Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13

OF the workmen. was assaulted by strikers
up near Jefferson square. One ran UP to
him and asked him 10 he was working In
the shops. He replied that he was and
the man knocked him down without an
other word. Another striker kicked him
in the back. He was almost senseless for
a while. and when he tried to get up they
came back and knocked him down again.
Several days before this attack Mr..
Guinotte's wife went down to the yards TO
see him. She was stopped at the gate and
the pickets swore at her and frightened her
so that she was afraid to go in. other
women who have tried to see their hus-
bands or tried to send word to and from the
gates have been treated in the same man
ner. They tell pitiful stories OF the brutal
oaths and threats dealt out to them by the
pickets.
Last Friday f. II. Reid. one Of the work
men. was stopped and assaulted by
Striker Lee Harrier (or HarawayJ and was
threatened by others. On Sunday E. J. Win
tiers. one OF the shop guards, was caught
outside the yards and was badly beaten.
There are several other cases OF minor
assaults and the threats recently made not
only promise bodily harm to Foreman Tur-
tie and others. but they say the new smoke
stack is to be blown up with dynamite.
Fauver-Ish ide
"The most recent case is that which oc-
CURED Wednesday night. Two of the guards
named Fauver and Ish stopped work at s
o'clock and left the yards to go to their
homes. They were followed by a gang Of
ten or fifteen strikers and were attacked.
Ish was badly beaten and was seriously in
jured by having one Of his eyeglasses
broken and the pieces driven into his eye.
Fauver escaped serious injury by making
an active fight, proving too shifty for his
cowardly assailants. This ARRAY occurred
in open daylight, and the crowd OF strik-
ers hung after Fauver, throwing missiles
and using foul epithets until the police
finally appeared. AS is frequently the case
the police arrested the first man they came
to. This was Fauver, and most Of the as
sailants hurried away to stir up more
trouble or bend their energies elsewhere.
ut is a curious condition Of affairs when
any association Of individuals can Officially
blacklist a business house or factory in
this city and station men before the en-
frances to warn people not to go in or to
insult and assault those who disregard
their warning. In such cases It is dificult
to discriminate between the terms black
list and 'blackmail.'
While the insults, threats and acts OF
intimidation on the part Of the lawless
element have been of daily and almost
hourly occurrence since the beginning OF
the strike, the cases OF actual violence are
on the increase during the past week, in
dicating that the recent declaration OF the
head officers Of the union that every energy
would now be directed to the Union Pacific
strike was no idle threat. The news that
several OF the most lawless men from
Rawlins and Cheyenne have been trans
ferred here to do picket duty for the strik-
crs is followed Immediately by a number
Of brutal acts on the streets and in open
daylight. The police force OF the city has
been too scattered to prevent these acts,
and gangs Of piratical pickets swarm up
the etreets and assault men whose only
offense is that they desire to work Cor a
living and spend their wages in the city
for the benefit OF their families"
Samuel Higgins. who was superintendent
OF motive power for the Union Pacific for
about a year and Just left the office for a
position with the Southern railway at
Washington at the inception Of this strike,
is in the city comforting with Union Pacific
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