The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-05-05
:aTRIkE BREAKERS
ANXIOUS TO LEAVE
Imported Nngrots Want to Ges
Away From Chicago.

imported NngrOtS Want to Ge5
Away From Chicago.
LEADER OF NONUNiSTs is HURT
Exciting Scenes Enacted in the Chica-
60 Strike Riots acknowledgements
Issued by Federal Court for v,oiators
OF Injunction.
Chicago. May 4.-Enlarged proper
tons were given the teamsters' strike
lOday from both sides Oh the mug
struggle. Contrary to expectation, the
employees were the first to Iahe asgres-
sive action. All the teamsters OF
the Crerar, Clinch company, winch
has coal contracts with many Office
buildings and firms, went on strike to-
day.
The company had ordered lead OF
coal delivered to Carson, Pirie, Scot,
& Co.. large mercantile firm which
has been Involved in the strike com
teamster ordered to make a delivery
to the involved firm was discharge!
tor refusing to deliver the coal A..
other reamsJerS employed Ey the Gre
rar Clinch company Immediately
struck. 1t was said the eff CT OF
new spread OF the strike might be TO
leave many of the taIiest ofnce bu.,l-
ILgs without fuel to run elevators.
Other concerns affected by IoQays
spread OF the strike are the American
Cutlery company, the Richie Paper
Box company, and the Samuel cuppIes
Woodenware company. In eacn case
teamsterS were ordered to deliver 10
one or more of the boycotted houses
and struck when men were discha
for refusing.
Brutality in the strike today began
with a fight and panic in a crowded
street car.
Two men who, it is said, were mis-
taken for strike breakers were assault
ed and SO severely beaten that they
were taken to the county hospital. The
affair occurred On a Twenty-sixth
street car at Twenty-sixth and Stew
art avenue. When the fight began
the passengers, panic stricken, fed
from the car. One of the men hurt
was Edward Boswell, q negro medi-
cal student. His companion was Al
Jamison, negro. The men who COM
mitted the assault escaped.
More than 100 SubpOenas were
placed in the hands of United States
deputy marshals to be served today on
violators of the federal cfurt injunc-
tons issued in connection with the
strike. Men taken into custody are
TO be cited to appear before Master IN
Chancery Sherman Friday. Counsel
for the Employers association will
use evidence obtained at the hearing
20 urge wholesale indictments.
Strike Breaker Frank Curry. the
man with the Iron Nerve was TO-
day reported as definitely out of the
fighting. He did not appear at the
Employers leaning company's barns
and It is said in ali probability Curry
viii not be able to take further part
IN the strike His injuries while not
fatal, are exceedingly serious and /
associates say that he viii lose the
sight Of his left eye. Curry also has
q deep cash two inches long behind
the right ear.
Nearly 500 strike breakers refused
10 work today when the police cal.
at the nonunionist hesAquarters to &C
company them 10 the barns Of the en-
ployers' teaming company.
The negroes declined 10 leave the
building, alleging they had been
brought 10 Chicago under false pre-
lenses.
we are not going to work as team
sters for $3.50 a day and take our
lives IN our hands," several of tn
negroes said. I'VE want to go back
to st. Louis"
Sixty others said they were willing
to go to work. Most of the negroes
who struck participated in yesterdays
rioting.
The first shooting today occurred at
Franklin and Madison streets. A car
AVIAN manned by negro drivers and
guards was attacked by q big crowd.
The negroes opened fire at once. Har-
~ Williams and Fred Smith, white
men. seated on wagon at the en-
trance to an alley, narrowly escaped.
After the shooting the caravan pro-
ceeded on its stormy route While
driving wagon loaded with coal from
the Edwin F. Daniels Goal company
at Franklin and Madison streets today
Joseph Scott, a nonunion negro tenn
ster, was shot in the right shoulder.
Chief of polioa OpNe50 5o,Iorol -