Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04
The Plumbers.

Strikes may come and strikes may go, but
the Omaha plumbers will keep entirely aloof
from them, or at least it will take more than
an ordinary grievance to cause the boys to
throw down their tools and throw up their
hands. Last season, as Is well known, the
bosses We're at the outs from early spring
until cold weather set in; men Were imported
by the bosses and sent back by the journey
men until the treasures of both unions We're
nearly wrecked and the end was that, neither
faction won n victory and all of the parties
concerned went into the winter poor
This season things have been very much diff
ferent, as the employers and employees are on
the best of terms and are getting along as
nicely as though the trouble of last season
had never existed, and aside from this, the
city this year has been bonanza for the
Omaha plumber as not Il scab has shown up
to ask for job Most of the master plumbers
have retained all of their old. men and the
wages paid are fully up TO the scale i'll other
cities. The union has been carefully
reorganiZed and the Warlike element weeded
out until only first class men are i'll the ranks
and they are having all the work they can
handle. Early in the spring some of the en-
terprsing shop owners predicted revival of
business in the extreme west and following
out their idea number of them established
branch shops in Denver, Salt Lake City and
San Francisco, which they put in charge of
their Omaha employees. The movement has
been profitable one, as with their experience
they have gone into these cities and taken
the cream of the business while the old resi-
dents have sat idly by and wondered what the
new comers were doing and how they We're
doing it. Many of the scabs who were here
last year proffited by what they learned,
joined the union and today are either in
branch shops or are trusted employees working
at scale wages and as staunch union men as
can be found in any city in the land
@. +. Strosner and q. w. Cook-Every clerk
in the store favors closing at an early hour.
We cannot see why shoe stores should not
close as early as dry goods and clothing
houses. If we thought it was to Mr. Cooks
interest to keep the doors open until lOo'clock
we would DO so. But, after considering
the matter in its various phases, we
know he would lose none of his
present trade while the prospects are that he
would get large afternoon trade that now
goes elsewhere. We know how our en-
ployer feels regarding the subject, and have
no hesitancy in declaring ourselves, though
we are not the prime movers in the early
closing step now being taken by the clerks of
the city.
George Frank, with Philip Lang -Individu-
the early closing plan. We did not sign the
petition as we were afraid if we did so our
heads would be chopped off. We would like
TO see the store closed at O'Clock. Whilcwe
dare not come out openly and say SO, we
most decidedly favor the movement and our
sympathies are with the boys.
Samuel BaswitZ with Henry Dohle.-We
would like to see the earlp closing plan car
ried out and will assist the clerks in the other
stores, though we can do but little as Mr..
Dohle is absent. If the principal stores of
the city close at 6 o'clock, we are with them
and am positive MIR. Dohle will follow in
their wake.