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Show BIG STRIKE IS 'RAPIDLY SPREADING . Citizens Are Being Sworn in for Police Duty; Armed Sen: tries Guarding Armories; Ammunition Distributed. - BULLETIN". .' CHICAGO, MAY 25. WITH ARMED CITIZEN DEPUTIES PATBOL-i PATBOL-i INO THE CITY, THE STRIKE SITUATION HAS ASSUMED A MAS-" MAS-" TIAL . PHASE. THERE IS 'LITTLE DIEOErEB. CHICAGO. May 25. Troops were not called today to control the strike situation situa-tion and may not be tomorrow. With 3600 deputy sheriffs on duty today and 2700 city' police energetic in furnishing protection pro-tection for teaming, the city authorities were a unit with Sheriff Barrett In ma-' ma-' king the positive statement that soldiers were not needed yet. Responses Were Pew. . Responses to the Mayor's call for 1000 citizens to volunteer for special police service were few, but the city's executive did not become discouraged. . The absence ab-sence of any serious form of strike violence vio-lence in all strike-affected portions f the city did much to keep up the spirits of the authorities. Spread of the strike In the lumber district' dis-trict' was confined chiefly today to the hardwood lumber" yards, and did not affect af-fect as many firms as some of the members mem-bers of the lumbermen's association feared. . - - , Made Light of Pears. - " . ' But many thought today a lull before a storm. Although Pree'dent Shea of the teamsters made light of the fears of employers em-ployers that the lumber tie-up would soon effect 100,000 men In the city's building trades, the Impression preval'ed that' the action of the carpenters and . other artisans arti-sans in openly boycotting supplies from "strub" firms would eventually lead to an industrial paralysis that would make the situation too serious for the civil authorities authori-ties to cope with..,-'- Increase Is Demanded. Feverish labor conditions were apparent. appar-ent. Not the least sensational of the day's developments was re-entry of the Union Traction company phase of the situation. sit-uation. Important demands for Increased wages and other requests made by ' employees em-ployees to the receivers of the big street railway system today brought the company com-pany again, to the verge of a strike. CHICAGO, May 23. With the strike - , Sprfng each hour In the lumber dls-. dls-. trlcV&nd no signs of peace in sight, affairs af-fairs in the teamsters' strike assumed a serious aspect today.' -" . Unable to meet the demands for police po-lice protection. .Mayor Dunne issued a call for 1000 able-bodied citizens to report re-port at Chief O'Neill's office at once and be sworn in as policemen to do . strike duty. Deputies Sworn In. ' Sheriff Barrett continued to swear in x deputies. The number of deputies sworn in since the beginning of the strike now - is 4000, one-fourth of whom are active ' deputies assigped to protect non-union, drivers and wage earners. - . " . Armed sentries were guarding the . various armories located In the city, and the officers expect a call to arms at any moment. - Fifty thousand rounds of ammunition have been distributed among the four regiments In the city and the naval militia. Prediction Dj Made. C. S. Wicks, secretary of the Hlnes Lumber company, said today that Inside In-side of a week 100,000 men who work in wood will be out of employment it the tie-up of the lumber districts continues. con-tinues. - The wood working mills are already affected. F. D. Smith of the hardwood lumber firm of F. R, Crane company asserted that already 6000 lumber yad workers have been laid off on account of 1 . lack of business. , Fifty mills will be forced to shut down within a week. Lumber and saw mills in the Northwest are beginning to cur-tall cur-tall operations.- All orders for delivery of lumber to. Chicago have been cancelled. can-celled. - President Shea's View. ' President Shea of the Teamsters' union " did 'not agree with the prophecies of the lumber dealers. He said: "Allithia talk of ..tying up the building . Industry is-idiotic. The lumber Jobbers cun get all the union teamsters they want and can supply all the lumber that Is required, re-quired, and at lower prices than the lumber lum-ber association dealers will sell. They also have an advantage in the fact that they can have lumber delivered on any switch track, where the lumber yard is ' stationary." . - - . In Contempt of Court. Before leaving for Judge - Kohlsaat's court, rwhere he was instructed to appear to ansfwer a charge of contempt, Mr. Shea conf eTd with several . labor representa-. representa-. tlves'aVi 'outlined plans' for the carrying ' n of the strike today and tomorrow. La-. La-. ter he remarked laconically: "I have only one conference on today. That one is with Judge Kohlsaat." --: ' Referring to defiance of the court. Mr. Shea said: "I am In contempt of court. They will put me In Jail. They may never : let me out. If they keep me In Jail until I lose . my contempt I don't know how many years I may have to serve. The whole proceeding is werthy of contempt. It was the most outrageous thing in the r.ame of Justice I have ever seen anywhere. any-where. It did not resemble court in any , way. . - . - |