Show CIVIC vic FEDERATION HEARS i CASE OF BOSTON STRIKERS I Up Tie Is Still Stin Effective With Men len Involved Involved In In- but an Early Settlement of Trouble Is Looked For BOSTON March 13 With the labor leaders in conference with Secretary tary Ea Easley ley of ot the Civic federation with the I prospect of a general meeting of the representatives t of f all the leading le-ading business bustness bust busi ness Interests at which Mr Easley willbe will willbe willbe be heard after aftel having learned the thew w workmen's s side of the case and the Indications in indications indications In- In that teaming is to be resumed by some concerns after a up tie-up of two days davs Boston's strike situation was more hopeful this morning than It has hasben been ben since the trouble began last Monday Mon Mon- day Still men were numbered among the forces of or the strikers and threats that hundreds of others would join oin the movement were freely made The Tho Conference Is On Secret Secretary ry Easley's Easley s conference with the tle labor representatives was begun at 8 S o clock o'clock Besides the committees of the freight handlers Chandlers team drivers and longshoremen's longshoremen s unions James Duncan Duncan Dun Dun- can can vice vice president president of the American Federation of Labor John F O Sulli Sullivan van yan fourth vice vice president president of the International International Inter- Inter national rational Typographical union Frank H H. McCarthy president of ot the Massachusetts Massa Massa- branch t of f the American Federation Federation Federation Fed Fed- of Labor and others were present present present pres pres- ent at the meeting The sitting was behind closed doors and it was announced announced announced an an- that nothing would be given out until Mr Easley was fully in touch with the situation New Move Is Made Mad While the general aspect of tha the strike was much the tho same as It has been on previous previous days there were some slight changes Until lat late yesterday the therine rine Transportation company nonunion nonunion nonunion non non- union was doing principally all the teaming of the city all other teamsters other teamsters having been tied lied up by the sympathy strike During yesterday however some c concerns found that In order to save their contracts with large firms they must undertake to deliver goods or 01 give the business Ss over to the Brine company com corn pany This led two o of the union te teamsters teamsters team team- to start out with union non drivers and today several others followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed this action It was felt at the time that that the presence of non union non union me men on the teams might cause disturbance disturbance disturbance disturb disturb- ance in the great army of ut strikers ers The coal situation was u-as improved consi considerably considerably con con- si during the nl night ht several Il firms having taken ac advantage antage of empty empty emp emp- ty streets and darkness to toconey con coney ey coal to too lar large e consumers |