Evening star., 1934-01-10
MILK STRIKE TRUCE
SIGNED IN CHICAGO
Shipments to Be Resumed
This Afternoon--Arbi.
traitors Named.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 10.-The Chi
cago milk blockade was ended today
on truce reached between warning
factions in o conference With Mayor
Edward J. Kelly.
The mayor announced milk deliver
les would be resumed this afternoon
after five days of violence that had left
Chicago almost milkless.
Arbitrators were named to assist
farmers and dealers in agreeing upon a
price to producers.
Distributors and producers each will
appoint one man to a committee.
They, in turn, will select third man
to act as arbitrator and establish a
minimum price to be paid farmers.
Don N. Geyer, general manager of
the Pure Milk Association and repre-
sentative Of the farmers at the con-
ference, announced the producers would
end picketing of highways and begin
shipping milk Immediately.
Denies knowledge.
E. NJ Krahl. publicity director of
Pure Milk. denied that milk deliveries
would be resumed until a meeting of
$50 farmers OF the Pure Milk Advisory
Committee had held q meeting.
He denied knowledge of the truce and
said he believed Kellys statement was
premature.
Meanwhile. Walter v. Gregory, rep
resentative of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration in the dispute,
said Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
had suggested that justices of the State
Supreme Courts of Illinois, Wisconsin
and indiana act as arbitrators.
However. Geyer announced the truce
had been reached.
He issued an appeal for farmers to
cease picketing and begin shipping their
milk.
Will Escort Trucks.
As word came of the end Of hostil-
ities between independents and organ
lied farmers and dealers, squad of
five United States marshals and Is
special deputies started from the United
States Court House to convoy milk
trucks of the Economy Dairy Co., an
independent, under protection Of a Fed
eral court injunction.
The group, armed with shotguns, ma
chine guns riot guns and tear-gas
bombs. left in five automobiles to escort
milk trucks from the State line near
Richmond, Wis. to Chicago.
Representatives Of the big dairieS an
nounced they would send trucks to the
country Immediately 10 get supplies of
milk for deliveries.
Some of them planned to deliver to
regular customers the supplies kept on
hand for use of hospitals and families
with infants.
Five Trains Halted.
An official reported that Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace had telephoned
from Washington to the Pure Milk As
sociation that he would not intervene
to set price.
Hating of five more trains. bringing
the total thus stopped to nine, brought
a declaration by United States Attorney
Dwight Green that he would prosecute
these responsible. At least one Of the
trains carried mail.
Near Schaumberg, Ill, a gun battle
broke out between farm picketS and a
farmer attempting to market his milk
| and violence was averted only by ar
| rival Of county highway police with q
machine gun.
The mail train was halted on the
Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul g. Pa.
cific line near Wadsworth. Lawrence
Benson, chief special agent for the road
reported to the Sheriff of Lake County
that group of pickets seeking milk
to dump had forced their way into q
tower and compelled the signalman tc
set block signal against the train las,
night, holding it for 20 minutes.
Confer With Farmers.
Previously a Milwaukee line freight
was blocked by ties at Rondout A
passenger train behind it was halted
for more than an hour and a rear-end
collision narrowly averted. During q
day of violence several other trains were
stopped near the Wisconsin Illinois bor-
der line while pickets searched for
but found no fluid milk. Another group
estimated to number 800, beseiged the
home of Emil Beisner near Itasca, Ill.
searching his barn. Windows in his
home were broken by shots from the
crowd. State police finally dispersed
the men,
The reported delay to the mail train
at Wadswurth would result in an in
vestigation by postal inspectors, United
States District Attorney Green said.
The farmers who stopped the train
were reported by the Tribune as saying
they did not make any attempt to
break into the mail cars and that they
permitted the crew to proceed as soon
as they had been convinced that no
milk was aboard.