The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-24
STRIKE NOT SETTLED; OPEN WAR FROM NOW
LAST CONFERENCE HELD LAST NIGHT WITH EMPLOYERS
 PROVES FUTILE.

Union Wants All the Men Reinstnted--
 Express Companies Declare They Will
 Not Do This Under Any Circum-
 stances-spread of Trouble Not So
 Large as Anticipatec-PossibiIi
 for Increasing Rioting.
 Chicago, May 2S.-All prospects of peace in the teamsters strike have dis appeared, and 1t will be open war from this time on The last conference look ing toward a peaceable adjustment was held tonight between James B. Barry, business agent for the express drivers union, and the local managers of the seven express companies. The confer ence had been set for an early hour in the afternoon, but owing to the fall ure of MT. Barry to receive proper no- tice it was postponed until this evening. When the meeting finally took place tho conversation was brief and point ed. Business Agent Barry opened the negotiations by saying, Our position is this. want all the men reinstated ex- cept those whoh ave been guilty of vio- lence. I cannot do anything different That is what the local unions want and that is what the local officers told me to demand. That is all can do. The men told me they all want to go back in body or they won't go back at all. That. is the position of the union and the union officials
 The reply of the representatives of the express companies was: "Our ops position to the reinstatement of the men will be the same four years from now as it is to-day. We will not take them back under any circums stances.
 This brought the conference to close, and all parties concerned in It left the city hall.
 The spread of the strike to-day was not as large as was anticipated, 1t be- ing understood in many quarters that there was still a possibility of peace being reached. Four hundred and six ty-two drivers employed by twenty six firms belonging to the Lumbermen's association went out to-day. In each case the men were ordered to make de- liveries to boycotted houses and the usual strike followed. Other firms to the number of fifty-five belonging to- the Lumbermen's exchange will make similar requests of their men to-nor row, and by night 1t is expected the full number of 2,000 drivers employed by these lumber concerns will be on strike.
 A meeting of the United Employers Association of Wood Industries. which is composed of five associations em- bracing 1855 firms owing lumber yards, blaming mills. sash and door factories, etc., was held to-day and 1t was de- cided to call upon their drivers to make deliveries. This will force out 800 additional men.
 With the union drivers employed by the Lunbermen's association on strike, it will be only a matter of short time until outside unions will become involved in the trouble. Unless the IS SGtticQ WIllNll Q Sl1OIb LliklSS the carpenters, stone masons and other affiliated organizations are bound to become involved in the difficulty,
 The possibilities of increased rioting are vastly enlarged by the spread of the strike to the lumber district. The territory which generally goes under this designation extends along the river from east to west about three and a half miles and for probably a mile to- the north and south of the stream. It is a district noted for the fierce Inobs which have marched through 1t during former strikes, and is the place which has invariably caused more trouble than any other part of the city. Sheriff Barrett said tonight:
 At the first outbreak of trouble which in any way approaches the riot- ing we have had, shall call for troops. IT will do everything in my power to maintain order, but the minute 1t gets beyond me, I will appeal to the g6v- ernor and the troops will be on the ground within less than two hours