Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02
A Union Pacific Engineer Talks
About "Scabs."
THE PLUMBERS AND PLAsrERERs
Agitation ofthe Eight-Hour Question
Before the Bohemian Asse mbiy
X. OIL. in This City and
South Omaha.
Alb. o. Il. Il. Man Talks.

condition upon which brotherhood men
would 20 back to the B. & M, and that is
that the officials of the road sign the
| brotherhoods schedule without change. OF
all the brotherhood men who had quit the
company, not to exceed per cent now pull
throttles upon its engines. The members of
the brotherhood in the west are assessed 50 a
month each, and those in the east 81 each for
the support Of the men who are still idle,
| owing to the strike. There are q good many
of these, and they are gwen from $50 to $50
u month, according to their location and ex-
penses
Don't some of these men soldier on you
and make no effort to get work" asked a re.
porter.
mo, sir; every man tries to get work as
| soon as he can. If there was any work Of
| that kind going on we would soon discover
it, and the man, would lose all standing with
| the brotherhood"
| isn't itrh
"Yes. for yardmen in the Council Bluffs
yard, and dummy men,"
'Wel isn't $3.50 day all the yardmen
| get on this side of the riverl''
IVES, but the work in Council bluffs is
| much harder and necessltates longer hours
| than over here. Three engineers do the
work of the Council Bluffs side that 1t re-
quires twelve mon to do over here"
"What do you think will be the outcQme2"
"Well, l don't think the matter will be
pushed to an issue. l think Dickinson just
put the declaration of a cut out as a feeler.
Dickinson, by the way, is good friend to the
but if it is forced to an issue, what will
your men do!h
"Wel don't think the brotherhood would
make any very serious objection "as far as
the yard men are concerned, but if an at
tempt is made to cut the wages of the dummy
engineers, we will protest, we consider
them main line men, the same as the rest of
u.s."
1t is reported that the question Of cut will
be finally decided on Monday.
Striking Plumbers and PIasterers.
The third week Of the plumbers strike has
gone by, and it now looks as though there
never would be a settlement of the existing
difficulties.
On Tuesday committees from the Journey
mems union and the Masters association met
together and the masters presented set of
resolutions which embraced those passed
prior to the strike and which caused the
breach. The iourneymen were given until
the following day to answer. At o'clock
the following afternoon the two committees
again met and the journeymen's committee
presented the following:
Resolved, That the journeymen's union
hereby agree to return to work in all shops
upon the acceptance of these resolutions
and IN consideration OF employing none but
union help.
Resolved, That the Master Plumbers as
sociation agrees to recognize the Journey
mems union and abide by the rules and reso-
lutions heretofore existing between the two
organizations.
Resolved, That the set of resolutions,
dated May 20, 1885, by the master plumbers
be rescinded and that a code of rules be
adopted by both organizations on the same
status as IN effect January |, 1889.
Resolved, That no discrimination shall be
made towards any members of either
journeymen, jobber or helpers unions when
reinstated, and be it further
Resolved, That these articles OF agreement
shall be binding on eacn organ zatiou for one
year from June |, 1889
The committee OF bosses retired from the
room and after moments absence returned
and reported that they had decided that the
mutual adoption OF these resolutions would
carry them back to the same condition that
they had been making efforts to get out of
and that, therefore, they could not accept
them.
Since that time all negotiations between
the two organizations relative to a settle
ment have ceased
Late Wednesday afternoon after the re-
suit of the plumbers meeting became known
the executive committee of the PlaStererS'
union met and conferred as to the future
course to be taken by the men who struck
at The BEE building on behalf Of the plumb
ers. 1t was finally decided that the men
should return to work, tor the reason that a
great many plasterers in the city are now
idle on account of the scarcity of work, and
as this is true all over the country, it was ev-
ident that the boss plasterers here would
have but little difficulty in securing men to
take the places of the strikers, and on this
account it was argued that by remaining out
longer they could not possibly aid the plumb
ers, but on the other hand would work ire
parable injury to themselves.
All the men who struck returned to work
Thursday morning.
How long this patched up peace will last is
not known. The men are all reticent.
A Talk To the Bohemian X. of Il.
l.. j. Palda, who has been agitating the or
ganization of labor among the Bohemians for
twenty years past, delivered a lecture last
Sunday to an audience Of 300 members OF the
bohemian assembly of X. of L., at National
hall TIC argued that owing to the invention
of labor saving machinery during the past
years, that the producing classes produce
more than thoy receive in return, and in con-
sequence are unable to buy all that is pro-
duced. AS consequence there is an over
production and financial crisis The remedy,
he claimed, was in the reduction of the num-
Der of working hours, which would have the
effect of harnonzing production and con-
SUMPTION and the only way TO attain this
desired end ,ba sns.sr by organization,
urged all classes of labor to do, but while
doing so to keep clear of the delusive teach
ings of men OF ,he Most stamp.
MI pada addressed the bohemian work
ingIncn of South Omaha Monday night.
A Comparison.
The average German laDOrer does not ex-
pend moro than SIS every year in clothes.
Common iaborers receive from so cents TO 81
per day; masons from 81 to $3.50; carpenters
the saIne plasters, 81 roofers, sl painters,
81; hod carriers and carriers, ~ cents; male
mill operatives, rs cents or 81, and black
smiths, 81. Every workman earning SIS per
year must pay annually TO the state IL marks,
or 81.
IN Nebraska laborers frequently pay twice
SIS for single suit. In Omaha day laborers
mako from 81. so TO 81 "a day; masons, from 81
TO $3.50; carpenters from S3 TO s4; plasterers,
from -. 80 to So; foofers, 81; painters, from
SO to 50; hod carriers, 81; blacksmiths
from 81. 80 to 80. and they are taxed only
upon their personal property and real estate
1t was a great task for the trustees Of
Williams college to ill the chair once occu.
pied by the grand old man, Mark Hopkins
But they seem 10 have made a most happy
selection in Pref John h. Russell of Yale.
humanity triumphant.
Chicago Tribune: - would like to
rent the largest room on the second
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