The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-28
SEVERAL RIOTS
IN WINDY CITY
One Woman Arrested for Hitting Po-
Eceman With Brickbat.
TRANSFERS LOSING FIGHT
LIVELY QUARREL AMONG THE
UNIONS.
CHICAGO. May 27.-while numerous

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day. both in the down town streets
and in the lumber districts. the leaders
OF the teamsters' strike and the officials
of the building trades were engaged IN
quaTre1s of their own
The action of the building trades last
night in Withdrawing from the team
sters their financial and moral support
angered the teamsters. and they lost
no time today in calling upon the rep
Tesentatives of the building trades and
demanding to know what they meant
by going back on the teamSters IN
the thick of the fight. It was made
plain to the teamsters that in the Opin
ion of the building trades they had
OverStepped their jurisdiction in caus-
ing members of their union to do con-
structive work. The particular cause
of complaint was that teamsteTs EN-
ployed in handling safes and vaults had
placed them in buildings This part of
the work the building trades contend,
belongs to them.
Committee Appointed.
President Shea of the Teamsters
union declared that he would order out
every safe mover and machinery rigger
in the city on Monday morning and
stop work on all buildings where the
members Of the building trades are en-
piOyed. No attention was paid TO this
threat by the building trades represen-
tatives and finally a committee COM
posed of Michael Casey of San Fran
cisco. John Sheridan Of Chicago and
Edward Gould Of New York, all mem
bers of the executive counsel Of the
teamsters. was appointed to confer
with the building trades over the mat
ter of jurisdiction. No time was specl-
fed for the meeting. Several new eff
forts were made during the day to set
q
amounted to anything. The Chicago
Team Owners association made an
other effort to induce the teamsters to
arbitrate the question Of delivering
goods to boyCOtted houses. The Chi
cago Masons and Builders association
offered its services to aTbitTate all
things connected with the strike
Nothing to Arbitrate."
The offer was accepted by the team
sters and acknowledged by the en-
pIovers. as all other similar PROPOSE
lions have been. with the declaration
that there was nothing in the strike
that admitted Of arbitration The Ia
Dor leaders made another effort to in
duce Vice President Fairbanks TO use
his good offices in settling the strike,
and a number of the members of the
Team Owners association joined them
in the mOvC, They were informed by
the secretary of the vice president,
however. that he could not undertake
to interfere in the matter.
Levy Mayer. attorney for the En-
ployers' association. and James 3.
Barry. business agent of the Express
Drivers onion. both left Chicago for
the east today. Neither man would
state the object of has journey It was
reported that Mr.. Mayer was to confer
with the officials of the express COM
panies in an effort 70 induce them to
modify their stand against the rC-em-
pIOyment of their striking drivers. but
he denied this and declared that he
knew that the companies would not re-
cede from the position they had taken
1t was said Of Mr. BarTy'S object in
going to New York that he was plan
ming to call out the express drivers in
other cities on sympathetic strike
unless the Chicago drivers are rein
stated President Mulligan Of the Elk
press drivers. said:
Had Little to Say.
II would not care to talk about the
report I have heard of such thing
as an effort to call out the drivers in
other cities. ] understand that the
drivers are well organized i'm Boston.
but I do not know what Is the situa-
ton i'm New York"
visit Of Mr.. Barry that he has gone
east for the purpose Of securing fnan-
ciaI aid for his men
It is admitted by the labor leaders
that a critical stage in the strike IS
at hand.
There were numerous fights between
the police and strike sympathizeTs in
all parts of the city today. the major
ity Of the scrimmages being, however,
in the lumber district
Woman Hurled Brickbats.
In one of the riots in this section.
a large number of women and children
made much trouble for the police, by
getting in front of them when they
charged upon the men who had been
hurting missiles. One woman. Mrs
Anna CorcOran was arrested as she
stood with an armful of brickbats huTl-
ing them as fast as she could at the
police One of them struck Policeman
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER on the head,
knocking off his helmet He made a
rush for the woman and placed her in
the patrol wagon.
Police Inspector LAWN today ar
rested Nicholas Reichart. James Col
Inns. John II. DOherty and a man
named VAIL. who declined to give his
first name. but is known as Shout
ders.' on the charge of Conspiring to
slug H. T. Johnson Of the Wells. Fargo
Co. and W l. Willis superintendent
of the city delivery department of the
same company. ReiChart. after being
taken into custody, confessed his share
in the matter and his statements led to
the arrest of the other three.
All denied that they had been paid to
do the smuggling.
Shea Out of 1t.
The general executive board OF the
hos nea