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Show :m $EMUS.TiJUBiLE NOW FEAKB ' ' 1 , , , t . ; ' . ii i ' i . . . . oitoen; Are Sct;Home in, ; Droves anfl ; Many Lumber Yards Closed; Calling Out oriroops: Disciisscl v - ! BAYONET RlJLE IN SIGHT IN CHICAOO.V : ' CHICAGQ, Maj 34. eace is not in eight here this afternoon, :.- ;r t and indications point to rule by the bayonet point. ; Both sjdes hay " j lined upr for battle to a finish.- 1 : - ' V ; - . V ' . - . : i - v' -' . are not interfering with the operations of wagons on the streets, and neither will T.-' : the strike be spread to any great extent. , We are using our best efforts to keep it ' within Its present-limits.--'--" - "It would seem to me that the bualneoa men of Chicago would not want the soldiers sol-diers here. With a lot of young men. un- accustomed to scenes of excitement, t armed with deadly weapons, life will be . i In danger. At any rate, thousand of . t people Intending to come to Chicago t t buy goods will be frightened away and " the effect will be serious to many Dullness Dull-ness men. But personally I have nothlng-to nothlng-to i say against the soldiers coming. . V , yitwsot mayor: ; . .Attorney "Levy Mayer of the Employers association stated emphatically today v - t i that the demand of the union teamsters. , and particularly of the expresa drivers,, - , has been permaaently and finally reject-' ed. He declared that further conferences . f were uaelet and defended the action of , the-expresa companies as "entirely with--, , r' in their rights." -. v : ... Drivers for the railway" express comv-:, panies. Attorney Mayer sald,.'are coi -atantly in charge of valuable freight and,- . . Urge soma of money. - The expreaa man-f agers have concluded that : tkey cannot affard to re-employ contract breakers. . Oould Is Appointed. - ' v. v, , . Membem'of the executive board of the " International Teamsters' union met at the . ., Brtggs houae today, and after aome dla- ,.-, cuaalon, appointed Edwin Goald of San ' Francisco to be the active atrike direct.- . In eaae the United States court sends ; President Shea to Jalt Gould Is the first . vice-president of the International union. , ' , and has been a cloee follower of Shea and , - ' . i his plans throughout the strike. , '.-j-f v- ''' CHICAGO." May' 24.f-Industrlal war. with a posslblUty of martial law looming loom-ing up In the background; describes the 6tuationin to. which the comparatively Incipient teamsters ' strike of a few weeks ago has' developed, .and' which threatened Chicago today." $ . Peace prospeCOr have "faded away, along with the vanishing hopes of concessions con-cessions that . might be made by the expreaa companies. .k . Key to Situation.' ' N" . " The express Agents holding the key to the situation.' so far as any apparent appar-ent chanca of settlement was concerned having refused to retreat one inch from t)ielr previously announced position. aQ negotiations were at . an end,': and employers em-ployers and' teamsters began preparing a vigorous campaign of indefinite length. ' - -. ' . . ' Mayor Dunne and - Sheriff Barrett were prepared to give the signal that would bring the 'State troops into the streets of the city at the first Indication of an outbreak, following-the newly appointed ap-pointed situation, and Gov. Deneen was ready to respond to the call at almost a second's notice. ( . - Extension Is Sapid. . ' ' - " Extension of the atrike In the lumber district waa much more rapid today than yesterday. It was not a slow, relactat .spread today, but a sweeping wholesale affair that aent workmen home In hundreds hun-dreds and closed up lumber yards by the : dosen. So complete - and thorough was the virtual lock-out that in a short time every lumber company In Chicago except two were reported as having practically suspended operations owing to lsck of teamstera. It was expected that the two' remaining companies would be similarly Involved before night. . Attitude of Shea. - International President Shea of the Tearaaters' union announced his intention inten-tion today to defy Federal Judge Kohl-, saat and Muter in Chancery Sherman by peralatlng In refusing to answer Questions Ques-tions at the resumption of the hearing of the alleged violations of the strike injunctions. in-junctions. Prealdent Shea baaed his determination de-termination upon the - fact that to answer an-swer might tend to Incriminate him. The strike leader declared that be would suffer suf-fer himself to be sent to Jail for contempt rather than answer the questions. Relative Rela-tive to the prospective calling out of State troopa, Mr. Shea. said: Calling Out cf Troops. "Let them call their troops. That will not alter the situation so far as the teamsters sre concerned.' The teamsters |