The Irish standard., 1905-05-20
signs NOW POINT
TO END OF STRIKE
QoMPHRs' ARRIVAL N oRpahDo
FOLLOWED By A NUXDE1 -
sI0NIFICANT 1Y2HTa.
TIE LABOR Leader
coNFERS WITH OUono0

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Many sahsa-ohildrsa a.
Chicago, ~ N.-swsrAa ~
ences are sa&l - have bssa tassr3sst-
ed into the tsa2stasv' stsil9 sleaAtioa
by President 0aAasi 0onpsss. e ~
American Federatioa e Labee. aaA .
speedy Terminates e ~ atTtho b
predicted.
Gonpes asnaAissA HI arrival Asss
Tuesday night ~ assanilastag ~
points involved n tAs synpatAetic
strike, Wednesday hs conferred with
Mayor Dunno aaA informed ~ dty's
executive that - would use svssy
honorable effort to bring about .
speedy settlement of the trouble to the
best. interests of all concerned, al
though admitting that he was here
without authority to oct. Immediately
thereafter Mr.. Gonpers went into con-
sultation with Alderman Devsr, Of the
council peace committee. and enlarged
his fund Of information about tie
needs Of the situation.
Capital News Significant.
Following the significant progress
Of the national labor leader came the
information from his Washington
office that Secretary Frank Morrison,
of the American Federation of Labor.
expected to hear from Mr. Gompers
that the work Of directing large force
of clerks in sending out appeals for
aid for the Chicago striking teamsterv
might be stopped Immediately. Con-
WINGED from information sent to him
Secretary Morrison believes that the
strike is nearing an end.
Other Indications Of peace, not sup
ported, however. by absolute state
ments, include the reported appear
ance Of the National Civic Federation
In the strike deliberations, Rumor
has 1t that recently Mr.. Gompers
sought and obtained a conference In
the east with August Belmont about
the Chicago strike.
Rumor also adds that late Tuesday
night Mr.. Gompers held an executive
conference with two other well-known
representatives of this body-James H.
Eckels and Franklin MacVeagh.
! Gompers Tells of Mission.
| Mr.. Gompers said Wednesday: "My
mission in Chicago is to try to be help
full in bringing about an adjustment
in the strike. came here at the soltc-
itation of one Of the Chicago newspa-
pers. which sent me, through It's Wash
ington correspondent, ten days ago, q
telegram setting forth that the situa.
tion in Chicago was very serious
was urged to come and use my influ-
ence to restore peace. The telegram
stated that I enjoyed the confidence
Of both sides, the employers as we'll as
the unions. placed the telegram in
the hands Of Mr.. Shea. The result was
that several kilograms passed back
and forth between Mr.. Shea and my
self, and on Monday last we had q talk
over the long distance telephone. Mr..
Shea expressed the belief that might
be helpful in bringing about an adjust
ment of this strike, and so came"
Strikebreaker Kills Boy.
| The first school boy has fallen a vic
tim tc the violence attending the
teamstcrs' strike. Enoch Carlson,
eight years old, pupil in the Ward
school, was shot and killed by negro
strikcbreaker, who was passing the
child's home, 2701 Princeton avenue.
The shooting occurred at G:15 p. M,
after score of playing children had
shouted derisively at the negro and a
companion. An enraged crowd of men
who were soon joined by the police be-
| gan hunt for the two men, and they
! were arrested early Wednesday morn
| ing.
Strikes in Many Schools.
| Nearly q score of schools are now at.
fected more or less by the strike fever
among the pupils. Despite the strin-
gent measures taken by the school
board to discipline boys and girls who
incite to trouble, the strike continues
to spread. At the Lake high school
1GO pupils are still out. Among the
other schools where the trouble Is
| most serious are the Graham, where
$500 pupils struck; the Fallon school
| and the Motley and Herman Raster
schools. Strikes were averted by
prompt action Of the police and the
school principals and teachers at the
Talcott, Peabody, Tilden, Daniel Brain
ard, Gladstone and Komensky schools
and 80 pupils went on strike at the
James Otis school after a story had
gained credence among the pupils that
coal was to be delivered by the Pea
body company. Seventeen Of the ring
leaders among the school children are
! under arrest or released on bail. Two
! Of them are girls, IL years old. The
number Of truant officers is being in
| creased and the serving of notices on
| parents is being pushed.
Des Moines River Rising.
Des Moines, Ia, May 18. - Heavv
rains in the vicinity of Boone, 40 miles
north of here, have caused a rise OF
nearly two feet in the Des Moines river
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