Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-13
Committee Leaves the Hall

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Committee Leaves the Hall.
The actions OF the carpenters so disguised
the members Of the advisory committee that
they left the hall, determined to report to
their respective unions that any attempts
in the future to act an arbitrators In the mat
ter will be useless.
Towards midnight the carpenters came to
the conclusion that they had carried matters
in a too high-handed manner during the
meeting, and they settled down sufficiently
to appoint a committee from their own
ranks which will meet with the contractors
tonight and attempt a settlement.
There is no longer any doubt but what the
members OF the Building Trades council are
growing tired OF the arbitrary manner in
which the carpenters are acting, and II the
latter do not soon show an inclination to
arbitrate the Building Trades council will
unquestionably vote at its meeting Thursday
night to let the carpenters fight their battle
single-handed, and II they do not VII soon,
notify their bosses to put to work any man
they can find who is willing to go to work
upon the Jobs now lying idle, whether they
are union men or not.
The communication received Tuesday by
the carpenters from Secretary and Treas
urer McGuire OF the National executive
committee in Philadelphia, was, in so many
words, that the committee has not sufficient
evidence to show hat the carpenters have
acted as they should toward the contractors
in giving them due notice Of the expected
Increase, and until more convincing proof
is submitted the local union cannot expect
financial aid from the national committee.
In plain language the national committee
has not given the carpenters the support
they anticipated, and the letter has damp
ened the ardor of many OF the men, who are
free to express their willingness to go to
work IL they are given the opportunity to
do so.
Discussing the strike, a we'll informed
man said: "There Is one phase OF this
matter which has not as yet been presented
to the general public. Since Labor day, and
up to Saturday night, Labor Commissioner
Kent had been In the city seemingly keep
ing up the interest in the fight for appar-
emily no other reason than to divert public
opinion from another matter. When the
state officials had some $4,000 or $4,000 to
expend for repairs on the Deaf and Dumb
asylum the work was done by non-union
men, including carpenters, bricklayers,
plumbers and painters. A non-union SUI
perintendent was also employed. The
union men entered q vigorous protest, and
Commissioner Kent was sent for.
THE local union appointed a committee to
investigate and report to the union. Com
missioner Kent attempted to have Secre-
tary Cochran Of Carpenters union 427 ap-
pointed superintendent Of construction and
repairs upon the building, and 30 manipu-
lated matters that the appointed
to make an investigation should not re-
port until after the appointment was de-
cided. The democrats succeeded In win
ming their point, and a non-union man was
appointed, Secretary Cochran not getting
the Job in spite of the support given him
by Kent. That is a little inside history
which may prove an eye-opener to many
The Building association met last
night in their new quarters In the, Paxton
block, which have been repapered and
painted since they were rented last week.
The association members still stand by their
first attempt not to pay the advance asked
for on existing contracts. but are willing
to pay the increase on all new work.
1t has developed that no contractors have
as yet signed the agreement circulated last
week by the carpenters, a synopsis of
which agreement was published In The Bee.
Among other clauses was one to the effect
that all men should be paid at noon on
for their weeks work. The con-
tractors approached to sign the same have
SO far refused to afix their signatures,
claiming that 1t would be practically i'm
possible for them to live UP to that clause,
owing to the lack of time in which to
I'D the payrolls and the pay enyel-