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Show THE TEAM OWNERS REMAIN NEUTRAL .There Will Be No Extension of th'e Chlcarjo Teamsters' Strike. Chicago. Tho Chicago Team Owners' Own-ers' association, an organization employing em-ploying 8,000 union teamsters, has do-elded do-elded -to remain neutral In the present labor 'struggle now in progress In Chicago. Chi-cago. Ever slnco tho commencement of the teamsters' strike tho Team Owners' Own-ers' association has boon anxious to have tho question of making deliveries t,5 strike-bound housos submitted to arbitration. The tcamstors, by a unanimous unani-mous "vote, refused to ngreo to tho proposition nnd for a tlmo It was believed be-lieved that the team owners would force n strike of theso 8,000 drivers by ordering them to mako deliveries to firms involved in the strike. In an effort to learn tho sentiment of tho members of tho -association rq-gardlng rq-gardlng tho matter, it was decided to tako referendum vote oh the; question. This voto Avas comploted Sunday and resulted -In 155 of tho members voting 'to romnln neutral during tho troublo and In threo members voting to com-jpol com-jpol tho teamsters to obey orderi? Tho decision reached by tho owners means that there will bo no strike or these mon nnd tho threatened expansion of tho troublo In this direction hns been averted. |