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Show SPREAD OF THE STRIKE A POSSIBILITY TODAY CHICAGO, June 27. The spread of, the teamsters' strike to Include 1000 drivers of local express and small delivery de-livery wagons is a possibility today. An ultimatum has already been delivered deliv-ered by the teamsters, and employers called a special meeting this afternoon to return an answer. Sentiment was strongly in favor of a fight. The trouble with the delivery drivers started when r , . . . . a wagon belonging to Page Bros. Express Ex-press company hauled a load of to-' bacco to a strike affected firm. President Shea Immediately sent a committee to wait upon the express concern with the demand that the deliveries de-liveries to strike-affected concerns cease. The Page Bros, company Is a member mem-ber of the Furniture Movers and Expressmen's Ex-pressmen's association, comprising 200 employers and nearly 1000 teams in the city. The union committee threatened to call a strike against the entire association. asso-ciation. The raising of money with which to conduct the strike is giving the teamsters' team-sters' leaders grave concern. President Shea has issued 'an appeal to all the Chicago locals to meet at once and take up the matter of funds. Three hundred former employees of, the American Express company attacked at-tacked a wagon of the company, driven by John E. James, James was struck on the head with a brick and probably fatally injured. Four arrests were made. |