Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-14
THE STRIKE.
Police Guard Wagons as
They Haul Freight.
Non Union Driver Suffers at the
Hands Of Mob.
Police To The Rescue-The Strikers
Meeting.

Chicago. April 13.-Mayor Edward F.
Dunno, today again cndeavored to eff
feet peace between the cCntending sides
IN the present labor trouble in Chicago,
but at the end of the day, after several
conferences with labor leaders and rep
resentatives of the employers, the sit
uatiOn was unchanged.
Mayor Dunno tonight, however. was
mOrehop eful of peace as the result o.
his efforts and the peace negotiations
will be continued tomorrow.
The labor leaders declared today that
they were willing to meet the employ
ers, but the latter declined the proposed
conference, and Mayor Dunno was fore
ed to meet the opposing elements sep
arately.
While the peace negotiations were IN
progress, today, Montgomery, Ward Y
20. continued to make 6e livery with
non union teamsters. The service was
interrupted by the strikers ana their
sympathiZers who blocked the streets,
making it almost an imposSiblllty for
the caravans under the protection of
plat0ons of police, to pass through the
streets In several instances, the crowds
became so demonstrative that it was
necessary for the police to use their
clubs and several of the disturbers were
hurt in clashes with policemen.
If the efforts of Mayor Dunno to
bring about an amicable settlement of
the difficulty fail, it is said, tonight,
that many employees will form team
ing company of their own to carry on
their business.
Chicago, Illinois, April 13.-Notwith-
standing a continuance Of the strike of
leamsters and garment makers, Mont
gomery, Ward & Co.. today started out
more wagons than on any previous day
since the transfers struck. The police
guarded the wagons.
One more effort to reach a settlement
was in progress today three representa-
tives of the Chicago Employers Asso-
citation having arranged to meet
committee of II labor leaders at the
Great Northern hotel.
The conference was arranged at the
request of President Cornelius T. Shea
Of the Transfers Union.
While the peace conference was in
session, scenes of disorder prevailed on
the streets.
The mett ting resulted in no advance
ment toward peace. Montgomery, Ward
IL Co, took the stand that the places
Of the 10 garment workers who went
on strike have been filled and that the
strikers cannot be reinstated.
Charles Stubner, a nOn-uniOn driver
for a piano house was the cause OF
clash between police and strike sym
pathizers in State street, this afternoon.
He was assaulted while delivering a
load Of piano stools to Montgomery,
Ward e. Co. Dragged from his wagon
he showed fight and was pounced upon.
Policemen went to the rescue and the
mans assailants fled. They were over
taken near Madison and State streets.
the heart of the shopping district.
A mob hemmed in the police and in
n minute, the whole thor Oughfare was
blocked with people and teams. A coal
wagon forcing it's way through the
crowd tipped over a cab throwing out
a woman passenger. The crowd surged
up and down, trampling each other and
knocking down dozen women, whose
screams added to the excitement. Two
police officers were injured, one receiv-
ing a scalp wound and the other cut
on the shoulder.
William Styles, one of the attacking
mob. was struck on the head and his
skull fractured.
Nearly 500 persons were in the crowd.
many of them women and children.
Pedestrians who found themselves
caught in the disorder were helpless for
time. A few We're able to get into
stores adjacent but the majority had to
stand the tanning and showing until
police re-inforcements dispersed or ar
rested members of the mob.