Show teamsters friendly to the union form a blockade which the police could not break mobs attack nonunion non union drivers april 10 the force of police guarding the freight caravans of montgomery ward company were doubled today in anticipation of rioting by sympathizers alth the firms striking teamsters and garment workers about bluecoats blue coats were on hand at the ward building when the first of the wagons were ready to start an attempt to deliver several packages of clothing to montgomery ward company by levy an was the signal tor the opening of hostilities today in the boycott on the firm went into the firms office to get instructions as to where to leave the packages beffie be returned two youths climbs cli mba on the wagon and under the noses of policemen who were on guard an fn the alley drove tho wagon out and disappeared at a gallop scenes of violence marked the first attempt to move freight from the montgomery ward building the police were compelled to use their clubs freely three wagons headed by two patrol wagons and accompanied ay seventy five policemen started for the rock island freight sheds the caravan was followed by nearly 1000 persons numerous thrown by strike sympathizers along the line of march the police had a serious time at the lake shore freight house where wagons were loaded with merchandise consigned to montgomery ward and company teamsters friendly to the strikers formed at polk and IA salle streets teams being in the jam the police after clubbing the teamsters and horses for neaily an hour gave up the attempt to clear the passage and decided to take the freight filled trucks by a different route A wagon with the name ol 01 the firm to which it belonged covered attempt ed to deliver four largo cases to the proscribed firm but was intercepted by pickets at jackcon boulevard and babash avenue the wagon aas tipped over and the nonunion non union driver chased for several blocks another caravan composed of four wagons had a turbulent trip to the warehouses at clinton and west monroe streets A mob of 2000 persons twice stopped the caravan despite clubbing by the police all along the route the drivers were met with derisive shouts and missiles LABOR ON THE CANAL eight hour day will not be ob served washington april 10 chief engineer wallace of isthmian canal commission had an with secretary taft today in which the conditions of the canal were discussed afterwards ter wards air wallace met such members of the as arc in the city As to the right of the commas clon to employ labor tor more than eight hours per day there Is a belief that tho eight hour law docs not apply to the canal zone chief engineer wallace gays that it would very seriously impede work to have the eight hour law in effect during the construction of the canal it would be impossible to make uniform hours tor all labor because some labor must be employed twelve hours while ten hours Is the regular rulo for most of the working men DR HARPER BACK chicago april 10 president win R harper of university ot chicago arrived from new york today and went direct to his home he was accompanied by and sur econs who have been treating him he waa met by a few members of tho faculty and his immediate family but at dr harpers request there waa no demonstration president harper plans to return to his university labors soon as possible rockefeller AGAIN makes an offer of to baptist church boston april 10 an offer from john D rockefeller to give a second to tho american baptist missionary union was received today at the headquarters of that in this city on saturday tha union received a check for from rockefeller the amount representing mr rockefellers Rocke fellers annual donation to the baptist socie bo used for the people conducting tho missionary work in foreign contribution was at once accepted and acknowledged the offer today from air rockefeller specified that the money it accented is to be applied to tho betterment 0 tho equipment of nils flonary stai ions in foreign coun tilea as distinguished from tho running cx of the fco clety and salaries tor clergymen it was arranged that the offer would bo formally consider cd at this afternoons meeting of tho executive committee BLUE AND GRAY TO MEET washington april lo 10 A two days greeting to the american soldiery contemplating tem plating a meeting of the who opposed each other in battlo in the sixties has been arranged to tako here stay 11 and cordial invitations to participate have been sent every veterans association in alio north and south |