The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-03
THE STRIKERS SCORE
Discussions Arise In the Ranks
OF Chicago Team Owners.
STREET FIGHTING GROWS APlCE.
feaeeshis 1itiseas Mantaaiy AZ
tackled ~ nasaiams-i'Fsshst
Faster, nFatalif Assaulted,
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CHICAGO. May \. Tile strike sliua.
lion ln Chicago has assnm'ni q iscuilar
asprri. and Interests Whici have lHen
opposing 90" striking ieauisiars bel" NOT
on united as heretofore The Gauss ~
ihis slight dlssrnslon IL ihc Team Own.
rr,' association. which has contracts
with the railroads and many uf ihe
lHrsr nrns throughout ihe riiy 10
transfer their merchandise tuiil now
b Nas supposed that ihr Employers
association anf their allies weu nrmly
bound together ln the nshi fof suifem.
ncy against ihr iramsirfs.
The Team owner association. which
employs none hui union transfers. ini.
ly rrfna,sl 10 max" deliveries 90 nny u
lho nrns Involved boz ihe strike when
sgi.roi 10 10 20 by the Employers as.
furlnii0n When ihe employers re.
celNoi this ulilmaium ihry notified
ihr team owner. that unless iho o..
quest that no discrimination b. made
bee deliveries were granted nn effort
Nun'd be- made 60 have 400 existing
contracts between team oNynrrs and
90. business houses aud ihc railroads
cancelled.
The Employers. Training association
sent woni in ihe large team owners
thar ihey desired o. know where ihcy
,fDod ln ihe present fight Many ~ ihe
m.mhcrs of the TcimIng association
haVr contracts Tor fho delivery ~ coal
with ihr team owuer.. who hlI- so Ca
fnilod 10 make ans deliveries since tho
commencement nf thr strike.
The team owners 90 nrst would not
give o. definite reply as 10 what could
be- expected of ihrm. AZ the Union
League ciub msriiug WIS held be-
tween Representatives NJ the Employ.
cr,' association and the large team
owners. u WIS the desire 81 the mem
h-r- ~ ihe Employers association 10
bring as much pressure 10 bear upon
the team owu'ra as possible. and with
this view they had invited 90 the con.
ference representative of the railroads
entering the city. Tie team owners
stated their position exactly They
would not attempt 20 deliver coal 20
aus hrm where u strike u now In prog.
r.ss. giving NJ reasons for their rcfus.
ing that their own men would be- called
out and they would be- involved In the
trouble. with which they considered
they had no direct concern. They
were Informed that n they would not
make deliveries thels contracts with
the business houses amounting 10 mil.
lions ~ dollars annually. would be
cancelled This did not change their at-
iitudc. however. end they persisted IN
their refusal Ia tnic part ia the strike.
The railroad men. contrary 20 the
hopes ~ The members 81 ihe Employ
er.' association. did not exert the infu-
encc on the team owners that WAS OK
pccted They took practically the same
stand. declaring that the night was
something into which the railroads did
not properly enter that they bad con-
tracts with the team owners. that these
contracts were az present being full
hllcd 10 their entire satisfaction and
that 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 call.
ell FOR them. irrespective OF strike con-
ditions.
The fighting in the streets was even
more fierce and savage than has occur
red yet. The strikers and their sym
pathizers attacked the~ nonunion men
at every opportunity. assailing them
with bricks. stones clubs. knives and
any and every other offensive weapon
upon which they could lay their hands.
| The fighting occurred in the heart of
the business section ~ the city, men
being shot down within 200 feet OF
| the retail store OF Marshall Field &
| Co.. dubbed nearly 10 death ut the cor
ncr of the Auditorium hotel in plain
view Of hundreds of ladies' who were
| compelled to run from the mob to save
| their own lives In many instances
men walking along the streets who had
| no active connection whatever with the
strike were assaulted by hoodlums
who beat them first and later accused
them of being strike breakers. A nota-
BILE instance of this kind was that Of
Rev w. *. Wheeler. pastor of the
| Ninth Presbyterian church, who, while
| passing the corner of Des PLANES and
| Adams streets on his way to the Penn
| sylvania depot. was attacked by three
men, who knocked him down and beat
| him severely.
| Rev. Wheeler was at the Union rail
road station waiting for his two sons
TO return from their vacation in the
country Having Il little time TO wait
| he walked west in Adams street At
| Dcs PLANES street three men darted
from hallway eXclaiming: There is
| the . He did 1t this morning
| tod