Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13
new FOUNDRY IS ASSURED
International Organization Of MOldsn
Approves FeathsrstOns Proposition.
OMAHA MEN ARE ENTIRELY SATISFIED
FeatherstOnes Probably win Begin
Construction of Foundry Here
within short Time-wIn DO .
Union Pacific Work.

The Union Pacific holders have at last
found a solution Of their industrial prob
lem. The proposition known as the
"Featherstone proposition" made TO them
soon after they left the employ of the
railroad company and the latter shut down
and dismantled the foundry, has been set
tied upon and now the molders are look
Ing forward to the day when they will be
working in another Omaha foundry, not
being compelled to leave the city, their
homes and In many cases the savings OF a
lifetime. to begin life anew elsewhere.
At the meeting Of the international or
ganization Of the molders, held at To-
ronto. Canada, to which Omaha sent a
delegate, the proposition of the Feather
stone people and the situation here was
thoroughly studied and the Chicago firms
proposition finally declared fair and APP
proved by the international convention.
The Omaha delegate gave his assent to the
proposition to begin with.
LocnI MoIders Satisfied.
Saturday the local molders received a
communication from President Fox of their
international body, formally announcing
the approval Of the Feathestone PROPOSE
tion. and during the afternoon the execu-
tive committee of the local union held a
meeting. at which the agreement tenta-
lively entered into with the Featherstone
people and approved in Toronto was con-
frmed and pronounced entirely satisfac-
tory. A representative of the Feather
stone company was at this meeting.
II will be remembers that the original
proposition made by the Featherstone peo-
pie specified that the firm would erect a
foundry IN Omaha, with a view of making
the castings for the Union Pacific among
its other work, and would put up a bonus
OF good faith until the construction work
had been completed. In the meantime
the molders here who were out of work
could 60 to Chicago at the Featherstont
company's expense and secure work there
until the foundry here was completed
One objection found to this proposition
by the men here was that 1t specified nj
definite time within which the companI
would erect its foundry. The men wanted
to fix the time at eight months. but this
was not agreed to.
Wages Satisfactorily settled.
The new proposition, or rather the OLE
one newly approved, does not make thii
provision as to time either, but II is be
lived the foundry will be erected within
a reasonable period. The question o
wages has been satisfactorily settled AM
the provision for giving those men VIII,
want It work in Chicago under the forme
conditions is to be made good.
1t is said. however, that only ten o
twenty Of the local molders will take ad
vantage Of this offer and that the re
mainder, the large majority, will stay Il
Omaha and work at the Industrial Irol
work and the Paxton & Vierling Irol
Works until the Feathestone foundry 1
"a -H.I- a.. -..Ao H.. xaAa
of the men, as they have their homes an
families here and do not care to leav
for a short or even comparatively lon
period.
The settlement Of the Featherstone prop
osition and therefore the adjustment @
the foundry situation is universally &C
ceptable to the molders. They regard tn
termination of affairs as highly ~prohtabl
10 them,