Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-06


q strike declared against Il rival house
was arrested, this afternoon. He CAV,
Il bond of $500 for his appearance wheI
wanted.
Chicago. June 5.--Thc garment
workers strike, which has practically
been regarded as Il dead issue, now
unexpectedly threatens to become an
obstacle in future negotiations looking
toward the settlement of the tcamstcrs
war.
In the Chicago Federation of Labor
meeting, delegates from the taiors
union attacked the strike committee
for "slightinS" the 4800 garment work
crs out IF sympathy for whom the
Transfers went on strike. The federal
ton in the end was forced to acknowl-
edge that the two strikes were INSOFAR
able and that one could not be settled
without the other.
For half an hour the delegates
~ ranged over accepting the report OF
the strike committee. Charges were
made that thousands of dollars contri-
lutcd weekly by labor unions are being
spent for the transfers benefit, while
the garment workers. according 70
statements are 'StarVing.'
Transfers who We're present vigor-
ou<ly denied the assertions and sue
tccdcd finally in having the strike re-
port adopted.
Developments of significance in the
tcamstcrS strike hinge on the outcome
of arbitration negotiations between the
team owners and the transfers within
the next few days. Both sides are in
an aggressive mood AMI failure to
reach IN agreement 1t is predicted will
force Il walk-out Of 10000 more team
stcrs and bring idlcncss to thousands
OF won kmcn in other crafts.
Ii the members of The Chicago Team
Owners Association force the issue
with their drivers similar action on the
part of the ether :eaming organiza-
items. 1t is said. is practically certain.
If the tclIGStcrS aErCc to arbtratc
the question of the right of the team
owners to make deliveries to strike
bound houses, the decision, it is con-
coded will be III favor Of the team own
.rS whose contract with the drivers
prov i,lcs that at al Times they shall
further the interests Of their employers.
With the team owners making deliv-
cries to all the concerns involved in the
struggle the strike, il is asserted,
would lose its force at once.
The Truck Drivers Union, with which
the team owners have q contract, will
meet, tomorrow night, and vote on the
arbitration question.
The Commission Team Owners AS
ISOLATION. which has taken action SINH
lar to that of the Team Owners Asso-
citation, has confined the arbitration
question to right Of it's members to
take produce from the express cars and
deliver il to the various markets. The
Commission Wagon Drivers Union will
vote on the arbitration question, to-
morrow night.
Non-unIon mon arc still being har-
asscd by sluggcrs. Albert Johnson, be-
licvcd to be Il non-union teamster, was
severely beaten. today. at Fourteenth
street and Ashland avenue. When
found by the police he was insensible
and was bleeding from wound on
the head. He was taken to a hospital
where il was found that besides the
scalp wound several of his ribs were
broken. He will probably die.
A notable decision affecting conspir-
acy proceedings was made, today, by
Judge Peter F. Grosscup, in the Unit
"a states district court. He declared
that the falling of the TWO labor lead
ers. Bernard Mulligan and John H.
Donahue. for alleged contempt of court
in refusing to answer questions pos
chilly discriminating was an "extraor-
binary proceeding" Mulligan and
Donahue. who had been held in con-
tempt of court by Judge Kohlsaat for
refusing TO answer questions before
Master in Chancery Sherman, which
tho defendants wera especially order
Cd by Judge Kohlsaat TO answer. We're
released under $500 bonds by Judge
crosscup and supersedeas was issued
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