Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06
BOYCOTT BOARDING HOUSES
Attempt to Give striksbreakers a Home
Will Precipitste a Conflict.
UNIONS WILL SHUT OFF THE SUPPLIES
Labor Union Goes on Record
as Being Opposed to Any Change
in the Present EKemp-
ton Laws.

Last night the Central Labor union for
the first time took active steps other than
financial in support OF the Union Pacific
strikers. A communication was received
from the blacksmith's union stating that
the Union Pacific company was apparently
making arrangements to abandon it's board
ing house at the shops and distribute its
employees in boarding houses in other parts
Of the city. 1t asked that each hotel and
boarding house which supplied entertain
ment for these strike breakers be declared
unfair. A delegate from the walters union
said that members OF that order would
refuse to deliver food to the strike breakers
where known; the meat cutters said that
they would refuse to cut meat for the
houses and the team drivers said that
they would refuse to haul coal or any other
supplies as soon as furnished with a list
OF the houses where strike breakers are
boarding. The request Of the blacksmiths
was then granted, with the understanding
that the list Of the houses be given to the
affiliated unions as soon as possible.
w. H. Bell introduced a resolution de-
claring that 1t be the sense OF the union
that no exclusive franchise be granted by
the city council to any person or corpora-
tion proposing to construct power plants
in the city to use water power, but that
such franchise be left open to all persons.
In support Of his resolution he said that
one is now pending before the city council
and unless the resolution be adopted the
council would take It for granted that the
union favored the pending ordinance. The
| resolution was laid on the table.
Oppose Change I'm Law.
The law committee reported the result
Of the conference with tho legislative COM
mittee Of the Retail Grocers' association
and asked that 1t be empowered to con-
tinue negotiations looking to a union OF
forces at the coming session OF the legisla-
ture. The committee was instructed to
notify the grocers's association that the
| central body would favor no change of any
kind in the existing exemption laws. The
committee also reported that 1t had con-
ferred with the deputy labor commissioner
in the matter Of violations Of the female
labor law or the part of certain laundries.
Labor Commissioner Watson, who was
| present, advised the union that 1t should
be willing to accept some compromise with
the retail merchants, as it. would have
trouble in maintaining the existing female
labor law, and should have the co-opera>
tion Of the friends of the merchants in the
legislature.
The arbitration committe reported a set
Element Of the trouble at the National
Printing company and at two barber shops.
It reported a compromise in the trouble
between the stationary engineers and the
Kopp-woodard company, which was not
satisfactory to the engineers. who had sub
sequently declared a boycott. The boycott
of the engineers was not sustained and the
matter was again referred to the commit
tee.
The federated strike board reported the
total amount of 39,554.75 collected from
various sources In Omaha for the support
OF striking men at the Union Pacific shops,
and an urgent demand was made for funds
for the present time, which is critical, as It
is an odd week when certain usual supplies
do not arrive.