The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-04
IS CHARGED
 WITH LIBEL President Shea is Placed Under Arrest.
 > TO BE SUED BY TH0RNE Police in Desperate Fight
 With Rioters. Despite Street Disturbances in chiee- so, Prospects for Settlement of Trouble Are Brighter Than
 for Some Time.
TO BE SUED BY THoRNH

erhood of Teamstera, was arrested late this afternoon on charge of criminal libel preferred by Robert ]. Thorn6s Assistant General Manager of Mont gomery Ward & Company.
 Shea was arrested on q capiaa is~ sued by Judge Bethea of the United States District Court following the filing by a suit by Thorne who in ad~ dition to making the charge of crimi- nal libel asks for damages to the amount of s25. 900 from Shea The suit is based on interviews given out by President Shea to the newspapers and on statements te Is said to nave made to the effect that he had been offered $10.000 by Thorne to call q strike against Sears. Roebuck & CO. which Is large house In the same line Of bns~ mess as Montgomery Ward & Co. Shea made the assertions against Thorna before the County grand jury in addi- tion to making them to newspaper men and after making them inaisred. t Is said. upon their accuracy.
 Mir. Thorne denies all of rhe aI- legged statements by Mir. Shea and in his bill declares that his stanfing and reputation as g business man have been injured by the assertions Of Pres ident Shea It was stated in the hill that inasmuch as President Shea has no stated place of residence and is
 
 charge of strikes. 1t was necessary that he be apprehended and DC placed under bond.
 President Shea was found nt his hotel and at once accompanied the deputy marshal to the office vf the United States marshal and from there l he was taken to the court room of Judge Bethea where he gave bonds for his appearance when wanted in the sum of 9a .0O0
 Poiicesnen Fight Crowd. Twenty policemen fought with crowd of l, 1,500 people at 18th and Gen. i Ire Avenue for twanty minutes iat4 this afternoon. two oficers bhinE nesfe 1 ly killed. Tho rioting at thls point was followed almost immediately by another disturbance in the vicinity. The first riot began when q crowd gathered about an American Express wagon which had become stalled in a rut and began to throw stones, sticks and tin cans at the vehicle. Two dep uty sheriffs guarding the wAgon be- came excited and discharged their re- volvers towards the crowd. As they did the express driver whipped up and escaped under a shower of missiles. Is was later reported that a f2-year-ola boy had been shot.
 The sound of the shots soon attract- ed a crowd of 5000 persons. At this time wagon belonging to the Lord A Bushnell Lumber Co. was passing on the way to the yards at z2nd ana Broop Street.
 The crowd attacked the wagon. Po- licemen Hanson and Larson used thelx clubs freely to beat back the mob and were almost killed in doing so The non-union driver whipped up his horses and reached the lumber yards safely. Then he notified the policemen at the yards that the policemen were being attacked and additional officers went te the scene and succeeded in restoring order.
 Despite the fact that there was more rioting today than at any time for week, there were more hopeful signa of the end of the strike. Nothing tangi- ble had resulted by nightfan. but the fact that negotiations had been opened at all was regarded with much satfs- faction all around
 Another Conference.
 A committee of five, representing the with Attorney, Mayer, representing the employers association. The men of- fered to settle the strike as far as the business houses were concerned, pro- Vided that the union men would not be asked to pick up goods from or mako deliveries to the express companies. They announced that they would con-
 
 companies indefinitely.
 This action met with the sanction of President Mulligan of the express driv- ers' union, who declared that he saw no reason why the strike should be con- tinued against the business houses. Mir. Mayer informed the men that all the interests involved fin the strike stood together. and that he was without pow CT to make d settlement that did not In. clude everybody. At o'clock the coH- ference adjourned to meet again later in the night. The agreement of the teamsters to refer to the truck drivers union the question of arbitrating the matter of deliveries to boycotted houses was hailed by Mayor Dunne and the members of the team owners associa- tion as a sign of returning peace. A meeting was held this afternoon at ths Mayors office between representatives of the teamstcrs and of the team own- ers' association and the teamsters ad- mitted that there was clause in the contract with the association calling for the arbitration of all disputed points. but asserted that they were not willing to arbitrate unless with the consent of the truck drivers. The meet Ing of the truck drivers will be held Tuesday night.
 After filing the bill today charging Shea with slander and criminal libsl Attornav Alfred s. Austrian filed an- other bill of similar import against Youne former President of the tears1- ters' union. Albert J. Thorne Is also comnlalnant in this bill and S25,oo0 damages are asked for on the gro9ds of the alleged slandering Of the onar- acter of the complainant.