The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
TROUBLE IN Chicago
NoN-uNIoN TRANSFERS ARMED.
Four Men Seriously lnIured--Farmer
Boys Coming in to Work-EmpIoy-
ers Import S.rike-ereaker Farley.

Chicago. May 2.-Conditions in the
teamsters strike were worse yester-
day than at any preceding time.
Inc strikers were in a more ugly
mood, the rioting was more open and
vicious and the attacks on non-union
men We're more frequent and daring
than at any time since the commence
ment of the trouble.
The chief cause of the Increased bel
ligerency on the part OF the strikers
and their friends is laid to the fact
that The Employers Teaming Associa-
ton yesterday brought 500 men into
the city to take their places. and 500
more are said to be now on the way
and viii arrive within twelve hours.
These men will receive the full pay of
union men. and 1t has been guaranteed
to them that their positions will be
permanent. Among them are 200
farmer boys from all the surrounding
states, who have volunteered their
services and sought positions as driv-
ers.
-Four men were seriously hurt during
the lights yesterday. but the number
actually injured is greatly in excess OF
this and it is impossible TO state 1t
accurately for the reason that many
of those hurt disappear in the crowd
or are carried away by their friends
as soon as possible after being injured.
To-day Winchester rifles will be car
ried In all wagons of the Employers
Teaming Association in open view.
A number of. non-union men have
been arrested on the charge of carry
ing concealed weapons and to-day the
attorneys for the Employers Teaming
Association called upon Chief OF Pc
lice ONeil and asked If their men had
not the right to carry weapons pro
vided they were held in open view and
were not concealed.
Chief O'Neil replied that there was
no law against 1t and arrangements
were promptly made by the employers
to place Winchester rifles on every
one of the wagons. The mayor objects
to this.
Over thousand of these weapons
were purchased yesterday and during
the latter part of the afternoon num-
Der of wagons went through the
streets with a rife lying across the
knees of the driver and his assistant
Those seriously hurt to-day are:
Otto Helmer. shot in the leg.
Charles kullett. non-unlon teamster.
badly beaten, nose broken. head cut
John Williams. non-union teamster,
badly beaten.
c. F. ingalls,, non-union teamster
badly beaten.
William Crockett. non-union team
ster, dubbed and stoned until insensi
BILE.
1t is not expected any of the injured
win die.
The union labor leaders who were
indicted last Saturday in connection
with the strike appeared at the Grim
inal court building yesterday and gave
bonds of 81 500 each.
Wholesale importation of non-union
men and the arrival OF "Strike-break-
err" Farley from New York gave a new
turn yesterday to the strike. Immedi-
ately upon mis- arrival Farley held n
conference with representatives of the
employers. Plans fer putting him in
full charge of all strike breakers" are
said to have been decided on. Farley
managed the non-union men in the
New York subway strike
One hundred strike-breakers EN-.
ployed by the American Express Com
pany. the Pacific. Northern Pacific and
the National companies went on strike
yesterday to enforce demand of SIS
a day for drivers and 81 day for con-
ductors and helpers, all allowance os
80 cents for luncheon and extra pay
for overtime. The increase was
granted and the men returned to
work.