Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-25

NA@N VS. NINA ~ 1AaNa ~ So AAA 80
Of every controversy. and It will be a better
newspaper. too. than anything he can get
up"
President Burt warned his unwilling
guests that the better element Of the
community" is not In sympathy with this
strike movement. and frowned with the
utmost disapproval upon the attitude OF the
press in printing what he termed the
sensational side Of the strike question"
you AJAX what the news is. Why, you
fellows don't want news-faots-you know
you don't. All you are after Is iust enough
sensation to I'LL up your space and earn
your salaries. You've got to make a show
ing every day on this thing so that your
employers will not think you have been
idle, and in order to do this you 60 ahead
and print a lot Of stuff that those union
fellows tell you which you know yourself
is not true.
But 60 ahead and keep on printing what
you yourselves know to be false; we don't
care; W. don't need your newspapers; we
can get along in this thing and everything
else for that matter without your old pa
pers. But you mind. there Is a time coming
when well have a paper Of our own"
81 hope So" INTERCEPTED one Of the re-
porters.
do you. do you mean that7 Well, ali
right, you'll get your wish and don't you
fear" was the retort.
Declines to Give TnformatIoH.
Before we go. President hurt, will you
kindly tell us what we have uiisstated in
connection With this strike, for we are
anxious TO print nothing but facts" said
one Of the newspaper men. But his inter
r~ogatory ELECTED nothing but a contsmptu-
Gus sneer.
The strikers tell us this morning that
on last Sunday there were 1O4 ncn-unlon
men in the shops and that today there are
sixty-ive. We have no reason for doubt
Ing their word, but would like to get a
statement from the railroad side on that
proposition. as It is being persistentIy
urged by the strikers every day that tbs
shop forces are diminishing. Can you give
US a statement on that subject. Mr.. Burt7'
Give you nothing. What good would It
do to tell you fellows anything7 Now, you
go along out Of here. have said all I am
soins to. l wouldn't tell you fellows any
thing" .5~
SIocum Confers with McKeen.
President John slocum Of the InternA-
tional Brotherhood Of Blacksmith and a
committee representing the Union Pacific
blacksmiths conferred with Superintendent
McKeen of the motive power department of
the company yesterday afternoon upon is
sues Of the present strike, but nothing In
the shape Of terms of settlement or conces-
sion from either side resulted from the
meeting. The strike leaders urged that
piecework be not adopted and the COM
pany's representative insisted that this had
been irrevocably decided upon by the Union
Pacific.
After the conference President slocum
said:
I'VE were most courteously received and
treated by Mr.. McKeen, but our meeting
was not at all fruitful. We found out that
the company is determined upon introduce
Ing piecework and we are determined on
fighting 1t. SO you might say we have just
arrived at the starting point Of our fight.
I'VE argued against piecework and en-
deavored by reasoning to show its fallacy
and Mr.. McKeen argued for It and tried ia
demonstrate wherein It would beneht us,
but neither OF us succeeded In convincine
/, the other and there the matter ended.
want to emphasize this fact, that we did
not seek any compromise in any shape,
manner or form. We asked for nothing
except that the company revoke the order
Issued by which It declared its intention tc
Introduce piccework into its shops. This
Mr.. McKeen refused to do. We deferred
our ueHAho Aot IN tncrease In the wage
scale"
1 Blacksmitha Are CONFIDENT.
President slocum left last night for his
home in Moline, ILL.,. but will be in Omaha
again within q week or 80. Before leaving
he expressed his satisfaction with the
chances Of the blacksmiths and other
strikers Of winning and said he had no fears
Of the future.
1--WE are determined to make a perslstent,
orderly hEht for what seems to us to be
our rights and we believe we are sure to
win," he said.
The blaoksmiths held a local meeting
last night. At the meeting n letter was
read from the international secretary say
ing that the hlhcksmiths over the United
States had won ss per cent of the strikes
In which they have been engaged this
summer and spring. The men are confident
Of success here in view Of this fact and
also that, as they hold. the company IL
unable to get skilled blacksmiths owing to
the decided dearth Of that class Of work
men at this time.
Machinists and BOilermakers.
Secretary Grace OF the machinists Is In
receipt of a letter from Chicago telling OF
disturbed conditions at the Allis- Chambers
establishment, which has but recently re-
covered from q strike OF a years duration,
II is believed that another strike may occur
there and the strikers here essert tina
such would materially initiate to their ad.
vantage in that It would open another
field Of labor to ~nonunion men.
President Kennedy Of the local and dis.
trict b~oilermakers' lodges and Secretary
Grace of the machinists have received let.
ters from Cheyenne stating that between
that city and North Platte seven freight
trains have been tied up because Of dis.
abled engines and that one freight trair
was abandoned at Lexington for the sam,
reason. Information also has been re.
eieved that twenty dead" engines ar.
lying in the roundhouss at Cheyenne.
Strikers claimed last night that foli
more OBJECTIONS occurred at the shops her,
during the early evening. II was alsc
claimed that no nonunion men had besr
sent into Evanston.
One New Striker.
Harry Brown. a boilermaker who cam
out from New York to work for the Unlo,
Pecihe, came to Omaha yesterday from Nortl
Platte, where he has been at work undo
the superstition that there was no genera
strike in progress. He says he was offere,
As cents an hour to stay with the Lomuan,