The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-19
HANGING IN
 THE BALANCE Fate of Chicago Strike is
 Yet Undecided. MIR. SHEA CALLS A HALT Says He Has Never Agreed to
 Arbitration. Spirit of Rfoting Breaks Ont Afresh and Numerous ClAshes occur Be- tween the Contesting Chi-
 caxo Factions.
MIR. SHEA CALLS A HALT

Chicago, May 1S.-Peace in the teamsters strike in still hanging in the balance and although 1t Is gener- ally expected that a settlement will soon be reached 1t seems tonight fur ther away than it did twenty-four hours ago
 It was confidently asserted by the Team Owners Association that the teamsters had consented to arbitrate with them the question of whether or not union teamsters should make de- liveries to the boycotted houses. President Shea of the teamsters' union today upset this arrangement entirely, declaring that he had never agreed to any such proposition. Mem however. stated just as positively that the officials of the teamsters' union | had agreed to such arbitration.
 This misunderstanding caused a halt in impending settlement and a meet ing was arranged for tonight between the team owners and the teamsters. At the headquarters of both organ izations 1t was denied that such a meeting was to be held, but 1t Is pos- itively known that arrangements were made for the conference. For the first time in several days the spirit of riot broke out today and there were numerous clashes between i non-union men and the union team sters. One of the disturbances at 22nd street and Indiana avenue blocked all traffic and delayed street cars for half an hour. The police were compelled to use their clubs vigorously in order to disperse the crowd and made sew eral arrests. The non-union driver for the wholesale grocery house of Steel, Weddels and Co.,, who was the original cause of the outbreak through no cause of his own, was badly beaten before the police could save him.
 Don't Like Unionism.
 l Tn some portions of the Southside vigorous antagonism to union men has developed and the teamster wear ling a union button in driving through these sections meets with about the same treatment as a non-uniop man does when passing the teamsters' headquarters. Several union ateam- sters were attacked today near 26th 1 street and Wentworth avenue and their union buttons torn off. The un- ion men were also vigorously punched before making their escape.
 President Samuel Gompers of the Federation of Labor who had been in Chicago for the past two days nego- tiating for peace in the present trouble left for Dayton, Ohio, tonight. Before leaving the city MT. Gompers said that so far he had accomplished very little but the prospects were that basis would soon be reached where a settlement of the difficulty satisfac- tory to both sides of the opposing in- terests would be decided on.
 While I am anxious to see an 1mica- ble adjustment of the difficulty" said MT. Gompers, still I am not in favor of the teamsters surrenderlng uncon- ditionally and am of the opinion that | hal fn an trouble still exists when l return to Chicago next Saturday l will .aRs up the matter where I left off this after noon and continue my efforts to bring about a settlement of the controversy.
 President Shea of the Teamsters Union was the chief witness in the hearing today before Master in Chan cery Sherman. He refused to answer the great majority of questions put to him. declaring that his answers would tend to incrlminate him. His evidence was interrupted by repeated wranGles between the attorneys who consumed much time and in which both sides displayed much bitterness. Finally in order to allow the belligerent lawyers sufficient time in which to cool their passions, the Master adjourned court until tomorrow morning.
 SQuabhIe Between Lawyers.
 The chief squabble of the day be- tween the lawyers arose when Attor- ney Mayer. acting for the employers, referred to Attorney Leboskey. who appeared for the teamsters. us q pet tifogging, shyster lawyer"
 q may be a shyster," shouted Attor- ney Leboskey, but I have never yet written a finding for a Master in Chan eery such as you did which resulted 4n the reversal of the case by the Su- preme Court of the United States"
 This allusion enraged MT. Mayer and he appealed to the Master to request that the newspaper men present re- frain from making notes on what was | taking place. One of the newspaper | men continued to write and MT. Mayer became involved in a dispute with him. | Attorney Mayer also declared that he would secure a transcript of :he yelled accusation of Attorney Leboskey and | place 1t in evidence to prevent further | personal attacks upon himself. The parents of six children who have | taken part in the recent school strikes because of the delivery of coal by non | union men were arralgned today before Justice Hurley and each one of them fined $2O and costs for not sending the | children to school
 Other alraignments al will be made to- morrow.