Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-12
PICKETS AND GUARDS FIGHT
Trouble 0Ccur Near the Gates Of Union
Pacific Shop Yards,
ONE GUARD IS SERIOUSLY INJURED
Police Make Two Arrests and WAR
rants Are laid 60 ne out for Num-
her of strikers-COnHicting
Reports Current.

The Union Pacific strike has once more
extended It's effect to the courts. AS a re-
suit Of a personal encounter between guards
and strike pickets Wednesday evening John
Oman, a striker, and Charles Fauver. a
guard. arc under arrest, and warrants have
been issued for other strikers. among them
John McKenna aIrl a mai named Roberts.
The trouble out Of which these proceed
ings arose occurred near the Webster street
entrance to the shops about s O'Clock
Wednesday evening. Two guards. Fauver
and James Ish. came out Of the gates on
their way uptown. The guards claim to
have been assaulted by the strikers and
the latter place the blame for the night upon
the guards. Oficer Cook, who was sta
toned near the scene Of conflict. was at
tracted by men quarreling. Approaching
the men, he found Oman and Fauver en-
gagged in a heated controversy, each accus-
ing the other OF making an assault, and, to
leave no room for doubt, the officer ar
rested both.
According to the story told by the strik-
ers, Fsuver and Ish we're approached by
John Oman and other pickets as the former
came out OF the yards and were asked as TO
their identity. They claim this query was
met with the assertion from Fauver. That
80 abAN VI sbhA bhoAANnot WIN We are OF
what we are doing"
Guard wieIds Club.
we think II is some Of our business, for
we are strikers on picket duty and we
think we have a right to know who comes
and goes here" rejoined Oman. Then, ac-
cording to DinaD and other strikers, Fauver
welded his club with some effect upon
Oman and a fierce encounter ensued. In
which, according to the company side OF
the story, Oman came of second best"
Fauver's physical powers enabled him to
defend himself with success, but Ish, Who
is somewhat diminutive as compared with
his partner, is said to have suffered from
his u~nderweight. ET was struck in the face
and a piece Of hts eye glass, It is said,
not serious injury.
Warrants were issued for a number Of
other pickets who were in or near the
crowd when the trouble occurred.
p. ]. Conlon, first vice president OF the
m~achinists, who arrived q few days ago,
said Of the hight:
I'VE do not sanction assaults by our men,
but in this case our men we're not to blame.
The assault was made by the other side.
This man Fauver was the aggressor, by
striking the first blow with his club. Oman
acted IN SELF defense. As &c ths warrant
issued for Jack McKenna, we can simply
say that McKenns was at home when the
fight occurred"
Company Makes Statement.
The legal department OF the Union Pa
cihc gives this version OF the affair, after
taking the statements of the guards:
1.-TWO guards. Fauver and lsh. were re-
lieved from duty at 6 O'Clock and went out
at one Of the gates to 60 to their homes in
the city. When they had gone a short dis
lance they found that they were being fol-
lowed by a crowd Of ten OF fifteen strikers.
Some Of those in the crowd said, Now we
have you outside the yards, we will see that
you don't get back in
Those in the crowd then assaulted the
two guards, and a running fight ensued,
during which time the guards defended
themselves the best they could. Fauver is
a powerful man, and while he was struck
and kicked several times and had bricks
thrown at him, he sustained no serious in
jury. and succeeded in beating of those
who came to close quarters. AS the tight
progressed the police came up and arrested
Fauver and one OF the assailants. They
were taken TO the station, and then the
police went back to look for the others,
who Of course had disappeared.
During the hgnt Ism became separated
from Fauver and was badly beaten by sew
eral Of the strikers. One Of his eyeglasses
was broken and the pieces driven into his
eye, and he sustained other hurts, so that
he required the care Of a physician.
This is the fifth consecutive evening
that employees Of the company have been as
saulted by the pickets or by strikers near
the yards. II seems that the streets lead
Ing to the yards are patrolled by piokets
clear up own"
Legal Department Active.
The legal department OF the railroad lie
actively engaged in collecting all the evil
dence IL can in this and other cases Of a
similar nature which are claimed to have
been enacted within the last Ave nights.
This thing must be stopped" said one
Of the officials. "Our guards are entitled
to protection and they must and will re-
eeive 1t, II not one kind, then another. We
have the statements Of four or FIVE men
In the employ of the Union Pacific who
have been subjected to assaults of the
strikers and som of them have sustained
bad injuries. Among these men is Mike
Cronin. who has lived in the city Of Omaha
for twenty years or more. and worked for
the Union Pacific for a good many years.
He claims TO own property here valued at
! s., 900 or $4,000. He wants to work In the