The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05
CHIcAGO's LADOR rRoUBLE.

ihViuenu OF not and aaaoult repofpea IN
connection with Chioago's latest strike, the
AFFAIR has a. yet made only = very eight
dent In the surface Of the daily life Of the
city, visitor unaware that anything
unusual was going on might stay for several
days without knowing that serious strike
was In progress n ne did not ses or was un-
able to read the newspapers. There is no
apparent decrease in the stream Of street
trafio, and the sidewalks show their usual
crowds.
The police stand In couples or In larger
numbeH at points Of possible. disturbances.
Wagons are ooc asionally seen moN ing At
foot pace under police escort, but
only merchandise coming from or going
10 certain establishments, comparatively
few In number, IL thus attended. Hacks,
cabs and the great majority OF delivery
wagons and teams move as usual. Here
and there In the vicinity Of the establish
ments concerned groups Of the curious and
the idle line the curbstone on the chance
OF seeing something exciting. Perhaps the
most notable feature IL really the least
noticed. That IL an cir Of alert expectancy
which pervades the moving throng. A
wagon hats, a. wagons do, for another 10
get out Of its way. The crowd stops, II q
policeman's helmet appears, the crowd
watches to zee something Of that Of which
Il has read In the papeTs-a briokbat OF
bottle thrown, q driver assaulted, or q
frightened driver drawing q revolver.
A caravan Of a half dozen drays bearing
the name Of boycotted department store
comes up through the shopping district, q
line Of policemen on either side Of II. The
crowd stops and watches, and a hundred OF
two boys and few men follow the teams,
half hoping that somebody will shout
's9ab" and throw q brick. This happens
once in q while, though not frequently The
probability that anything will happen h
ANAL, but the crowd Is alert with appre-
hension or anticipation, even though II goes
its way and attends TO lie business.
Yet the situation IL big with possibni-
ties. and the real confusion Of the issue only
emphasizes the danger. The matter. grown
away from its original cause, now really
stands between some three or four thousand
teamsters and the Employer Association,
which is acting for and on account Of the
concerns affected by the strike. just how
many men are out does not appear to be
known with accuracy. Up 70 noon on
Tuesday concerns affected had called on
the Mayor for police protection for total
OF about 900 wagons. Most, II not all, Of
these concerns are members Of the En-
ployers' Association; and the plan Is to
place all Of their teanning and package de-
hYering in the hands Of the Employer
TeamlnR Association, a branch Of the main
organi zation. To this end q professional
strike breaker has been called In, and men
are being imported, largely from st. Louis
and Kansas City, TO take the places Of the
strikers
II Ia an unfortunate circumstance that a
large number of the strike breakers are
negroes This creates animosity and ex-
cites resentment. There are many In the
city who see in the step tendency toward
the provocation Of assault and hoting, and
events since the arrival OF the negroes In
considerable numbers have lent support 10
the view. The question has also been raised
whether the importation Of such an element
cannot be legally stopped as menace 70
the peace and order Of the city.
The Employer Association is encounter
ing opposition from a very responsible
quarter The regular trucking companies
employing union labor and claiming q
total investment Of some t2S 900 900 In
horses. harnesses, wagons, barns and other
real estate, are reported to-day as In the
field in competition with the Employer
Teaming Association. which Is seeking to
establish the open shop In the trucking
and delivery business. Many Of the regu-
lar trucking companies have fought their
fight with the unions and wish no more
Of il. They and their men have come to
terms on the basis Of employment for union
men only, and their forces have not been
touched by the present strike. The com
petition Of this group is a serious matter
il il il maintained. The employers orRani-
ration desires TO establish. once and for all,
the freedom OF city tratfic from the diota-
ton OF the teamsters' unions. which may at
any time practically tie up all commercial
movement
A r1lmor has been current Of the possible
acquisition, through purchase by the En-
ployers' leaning Association, OF all the
trucking interests Of the city. This would
involve a huge though doubtless feasible
enterprise. So assumed, Il would become
& purely business affair, In which many OF
those whose business was done by the
company would become stookholders in
the enterprise. The matter has probably
been discussed, but there IL no reason as
yet for belief that II is definitely contem-
plated.
As the affair stanGs to-day, some OF
Chicago's largest Wholesale and retail con-
Germs department stores and express
companies are boyeotted by the unions.
Among the express companies are the
United States, Wells, Fargo 4 Co.. National.
Adams and American. Among the boy
cotted merchants are Marshall Field Co.
the j, V. Farwell Company, the Siegel
Cooper Company, Montgomery Ward 4
Co., The Fair, Franklin MaeVeagh 4 Co.,
Carson Pirie, Scott a Co.; Mandel Bros.
and spugue, Warner a Co. Some Of the
large grocery houses and some Of the
large coal dealers are among the affected,
and this gives rise 10 apprehension for the
supply Of food and fuel,
Both sides are stubborn and both seem
determined TO win. The special danger
appears In the possible extension Of the
strike either through sympathy or In the
form Of enforced suspension OF individual
industries as a result Of the failure TO obtain
supplies OF TO make deliveries Of merohan-
disc. An early settlement IL not now eK-
pected, notwithstanding the presence Of
the strike breaker and bis crew.
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