The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-14
Is Expected TO Spread Rapidly
This Week
TElMOWNERS TAKE STAND
Mayor Dunno Seems Disheartened at
the Gloomy Outlook for an Early
Settlement of the
Difficulty.

Chicago, May 13.-The strike of the
teamsters is expected to spread rapidly
during the next week. At a meeting held
tonight between the teamsters' joint coun-
ell, which is the governing body of the
local unions of the teamsters. and repre-
sentatives of the Teamowners associa-
tion, the latter informed the representa-
tives of the teamsters that the condition
of their business made it necessary for
them to make deliveries to houses which
had been boycotted by the unions, and
that they would do so next week, needless
of the fact whether or not strike ex-
listed at such places. After an extended
debate among Its members the teamsters'
council decided that 1t would not agree
to the delivery of goods to any of the
boycotted houses by union teamsters. and
that strikes would be called whenever
man was discharged for refusing to de-
liver goods.
Employ Hundreds of Teamsters.
Amongthe members of the Teamown-
ers' association are many of the largest
firms in the city engaged in tho transpor-
tation business and some of them employ
several hundred teamsters. The members
of the association have contracts for the
hauling of goods between the large busi-
ness houses in the city and the railroads,
and they have heretofore rather sided
with the teamsters than with the mem
bers of the Employers association. The
number of men now out is about 1900, and
it is expected that the strikes that are
now sure to come next week, will more
than double this number
At the meeting of the teamsters' joint
council it was decided to inform the
members of the Teamowners association
that If they made deliveries to houses en-
ploying non-union teamsters, their men
would be called out at once. The team
owners had expected this and announced
that they were prepared to accept the sit
uation They will commence at once to
make deliveries on Monday, and any
driver who declines to take goods to any
place where he is ordered to take them,
will be discharged Immediately.
Mayor Dunno Disheartened.
Mayor Dunno held conference late thiI
afternoon with number of his advis-
ers. seeking some method of bringing
the strike to close. He went home great
ly disheartened and declared that he could
see no prospect of a settlement. He said
lust before leaving his oHlce:
The reports of possible extension OF
the strike have worried me greatly, and
I have been trying to find some way to
bring about an adjustment. | called In
nv friends to see If they could not sug-
gest something but none of us could
think of plan that has not already
been tried without success. Aside from
the eminently desirable settlement of the
strike, the financial question that is being
~, rit is
have employed 1000 additional polieemes
for the last ten days, and that alone costs
s2500 per day. There Is no appropriation
for this. and there are no funds from
which to draw"
Riot on Dearborn Street.
The day was not without turbulence. A
shot fred in Dearborn street near the AIR
building this afternoon caused panic
among 1000 persons and led to an attack
upon a Wells-Fargo express wagon.
Bricks and stones were hurled and num-
her of persons, among them several wonl-
on were tramped upon. A riot call caused
n patrol wagon load of policemen to be
hurried to the scene. The shot was due
10 the accidental discharge of revolver
which fell from the belt of Deputy Sher1n
r T. Thompson, who was on the express
wagon. The idea spread rapidly that the
guards were firing upon the crowd. Almost
instantly missiles OF various ueSciiptiVhS
began to fly toward the wagon. NO person
was struck by the revolver shot and aside
from bruises resulting from trampling, no
one was injured.
No arrests were made In addition to
this there were few isolated attacks up
on non-union men. but no riots of such
size that half a dozen policemen could
not quell them in short order The meH
chants made deliveries ON almost a nor
mai basis throughout the day, all the
wagons however, being guarded by dep