Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-12
FOR CONFERENCE
Mutual Concessions by Freight Handlers
and Railroads Pave the Way.
BELIEVED SETTLEMENT IS IN SIGHT
strikers Draw Up List of Demands 60
he Presented to Their Employers
at the Forthcoming Meet
ing Today.

CHICAGO, July .11.-Mutual concessions
by the freight handlers and the railroads
have paved the way for conferences between
the managers and their employees, which 1t
Is hoped Will lead to a settlement Of the
freight handlers strike. These conferences,
which will be the result OF the work of the
Chicago Board OF Arbitration, will be held
tomorrow morning In the Offices Of the re-
spective general managers.
After working all day upon the situation,
the Board Of Arbitration tonight made the
following recommendation, which has been
accepted by the railroads and by the freight
handlers:
That a committee of FIVE, four OF whom
must be employees of their respective rail-
roads and having full power to act, meet
reads durfnS The foSenoon M ns s ssiI dsy-
July II, to settle the existing differences
between the railroads and the freight hand
lers.A
While not so expressed in the
dalton, It is understood by all parties that
the fifth member Of each committee is to be
a member of the executive committee Of
the freight handlers.
'Curran Opposes Plan.
President Curran Of the freight handlers
has from the first vehemently opposed the
meeting Of the employees Of any OF the roads
WIN the Tudu , OulCldlS unless an Ou0CeT OF
the union be with them. The officials Of the
roads have insisted that they were ready at
all times to listen to the demands of their.
employees, but would not transact business
through third parties. The arrangement to-
night is therefore a slight concession on
both sides. The Board OF Arbitration made
Its recommendation tonight and the execu-
tive committee OF the freight handlers went
into session to consider IT. An hour later 1t
was announced that they were unanimously
In favor Of the recommendation, and 1t
was said by the Board OF Arbitration that
the railroads would receive the committees
with one officer Of the union included. After
receiving the consent of the freight handlers
the members Of the Board of Arbitration
prepared the following list Of demands for
the men to present to the managers tomor-
row morning. In drawing them up they
said they were assured they would be ac-
ceptable to the railroads. The general man
ayers said that they had not been consulted
about the list Of demands to be presented in
the morning, but added that they would
meet the mel and use every possible means
to reach a settlement.
The demand Of the men will be:
Abolition of the time of probation for
new men.
New freight handlers to receive full pay
from the start.
Eighteen cents an hour for truckmen (the
railroads offer II centsj.
Time and ore-quarter for overtime.
1t was stated by one of the high officials
Of the union that the last demand. would
not be made an insuperable. objection to
the settlement Of the strike. If the rail-
roads shall mak a strong fight on 1t the
men will give way on this point. On the
hrst two propositions, however. the men
will not surrender.
Rioting Has Started.
There was more rioting today than. yes
terday. but nobody was seriously injured.
The chief sufferers were teamsters who
tried to deliver goods at the freight houses.
All the streets leading to the depots were
plcketed, and 1t was impossible for q
teamster to get a load to any depot with
out being stopped.
j. G. Klein, a driver for the Acme Flick
ible Clasp company, was stopped at the in
tersection Of Sixteenth and Clark streets
this afternoon by a crowd of pickets. They
boarded his wagon, and finding that he had
a load OF freight consigned to the Erie road
the strikers pulled hiac from the wagon
and beat him badly. 9A driver of a van be-
longing to the Livingstone company left the
Pennsylvania depot with a load Of house
hold furniture, and in less than a block
was knocked from MS wagon with a paw
ing stone hurled by a man who had fol-
lowed him from the freight house.
A driver of the Kennedy Biscuit COM
| pany was badly pounded by a group OF mer
l just after he had come from the yards Of
the Burlington road. There were numer-
: Gus other assaults which the police were
; unable to prevent.
l The strikers had determined to make ar
extra strong effort in the neIghborhood Of
{ South Water street. where many commits.
( sion houses are located, but they accom-
l plished very little there throughout tn,
, day. Lieutenant Cudmore was stationed
) there with a strong force of police and he
would not permit a striker to stop a team oil
: raise his hand to stop one. AS a result
, the freight handlers we're compelled to keel
: quiet all day or be arrested.
= President Curran Of the Freight Hand,
lers' union said:
We have agreed to abide by the actor
of the Chicago board of arbitration and tn,
three propositions which we will submit
tomorrow are practically the work OF tina
body IL the railroads will not meet ui
fairly tomorrow morning all the teamsteri
4 In DhfCa no will haf ont hafOra nN1hN