Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
NOT DECLARED OFF
Chicago Strike Will Be
Greater Than Before.
PEACE PROGRAM UPSET
TRANSFERS JOINT COUNCIL TO
STAND BY EXPRESS DRIVERS.
Decided to Call Off all the Negotia-
tions and Prepare for
Further Fight.
PEACE PROGRAM UPSET

CHICAGO. May % - The strike of the
transfers. instead of being declared on
will be spread to greater proportions. THIS
was decided tonight by the members Of the
Transfers Joint council. which was in ses-
sion until midnight.
The council met at 6 o'clock to hear the
report of the negotiations that had been
in progress with the employers throughout
the day. They agreed 10 all the stipula-
tons of the employers with the exception
of that which declared that the drivers OF
the express companies should not be taken
back.
This was the rock upon which the peace
program was wrecked. and after several
hours of debate It was decided that the
teamsters' union could not leave the ex-
press drivers to make a lone fight. but
must stand by them. 1t was ec-ded to
call off all the negotiations and prepare for
a further fight.
The sense of the meeting was expressed
in the following resolution which WAS pass
ed. and given out as defining the position
of the teamsters:
I'VE believe that the railway express
companies are not justified in their refusal
to reinstate any of their former employees
and believe that the best interests of all
would be served had they agreed to the
same proposition. or a somewhat similar
one, TO tH1l WNlCn the Employers ASSDCla-
ton suggested. Under these conditions 1t
is incumbent upon the members OF the
Transfers organization TO continue The.
strike until such time as the express COM
panies will agree to the same conditions As
those offered by the Employers Associa-
ton"
Same Methods to Continue
The methods of the unions will not diff
fer from those which they have pursued
Thus far in Ip T'bav will can
tinue the boycott against the houses
where the strikes have been held during
the last month. and if any of their mem
bers are discharged fer refusing 10 make
deliveries all of the drivers employed by
that house will be called on strike at once.
The first effect of the spread OF the strike
viii be in the building trades. and trouble
is looked for IN this direction Monday. The
Lumbermen's Association has declared that
they would make deliveries to boycotted
firms and would insist upon their drivers
taking goods where they were ordered to
take them. This means a strike OF all the
union men employed by the Lumbermen's
Association, numbering about 1850.
1t is expected that the members of the
Team Owners Association. which does the
greater part of the hauling for tie railroads
in the city. and which has been for sew
eral days threatening to take sides with
the Employers Association will also be
compelled to come out for deliveries to the
boycotted houses. and that all of their men
Will be out within a few days after the
commencement of next week. They employ
about 5000 teamsters.
Will Have to Call for Troops.
Sheriff Barrett said tonight after being
informed of the action of the transfers
joint council: .
1T simply means that the troops will
have to be called. We have found il i!f-
ficult to maintain the peace with the force
of anI hnI
now that there is a prospect of so much
greater body of men being on strike. with
all the chances of riotng that it entails.
ii will be out of the question for us to
handle the trouble"
"As soon as the strike spreads I will be
compelled to ask the governor of the state
for aid. L have done all that / am able to
do, and the prospect now is that the thing
will get beyond the powers of my Office
Statement of the Council.
at is due to the public and members of
the teamsters' organization that state
ment be issued relative to our position in
to accept the proposition submitted
b. the Employers Asseociaetion. The EN-
ployers' Association offered a proposition
which may have received favorable consid-
Grafton from the strikers and their commit
tee, providing that ii carried with it no
proviso that would act as detriment to
any part of our organization.
Their proposition, however, carried with
it that the strike against the railway ex-
press companies be declared off without
those companies agreeing to the PROPOSE
ton made by the employers or any other
proposition. they having made the state
ment that they had held meeting and de-
cided that no strikers would ever again
be re-employed workmen for the rail-
ways express companies-in fact. to es-
tablish a blacklist against all of their for
mer employees. This the teamsters organi-
cation. or its officials, could not accept"
Employees Attorney Notified.
AS soon as the statement was given out
and the council adjourned. President Shea
of the Transfers International Union
stepped to the telephone and called up Levy
Mayer. attorney for the employers, at his
rooms in the Auditorium annex.
Hello Mr.. Mayer" he said. This is
Shea. / wanted to tell you that the coun-
ell has decided to reject the proposition
that has been made to us by the employers.
1 thought it right to let you know at once,
that is all"
The strike committee was then in
structed to demand from Edward Hines
of the Chicago Lumbermen's Association
an explanation of a declaration on his
part that the lumbermen would insist
upon delivering to boycotted houses Mon
day. The committee was told to inform
Mr.. Hines that an attempt on the part of