Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-22

afternoon and voted to 60 on strike
should any teamsters be discharged for
refusing to obey the orders Of the asso-
citation. with non-union drivers max
ing deliveries for the lumbermen the
trouble will undoubtedly spread to at
filiated industries, as the union en-
pioyes employed on buildings will re-
fuse to handle material delivered by
non-unIon labor. Should this strike be
called tomorrow, and there Is little
tonight that would indicate how It can
be avoided, there seems to be nothing
that can prevent a general Industrial
upheaval throughout the city unless
something unforeseen happens to bring
a settlement of the teamsters' strike.
Attitude of Employers
Levy Mayer, chief counsel for the
Employers association gave out a
statement tonight in which he said:
"The employers propose to do busl-
ness and will continue to invoke every
legal means for the protection Of their
men and property. That the employers
are right in the attitude they have
assumed in the controversy was demon
strated by the fact that every term
and condition they insisted upon was
agreed to by Shea and his committee.
Notwithstanding this, however, Shea
now insists that the express companies
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bring about a settlement of the strike.
This we will never do, and even If
we were. willing to comply with the
demands of Shea to take such action
would be crime which no law-abiding
person would countenance. The team
sters struck against the express COM
panies in violation of the letter of their
agreement despite the fact that the
men were told that If they struck they
would be not be re-employed. The
Employers association to man be-
lleves that the seven express companies
are justified in the stand they have
taken and our organization will use
every endeavor to assist the express
companies in maintaining the decisions
they have reached. OF course this
decision means that there will be no
settlement of the strike unless the
union withdraws it's demand but 1t is
the only thing left for us to do"
viii Not Reinstate Men
Alonzo Wygant, general agent of the
tofo "a
tonight that so far as a settlement cf
the strike was concerned the only way
that it could be ended would be for the
teamsters to surrender.
"Our men were told before they
struck" said Mr.. Wygant, that if
they went out in sympathy with others
they could not hope for reinstatement
and I cannot now see any contingency
that would change our decision in the
matter"
Mayor Dunno and Sheriff Barrett
spent the day in trying to ascertain if
there was going to be spread Of the
strike tomorrow. During the afternoon
conference was held in the mayors
office President Gohpers of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor was invited
to attend.
After talking over the situation with
Mayor Dunno and Sheriff Barrett, Mr..
Gompers withdrew to have a consulta-
tion with President Shea.
"I have been discussing the outlook
with Mayor Dunno and Sheriff Barrett" F."
said Mr.. Gompers. "They asked me to
use my influence and to do everything
possibly could to prevent the extern
sion of the strike. 1 told them would
try and cooperate with the mayor and
the sheriff and endeavor to carry out
their suggestions. 1 told them that I
understood that Mr.. Shea and his asso-
ciates did not feel that they could agree
to the victimization and blacklisting of
ing to do everything 1 could in an ad-
visory capacity to bring about peace"
Will Call Out Troops
Should there be an extension of the
strike and the rioting of two weeks ago
resumed there is a probability that
troops will be called upon to maintain
order'
Sheriff Barrett said tonight that he
would continue swearing in deputies to-
morrow and would make special efforts
to increase the number.
"The mayor and 1 are determined y
he said, that the peace of the city shall
be maintained"
President Gompers returned to the
city hall after a long conference with
President Shea. He told Sheriff Barrett
that the strike would not spread unless
union teamsters are ordered to deliver
goods to boycotted houses. President
Gompers left for st. Paul late tonight.
A committee of twenty-five was ap-
pointed tonight by President Dold, of
The Chicago Federation of Tia hOr m