Show GUARDS ARE HEAVILY ARMED carry rifles and shotguns as they escort wagons through chicago streets state troops have been asked for by employers ASKED FOR chicago slay 3 secretary job ot the chlcagno employers association announced this afternoon that a representative of the association was upon the way to springfield to ask governor deneen to order out state troops at chicago chicago slay 3 enlarged proportions were ghen the teamsters strike today from both sides ot the huge struggle contrary to expectation the employers were the first to take aggressive gres sive action all the teamsters ot the clench company which has contracts with many office build ings and firms went on strike today the company had ordered a load of coal delivered to carson pierre scott and company a large mercantile firm which has been involved in the strike complications for some time past the first teamster ordered to make a delivery to the involved firm wa discharged for refusing to deliver the coal all other teamsters employed by the clench company immediately struck it was said the effect of the new thread of the strike might be to leave many of the tallest office bull dingi without fuel to run elevators among the buildings and firms with which the clench company had contracts are board of trade Corn Exchange traders lexington Lexing toa hotel rookery rialto marshall field and company bartholomas brewing company bartholomae leicht brewing company twomey who it la said were mis taken for strike breakers were assault ed aai awi mr severely beaten that they were taken to the county affair occurred at twenty sixth street and tf avenue when the fight began the passengers panic stricken fled from the car one of the men hurt was edward boswell at colored medical student his companion was jameson also colored the assailants escaped before the police arrived more than subpoenas were placed la the hands of U S deputy marshals to be bened on violators of federal court injunctions issued in connection with the strike men taken into custody are to be cited to appear belore master in chancery sherman friday counsel for the employers as fro catlon will use evidence obtained at the hearing to urge wholesale indictment strikebreaker strike breaker frank curry the man with the iron nerve was today reported as definitely out of the fight ing he dij not appear at the em blowers teaming company barns and it was bald that in all probability curry will not ba able to take further part in the strike hia injuries walla not fatal are exceedingly serious and his assistants say that he will lose the eight of his left eye the blow bat caused the injury came from a cobbe atone lie has a cut directly beneath the eye and the eyeball is affected curry alo has a deep gash two inches lona behind the right ear nearly negro strike breakers refused to work today alleging that they had been brought to chicago un der false pretenses the first today occurred at franklin and madison streets A caravan manned by colored drivers and guards was attacked by a big crowd when the negroes opened fire harry williams and fred smith white men seated on a wagon nearby nar bowly escaped death A bullet passed through williams coat and another through smiths hat two hundred nonunion non union colored men arrived in a body today from st louis to take the place of striking teamster and were escorted to a lodging house in state street by a guard ot thirty policemen while driving a coal wagon at franklin and madison streets today joseph scott a nonunion non union colored teamster was ahot in the shoulder notwithstanding his wound street conditions were obviously too dangerous for scott to leave his wagon until he had reached the randolph street viaduct nearly a mile from where he was ahot the negro was then taken to a police station chief of police onell declared to day that he was steadily increasing hl force and that be believed he would be able to cope with the situation there were policemen on ehrike duty today fierce rioting attended a caravan out by th em of coal wagons sent players teaming company from a the trouble stable in armour avenue started in franklin street near har alson walter schultz Sc bultz a e sy booted the nonunion non union dv down and badly and knocked was beaten by two colored guards the ne sees wl th their heavy hickory canes almost in 0 1161 hammered him to gat ity but were in turn obliged through rowdy their way for a mile of white drivers and 6 and i volleys of were thrown tn 0 many of the colored men wagons were injured 01 street a sj at madleon y teams effectually stopped the cardan S S 31 3 1 r pass pas s ss aris V egress east in madison street the fighting continued street all the way to michigan avenue near the montgomery ward store the crowd gathered where an old building Is being torn down and belted pelted the nonunion drivers with brecka and other missiles the strike breakers again fired walter martin who was in the crowd received a wound in the leg two of the nonunion non union drivers were arrested charged with the shooting george wryght one of the nonunion non union teamsters was struck by a stone and his ear cut off has been offered to found a operative cooperative co cartage company is a question which was discussed discua sed by some of the labor union officials today the story Is to the effect that four chicago men of large means have been in consultation sul tation with union officials and have offered to establish a operative cooperative co cartage company the stock of which would be offered to union teamsters this plan it Is held would minimize the probability of strikes mavor dunne has issued instructions to chief of police oneall to see that a week from today all the streets to be traversed by president roosevelt during his visit as Chi cagos guest ahalt be kept clear of traffic and of strikers and independent workers it was declared that no form of violence shall mar the presidents visit here george E davis of flint today led strikebreakers strike breakers on a strike davis who is locomotive engineer was brought from michigan yesterday as one of strike break ers and being a union sympathizer he worked up the insurrectionary feeling which resulted in a walkout more determined efforts to secure the presence of troops in chicago either federal or state were made today by the employers several conferences feren ces were held between representatives of the employers association and of the employers teaming company with the view to ana nging some action toward the calling out of troops A conference between mayor dunno and sheriff barrett was held today in the mayors office at which the question of co between the city and county authorities in handling abo situation was discussed the asslie ance of deputy sheriffs may be asked by the city to aid in presorting pre sorting peace it was reported that the sheriff win at once increase alsi force of deputies who will act in conjunction with the city police this would increase the lelal number available tor strike duty to almost 2000 men when sheriff barrett emerged from the mayors office he declared that it is that be may be called upon to aid in the suppression of rioting contrary to mayor dunnes advice and a denial by manager reed of the employers teaming company of such intention wagons were sent out today provided with guards carrying rifles or repeating shotguns the wagons belonged to beien different railway express companies AID FOR TEAMSTERS chicago may 3 of the striking teamsters have voted for a measure which promises more strength to the striking drivers at a meeting of the joint council a fund of was pledged by the treasurers treasur ers of the different affiliated unions aal an assessment voted upon which it ched up to will mean an income to the strikers of a week the weekly assessment Is to be furnished by the individual driven throughout the city who are at present employed each man Is to be assessed 1 a week and the number of men still employed is in the neighborhood of no sympathetic strike will be called by the coal teamsters union except in support of a sister organization of teamsters after the present contracts have expired an arrangement barring the strike ha been entered into between the union and the coal team owners association to an announcement made at a meeting of the latter organization YEARS OF litigation over Mil llona left by the inventor ot machinery for making horseshoes new york may 3 after litigation in various courts extending over a period of twenty acara the sons of abo late henry burden of troy N Y in vent a horseshoe machine and other devices from which he amassed a fortune are reported to have settled their differences by compromise the plant at troy alone Is valued at and probably more than in counsel tees and court costs has been expended in the fight among the heirs it la said the compromise was brought about through the efforts of robert L cutting counsel lo 10 this city for I 1 townsend burden and of wm J roche at albany representing janies A burden by tho payment of certain sums but the terms have not been made public the charge that led to the litigation which began in 1884 was that the directors voted to pay james A burden a year as royalties on certain inventions I 1 townsend burden alleged that the royalties were tar greater than the in vent lons wera worth and that it was a fraudulent scheme to deprive him of bis full share ot tho profits henry burden died in in 1881 his concern became a joint stock company having two thousand chares of stock of which J A burden held one thousand shares I 1 townsend burden shares and john P arts was later selected as umpire with two shares it was alleged by one of the litigants that arts always favored the other thus the bitter litigation and family quarrel began which has just been terminated mina ted henry burden father of the litigants was the inventor of the hook headed spike used on all railroads but his greatest achievement was tho machine which makes horseshoes it was first set up in 1834 and perfected in 1857 |