Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-03
DISORDER GROWS in
WINDY CITY STRIKE
Fights Between Union and Non.
/. Union Transfers Become
More Vicious.
NEGR0IS HAD A "nOl" TIME
Three Hundred Imported colored
Strike Breakers Ser Upon by Mob
of Strike syr,pathizers and Roughly
Handled Break in Unity of tire EN-.
pIoyers' Ranks.
NEGR0lS ilAO A "n01" TIME
tny Associated Press.)

CHICAGO, Ills. May 2.-The
death of one man and the injury OF
scores of Others was the immediate
result Of today's fighting between the
striking teainstcrs and their sympa
t!.iZers on the one side and The police
and the ncn-union men OH the other.
Th2"e were riots in all parts OF the
city. Men were dubbed and stoned
almost TO death within Il square of po
lice headquarters End five miles away
men were shot down In the streets
Non-'inon men were pelted with
stones. bricks and every other con-
cciyablc SORT of missiles. They we're
dragged from their wagons. beaten.
c!ubhcd and stamped upon.
In return the nonunion men. al
though hopelessy cutnunbered Iii
every struggle fought desperately.
Peculiar Aspect Assumed.
The situation assumed n peculiar as
pect today, and tonight The interests
which have been opposed to tho strik-
Ing transfers are not so perfectly
united as heretofore. Tic cause Of
this slight dissention is the Team Own
ers Association. Which has contract
with the railroads and many of the
large firms throughout tho city tn
transfer their merchandise. Until to-.
day il was supposed that the Employ.
rrS' Association and their allies were
firmly bound together in the fight for
supremacy against the Transfers
The Team Owners Association,
which employs none but union team
stcrs. iiatly refused this afternoon Ii
make d,live.ics to any of he firms In
vnlvcd In the strike when asked to Ito
so 10y the Employers Association. at
conference at the Union League
Club
May Cancel Contracts.
When the employers received this nj
tmatum they notified the Team Own
crs that unless the request that no
discrimination be made in deliveries
were granted. an effort would be made
to have all existing contracts between
team owners and the business houses
AMI the railroads cancelled. a
During the day the employers had
informed Mayor Dunno and Chief of
Police O'Nnll that they intended to
move tomorrow 1SS wagons by the diff.
fereEt express companies. and manned
with non-union men. This necessitated
call for the swearing III of l.000 ad
,litional policemen, bus after the con
ference at the Union League Club
he employers modified their plans
and informed the city hall officials that
they would increase very slightly ih.
lnE;bcr Of wagons in service al
though the plans have been changed,
rs to the moving of the wagons. the
new men will be added TO the police
force tcc,orfow and will be put on
strike duty as rapidly as they are
needed
Fighting Was More Fierce.
nc fighting today in the s;trcats
vas even more fierce and savage than
that Of yesterday. The strikers and
their. nympathlzers attacked the non
union men at every opportunity, as
sailing them with bricks. stones. clubs
REiYes and any and every other Of
T."sive weapon upon which they coul,l
lay their hands.
The fighting occurred in the heart of
tho business section of the city, men
hcing shot down within 200 feet of the
retail store of Marshall Field &c Co
and clublied nearly to death at the cor.
ner Of the Auditorium hotel, in plain
view of hundreds ufladies. who were
compelled 10 run from the mob to sd4e
their own lives. In many instances
mon walking along the streets who
( had no active connection whatever
2 with the strike. were assaulted by
hcodlums, who beat them first and lot.
or accused them OF being strike
breakers.
Preacher Attacked by iiood!ums.
A notable instance of 4his kind was
ia. Of Rev. w. x. Wheeler. pastor, Of