. The factories which depend upon boxes for shipping will be crippled. because they will be with out lumber.
 q fthis occurs" he said, "the stock yards packing industries will be especially disturbed. for they must have boxes to do their shipping
 The express companies, whose atti- tude on the question of reinstating tba{r rauaad fha hrpak in the peace plans stood firm today, refusing to take back any of their old men, The officials of the express companies de- clared absolutely that none of the strikers would be reinstated.
 The arrest and prosecution of parents and children. conneetRi with school strikes" following the use of colored non-unicn teamsters in delivering coal at public schools has aroused bitter feeling among members of labor unions. The Federation of Labor has adopted resolutions as follows:
 Resolved, That the federation pledges itself to stand by these chill dren and if necessary for their vindi- cation to hold ourselves ready to with draw all our children from the corpo- ration controlled schools.
 Resolved, That if these victims of servile and misdirected zeal are not im- mediately released, we pledge the ser vices of this organization to both chll- dren and parents who have been arr rested or prosecuted by officials who are so easily blinded to the doings or sweat shops and trust factories, but who are so ready to cast stigma upon the highest type of childhood today, and we promise to secure their freedom and their rights, even if 1t be necessary to go to the Supreme Court of Illinois to accomplish 1t.
 Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the President of the Federation. with power to take such steps as may be necessary to give effect to these resolutions"