Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-05-13 | Page 2 | Three Severe Blows Dealt the Strikers

I Three Severe Blows Dealt Strikers As a Result Meeting Will Be Held Tonight to Consider Calling Off tho Strike. CHICAGO, May 12.-Three severe blows were dealt to tho cause of the striking teamsters tonight onel as a result the i nine bodv of the organization, the Teamsters" Joint council, will meet tomorrow to-morrow night to decide whether or not the Btrlke nhall be called on 1 The d ScWOT to'cali this meeting of the council followed a two hours 1 ?' tweon the officials of ths Tpnmn8.t inlon and the learn owners' 'Ja" , members of the, latter body -hare nil through .he present strike been favor able to the teamsters rather than to the Vmpe.ers' association. Tonight how-,., how-,., team owners Informed the tcam ,,,, that their cause was lost and h" he best thing thev could do waste Call Off the strike nnd do It teamstera demurred, but the team owners were obdurate and the meeting of the council was set for tomorrow night. The See,,,,, I hoiV ".ISO '.,,re "' " " Team Owneri association when the realSatlon of rohn CDriseoll, ts seers. t.-v was tendered and accepted See r- tary Driscoll has been an official of ths .i.si.elatlon sin- Its Inception )' ears ago. and during tho present strike ha.s been a potent factor on the side or 1 TheremwMmuch dlssatlsfacUon among the members of the organisation with ... ,.t c.mrv Trlsioii m Ssdith. s-tr.ke: The exac, nature ,.r the difficulty that led to his resignation Is not known The third i-iow was administered at the meeting of the Illinois Stonufactur-en Stonufactur-en association, which is maele up from business men from all parts of the State u a secret meeting held tonight the members of the association decided that thev would uphold the cause of the Employers' Em-ployers' association, which has ben conducting con-ducting ths light against the strikers, and that the WOUld do all In their power to make the Employers' association a permanent per-manent Institution