Arizona republican., 1905-05-19
Settlement of the Chicago
 Strike Put Off
A QUESTION OF VERACITY
Varied Statements Regarding the Con- sent of Teamsters' Union to Arbi- trAte-President GOmpers Has So far Accomplished Little.

Chicago, May 1S.-Peace in the teamsters strike is still hanging in the balance. and. although it is generally expected that 2 settlement will be reached, it seems tonight. farther away than it d-d twenty four hours ago
 It was confidently asserted by the team owners association that the team sters had consented to arbitrate with them, the question of whether or not. union teamsters should make deliveries to bOycotted houses. President Shea of the teamsters union, today upset this arrangement entirely declaring that ke had never agreed to any such proposition. Members of the team owners association. however. stated just as positively that the officials of the teamsters union had agreed to such an arbitration. This misunderstanding caused a halt in the impending settle ment and a meeting was arranged for tonight between the team owners and the teamsters. At the headquarters Ot both organizations it was denied that such meeting was to be held. IL Is positively known. however. that ar rangements- were made for the con- ference.
 For the first time in several days the
  were numerous fights between non-un- ion men and union teamsters. One of the disturbances at Twenty second street and Indiana avenue. blocked all traffic and delayed the street cars for half an hour. The police were com pelled to use their clubs vigorously in order to disperse the crowd and they made several arrests A nOn-union driver for the wholesale grocery house of Steele, Weddles and company. who was the original cause of the outbreak through no fault of his own was badly beaten before the police could save him.
 In some portions of the south side a vigorous antagonism to union men has developed and a teamster wearing union button in driving through those sections meets with about the same treatment cs . non-uniOn man does when passing the teamsters headquar- ters. Several union teamsters were at tackled today near Twenty sixth street and Wentworth avenue and their union buttons torn of. The union men were also vigorously punched before making their escape.
 President Samuel GOmpers of the American Federation of Labor who has been in Chicago for the past two days negotiating for peace in che pres ent trouble, left for Dayton, Ohio. to- night. Before leaving the city. Mir Gompers said that so far he had ac- complished very little. but the pros poets were that both sides would sOOa be able to reach a basis where settle ment of the difficulty satisfactory to both opposing interests, would be de- cided upon.
 ssVTbiIa I aro aDvfo,,S to Sas an or,f- cable adjustment of the difficulty said MT. ComDers. 'stin am not in favor of the teamsters surrendering internationally. and I am of the opin- ion that they will not have to do so. | If trouble stil exists when l return to Chicago next Saturday. I VIII take up the matter where I left of this af- ternOOn and continue my efforts to bring about a settlement of the contrO- versy."
 President Shea Of the teamsters un- ion was the chief witness in the hear ing today, before Master in Chancery Sherman. He refused to answer a great majority of the questions put to him declaring that his answers would tend to incTdminate him. His evidence was interruped by repeated wransies between the attorneys which cOnsum- ed much time and in which both sides displayed much bitterness. Finally in order to allow the belligerent lawyers sufficient time in which to cool their passions the master adjourned court until tomorrow morning.
 Vhe parents of six children who had taken part in the recent school strikes because of delivery of coal by nOn-un- ion men. were arraigned today. before Justice Hurley and each one of them was fined s2O, and costs for not send ing the children to school Other ar raignments will be made tomorrow
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