Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-16

Of politics; he's dead, dead e. fnr as politics
IL concerned, and he knows II. That II why
be could afford TO DO what he ara. We
want 10 punish those who were actually
responsible for what Savage did. You al
know who Il was. That Is no secret. The
Union Pacific n thu Burlington railroads
and their political impletneuts are the ones.
Now. Of course, the railroads are cot openly
IN politics. but there 10 a certain nan who
worked hand IN hand with them n this
dirty piece Of business who is n p6lfties.
and he will be up for re-eleetfon pretty
soon. That a the man to rtmember He
IL the one you want to pu1ishl Savage Il
dead: ignore him and KIN "a all the other
railroad henchmen At the polls this fall"
Pronounced applause fosIpwed Mr.. Ken
nedy's remarks, the other hvoFed anti
Mercer men being the londest IN; their ac-
carnations.
Joseph scheidt. smother boiler maker and
a Union Pacific striker. had this to say:
This crowd Of ppliticiaas has been max
ing good use Of Us; noE lat ut pay them
back at the ballot box. Hebuks Savage by
defeating his political c0hnikefs. Have the
courage to 60 on record and be men. Don't
let this i~ntoIerable insult pass unnottced.
but resent Il as you would resent any other
insult and let these candidates for once
know that the working man has . character
that canno be frodden into the dust. In
stead Of asking that one man 60 on that
board and make room for an organized labor
representative. | say, force two men on.
And II the power that named the board re-
fuses to comply with our demands cut HIS
political head on at the polls this fall"
o. P. shrum referred to the Savage letter
as 'the most intolerabie TRADE against or
sanised labor ever perpstrated By a man Of
savage's position-that Of accidental gov
|~ernor." But he. too. thought II was un-
worthy Of formal notice, as II was generally
understood that Savage did not write the
letter. or, at least, not OF his own ~volition.
The motion TO have a committee from
Central Labor union answer the Savage let
ter was passed almost unanimously, and
Joseph scheidt, william Grieb and j. A.
Bapst, secretary Of the union. were named
to perform this unique function.
President Samuel Gompers was given a
slap" by Central Labor union. A letter
wps read from Mr.. Gompers ~denouncing the
action Of the Trades council Of Milwaukee
In soliciting the eo-opereti0n Of the Omaha
organization in the formation OF an inde-
pendent political party, In which Mr.. Comp
ers said that such q move was designed to
promote the selfish interests Of a certain
sect and would. II carried out. disrupt and
destroy union labor. He intimated also that
It was q movement BY the enemies ana not
friends OF union labor. The Trades council
Of Milwaukee is composed OF q membership
So per cent Of which are socialists. Central
Labor union voted to "throw the Gompsrs
letter In the waste basket and It was
done.
A letter was read from the local Machin-
lists union No. 81 informing Central Labor
union that they had boycOtted the Emerson
Laundry company FOR doing scab work. The
grievances Is that the laundry Is doing the
washing and ironing for the nonunion men
at work for che Union Pacinc.
The old brewery nremsn fight vac tevived,
and q motion was passed demanding the
withdrawal Of The delegates from the former
OrBaurz1ErDH u4suss tnvy 0OmRIIea WIN tHs
previous decision to expel the nremen from
their union, az was said to have been the
ruling Of the American Federation ofokAbor.
The delegates from the Brewery Workers
union walked out Of the hall as soon as
this motion was passed. The Brewery Work
ers' latest contention was that they could
not comply with the ruling without referring
the matter TO their national encers.