Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-28
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necessary for the erection of u hall could not
be raised in this way, it was decided, by a
resolution passed at a meeting of the direct
orS, to abandon the scheme and the treasurer
was ordered to return the money to those
who subscribed to the fund pro rata, and
this was accordingly done, ana to-day, ac-
cording to the statement made by Mr..
Meyer, there is not a cent in the hands of
the treasurer of the local assembly placed
there to be used for the erection of an as
sembly hall.
In this column last Sunday it was stated
that certain journeymen plumbers had gone
into business for themselves since the plumb
ers strike was declared of" The journey
men plumbers take exception to this state
ment, as they have a right to do, the strike
not yet having been declared of. What the
writer wished to say was that the men men
TONED had gone into business for themselves
since the strike was declared ''on' and 1t
was SO written, but the types made it direct
ly opposite. Justice to the plumbers who
have made such a long struggle for what
they consider right, calls for this explana-
tion.
"Can a non-union printer 20 into any
newspaper office in this city and go to workt"
asked an officer of the plumbers union a day
or two ago, while discussing the merits of
the present strike. "Can non-union
cigarmaker, non-union tailor, a non union
bricklayer, or any non union men get en-
poyment in the same shops of other trades
where union men are employed? Go over
the field and l don't think you will find
one, but the master plumbers ask US to work
with nonu union men. How can we go back
under that condition, when one of the chief
objects of our OF 0Iganization Is to down 'scab'
labors We couldn't do IL and maintain our
union. All we ask of the bosses is to dis.
charge the nonunion men in their employ
and promise to employ no others, and we
will go back under the old scale"
An uninterested party who has had con-
versation with both parties to the strike, says
there is no reason why the difficulty shouldn't
be formally ended. The journeymen say
that ali they want Is the discharge of the
non-union men now employed and the prom.
ise OF the bosses to hire "scabs' no longer.
and when the bosses are talked to they say
that they would prefer to have union men
in their shops, but cannot afford to give in
to the strikers. A lumber of contractors
and architects in the city have become dis
pleased with the bosses for refusing to mako
any concessions, whatever. They say their
work is delayed and are inclined TO ascribe
the attitude of the master plumbers to bull
h headedness.
The organized laboring men of Omaha are
not payiug as much attention to the eight
holr movement as the unions of other cities.
With the exception of discussing the matter
occasionally in union meetings, and the Cen
tral labor union. nothing is being done. A
prominent member of the last named organ
izatlon called a BEE reporters attention to
this fact Thursday. and continuing said that
the time between the present and the day in
May next, when the general demand Is 10 be
made, is so short that Workingmen every
where should be active He wanted to know
If something couldn't be done TO arouse the
Omaha workmen from their lethargic state.
A bystander expressed the opinion that
unless the project, per SO, were sufficient to
do this nothing else would, ana then the
controversy was dropped.
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In every union there are men more radical
than others, and this is true Of the carpen-
ters' unions Of Omaha. The union carpen-
ters Of the city are far from being satisfied
with the present condition Of things, es-
pecially in regard to the action of nearly all
contractors of the city in allowing them but
80 cents for the tenth hour OF days WORK,
instead OF 45. as the rules of the union call
for, and further, the refusal of few con-
tractors to pay moro than 2716 cents an
hour throughout the day. These are real
grievances, which do exist, and the radical
members of the unions are urging their
more conservative brethren, at every meet
ing, to make stand. But the conservative
element Is IN the majority, and IL
has been ABOUT decided this week
that no demand wall be made
at present, and probably not until spring
These conservatives say that the unions are
still too weak and that there are too many
non-uniOn men In the city for them to take
action now 1t is their intention TO spend