The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-03
SPILL BLOOD IN The STRIKE.
ONE MAN KILLED AND SCORES
HURT At CHICAGO.

Il WaSA nay OF Mob ViOlence-NIayor Dunno
orders 900 New Policemen sworn
In-LANIess Element Has the Upper
Hnnd-Armed Men Guard wagons.
CHICAGO, May 2.-Riotlng and blood
shed In all parts Of the city resulting in
the death OF one man and the injury OF
scores Of others. marked tho progress
OF the teamsters' strike to-day. While
the strike did not spread to any new estab-
hshments, the mobs seemed to throw ell
restraint to the winds and attacks were
made on non-union drivers with a reok-
lessness that stunned the police. Mayor
Dunno has ordered the swearing In OF 1000
additional police from the civil service list :,
who will be on duty tomorrow, making
total Of 200 men on strike duty. Fears
are expressed that even this force vii
prove inadequate to cope with the lawless
elements which gather in the wake OF the
wagons Of the Employers leaning Com
pany.
State street merchants to-day demanded
Of the Mayor that police protection be fur
nished their drivers, as they intended 70
make deliveries Of goods tomorrow at all
hazards.
Federal injunctlons for each Of the seven
railway express companies were granted
by Judge Kohlsaat to-day, and tomorrow
United States n6rshAls will begin to serve
processes on nearly 100 persons, citing them
to appear and show cause why they sho lid
not be punished for contempt In violating
the Federal injunction issued on behalf
Of the Employers leaning Company.
Hundreds Of men are pouring into the
city hourly TO take the places OF strikers.
and two OF the most serious riots to-day
are traceable TO this cause.
About three hundred persons arrived
from Kansas City. and while they were
being escorted 70 the non-union head
quarters they we're attacked by mob
with which the police we're powerless to
cope. For & distance Of several blocks
a desperate battle was waged between
the mob and the non-union men and the
police aud private detectives guarding
them. Rocks flew through the air like
hailstones, shattering the windows on both
sides Of the street It was in this riot that
Charles Beard was struck on the forehead
with a stone and died few hours later.
The non-unlon men we're hurried into a
cold storage building at Rush and Michigan
streets, while the police stood guard with
drawn revolvers until Teenforcements
arrived.
Another fierce battle between q mob
and non-union men took place near the non
union headquarters az COS State street
For time the police battled with the mob
and scores Of shots we're fred An accurate
list OF those injured could not be procured
as dozens Of men who were not seriously
injured were taken away by friends. An
Ambulance was called to take away those
seriously injured.
Crowds Of pedestrians stood on the side
walk to-day and watched the unusual
spectacle OF armed men riding on wagons
The Frank r. Scott Transfer Company
sent out ten Of its wagons to-day with one
man driving the horses and another sitting
by his side, rife in hand.
with the strike gathering IN force each
| day, rumors that there was a serious di'
vision among the employers could be heard
although they were promptly denied by
the employers themselves. That the en-
ployers have failed to drag the big transfer
| companies into the controversy, however
u certain,
The Chicago Team Owners Association
employing COCO truckd-ivers, held a meet
| ing this afternoon and refused 10 go to
/ the aid Of the big merchants in the fight
| They will stand by their union drivers and
/ not ask them 20 deliver goods to any OF the
! storaa now on the strike list