The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07
NEW FEATURE IN
CHICAGO STRIKE
Union Leaders Accused Of Be-
trayiDg Their Trust
YESTERDAY WAS MORE QUIET
Only Two Riots of Any Importance
Are Reported and But Few
Persons Were
injured.
YESTERDAY WAS MORE QUIET

Chicago. May 6.-Comparative quiet
reigned in down town streets today for
the first time since the commencement
of the teamsters' strike. There were
few scattered outbreaks, but there was a
complete absence of the marching crowds
that for days followed the wagons of boy
cotted firms through the streets, and
seized upon every opportunity to attack
drivers and wagon guards. Although
there have been no positive developments
yet. there is strong feeling both on the
part of the employers and the strikers
that the worst of the strike has been
passed, and that in a few days the streets
OF the city will be cleared for traffic.
Only Two Important Riots.
There were but two riots worthy of the
name today. The first was started at Ca
nal and West Madison streets. A caravan
OF coal wagons under the guard of a few
deputy sheriffs was proceeding south on
Canal streets, when a number of union
teamsters formed blockade. 1t was but
a few seconds later that general fight
was in progress. and the non-union men
were assailed withsthe usual rain of stones
and bottles A riot call was sent to Des
PLANES street police station and strong
force of men under command of Lieuten-
ant O'Conner came charging into the
crowd They hammered both sides indis-
criminately, and arrested a number of
men and dispersed the crowd. Nobody was
seriously hurt
The other fight took place at the power
Of I1a ITr1fo
Crosby and Hobbs streets. The Peabody
Coal company, which has the contract
to deliver coal to the power house, had
delivered $50 tons in barges and large
force of negroes was set to work wheeling
the coal from the barges and TO the power
house. The sight of the eolored men anger
ed the crowd of strike sympathizers,
which was around the building, and the
negroes were assailed with bricks, stones
and Jumps of coal. William Gilbert one
of the negroes, was struck on the head
with a lump of coal and seriously injured
detail of police from the East Chicago
police station restored quiet after lew
rushes into the crowd
War of Words Breaks Out.
While the fighting disappeared from the
streets in large measure, 1t broke out
with great violence in a war of words
between the members of the Employers
association and the labor leaders. Charges
we're also made against the police, it be-
ing said that from the outset they have
IN many cases favored the strikers, refus-
ing to arrest them when they were seen
assaulting non union men, and lost no
ornortunity to take the man into custody
whenever It was possible for them TO
find an excuse for doing So 1t is said
bv members Of the Employers association
that captains and lieutenants of police
have been derelict in their duty in the sup
pression of disorder and charges will be
filed against a number of them before
the police trial board.
The charges against the labor leaders
are to the effect that they planned an
ostensihle settlement of the strike which
would give them credit of gaining a vic
tcrv. but which would in reality leave all
the members of the union who have been
on strike out of positions. The plan as
stated by several members of the Employ
ers' association. and which they assert
came from President Shea of the Team
sters union was to call the strike off
for twenty-four hours, In which time the
leaders Of the union would get out of
town All teamsters now working for
the Employers association should be al
lowed to retain their places without In
terference by the unions. That all strik-
ers should be reinstated for the period of
tventy-four hours. At the expiration of
this period the employers were to be
free to discharge all of the union men
they desired President Shea, when the
charges made against him were brought
to his attention. declared most emphati
cally that there not single word of
truth in them. He asserted that he had
made no proposition of any kind to the
EMPLOYERS association nor had any 9TH
er official of the Teamsters' union.
Mayor Dunno Gets Busy.
The insistence of the charges induced
Mayor Dunno this afternoon to appoint
commission to investigate the matter, and
he issued the following proclamation to
the people of Chicago:
ITO the citizens of Chicago:
In the present crisis arising out of
the conflict between the teamsters union
and the employers. ii would seem that to
avert further trouble and bitterness the
public should have full knowledge Of
conditions precedent and existing. Charges
have been freely made that certain men,
hers of the teamsters' union In positions
Of authority have been guilty of black
mailing employers and breaking contracts
If these charged are proved the guilty
men should be held up to the opprobriupl
Of their fellows. whom they have be-
trayed. and to the public to whom they
are a menace. and should be eliminated
from the situation.
ION the other hand, it Is charged that
in times Of peril and excitement certain
officials of the Employers association are
seeking to spread the strike by demand
ing such action of employers beyond con-
tract relations is at such time bound
TO be provocative of passion. If this be
proved II may be stated that 1t is hard
10 preserve the peace when war is being
sought for
Names Commission.
IF the chosen representative of either
or both parties in conflict are guilty. as
charged the party or parties thus guilty
of fomenting discord should no longer be
permitted to plot against the peace and
general welfare of Chicago
Il have named commission to in
vestigate the facts in the dispute, and
shall make public the findings. The gen.
tlemen composing the commission are
Graham Taylor, T. K. Webster and Will
liam c. Boyden In the interest OF right
Judgment, only to be obtained through
knowledge of such facts, l request all
parties aggrieved to report to this COM
mission such facts as are capable OF
proof As executive Of this city upon
whom rests the heavy responsibility OF