The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-02
CONDITIONS ARE WORSE Chicago Strike Assumes An Ugly Look. NEW FEATURE FOR TODAY Wagon Drivers Will Garry
 WincheSters. Non-Unfon Men Pouring Into Windy City to Work for Employers.
 Four Men are Seriously Hurt
 in Fighting.
sEw FEATURE FOR TODAY


 Chicago. May 1--Conditions in fhe teamsters strike were worse today
 than at any preceding time The stril- CTS were in more ugly mood, the riot- ing was more open and vicious and the attacks. on nonxunion men more frequent and daring tthan at any time since the commencement of the trou- ble.
 The increased belligerency on the part of the strikers and their friends is laid chiefly to the fact that the Employers Teaming Association today brought 1,500 men into the city to take their places and 500 more are said to be now on the way and will arrive within twelve hours. These men will receive full pay of union man and 1t has been guaranteed to them that their position will be permanent. Among them are 200 farmers boys from all the surrounding States who have voI- unteered their services and sought po- sitions as drivers.
 Today new feature appeared in the strike and 1t will be in full evi~ dsnce tomorrow whenever q wagon of the Employers Teaming Company goes through the streets. This feature will he the Winchester rifle. It will be carried on all wagons of the Employ CTS Teaming Association in open view During the last week there has been much complaint on the part of the strike sympathizers of the readiness with which the non-unfon men, par ticularly the negroes. have drawn and used their revolvers. A number Of them have been arrested on the charge of carrying concealed weapons and to- day the attorneys of the Empioyers Teaming Company called upon Chief or Police ONeill and asked if their men had not the right to carry weapons. provided they were held in open view and were not concealed
 Not Against Law,
 Chief O'Neill replied that there was no law against it and arrangements were made promptly by the employ CTS to place Winchester rifles on every one of their wagons. Over I,000 of these weapons were purchased today and during the latter part of the ar hternoon a number of wagons went, through the streets with q rifle lying across the knees of the driver and his assistant.
 The reason for this move on the mart of the employers Is that today notwithstanding the utmost emorts or the police. they were unable 70 give non union teamsters that protectlon which the Employers Teaming Asso- citation considered adequate. During
 the morning Assistant Chief or Fohce Schuttler requested the employers to
 refrain from making shipments as ne could not furnish sufficient men 70 puard their wagons, because at that ttme he was compelled to make large details at various depots on account of the incoming of numbers OK non union men. ,..s
 later that he had sufficient men 70
 handle the strike, but that the employ
 ars demanded ten men for a wagon
 when three constituted sufficient pre-
 lection. The employers on the other hand noint to the increasing number of assaults made on their drivers ana
 assert that while the police are uolhs all that they could possibly be expecte1
 to perform, there are not enousn sl.,
 them to deal properly with the stIlnes which has spread more in area Tn the
 last three days than it has In numDers:a
 When Mayor Dunne was informed oL
 inc fact that rifles would be carried py
 the nom union men, he was Vlslpy uls- turbed and declared that the ponce VIII not be permitted to authorize the cak-
 rving of arms by any one, whether in the employ of the Employers Team ing Association or affiliated with the strikers. ,
 thority to any one to carry arms. ne said. q had not heard of the matter
 Before. hut the city of Chicago will not authorize the carrying of arms. Cannot Legally Interfere. Chief of Police O'Neill. however, de- clared that If the employers arme1 their men the police cannot legally in- terfere as long as the weapons are neg | concealed. ...,,.-.
 weanons in the open," the chief de- clared. "If their men keep the weap- ons in full view on their wagons or by their sides the police cannot inter fere. There Is a law against shooting within the city limits and also law a1ainst brandishing a weapon m n tSraatening manner Both of these
 will be strictly enforced by the police. T disannroye of the arming of those anoages in the strike and as far as mv influence goes I shall discou-aSa it." Al. s4
 noon that Mayor Dunne was about tG force an adjustment of the trouble. but tbls he declared tonight was incorrects aT cannot force a settlement 1T the two contestants are unwilling, h& said. There Is no power l can seq
 that I can employ to bring them ta terms"
 ing tho fight today. The number ac5
 tually injured is greatly in excess ot tbis but 1t Is impossible to state it ac. curately for the reason that many os
 those hurt disappear in the crowd ana are carried away by their friends aS
 soon as possible after being injured
 Those seriously hurt today are: otte
 Helmer, shot in the leg; John WillamS
 non-union teamster, badly beateni 0 F. Ingalls,, non-union teamster, paaFS beaten; William Crockett, non-uniou
 teamster, clubbed and stoned until inc sensible. It is not expected that any
 of the injured will die. Charles Cui- let. a non-union teamster, was badly beaten by a mob.
 Sergeant Cummings Dead.
 Police Sergeant Cummings. who was
 run down on Thursday by an omnibus
 driven by John Ceresa, a union driver, died today in the hospital. Ceresa is
 now held to await the action of the
 grand jury.
 No decided increase in the number or
 men on strike was made today, the
 most important accession to the team-
 sters being the drivers of the delivery
 wagons of retail grocery stores. These
 declared that they would in no case call for gods at any wholesale estan-