Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-05-03
CRISIS OF STRIKE
EAGERLY AWAITED
Ultimatum Is Delivered To The
leaning Companies.
COAL SUPPLY is RUNNING Low
Unless Something Is Done at Once Big
Department Stores Will Be Without
FueI--Strike Breakers Arriving from
Other Places by Train Loads.

Chicago, May 2.-The outcome of a
move to bring the team5teIs conflict
to crisis was eagerly awaited today
by the employers and uniopists.
The Employers association had de-
livered an ultimatun to five leading
team owners that they make deliveries
to the department stores as they had
been doing in the past The answer OF
the teaming contractors who prepared
today to meet and take up the matter,
was anxiously looked forward to. The
team owners quit making deliveries
to stores when the teamsters entered
upon the strike.
The team owners were informed that
they must deliver freight TO the boy
cotted stores Or lose the business per
manently. To deliver goods as de
manded would cause spread Of the
strike to 5000 more drivers.
The five teaming companies are:
Arthur Dixon Transfer company.
Joseph Stockton company, w. p.
Bend Transportation company, Chris
topher M. Lynch and Stephen Clark
The employers seemed determined to
force the fight and an employer said:
THE unions have extended the
strike and we will simply go one bet
ter and extend it ourselves, if neces-
sary.
There is no use drifting along on
the defensive. Among the many de-
tachments of incoming strike breakers
who arrived in Chicago today the larg-
est single body perhaps came on a
Michigan Central train from Detroit,
Mich. They numbered IS and were
escorted by heavy guards of police
throught the Streets"
The need for coal rapidly is develp-
ing into one of the most important fac
tors of the teamsters strike. With the
exception of Marshall Field & Co and
one or two other big houses the supply
OF fuel on hand in State street aver
aged from two to four days. Marshall
Field & Co. have coal for two weeks
or more.
1t is admitted by the coal dealers,
who are even more reticent than the
department store managers that the
crisis in the fuel situation will come
today or tomorrow. The situation was
emphasized by John C. Fetzer, receiv-
er for the Union Traction campany,
who said:
In several of our stations, unless
we get coal in "a hours we will have
to close down. Of course, we viii
try every possible scheme first"
Assistant Chief Suettler reported to-
day that he had 1,15O men on strike
duty. This force he claimed to be
able to protect $50 wagons in cara
vans, Where single wagons are sent
out a guard of six patrolmen is pro
Sded.
The attitude of the packers which
has been involved in some doubt. is
now declared to be opposed to the ex-
tension of the strike of their team
sters.
Armour & Co. have made no agree
ment whatever that would imperil the
delivery Of meat supplies" said Man
ager Connors, of that company, today
Our company is not a party to any
agreement concerning deliveries,
said Edward Swift, of Swift & Co.
One of the liveliest disturbances of
the day occurred within a block of
the Auditorium hotel. Shooting was
resorted to by negro nonunion men to-
day at Harrison street and Wabash
avenue. Three wagons formerly own
ed by the Edwin F. DonieIs Coal com
pany, were being driven south in Wa
bash avenue at Harrison street, a
large crowd gathered about the driv-
ers and guards. Sticks, tiling, brok-
en- bottles and other missiles were
thrown, many of the missiles striking
the negroes. One of the negro guards
named Carter whipped out a revolver
and shot at Henry Schultz, who, it is
alleged, was approaching Carter
The bullet struck Schultz in the left
side. He ran south in Wabash aven-
ue before he fell. The crowd, thor
oughly enraged at the action of the
negro men quickly closed in upon the
nonunionists and beat them thorough
ly. A police call was sent in, and 70
policemen under Inspector Patrick j.
LAWN, hurried to the scene and dis
persed the crowd with vigor.
Schultz was taken to hospital. Car
ter was arrested.
The bullet struck one of Schultz's S
ribs. He will recover.
| The shooting caused much excite
ment at the Auditorium. The women
became hysterical and rushed back
into the hotel.
For time all traffic on Wabash av-
enue cable and the Indiana avenue
electric lines was at standstill.