Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-05-02
WINCHESTER
LAW is NEXT.
Chicago NOnuniOn Teamsters
Armed With Rifles to Protect
Teams.
CANNOT DISARM THEM.

CHICAGO, May Chicago witness
ed today the spectacle of 1000 non.
union teamsters armed with Winches.
Ter rifles protecting the wagons of the
Employers Teaming company. Super.
intendent Reed Of the Employers
leaning company states that the rifles
may be carried without infraction OF
the law. Chief Of Police O'Neill said
that he would make nc attempt to re-
move this bristling martial effect from
Chicago's streets, saying:
Il will not seek to prevent what ap
pears to be legal. There is no law that
empowers me to prohibit men from
carrying ~ulconcealed weapons, and /
will make no attempt to TO SO.
Il have seen many men carrying ri
hes in the streets Of Chicago, and |
never have been called oil to modest
them. could o Interfere. | have
cautioned my men to warn all non
union and union men not to carry CON
cealed weapons, but i'll the matter OF
rifles | am powerless."
When Mayor Dunno was informed
OF the fact that rifles would be car.
ried by nonunion men lie was visibly
disturbed. and he declared that the
police would not be permitted to au-
tliorlze the carrying of arms by any
one.
'The chief Of police will give no arl-
tl0rity to any one to carry arms the
mayor said. Il had not heard of the
matter before. but the city of Chicago
Will not authorize the carrying Of
arms
Three hundred more teamsters have
joined the ranks Of the strikers, the
total now being 1000.
Wholesale importations Of nonunion
men from st. Louis and the arrival of
Strike Breaker Farley from New York
has given q new turn TO the strike.
Immediately on his arrival Farley
held a conference with representatives
of tue employers. Plans for putting
him in charge of all strike breakers
are said TO have been decided IN.
Every wagon sent out by the EN-
ployers' Teaming company is protected
by a rifle in the hands of the driver or
his assistant.
This announcement is made by of
iicials Of the Chicago Employers asso-
citation. Two thousand rifles were or
together with ammunition belts,
and distributed to the drivers. The
move has been carefully considered
tpfl tl. 1a,rlI act.n.f InAEnI ipfA Tho
of the Employers association
say they are acting under the clause in
The second amendment of the federal
constitution. which says, The right of
the people to Keep and bear arms shall
not be infringed."
Under decisions of the United States
supreme court il is declared every man
a right 10 protect his life or prop
erty with firearms, provided such arms
are not concealed.
Three men Were struck by flying bul-
lets during a riot at the rear of Mar
shall Field x Co. wholesale store, Fifth
avenue and Adams street, when Louis
Street. n colored nonunion teamster,
fired five shots into a crowd.
The riot brought fifty policemen to
the scene.
Serious riots took place last night.
One was at West Harrison and Des-
PLANES streets. where a mob, contain
ing many women and numbering fully
1000. attacked sixteen %nonunion men
who We're going to the depot under the
guard Of II squad of police. Stones
and other missiles were hurled at the
men. and il was with difficulty that
the police We're able TO protect them
from the crowd. Several nonunion
men were injured with stones, and
many of The mob suffered wounds from
the clubs Of the policemen. A number
If ap.pacte warn mazda