Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-01
STRIKE BREAKERS
WENT ON STRIKE,
Demanded s. a Day for Drivers
yl for Conductors aud Helpers,
so Cents for Luncheon
SCENES OF TUMULT IN CHICAGO
Hundreds OF Non'Unlon Men Are
Arriving 10 Take strikers Places
Farley Ia cbargs,

chicago, Mya Nv holesalo impor..
tlon of non.union men from st. Louis
and the arrival nf strike breaker
Farley from New York gave n new turn
today 20 the tcamsl ,rs' strike here,
Immediately upon his arrival Farley
held "A conference with representatives
of the employers, Plans for putting
him In fun charge ~ all strike broak-
ors' are said 10 have been decided on,
Farley managed the noa.unlon men IN
the New York subway strike Non-
union mon IN forces said TO be almost
unprecedented are on their way 10 Chl-
tnpo, II was reported special train
benrlng iib men loft ~ Louis early toe
day and that another train with 300
men was being prepared, Tho work Of
moblll2ing the. mon I'm 81 Louis was
conducted In secrecy Half of the men
were taken fiom southern Illinois and
kentucky Many OF thom are negroes,
STRIKE BREAKERS sTRlKE
ono hundred strike breakers employ.
ed by the American Express company,
the Pacific, Northern Pacific ana the
day 10 enforce Il dcmund OF 81 II day
for drivers ana s, u day for conductors
and helpers, an allowance Of 30 cents
for luncheon ana oNtn pay for over.
time, Tho Increase was granted ANA
the men returned Ia work
TumultuOuN scenes were witnessed to.
day nt Jackson boulevard ana Franklin
street near the headquarters Of the
Employers ToHmlng company tho or
gnnlgnllon formed 10 suppant the
striking toumstors,
NON'uNlON DRIVER ATTACKED
John Williams, u coorod non union.
isl driver was sitting on ono Of the
wagons OF tho employers company
waiting for caravans ~ be- formed, a
crowd OF several hundred persons had
gathered ana were jeering Williams
and other unlonIsts, Suddenly n
bottle thrown from u window struck
Williams on The head The negro drew
u revolver and fired toward the wine
dow, The action Of the colorod man
Hngorod the crowd ana u concerted
rush was made towards him, Williams
jumped from his wagon ana fed down
the street The mob soon caught him
nnd he was holng MNngoly beaten
when the police rescued him. Williams
was arrested The Wholesale grocors
and conco, tea and spice houses were
moro or less completely tied up today
by the spreading Of the toomstors
wnlk0ul,
DEATH LIST INCREASES,
The deuth list In the tonmsters
strike II increasing, Police Sergeant
Richard Cummings, who was injured
while In charge OF u squad guarding n
number Of wagons on the way IL
strlko.b bound business houses, died to-
day During one Of the many riots
growing out Of tho strike he wna
Knocked under thu feet OF horses n,.
tachod 10 u cnrotto and was crushed
beneath the vehicles wheels, John
corcsa, driver Of the oarotlo was ar
rested and IN bolng held under heavy
bonds,
Colorod non-unlon men IN charge Of
10 trucks Of the Employers Teomlnp
company, were attacked NJ clinton and
Van Buren, streets by u crowd or slrikc
aympathlgors. Bricks. sticks and Other
missiles were thrown NJ the Transfers
The police dispersed the crowd and ar
rested ono OF the ossnilants Of tho nom
union Transfers,
UNCLE BAN HELPING,
The federal government IL helping r.
department stores deliyhr small pr
coils IN u way that u beyond tbs III