The San Francisco call., 1905-04-28
Lake City Faces Its
Greatest Labor
Crisis.
War to a Finish Between
Employers Association
and TOilerS.
Belief That Federal Troops Will
Enforce Prospective Court
lnjunctiOnS.
Special Dispatch to Tn. Call

CHICAGO. April 27.-Chicago is
IN the throes Of the greatest industrial
conflict in its history. All idea of tenn
porizing has been abandoned by even
the most conservative. Already $500
drivers are out and the number will
be increased tomorrow.
The employers viii force the fight
ing and they promise TO make the
struggle sharp and decisive Tonight
the Fair and Boston stores discharged
theif drivers. They did not wait for
then to strike. Already the teamsters
are out IN most of the big State-street
stores, and it was realized that moth
Ing short Of a finish fight would suf-
Zee
Business was badly crippled to-day
within the next two days ii may be
para lyzed, but the merchants have
weighed the consequences and are
ready fcr the issue.
That a Federal injunction will be
asked for tomorrow is practically
certain. That Federal troops will
follow the iss-nce of the injunction
Is the belief Of the employers, as well
as the fear Of the labor leaders. No
one expects that the police viii be
able 10 cope with the situation, which
is hourly growing worse.
MAY CALL OUT ALL UNIONS.
Threats to extend the strike to in
clude every union NAV and woman in
Chicago are heard. and some of the
radicals are openly advocating such
a policy. Others assert that this plan
would be suicidal; but the conhagra-
ton has started, and no one can pre-
dict where il viii end.
Every business in Chicago. with
three or four exceptions, will be in
volved. Restaurants and hotels were
affected to some extent to-day, and
thousands Of patrons Of department
stores had 70 carry home their bum
dies or wait for their delivery later.
when the cloud lifts.
The strike leaders announced to-day
that newspapers, hospitals and all
undertaking ablishments would be
excepted from the strike list United
States mail wagons of course will not
be interfered with Beyond these
exceptions, no promises are made.
Even cab drivers win not haul pa
irons TO department stores where
Strike is on. The business Of seven
railway express companies was almost
completely tied up to-day, as far as
delivery by wagons went.
The packers have not ebeen drawn
into the conflict yet, but their drivers
1Aaye orders not to haul meats to any
OF the express depots or to railway de-
pots when goods are to be sent bv
express. That viii, in all probability.
result in strikg OF the packing-hous
teansters tomorrow.
THREE VICTIMS OF RIOTS.
There was rioting in various parts Of
the city to-day despite the strong
guards Of police and private detectives
hired by the Employers Association
10 protect its wagons. During the trou-
bles three persons We're seriously in
Jured- Two OF them will probably die.
The injured are:
Richard Cumming, police sergeant
run over by an omnibus driven bv
John CereSa, union driver. Cum
mings probably viii die Ceresa has
been arrested.
Samuel Jackson (colored), teamster.
employed by the J. V Farwell Com
pany, attacked by a mob numbering
200. He was badly beaten and his head
cut by e blow with a shovel.
Mark Moran. district messenger hov
struck on the head by a board thrown
by a non-uniOn teamster from a bl,ild-
ing at Van Buren and La Sale streets
Condition critical.
The business agents of the Team
sters' Union declared tonight that bv
tomorrow they would call on strike
1000 truck drivers, and thereby cripple
10 large extent the entire transpor
tation business in Chicago.
While the labor leaders were in con-
ference delegates Of the EMPLOYERS
Association Sad the representatives of
outside industrials met at the Union
League Club and declared that they
would fight to q finish for the open
shop" in Chicago.
MILLIONS IN A WAR FUND.
Subscriptions were taken during the
day to strengthen the Employers
Teaming Company, the weapon with
which the Teamsters' Union is to be
actively fought, and tonight Presi-
ConsA-a -. 49, e CoI.ura.