The bee., 1905-05-04
A New Aspect Given to the Chicago
Strike Situation.
TEAM OWNERS HAVE Baked
Empiosing None But Vrion Men
they FIntiy Refuse 40 Make De-
iiverieS 10 Firms Involved
In the strike.


striking transfers were not as united
as heretofore
Tie cause Of this slight discussion
IS the Team Owners association. which
he's contracts with the railroads and
MANY Of the large firms throughout the
city to transfer their merchandise. I'm
I'll Tuesday II was supposed that the
Employers association and their allies
wefo firmly bound together In the fight
fer supremacy aga'nst the teamsters.
Hefnse 10 Make Deliveries.
The Team Owners association. which
employs none but union teamsters.
fatty refused TO make deliveries to any
of The firms now involved in the strike,
when ordered 70 90 so By the En-
ployers association.
When the employers received this
ultimatum they notified the team own
crs that unless they recognized the re-
quest that no discrimination be made in
deliveries. an effort would be made to
have all existing contracts between the
team owners and the business houses
and the railroads cancelled.
Meeting nj Union Lcnguc Club.
Monday the Employers Teaming as
ISOLATION sent word to the large team
owners that they desired to know
where they stood in the present fight.
Many Of the members of the teaming
association have contracts for the de-
livery OF coal with the team owners,
who have so far failed TO make any
deliveries since the beginning of the
strike. The team owners would not
give definite reply as to what could
be expected OF them. Tuesday, after
noon. at the Union League club.
meeting was held between representa-
tives OF the Employers association and
the large team owners. Il was the de-
sire of the members OF the Employers
association TO bring as much pressure
to bear upon the team owners as pos
sible, and with this view they had in
vited to the conference representatives
OF the railroads entering the city. The
team owners stated their position ex-
actly They would not attempt TO de-
liver coal to any firm where a strike
is now IN progress. giving as reasons
for their refusing that their own men
would be called out and they would be
involved in the trouble with which
they considered they had no direct con
Germ.
The Railroad Men, Too.
The railroad men, contrary to the
hopes of the members of the Employ
ers association did not exert the innu-
ence on the team owners that was ex-
pected. They took practically the same
stand, declaring that the fight was
something into which the railroads did
not properly enter; that they had con-
tracts with the team owners; that
these contracts were at present being
fulhlled to their entire satisfaction,
and they could see no reason why the
railroads should be dragged into the
struggle.
An exception to the general attitude
OF the Team Owners association was
made by the Central Supply associa-
ton. large concern which employs
$50 teams The officers of this COM
pany declared that they would make
deliveries wherever their contracts
called for them, irrespective of strike
conditions.
A Temporary Injunction.
Judge c. G. Kohlsaat, of the United
States circuit court. at the request of
the attorneys representing the several
companies, issued a temporary injunc-
ton restraining all persons from inter-
fering with the wagons of the petition
ers OF the men employed upon them.
The fighting in the streets, Tuesday,
was even more fierce and savage than
that of Monday. The strikers and their
~athizers attacked the non-union
men az every opportunity. assailing
them with bricks, stones, clubs, knives
and any and every other kind of an Of
fensive weapon upon which they could
lay their hands.
Numerous Casualties.
AS far as known but one man,
Charles Beard, was killed during the
day. The list of injured, "a of which
are known, Is much greater than that
which it is possible to obtain. In many
cases the non-union men swung their
.,-1ubs with great effect, knocking men
iron their wagons headlong into the
street; ins other instances, when as
sailed by mobs, they fired point blank
into the crowds, and it is difficult to
see how the members of the mob could
escape many broken heads or how all
the bullets fired during the day should
have gone wild.
They Gut Out the Rifles.
Although it was announced, Monday
night, that the teams of the express
companies and of the Employers as
ISOLATION would be handled by men
armed with rifles, nothing of the kind
was attempted save in the case of Is
drivers employed by the Scott Trans
fer Co. Mayor Dunno and Chief of Po-
lice ONeill made every effort to pre-
vent the carrying OF rifles, and Superin-
tendent Reed of the teaming associa-
tion informed them he had not con-
templated arming his men as stated.
The Scott men carried rifles through.
OF! the day. and none Of them were mo-