Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-09
Shortage in Delivery Of Food
stuHs Threatened.
WEAVING TEAM co.
MEN JOIN STRIKERS IN CHICAGO
TODAY.
Threats. Of Men to Quit in Other
Places-Building Trouble
Averted.

CHICAGO, May 9.-Shortage in delivery
OF -four to groceries and bakeries was
threatened by fresh spread of the team
sters' strike today. The latest recruits are
the drivers of the Wenig Teamng Com
pany, a large concern chiefly engaged in
delivering flour for milling companies. All
of the men quit work when one Of them
was discharged for refusing to delive, to
boycotted department stores A direct re-
suit Of the strike will be shortage of
$1,000 barrels of flour a week. according to
George K Wenig Among those for whom
the firm has delivered flour are the North
western Consolidated Milling Company.
the Washburn-CrOsby Company, the Star
and Crescent Milling Company, Wells.
Stone & Co., Donaldson & Co. Unless We
can get the employers association to help
US out the strike means an immediate
shortage in the flour supply" said Mr.
Wenig. If the strike continues there Will
association at once
Another strike of even greater Importance
impended today. The Crane Company. con-
trolling most of the material in the steam
fitting and gasftting industries, may be In
volved through the discharge of two driv
ers who refused to deliver material at the
Marshall Field building on Wabash avenue.
The Crane Company employs a large num-
Der of Transfers, who promptly sought in
structions from the leaders as to whether
the strike of the four Transfers should be
initiated 1t was said that conferences Of
the Transfers Union officials and repre-
sentatives of the Crane Company would be
held In the hope of averting new strike
upheaval.
Building Industry Threatened
The Crane Company gives employment to
$4,000 men, directly or indirectly. through
its mills, foundries and warehouses. Should
a strike of the Crane teamsters be declared
the building industry of the entire city
would be badly handicapped.
While the strike was today assuming
more threatening attitude, the Employers
Teamng Company is becoming increasingly,
aggressive. Today 1850 teams were sent
out, and the company promised to furnish
teamsters to do the work of all drivers who
quit. The delivery Of retail goods was fur
ther extended and the number of deputy
sheriffs and special police was increased.
Although surrounded by six guards, a
non-unfon teamster was knocked off his
wagon today and severely injured by strike
sympathizers. The victim was Joseph St.
John. who was attacked while driving one
of the Peabody Coal Company's wagons
near Kinsie street bridge. He subsequently
found his way blocked by teams manned by
union drivers, while rocks were hurled by
strike sympathizers in a crowd that had
gathered. One of the missiles struck St
John in the head. fnflicting a severe wound
and topping him to the pavement With
much difficulty the guards succeeded in
getting him out OF the crowd and his
wounds dressed in nearby drug store
The executive board of the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor met today to appoint
committee to meet the Presidents train
west of Dixon, H.. and explain to him the
strike situation here before he reaches Chi
cago. The unionists received an intimation.
however, that the President did not wish
to be met by any large number of Chica-
goans before he arrived in the city. The
plan. therefore, was abandoned.
Women Started Trouble.
Women strike sympathizers started the
riot, bombarding the non-union driver with
oranges and other fruit from an elevated
railroad station. Many car windows were
smashed by harder missiles, which followed
the oranges. The riot stopped traffic on
street car lines for nearly an hour Three
onslaughts Of police were necessary to dis
perse the mob. In the melee bricks canes
and umbrellas mingled with the fruit hurled
from the elevated road station by the wom-
en-.