Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-02
UNION IN NO HURRY
Gives Retail Merchants No Immediate
Answer on EARLY Closing,
MAY ALLOW LATE CLOSING IN WINTER
Union VIII Question the Action OF
the hoard of Education In BUY
ing Seats for the New
schools.

bdht duy dCllOu lot IL J1Tle On the request
of the retail merchants for a compromise
of the early closing agreement. The COM
mittee having the matter in charge reported
that the first request of the merchants had
been that they be allowed to keep open
from 8 o'clock In the morning until 8 at
night, but that what they really wanted
was permission to keep open until 10 o'clock
a part of the year, closing early during the
summer months. The committee recon-
mended that the merchants be allowed to
keep open, beginning after September 10,
upon which date the half holiday agree
ment for carpenters goes into effect. The
merchants had practically agreed with the
committee to remain closed pending the set
Element of the half holiday question.
Aftee some discussion 1t was decided to
receive the report of the committee and to
defer action on the recommendations for two
weeks.
The proposition to close Seventeenth
street received some attention from the
union, one member calling for the report
of a committee which had been appointed
to draft resolutions of protest to the coun-
Gil. A member of the committee reported
that no action had been taken for the rea-
son that the only two property owners
vitality interested were the Paxton G. Vier-
ling Iron works and the Byron Reed COM
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lied labor upon every occasion.
There was some objection to this action
on the part of the mi and It's state
ments were disputed. A new committee OF
three was appointed to investigate the facts
and make a report to the union.
Preparations for the Labor Day parade
and picnic were reported to be progressing
finely and the prospects for a record
breaking demonstration to be the very
best. In connection with preparations for
the observance OF the day, a resolution was
adopted repudiatlng the Omaha Labor Bull
letin as the publishers OF the official pro-
gram. The paper, it appeared, had been
soliciting advertisements with the aid OF
what were considered deceptive statements
as to its connection with the union and
authority to represent the same. The reso-
lutions follow:
Whereas, A publication known as the
Omaha Labor Bulletin has been soliciting
advertisements on the strength OF publish
ing the official program Of Labor day, Sep
tember 4, 1899; and,
Whereas, This fragrant action is tanta-
mount to obtaining money under false pre-
lenses and is likewise prejudicial to the good
order and development OF organized labor;
therefore, be 1t
Resolved, BY the Central Labor union
that we condemn the action Of the pub
fishers of the Labor Bulletin and repudiate
any connection between that paper and this
organization.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
printed in the public press In order that
the public may understand that we are in
no wise responsible for this publications.
duplicity.
Whereas, For some time advertising has
been solicited In the name of organized
labor by those not authorized by this body;
therefore, be it
Resolved. That hereafter the solicitors Of
advertising in the name of organized labor
will be furnished with credentials properly
signed and sealed by the officers OF this
body after a vote of the Central Labor
union ordering the same.
Grievance against schooI Board.
A committed was appointed to investigate
the action OF the Beard of Education in
purchasing the Buffalo seats, which it was
stated were nonunion made, in place of a
union made Chicago seat, at a higher cost
per seat laid down in Omaha. The price
of the seats ordered. 1t was said, is lower
than that OF the Chicago seats, but the
difference in the freight makes the Buffalo
seat the more expensive.
Delegates from the Waters union re-
ported that the negotiations with Briden-
becker's restaurant, looking to the calling
of Of the boycott, had ceased. The pro-
prietor OF the restaurant had asked that the
boycott be raised until the close Of the
exposition, at which time they would adopt
the union scale. The Walters union had
refused to listen to this and so the matter
had remained in its former state.
The standing of the Painters union of
South Omaha known as No. 104 was dis
cussed at length and the history OF the diff
ferences gone over for the benefit of new
members. When the union adjourned 1t was
to meet next Wednesday night at 8 o'clock.
Early Closing Conference.
The Central Labor union committee on
early closing met a committee of business
Men Friday afternoon in the Commercial
club rooms to discuss the question of keep
ing open stores Saturday evenings. The
result of the meeting was that the group
of merchants who have advertised the in
tention to open their establishments Satur-
day nights beginning September 2 decided
to postpone the contemplated opening for
the time being.
The meeting lasted two hours and was
characterized by warm arguments by both
labor delegates and merchants. The con-
tention of the business men was that the
Saturday night closing agreement is caus-
Ing a loss to them of many thousands of
dollars a year for the reason that the stores
Of South Omaha and Council Bluffs remain
open while theirs are closed, and the i'm
mense trade is diverted from them TO the
storekeepers of the other two cities.
The trade of transients, they argued, was
entirely lost, because travelling men have
no other time to make purchases than Satur-
day night. Particular stress was laid on
the statement that clothing and furnishing
goods stores are heavy losers under the
closing agreement, as a large part OF their
customers are men who are unable to make
purchases during the day time.
The clerks are e~xertlng all their efforts
To secure a half holiday Saturdays. They
say that II the stores are permitted to open
Saturday nights the plan will be an I'M
possibility. This is their main contention
supplemented by the statement that shop
pers will soon adjust themselves 10 changed
conditions and do their trading in the day
time. as they do In other cities.
Those present at the meeting we're: p.
Loenthal, Il. Brandeis, II. Cohen, Samuel
Gamble and William Haydn, representing
the merchants. and A, McDormnrt, Z. O..
Sparks and J. II. Maus OF the Central Labor
union.
Retail Clerks Meet,
AT q meeting OF the Retail Clerks as
ISOLATION Friday evening In Labor temple
most Of the time was devoted to the discus
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