Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-22
An Incendiary Fire.

An Incendiary Fire.
An iucendiary fire at the yards of the
RItteuhaus & Embree Lumber Company is
suspected by the firm to have connection
with the strike. Last night fire was dis
covered in three different parts of the
yards and before the flames were extin-
ruished $4,000 worth of maple flooring had
been destroyed.
There IS no doubt" declared ]. Y. EN-
bree today, that our place was set abiaze
by hrebugs. 1t was the intention. l am
sure. TO wipe out our business. Ten MIN
uteS before the firsc was discovered the
Waterman had found everything in sood
shape.
Tho police declare they have clew to the
incendiar.es. and expect to make arrests.
As the day advanced the strike gradually
spread Twenty-Five teamSters employed
by the I Wilce Lumber Company struck.
The men had been ordered to make de-
Hvcrics which the teamsters of the Ritten-
house x t,m5ree Company had refused to
make The delivery was to have been made
To large department store, but the Wilce
Company encountered precisely the same
tactics as the strikers had employed on
other firms attempting to do business with
concerns that were SJrike-bound
The lumber dealers were said 10 be OPP
Grating under an agreement by which MEM
beers undertook to make deliveries for any
struck firm. h. T.. Hooper, secretary of
the Sash. Door ana Blind Association said
today: We do not propose to permit a part
of the transfers union to work and sup
port the other part on strike. 1t is case
of fight now with us.
Everything points to a complete tie-up
of every branch of building in Chica go
until we can get non-union drivers to do
the work This will mean police protec-
tion for drivers. and if that is not suffi-
Gent the necessity for troops is inevita-
BILE
In order to cope with the situation
growing out of the spread of the strike.
Sheriff Barrett today began to add to his
large force of deputies
Plenty of Deputies.
For every non-union man that goes out
in the strike. said Assistant Sheriff
Geary, there are two men thai appeal to
this office seeking to become deputies AS
long as this condition lasts we will be
ready to meet the situation" The police
force also Will be augmented. call for
no more patrolmen for special strike duty
was made by Chief ONeill today.
Chief O'Neill was authorized by re-
cent order to swear in 1000 additional
men. but up to today he had only secured
StD of this number Many applicants ap
peared today In response to the call Chief
O'Neil had conference with Mayor
Dunno over the strike situation today
and il WAS decided to complete the emer-
Eency requisiton in order to meet the new
conditions.
strike breakers has been resumed by the
Employers Association with increased
Nigor. Word was received today that 200
men were due to reach Chicago tonight
from Buffalo and 300 more tomorrow from
Kansas city. Cleveland and Cincinnati.
Members of new grand jury which was
sworn in today in the criminal court were
instructed by Judge A. S. Barnes to pay
particular attention to cases growing out
of the transfers strike.
Sheriff Barrett, discussing the strike Sit
uatiou today, said:
The sheriff's office will continue to swear
IN deputies until its resources are exhaust
GA. At the present time necessity for Il
call for troops exists. If the necessity
arises. however a call will be made
quickly"
Negotiations Continued.
Negotiations between the warning inter
ests, while overshadowed by the spreading
OF the strike were not abandoned today y
call. apparently uuannounced, was made
by International President c. p. Shea OF
the Transfers Union and y. J. Reed, bust
moss agent OF the furniture drivers local
counsel for the Employers AssocIat,6n M
Mayer was engaged in court room when
'hc labor representatives arrived. and a
message WIS dispatched 10 him. He went
Ht once into conference with the labor
leaders. At about this time Business Agent
Barry W the Express Drivers Union. after
conferences with friends ian the express
company offices gave las comrades a
tu'~~itE" "l hope This Strlk" Will end BY
Wednesdays he said Pressed for further
Information the business agent only smiled
Mayor Dunno was I'm communication to-
day With Governor Deueen by Iong-dis-
lance telephone. Governor Deueen assured
Tie mayor that the national guard would
be available for strike protection inside
81 TWO hours after call was made for
the services of the troops. The mayor
real sed that call for troops might have
10 b" mad" at amy time. not PERHAPS be
cause or Increased rourE or displays of
violence due 90 the spread of The strike
ii.li because OF the territory Cd in