Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-01-21 | Page 2 | Teamsters are to Strike Against Traffic Rules

theory that it will be an effective mdhod of arousing employers to action ac-tion and result In procuring the neces- : sory reforms In the police depart- ment as considered oppressive by the teamsters. The union men believe that employers would take Immediate action If a general strike were called call-ed and as the teamsters claim to have pulficient money to" carry them over until matters are adjusted, action in the near future is deemed advisable. TEAMSTERS ARE TO STRIKE AGAINST TRAFFIC RULES New York. Jan. 21, Thirty-two thousand five hundred members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in this city arc making arrangements ar-rangements for a general strike as a protest against police traffic regulations, regula-tions, according to the Hoiald this, morning. A member of the union is quoted as follows: "The police uso the traffic regulations regula-tions as an Instrument of tyranny, and net a day passes but that scores of drivers and chauffeurs are arrested without any good reason. Every time a teamster is arrested, his horses hae to stand In the Ktreet for hours. Tho trafllc policeman, who makes the arrest, gets otf the street for a few hours ln this cold weather, and he enjoys tho relief. The horses suffer, nnd teamsters, who do not got too much pay, at best, have to pay lines." The strike plau Is Justified on tho