Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-05-20
ARBITRATION NOW
ORDER OF THE DAY
Mee;ia Will Be Held For That
Purpose At Once.
GoMPER4 HAS LEFT CHICAGO

The Transfers Union In Order to Pre-
vent spread of Strike Will Un
doubtedly Agree to Arbitrate With
Employees.
Chicago, May 19.-OVertures looking
20 a peaceful settlement of the team
sters' strike here was temporarily set
aside today. Through the departure
Of President Gompers for Dayton, o..
last night the chief influence upon
which hL1as OF peace were centered
was removed
The defiant attitude of International
President G. P Shea and his bitter
ness toward the state street mer-
chahA whom he accuses Of conspir'
ing to wreck the teamsters' organiZa'
ton seemed to preclude the possibil.
ity Of any definite steps toward an ad-
justment of the strike before the re-
turn of Mr. GOmpers. Encouraged by
the efforts at mediation, however, the
president OF the National Federation
of Labor viii hasten back to Chicago
and expects to renew his negotiations
tomorrow. Mr. Gompers admitted be.
conferences between representatives of
both sides in the controversy had pro,
duced a more pacific feeling and this
he argued would accomplish much to-
f1vi.1
which terms of peace might be ar
ranged. The aldermanic council held
conferences today with representatives
of the teamsters and with Attorney
Levy Mayer for the employers. Chair.
man w. e. Devereaux expressed him
self as satisfied with the progress
made.
The most encouraging phase of the
situation today was the change of front
on the part of the teamsters in enter
ing into negotiations with the team
owners and considering a proposition
from that body to arbitrate the ques-
ton of delivery to the boycotted
houses. Should the teamsters' council
at it's meeting tonight accept the team
owners arbitration proffer it was gen
orally believed today that the end of
the strike is at hand. An adverse de,
cisiOn of an arbitration committee
compelling the drivers to deliver goods
wherever their employers should de,
sire would be the signal for raising
the strike against all business firms
now affected except the State street
department stores, the express compa-
nies and the coal concerns.
Officials of the teamsters' union
while admitting that the arbitration
proposal of the team owners would be
accepted by the teamsters joint couff-
Gil tonight, denied today that this was
to be taken as showing any weakness
on the part of the strike against strike
bound houses.
"To be sure this is arbitration of a
principle rather than condition
said A. j. Reed, secretary of the Fur
niture Drivers union today "It is a
bad thing to arbitrate for It sets bad
precedent. However, in this case ii
may be the equitable thing to arbitrate
it's that a general tie up of the team
Ing industry may be ayerted. If the
principles of delivery to strike bound
houses by union drivers is submitted
to arbitration in this case it will only
be for tbs one case and then solely
for the purpose of preventing a general
spread of the strike to all the teamine
interests in the city"
T. j. Cavanaugh, one of the prom.
inent owners, said today there was no
doubt in his mind than the teamsters
would agree to arbtrate the delivery
question tonight, principle or no prin-
ciple
THE strike will end tonight or to
morrow. There will be no claim oil
victory or defeat by either side. The
employers will take back the team.
sters who are worthy and desirable
men and who have not violated the
law"
if Thomas E. Barrett today and was
confirmed from several sources. Sher
iff Barrett began at once to call in
the extra deputies engaged in guard
ing wagons of the employers teaming
company, and discontinued the ap
pointing of new deputies.
Mayor e. F. Dunno asserted that he
had information from a source in
which he has implicit confidence that
the strike will come to an end within
"a hours or within 4S hours at the
latest. There will be no formal decla
ration of calling off of the boycott
he said.
The men who are re-employed will
quietly go back to work and the bar
will be lifted without demonstration
of any sort.
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Americans Attend Kinu's Levee.