The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-05-01
CHICAGO SPENDS
 4 BUSY SUNDAY People Take Time by FOTtIOck
 and Move MANY WAGONS ARE IN USE 
No Change in Strike Situation and the Two Sides Have Locked Horns for Long Conflict-Ani-
 male Are Stampeded.

Chicago, April s0-chieago had on hel working clothes today. and to anyon, without knowledge of the fight going on here between capital and labor, ar examination of the calendar was neces- sary to make 1t certain that it was Sun day. From daylight this morning until dark today the downtown streets were crowded with heavily laden wagons and trucks, giving the city a weekday ap- pearanee that was never witnessed here before on the first day of the week.
 Believing the fight new going on for supremacy between the employers asso- citation of Chicago and the union team sters is to be a protracted one, the busi- ness men of the city took advantage of the suspension of regular business today to procure an extra supply of material and supplies. Every available team and even one-horse vehicle were brought Into use during the day for the purpose of re- plenishing coal bins and to obtain other material necessary to the transaction of business. Tomorrow being the first of May, which Is moving day in Chicago, the furniture vans in the residence dis trict will add to the chaos
 Fearing that the furniture drivers might become involved in the difficulty, the ma jority of those who under normal condi- tions would have sought their new homo s tomorrow. decided to take no chances and made the change today.
 Efforts Toward Adjustment.
 While all these preparations were go- ing on for emergency, efforts were be- ing made by many visiting Mayor Dunne' s office at the city hall to bring about a peaceable adjustment of the teamsters' strike. Early In the afternoon a com mittee representing the employers asso- fiaiiQpNret ke peace commission consist ing of Bishop C. P. Anderson Of tl,e E;pis- copal church, Jenkln Lloyd Jones of isil Souls church. Dr. Emil c. Hirsch of Sinai temple, Miss Jane Adams of Hull House, and Dr. Cornefifs Debey of Neig> r-~~.H d House. At the end of this conference a committee representing the unions mcs the citizens committee and went over the entire strike situation in an effort to Ge- wise some means to bring about a peace- able ending of the controversy. The Chi cago Federation of Labor was also busy considering the strike situation, but no dClIOH WdS ldhtl u Spitdu tue SNflht lO the affiliated unions. Believing that the teamsters are justified in the fight they are making, the federation passed the following resolutions
 "Whereas. the employers association and its allies of this city have declared their deliberate intention to crush out of existence all labor organizations, and whereas, in pursuance of this policy, said employers association and its allies are resorting to every scheme of misrepre- sentation for the purpose of misleading the public, and
 "Whereas, the said association has determined at least to refuse all over lures for investigation into the facts causing the present industrial conditions, therefore, be 1t
 Resolved, That we request President Roosevelt Governor Dineen and Mayor Dunne to investigate the existing con ditons in Chicago before complying with any request made for the use of militia in the city during the present difficulty, and be 1t further
 Resolved. That the president of this organization be instructed to appoint a committee to lay the facts before Presi- dent Roosevelt, Governor Dineen and Mayor Dunne and take such other steps as may be necessary to give effect to these resolutions"
 Peace Commission Fails.
 The conferences in Mayor Dunne's of flee lasted six hours, and the peace com mission appointed by the Mayor yester- day failed utterly In its efforts to bring about settlement of the strike. The plan for an armistice of forty-eight hours was rejected by both sides early in the conference, as was also an offer adopt ed by the representatives of the labor men. who asked that committee of five citizens be appointed to arbitrate the matter.
 After the conferences. which were held in secret, the peace committee issued the following statement:
 'The members of this commission, act- ing upon request of Mayor Dunne. re- gret to inform the public that after hay ing heard reports of both parties to the controversy today, no plan was found ac- ceptable to bring about an adjustment of the difficulty.
 "The representatives of the employers refused to accept any commission or means of arbitration which was usggest- ed, while the laboring men declared their readiness to aequesce in the plan of submitting the controversy to persons commanding the respect and confidence of the community"
 The police department today took ad- vantage of the lull in the strike to make plans for the disposition of tne police force for resisting any lawlessness ws-ch may develop in the days to come. -.n- nouncement was made tonight by Chief O'Neill that the ptice are to take a tighter grip on the situation than ever this week.
 we will play no favorites." said Chief O'Neill. and we will have peace and order in Chicago if the entire force has to be put on strike duty
 Extra Policemen on Duty.
 Nine hundred extra policemen will be put on duty in the downtown distric. tomorrow morning The streets were free from riotng today. ss no effort was made deliveries t9 the firms involved The employers spent the day in mak- ing preparatlons for the coming week. and if was stated tonight that hundreds of men had been secured since Saturday night. who will be put on wagons to- morrow to take the places of the strikers.
 The 1xrsess companies had several wagons at work transferring packages from hne railroad to another.
 Eafly today a mob of five hundred men Q anX hovs headed by number of strik- iZ teamsters, raided the main stab,es "A inc Employers Teaming company and oto mneded the animals. This was in vio- Nation of the federal injunction issued by