Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-29
STRIKE AFFAIRS ARE QUIET
No Indication Of Concessions from the
Company OF the Men.
IMPORTATION OF BREAKERS CONTINUES
w. w. RicheIIeu and ThOmas Gregory,
Charged with AssauIting NOnun-
ION Employees, Discharged
by Police Court Judge.

Union Pacine strike affairs have again re-
lapsed Into a quiet, dry routine In which
there is no indication OF concession from
either side. The importation Of nonunion
men for the shops is still kept up by the
company and this Is taken as evidence that
the officials are not contemplating an early
Pettlement. The strikers are proceeding
with their plans for q whole winters cam
paign IL necessary. While both factions ap-
p~arently are displaying a determined front,
serenely confident In the hope Of victory, It
is generally believed that amicable terms
Of settlement would be heartily welcomed.
Certain things have transpired during the
last few days which tend to support this
theory. Yet neither the railroad company
nor the strikers manifest a disposition to
take the hrst step In the direction Of bring
ing this strife to an end.
The company brought into the city yes
terday a car OF men from the east, about
thirty In all. and they we're sent immedl-
ately to the west. where they will be placed
in the shops. The men we're under the
charge of Union Pacific guards. None OF
this number was put to work in the Omaha
shops.
Reporters Among
The last importation into Omaha came
Wednesday, fifteen strong, and strikers con-
tend that among this lot were a number Of
mon who had been here before. They as
sert that In several Of the last shipments
have been men from the east who were
among the FIRST imported by the Union Pa
cinc. They say that these men worked q
few days and then left the shops, returning
to their homes. Different names are used
in some cases, so as to deceive the agents
IN the eastern cities who employ the men.
Thaaa fall0wa aro aaid IN ha prOfoeafOnal
''strike breakers" and are after only enough
work to give them a bare existence. 1t is
urged By the strikers that In scarcely a
single case are these men skilled mechanics.
Letters from western Union Pacific towns
bring news that the company's oficials or
foremen are constantly Offering inducements
to strikers ard others to go to work In the
shops. President Kennedy of the boiler
makers is In receipt Of a letter from ALI
ance saying that Charles Hemple, the new
piecework foreman employed from the Bur-
lington at Havelock, offered a former Union
Pacific employe the position Of foreman at
the shops at Grand Island at a salary Of
sI25 a month, and that the proposition was
declined. The same letter states that the
man to whom this OFFER was made pressed
Hemple for his opinion as to the operation
OF the piecework system and that Hemple
characterized It as mo good" Hemple, the
letter states, was also asked II the COM
pany had any good mechanics in its shops
and is quoted as replying that 1t had not.
Tom Wilson to Return.
Tom l. Wilson, fourth vice president
of the machinists, will return to Omaha
Friday to assume direction OF the ma
chinists' end Of the strike, after making
q tour Of some of the towns on the west
ern divisions. He spoke at Columbus last
night.
The strikers are still maintaining their
benefits, making regular payments to all
their men each week. This does not in
clude the car builders, however. They are
not getting benefits and II was stated
when they struck that they did NOT hope
TO receive any. The car men are still un.
determined as to which national organisa'
tion they will afhliate with, the Carbulld.
ers' association or the Brotherhood OF
Railway Carmen. AS has been stated the!
withdrew from the former to join the
latter and have been endeavoring to nego'
tiate terms Of union with the latter for
week OF more, but II they fail in thii
they will cast their lot with the car
builders again.
Riehelieu and Gregory Discharged
w. w. Riehelieu and Thomas Gregory
charged with assaulting Lawrence Franl
. nonunioR employe of the Union Pacih
machine shops, were discharged in polio
court yesterday. Frank having failed t
make a case against either man. Richelie
proved that he was not in the neighborhoo
of the shops at the time of the alleged az
sault and Frank testified that Gregory ID
not strike him. The trial contributed cor
siderable amusement to a large crowd thu
had assembled to hear the evidence. Fran
persisted In saying that he had lost h
head near the depot" after he had been al
saulted and had been unable to md It.
the REORGANIZATION 1t was learned tn
Frank had lost his hat.
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