Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-06
Fears of Serious Trouble Are
Now Dispellcd.
FEWER DISTURBANCES
STRIKE LEADERS CONTINUE De-
FAINT TOWARD EMPLOYERS,
Both Sides Confident of Winning Out-s
Bomb Scare Marked Today's Fea-
tures-Increased Deliveries.

| CHICAGO, May GA story that a dynaS
| mite bomb hurled at a United States
| Express wagon at West Van Buren and
| Desplaines streets last night was sent out
| from the Desplaines street police station tot
| day. Special Agent Eddy of the Express
| Company says no bomb thrown nor was
| the wagon damaged. Three arrests were
| made one of the men taken into custody
| being formally accused of assault with @
| deadly weapon. Those arrested were Julius
Hildebrand. Henry Pfeiffer and Joseph
Roger. The two last named were released
| on bail
| Special Agent Eddy said:
THE alleged bomb was nothing but blue
| powder inclosed in breakable bag. II wa4
| thrown at one of our wagons and struclt
| the side of the seat A blue powder bef
| spatted one of drivers, but he was not
| hurt. Two of our secret service men wtnessS
ed the act from the sidewalk and kept watcni
| of saloon into which the man who threw
| the bag ran. Then they summoned the
/ police and he was arrested. He will bs
| prosecuted for violating the United Statex
| injunction &
The prisoner, Hildebrand, who is the eoLt
| of letter carrier, about nineteen yearS
| old, says he took part in no violence. Hs
| declares he on his way home ana
| while caught in the crowd was arrested. Z
| Hildebrand is a clerk in the employ OF
/ w. H. Hutchinson & Son, 1876 Desplafne9
| street. The two others arrested are enc
| ployes of the same firm.
| Rainfall Contributed to Peace.
| The patter of rain drops instead of the
clatter of brick bats, formed a welcome move
| city today for the employers side of the
teamsters' strike situation. Wet weather.
was perhaps more influential even than poa
lice and deputy sheriffs in giving more
peaceful aspect to the streets. Much of thd
| time wagons belonging to strike-bound firms
| moved freely today without the slightest
| sign of interference. II
| Withdrawal of colored teamsters to some
| extent was factor in producing quiet. Al
notable instance occurred at the plant of
the n. K. Fairbank Company Negroes sent
/ by the Employers Association to the plant
| to drive teams were refused by the Fair<
| bank company. Rather than have trouba
| in escorting teams through the streets the
| company decided to send out no teams un-
| less white drivers. were furnished. hi
Street disturbances, though greatly les!
sened today, did not wholly disappear. Riott
| ers attacked Charles Mcintyre, a colored
| man, at Cottage Grove avenue and 18th
| street. beating him almost to death with
| black Jacks" The police arrested, ona
| of the assailants, James Laicovel. a white
! man. said to be striker He had. 1t is
| said, mistaken Mcintyre for non-uniou
| teamster. Another typical disturbance ocai
Cured while eight wagons belonging to the
| Franklin MacVeagh Company were being
| escorted north in Des PLANES street today.
Shots were fired from a crowd at Harrison
street.
Shots Fired From Crowd.
No one was injured however, and no ara
| rests were made, the police being unable td
| learn who did the shooting. A new expe4
| dent was tried today in an effort to provide
additional protection to drivers of boyeotted
| business houses Many of the State street
department stores had a number of END
ployes sworn in as deputy sheriffs, who acs
| companied the wagons on delivery troops,
One department store had between fifty
| and one hundred employees sworn in. Ths
| same method was adopted by the various
| express companies. 1
Sheriff Thomas E. Barrett today after
| making tour of the shopping district,
| where he believed rioting might be likely
| to follow the greatly increased delivery
| plans of the retail merchants, said: The
serious trouble seems to be over. The
| strike situation is now well in the hands
of the authorities and l look for a contin-
uation of comparative quiet and trauauil-1
llty. am glad that the employers have
decided not to engage any more negroes,
When l was brought into this matter for
conference | unhesitatingly Informed tba
merchants that the use of negroes for strike
breakers was causing more rioting than :
any other factor in the fight TO win from
the unions" We
Labor Leaders Confident.
President Charles Dold of the Fedora,
ton of Labor today denied the force and
accuracy of a statement from a member
of the Employers Association that ths
| employers had already won the strike
The unions have not touched at the edge
of their resources yet" said President
Dold. The strike has not been won by
the Employers Association. The unions
have only started. They know they have
a big fight and expect a long one There
is no surrender thought Of" !
c. II. Conover vice president of HibS
bard, Spencer. Bartlett & Company, said
today that the employers of Chicago are
agreed to lock up their doors and let BUSH
ness stagnate rather than surrender to
the Teamsters' Union. This, he said would
be the rule of his house. The state
ment was brought out by report that
the company was about to return to union
drivers. Mr.. COnover says that the same
feeling exists generally among the em-
ployers involved in the fight whose in.
terests in the business world mount high
into the millions. and whose employees not
directly involved in the strike yet, num-
Der tens of thousands. n
The Employers Association today re.
ported having 1900 wagons in service, a
much larger number than yesterday. The
total. it was stated, will be increased Mon
day to 6039 An employment office of the
association opened today The Off
ficials in charge. while declining to give
figures, declared that there was rush Of
that they are selecting the best and most
competent white men available to be set
to work to fill the strikers places as fast
as possible. -
A new scheme of handling produce ships
ments formerly handled by the express
companies has been evolved. Today many
country shippers began sending in cone
signments of berries and vegetables by subs
urban electric lines. officials of the South,
Water Street Commission Drivers Union
saw that this WIFI take from the express
companies permanently a large amount OF
business that has always heretofore been
handled by express.
No Negro Deputy Sheriffs.
Oscar de Priest, county commissioner
cs,.-- De- o.Jax faA
the swearing in of negroes as depty sher-
IFS Commissioner de Priest had three
negroes with him whom he desired sworu
in He met the sheriff with the remark;
"Mr. Sheriff, you told me yesterday thai
you would swear In colored men as deput
ties If / gave you responsible parties. I
have already recommended white men fo3
deputies and you have appointed them. I