Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Packers Merger Expected to Result in
Changes in Local Personnel,
TRAVELLING MEN MAY HAVE TO HUNT JOBS
HiEh-salaried once Employees Also 10
suner Decapitstion, but Work
+ men Seem 10 Have Pros
pect of Better Luck.

THE packing house merger certainly will
make a change in officials at the plants In
South Omaha said a leading business man
to a Bee reporter last night. "In the first
place the chances are that the travelling
men now employed will be taken off, as
there will be no need of retaining their
services for any great length of time. With
the merger complete those who desire to
purchase meat will have to come to one
or the other Of the packers anyway and the
prices will be maintained, so that there will
be no competition. II is plain to be seen
that II each house in operation holds to tho
same price there will be no need Of travel
ing men. There will be also a change
in the office force. 1t is understood that
for South Omaha the office force Of the
combine will be merged also and this will
displace quite a number Of clerks and
s~tenographers It may be that when the
time comes the Swift plant here may be
closed, but nothing definite has been made
public on this score"
AS far as the men In the works are con-
cerned II is understood that about the
same number OF men will be employed and
that they will be given steady time. Aside
from the travelling men and ONCE force
there will be a decrease in the number
of high salaried men, 1t is stated, Omaha.
Kansas City and st. Joseph markets will
be maintained by the combine, at least
that was the statement made yesterday.
The smaller markets may be permitted to
run for a short time. but 1t Is presumed
that they will eventually be closed, in
order that all products may be handled
from prominent centers.
There is much speculation among COM
mission men as to the effect the merger
will have. In some circles 1t is reported
that stock will be consigned direct to the
packers as is done now occasionally. Others
say that the commission houses will re-
main in business and that there will be
no radical changes made in the present
situation.
Memorial Services Today.
At IL a. M, today union memorial serv-
ices in honor Of William Mckinley will
be held at the tent, Twenty-third and NJ
streets. Rev. DR.. r. L. Wheeler will preach
the sermon and Evangelist Smith will make
a short address. Special mustU will be pro-
yided and the ~favorite songs Of the late
president will be rendered. In the afternoon
at the tent Mr.. Smith will talk on The
vital Question:" Mr.. Stevens and Mr..
Johnson of Omaha will have charge Of the
music.
At $3.50 o'clock this afternoon there will
be a meeting Of the First Presbyterian
church for women. This meeting Will be
addressed by Mrs. Hartford, president of the
Young Woman's Christian association OF
Omaha, Mrs. Haskins will have charge
OF the music at this service.
Mrs. H. G. Richmond will sing at the tent
meeting this evening.
Miller Wants Money.
August Miller, at one time street fore
man. has threatened to sue the city for
what he claims Is due him. The mayor
named Miller as street foreman and In
this capacity he was permitted to draw 81
for each day that he worked. These claims
have been allowed. Now Miller wants pay
as street commissioner, with horse hire
added. AS the mayor never appointed a
street commissioner, the members OF the
finance committee OF the council have de-
clined to have anything to. do with Miller
and have told him to go ahead and sue the
city II he wants to. The records show
that Miller was street foreman and moth
ing more. In case suit is brought the
finance committee says that the city at
torney will be instructed to hght the case.
Christian Association Banquet.
Secretary Marsh of the local Young
Mems Christian association Is Issuing In
yitations to the members for a special
meeting IL DahQhOb W DO hSAN $50
association rooms on Tuesday evening of
this week. The banquet will be served at
$50 D. m. Charles Cullen Smith. Fred L.
Willis and j. Prentls Bailey will speak.
Mayor KOutsky Entertains.
Friday evening Mayor Koutsky enter
tanned about fifty guests at his home,
Twenty-third and o streets. 1t was the
occasion Of the eighth anniversary OF the
marriage Of the mayor. The party was a
complete surprise on the mayor and his
estimable wife. In honor of the occasion
the guests presented the couple with an
elegant mantle clock. Games and music
furnished amusements for the guests and
refreshments were served.
street Repairs.
City Engineer Beal has kept the road
machine at work all the week. Last even
ing he reported to the mayor that Thirtieth
street from Q street south had been placed
in good condition, also r street from
Twenty-seventh street west. The boule-
ward has been made passable as well as
Thirty-third and Thirty-second streets
north OF l. street. The city authorities
propose to keep the machine at work as
long as the weather will permit, in order