The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-17
BIG CHICAGO TIE-UP.
STRIKE PARALYZES
BUSINESS OF CITY.
Hundreds of Police and Armed Deputy
Sheriffs Accom- pany Delivery Wagons
Throughout the City Riotous Dis

Throughout the City - Riotous Dis
t~urbances Result i'm Several Deaths.
Chicago has recently been passing
through some OF the worst labor ROT
bles in its history. Not since the great
railroad strike of 1894, when President
Cleveland sent Federal troops to the
city to preserve order, have such
scenes of turbulence and rioting been
seen as those which now are daily tax
ing place in C%hicagO's streets. Shoot
,ng, stabbing, sandbagging and a gen
.ral reign Of lawlessneSS and disorder
have marked the progress Of the am
sters' strike, which now Is affecting
nearly every business in the city. Sew
sral persons have died as the result of
INJURIES sustained in street riots and
scores have been badly injured. The
lon-uniOn men employed as drivers by
the Employers Teaming Company,
which is fighting the teamsters on
Itrike, form a large proportion of the
victims. Many of the strikers, or their
!ympathizers, have also been injured.
innocent persons, too, have suffered,
many of them having been mistaken
'Or strike breakers. The %non-union
,rivers are armed and freely use their
%.evOlvers.
With city police and deputy sheriffs
;iding on wagons by the side of ION
lniOn drivers, the business Of the big
merchants was facilitated Tuesday to
such an extent that they declared the
strike was virtually broken. At the
same time there were no signs of
weakening on the part Of the strikers.
Judge Kohlsaat decided that the la
Dor men named in the Federal injunc.
ton should be s%ubpOenaed and re-
CURED to testify before Master in
Chancery Sherman. Charles Dold,
president Of the Chicago Federation
of Labor, said that it had been agreed
upon by the labor men that they
should not testify, as they had been
advised by their attorneys that they
could not be compelled to do so.
President Dold and a committee
went before States Attorney Healy
and asked him to call a special grand
jury to investigate the charges Of o n
spiracy which the labor men have
made against members of the Employ
ers' Teaming Company in regard to
intimidating certain transfer compan-
les who refused t. lock out their men.
Mayor Dunno appointed Il cOmmis-
sion to arbitrate the differences be-
tween the contestants, but the employ
ers were not inclined to pay much at
tention to the commission.
In it's statement the commission
asks for the cooperation of all good
citizens to aid it in investigating the
causes of the strike and the continued
disturbed conditions prevailing in the
city. 1t says the first and supreme
duty Of the Mayor and the police is to
suppress violence and punish all Of
tenders.
Origin of the Trouble.
The trouble had a peculiar origin.
Last November the garment workers
demanded a renewal of the scale and
a closed shop. The proprietors refused
to grant the latter and a strike was or
dered. 1t made poor progress and the
garment workers appealed to the Fed
Grafton of Labor for assistance. To
save the Federation. the Transfers
Union was ordered to help, which they
did, although they had contracts run
ming three years. Their grievance was
that they were being compelled to
handle non-unioD goods. The strike
was particularly directed against the
firm of Montgomery Ward & Co. 9th
e. firms came to their relief and there
was formed the Employers leaning
Company, incorporated In West Viz
ginia, with S 1,000.000 capital. Every
prominent merchant is n member. The
determined stand of the employers
awed the strike leaders and the team
sters decided to call the strike off.
When they applied for their positions
they We're informed that no man who
had struck would be taken back. Then
came the general strike of the team
sters. The wagons of the Employers
leaning Company have for two weeks
been driven by non-union men obtain
ed from other cities, most of whom are
negroes. In many cases q man sits be
side the driver with a rifle
The battle, according to the temper
of both sides, will be waged to a fin
ish. Charles bold, president Of the
local Federation of Labor. says the
struggle will be made the supreme
test between capital and labor in this
country and that he is prepared to
call out, if necessary, every union
man, woman and child in Chlcago-or
100000 in all.