Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-01
PRESIDENT MIL
HEAR STRIKERS
Chief Executive Agrees to Give
the Teamsters an Opportun-
ity to Present Petition
ANOTHER DAY OF R'oT'Ne
Non Union Teamsters by the Hundreds
Are Arriving From st. Louis, Kan
sas City and Other Points-one
Firm Makes Terms With the Union
Many Arrests Today.

President Roosevelt has agreed to give
the Chicago striking teamsters an op-l
portunity to present their petition
when he reaches that city May 10.
Word reached the president in his
camp on West Divide creek that the
strikers are preparing to ask him to
ls,. his influence in their behalf sim
ilarly to the manner in which he adj
tutlicated the anthracite strike three
years ago. He has given the strikers
no encouragement other than agreeing
to receive a delegation from the PEE
titioners.
st. Louis, May IA special train
bearing 475 men left here today over
the Illinois Central for Chicago, where
they expect to take the places Of the
striking teamsters. Five hundred more
are expected to depart tonight. The
greater portion of the men were ne
groes.
Chicago. May 1.-The wholesale inn
portation OF non-union men from st.
Louis and arrival Of Strike Breaker"
Farley from New York, gave a new
turn today to the teamsters' strike.
Farley held conference with the reps
resentatives of the employers and plans
for putting him in charge Of all the
strike breakers are said to have been
.iecided on. Non-union men in forces
said to be almost unpTecedented, are
on their way to Chicago. A hundred
strike breakers employed by the ex-
press companies struck today to en-
force the demand for better pay. The
increase was granted and the men re-
turned to work,
Tumultuous scenes were witnessed
at Jackson boulevard and Franklin
street, near the headquarters of the
Employers Teaming Company While
large crowds We're hooting and jeer-
ing at John Williams, a colored nom
unionist driver, bottle was thrown
frcr1 a window in the upper story Of a
neaiby building, striking Williams. The
negro instantly drew a revolver and
fired towards the window from which
the bottle was thrown. The action
angered the crowd and he was being
savagely beaten when the police res
cued him. Williams was arrested.
Police Sergeant Richard Cummings
who was run over by a carette and in-t
jured while in charge Of squad Of
guarding wagons on the way to the
Istrike ridden business houses. died to-
ay. John Ceresa, driver of the car
kette, is held under heavy bonds.
Wholesale grocers. coffee, tea and
spice houses were more or less COM
pletely tied UP today by the spreading
OF the teamsters' walk-out
Thirty-f1ve teamsters employed by
the Anthracite and Bituninous Coal
Company struck today. The hauling
for the company was at once turned
over to the Employers Teaning As
|sociation. Reports We're received that
express companies were doing consid-
cradle transferring in suburban places.
This move, it is said by the strikers,
would be checked by spreading Of the
strike to the suburbs. Police details
are running short, it is said by some
employers, who predict military aid
will be necessary before the end of the
week. Four hundred wagons under
guard are now on the streets, according
to the Employers Association. The
strike presents particularly serious
loutlook for produce dealers Today
they were almost unable to get sup
plies as the teamsters refused to haul
the express company's goods. Prices
for fruit, vegetables, poultry, butter.
eggs and similar articles showed a ten
dency to advance.
Todays additions to the list of firms
affected brought the humber of strik-
ers to a total of 1855. The retail
grocery drivers today refused to haul
goods from boycotted wholesale houses.
AS result the small grocery houses
will soon feel shortage of supplies.
President Shea, of the teamsters and
President pold Of the Chicago fedora
ton, issued the following statement
this afternoon:
ITO the Trade Unioliists of Chicago:
The teamsters organization has the
situation well in hand and we earnest
~ request that no sympathetic strike
be called or any member leave his
employment until such time as they
are asked to do so by the committee
l.aving the matter in charge. We also
urge upon all members of organized Ia
Dor to preserve peace and commit no
act that can be interpreted by the
courts as violation of law or the in
junction issued"
1t was further announced that union
teams would be supplied to any fair"
,hause whose team companies had sold
5ut to the new teamirs company.
b A riot broke out on the Adams street
fridge today when IL negro teamste.
liksd at strike ympathizers. The po-
sd kept the situation in hand by a
al les of rushes. Twelve men We're
o1 ksted. Practically the first victory
81 he strikers came 10 day from Fuller
1,ler.1 holesale drug house. Man