Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-26
RUNS LIKE FLOODT|DE
No Definite Bounds to the
Chicago Strike.
LUMBERMEN ALARMED
ARE LIVING IN TERROR OF
RIoToUs UPRIsINGs.
Labor Sympathizers Used Air Rifles in
Lumber District-Building Indus
try Disturbed by Complications.

CHICAGO, May 26-with the fiftieth day
| or the teamsters' strike comes increasingly
serious apprehension OF huge spread OF
the industrial disorder that has marked
| the progress of unsettled conditions The
| lumber district and its dependencies hold
| the key. Carpenters are restive and some
are refusing to continue at work where
unfair" lumber is used. The carpenters
| district council has not ordered action but
| 1900 carpenters may be involved IL the
| individuals persist in their hostile attitude
| Tonight the associated building trades
| comprising craftsmen other than the car
| penters, VIII send delegates to o meeting
the deliberations of which may vitality af-
feet the position of 6o0oO workmen.
| Significant of the probable approach of a
| lumber famine in the manufacturing indus
| tries was the shutdown today of the j. W.
| Lands milling plant. This company es-
sayed to do business yesterday under po-
| lice protection, and gave IT up.
| Vigorous enforcement of the police order
to clear out saloons In the lumber district,
| and the movement of considerable lumber
under guard today, brought about several
| riotous disturbances. Shots were fired and
| many arrests were made.
| Mayor Dunno, however after n review Of
| the situation, said that the conditions still
| did not warrant the call for soldiers He
| was quite positive that he had heard of no
| peace negotiations for today. Several of
| the express companies today dispatched
| wagons through the streets without police
guards. The vehicles. nevertheless, were
not without protection. being intrusted TO
| deputy sheriffs.
/ CHICAGO, May 26.-The teamsters' striIks
| Is running along like fioodtide no barr
| rier appearing in any direction to keep It
| within definite bounds. and while II has
| been spreading interest has shifted tenn
| porarily from the strife between employers
| and labor unions to differences between the
| business interests involved and the local
| administrative authorities
| In the face of declarations by the EN-.
| ployers that the police department of the
| city is absolutely inadequate to afford pro.
| lection 10 property as result of condi.
| tlons brought about by the strike spreading
| to the lumber district, Mayor Dunno an.
| nounced that there will be no necessity
to call for troops this week.
| The lumbermen, the latest Interests to be
affected by the strike are not so optimistic.
| They seem to be living In terror Of riotous
| uprisings in the vast area embraced by
| their yards and plants-a district peculiarly
| inviting to incendiarism.
In anticipation of trouble IN the lumber
| district the mayor instructed Chief of Po.
| tween the hours of and pm in cases
| where crowds were permitted to gather Inc
side or outside the premises.
In preparation for a protracted strike
siege the teamsters' joint council has ar
| ranged to send agents to all parts of the
country for the purpose of gathering funds,
| 1t is the ambition of the strike leaders to
raise 81 100000 by July l.
Solicitors probably will start from Chi
| cago next week on their mission. They
| Will visit every local union in the United
fufn . t1Na, al,
| tion to urging financial assistance will
| strive to arouse sympathy with the pres
| ent struggle. One of the first moves of
| the strike leaders to keep the men in line
will be to increase the weekly strike bene-
| fits.
The drivers on strike now receive $40 a
week. The express drivers union has ar
ranged. according to the officials to pay
its 800 members S12 weekly, beginning next
Monday. If sufficient funds can be raised
the benefits paid to other strikers will be
increased in proportion.
Strike Riots in Lumber District.
Strike riots have begun in the neigh
borhood of the lumber district At 35th
and Morgan streets twenty lumber and
shaving wagons, fourteen of which be,
longed to the Rittenhouse & Embree Conn
pany, and guarded by upward Of forty po-
lice were attacked by a crowd of more
thar 400 strike SympathizerS with bricks,
stones and slingshots.
While the police confined themselves to
clubs, the fighting waged indecisively::
Finally the police drew revolvers and
charged the crowd The sight of the fire.
arms quickly quieted things, the mob flee
| ing wholesale. No arrests were made. AT
34th street, near by, police on guard were
later forced indoors Many of the strike
sympath thiZers armed themselves with small
air rifles and from behind lumber piles and
buildings fired Internationally at the police
a number of whom were struck without De-
ing able to see the assaiants, and were
finally forced to take refuge in office ana
other nearby buildings
A New Complication.
The building industry of Chicago faced a
flesh complication today in sympathetic
strikes among carpenters and other work.
men At dozen buildings the contractors
encountered the alternative of sending back
lumber delivered by non-union teamsteTa
or having strikes to deal with.
In a number of Instances the lumber was
accepted by the contractors, whereupon the
carpenters and other workmen promptly
laid down tools and quit. While the car
penterS district council has refused to
thoriZe a strike, the members of the union
declare there is a tacit understanding that
they are not required to work under police
protection or with lumber delivered under
police protection.
The first lumber mill to shut down be-
cause of the shortage in supplies was that
of the ]. w. Lands Mill Company. Fires
were drawn today and the workmen lad
off. 1T is use trying to do business uH-
der present conditions" said Mr.. Lands.
1.-The police cannot give us adequate pro-
lection. We tried to send out five wagons
with ten policemen, but failed. Fifty POI
lcemen would not have been enough.
believe the troops must come to Chicago.
1 do not believe their presence here Will
injure Chicago. They are required to give
the unions a lesson"