The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-22
BOTH SIDES
 STILL FIRM No Change in the Strike
 at Chicago. SPREAD TO BEGIN TODAY Troops Will Be Called Upon
 Necessary. Employers Determined and Drivers Say Trouble Will Not Re Ended by Them So Long as Present
 status Prevails.
SPREAD TO BEGIN TODAY

Chicago, May 21.--Sunday brought no change in the attitude of either side 10 the labor controversy now in progress in Chicago and everything tonight points to an extension of the team sters strike to many other business houses during the week.
 Officials of the seven express com panies whose refusal to reinstate any of their striking employees caused the collapse of the settlement of the trouble last night still adhere to their determination not to give employment to any of their former employees and the other firms involved in the d!fhcul- ty declared tonight that they would stand by the express companies in the fight. The Teamsters' Union mas taken just as firm a stand as the employers and 1t was stated by President Shea tonight that the union would mover call off the strike until the express com panies comes to terms.
 The first spread of the strike :s ex- pected to come tomorrow, when the Lumbermen's Association, an organiza- tion employing 2,400 teamsters. issues an order to Its men to make deliveries to all business houses regardless of whether they are involved in the strike or not. In anticipation of such an or- der the teamsters met this afternoon and voted to go on a strike should any teamster be discharged for refus- ing to obey the order of the associa- tion. With non-union drivers making deliveries for the lumbermen the trouble will undoubtedly spread to af- filiated industries, as the union men employed on buildings will refuse to handle material delivered by non-union labor. Should this strike be called to- morrow. and there is nothing tonight that would indicate how it can be avoided, there seems to be nothing that can prevent a general industrial up- heaval in Chicago.
 Levy Meyer. chief counsel for the Employers Association. gave est statement tonight in which he said:
 Meyers Statement.
 ''The employers propose to do busl- ness and will continue to Invoke every legal avenue for the protection of their men and property. That the employ CTS are right in the attitude they have assumed in the controversy was demon strated by the fact that every term and condition they insisted on was agreed to by Shea and his committee. Not withstanding this, however, Shea now insists that the express companies shall be boycotted by us in order to bring about a settlement of the strike. This we will never do and even if we were willing to comply with the demands of oHedt lO ldh6 SuCl dCLlbu WOulu Dt d crime which no law abiding person would countenance. The teamsters struck against the express companies in violation of the letter of their agree ment, despite the fact that the men were told that if they struck they would not be re-employed.
 The Employers Association to a man believe that the seven express com panies are justified in the stand they A.1r xaf, f1v. xxTfn use every endeavor to assist the ex- press companies in maintaining the de- cision they have reached. Of course this decisions means that there will be no settlement of the strike unless the union withdraws its demand, but 1t Is the only thing left for us to do."
 Alonzo wygant, general agent of the United States Express Company, said tonight that so far as a settlement of 1t could be ended would be for the teamstefs to surrender
 Mayor Dunne and Sheriff Thomas E. Barrett spent the day in trying to ascertain if there would be a spread of the strike tomorrow. During the afternoon a conference was held in the Mayors office. President Samuel Com pers of the American Federation of Labor was invited to attend the meet ing.
 To Confer With Shea.
 After talking over the situation with Mayor Dunne and Sheriff Barrett MT. Gompers withdrew from the conference to have a consultation with President Shea of the Teamsters' UnionS
 q have been discussing the outlook with Mayor Dunne and Sheriff Bar rett." said MT. Gompers. They asked me to use my infutnce and to do every thing I possibly could to prevent the extension of the strike. l told them that I had not yet been told of the intention of MT. Shea and his colleagues, hut that I would try and cooperate with the Mayor and the Sheriff and en- deavor to carry out their suggestions. told them that l understood MT. shea and his assistants did not feel that they could agree to the victimiZation and the blacklisting of the express drivers, but that I was willing to do everything I could in an advisory ca- pacity to bring about peace"
 At the end of the conference Mayor D,1nne said that it's purpose had been to discover whether it was necessary to increase the police protection to-
 "sherin Barrett and I are trying to And out whether there is to be a spread of the strike in order to take such steps as may be necessary to protect life and property In the clty' salu Mayor Dunne. Continuing he said:
 ''Should there be an extension of the strike and the rioting of two weeks ago be resumed, there is a probability that troops will be called to maintain order"
 Sheriff Barrett said tonight that he would continue swearing in deputies tomorrow and would make special eff forts to increase the number. The Mayor and I are determined" he said, that the peace of the city shall be maintained I have never stopped swearing in deputies and I will make a special effort tomorrow to see that the number is increased. We already have 3,1O0 men acting as deputies and l will increase the number as rapidly as there are calls for more men,"
 President Gompers returned to the city hall after a long conference with President Shea. He told Sheriff Bar rett that the strike would not spread unless union teamsters are ordered to deliver goods to boycotted houses. President Gompers left for St. Paul late tonight.
 A committee of twenty-five was ap- pointed tonight by President Dold of