The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-20
HOVERS
OVER CHICAGO
Representative of Employers
Confers With Delegate of
Strikers OH a Settlement
DIFFER ON ONE POINT
To-Day, It Is Asserted, Will
See the Adjustment OF
the Bitter Controversy

ders OF the managers of the express
companies resident In New York City,
rests the possible settlement of the
teamsters' strike in this city. After a
night spent in conference the members
OF the Employers Association and the
executive of the international Brother
i mood of Transfers reached an agree
ment upon all points except the REIN
statement of the drivers of the seven
/ express companies.
When these men went out they were
warned by the local managers of the
express companies that if they went on
strike without grievances of their own
not one of them would ever again be
| employed by the express companies.
/ Tonight after extended conferences
between the two sides TO the strike the
/ following terms were announced by the
Employers Association, and with the
] exception of that relating to the ex-
press drivers. accepted by the team
| sters:
| That the teamsters should recognize
| the integrity and permanency of the
employers Teaming Company, which is
! to employ non-union men and remain
pledged to the policy of the open shop.
That the drivers for the express COM
panies abide by the declaration of the
companies for the forfeiture of their
! position when they struck
That all desirable non-union men shall
be retained, and that no discrimination
SHAH be practiced against union men in
ming the vacancies, save that men who
have been guilty of lawlessness during
the strike shall not be re-employed
These terms were conveyed to the
members of the teamsters' execu-
this morning. A vigorous protest was
made against the attitude of the ex-
press companies, and the teamsters pro-
posed that 20 per cent of the express
drivers should be taken back, the man
ayers of the companies to pick the men.
Up TO EXPRESS COMPANIES.
The express companies absolutely re-
fused to accept the modified proposition,
declaring that they would not recede
from their position. that not one OF their
drivers who struck without a grievance
of his own shall ever be re-empoyed
The teamsters' executive committee,
after receiving and celebrating over this
reply, at 2 O'Clock in the morning de-
clsred that the strike would not be called
off unless something was done for the
express drivers. The managers of the
express companies said they would do
nothing other than to refer the matter
tive companies for a final reply. 1t was
decided by the teamsters to await this
reply before taking any action, and the
settlement of the strike or its continu-
ance was held in allegiance until some
time to-day.
At o'clock at night President
Shea of the Transfers Union and
Attorney Meyer who has full au-'
thorfty to settle the strike for the
Employers Association, were locked
together in a room at the Audito=
rum Annex. They refuse to state what
matters were under consideration, but
from other sources it was learned that
President Shea was making an effort to
secure the best terms possible for tho
men before conserving to recommend
that the strike be called off.
After the meeting between Shea and
Meyer the former reported directly to
the teamsters' joint committee, which
met at the union headquarters and con-
Quoted it's deliberations until late hour.
The sole power of calling off the strike
rests in this body. and it was freely pre-
dicted on all sides during the early part
of the night that it would at some time
before tomorrow noon announce that the
end had come.
Several more of the leaders of the
strikes at the public schools were to-
day sentenced by Judge Mack to terms
In the Parental School. The boys were
all under IA years of age, one of them be-
ing but H.
ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK.
Gompers stated before his departure
that the various conferences between
representatives of both sides of the con-
troversy have produced a more pacific
feeling. and this he argued would &C
complish much toward fixing a common
ground on which terms of peace might
be arranged. The Aldermanic committee
held conferences to-day with representa-
tives of the teannsters and with Attorney
Meyer for the employers Chairman w.
E. Devere expressed himself as satisfied
with the progress made.
The most encouragin phase of the Sit
uation to-day was the change of front
on the part of the teamsters in entering
into negotiations with the team owners
and considering proposition from that
body to arbitrate the question of deliv-
cries to the boycotted houses.
An adverse decision of an arbitration
committee compelling drivers to deliver
goods wherever the employers desire
would be the signal for raising the strike
against all business firms now affected
except the State street department
stores, the express companies and the
coal concerns.
Officials of the Transfers Union.
posal Of the team owners would probably
be accepted by the teamsters' joint coun-
Gil, denied to-day that this was to be
taken as showing any weakness on the
part of the strikers against strike-bound
houses. A. ]. Reed, secretary of the
Furniture Drivers Union. said to-day:
ut is bad thing to arbitrate. for it
sets a bad precedent. If the principle
of delivery to strike bound houses by
union drivers is submitted to arbitra-
ton in this case it Will only be for this
one case and then solely for the purpose
of preventing general spread of the
strike to all the teaming interests in the
city
Victor w. Sincere, associate secretary
of the Employers Association said to-
day the Employers Teamirig Company
had reduced teaning work to system.
To-day the company had Zoo wagons
making deliveries and had in employ
ment 2300 drivers. This is exclusive of
500 drivers employed by the express COM
panies.
Members of the Aldermanic strike COM
mittee made Individual appeals to-day to
employers to end the strike. Some were
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