Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-03
MAY WAIVE EXAMINATION
President Burt'I Case Likely to Go Directly
to District Court,
SOME CAR BUILDERS ARE TURNED DOWN
wheen STRIKERS Returned for Work
Tuesday Morning About sixty-Five
Were Refused Their Former
Positions.

Instead OF appearing in Judge Berka's
police court Wednesday morning at 10
O'Clock to stand preliminary trial on the
charge Of false Imprisonment, President
Horace q. Burt probably will waive TINS
examination and allow the case to go over
70 the district court. This course has not
been definitely decided upon, but Mr..
Burt's attorneys have It under considera-
ton and John N. Baldwin, general counsel
for the Union Pacific, stated yesterday
that It is probable this course will be
adopted. Furthermore, Attorney Rich
who has personal charge Of the case, ad-
vised County Attorney Shields to the same
effect.
The ten complaining witnesses from In
diana, upon whose charges Of false i'm
prisonment President Burt was arraigned
in police court last Wednesday and placed
under $1,000 bonds to await trial, are still
IN Omaha and assert their determination
20 proceed with the case. The men pro-
cured employment the day Of the court
episode last week and have been steadily
at work since.
Car Builders Turned Away.
TIL interest manifested over the Burt af-
fair is uppermost among the strike partici-
pants, but the situation at the Omaha shops
Is commanding a great deal Of attention
from both sides. Yesterday was the day set
for the return Of the car builders who had
struck, surrendered and applied for read
mission to the shops. Considerable disap-
pointment was manifest when about sixty
i've Of the men we're teurned aside yesterday
morning and told that there was no work
for them. 1t is understood that the entire
number made application to be taken back.
The officials stated that about 12O we're thus
accommodated. The statement given out at
Union Pacific headquarters was this:
"There was not enough work on hand to
employ the full number Of car men, and
some we're necessarily refused work, but
told that they would be taken back when
the work in the shops would justify it or
their services we're required. When the
car builders struck we had a great deal Of
important work that had accumulated. and
rs this had TO be finished we sent to Chi
cago, for OF course we had no way of know
ing what the strike would amount to. We
were not called upon to await the pleasure
Of these men to return, for they had struck
without any cause. We had to have this
work done, and now the men will have to
take the consequences."
leaders Left I'm Cold.
While the officials hela cut the impress
sion that the only reason why all the car
men were not taken back is the lack OF
work, strike leaders assert hat incl
dentally those turned aside happen to in
clude the leaders or the carbuilders who
were foremost in bringing about the strike.
Another element Of interest at the Union
Pacific shops is the situation with refer
ence to the workmen on the new building
The company appears not to be completely
at the mercy Of the allied unions who struck
last week on the alleged grounds that
three carpenters were employed by the
company. A new force of men was at worl
yesterday on the buildings and the officials
express satisfaction with the progress they
are making. John N. Baldwin made this
statement for the company:
I'VE have a good force of men at work or
the new buildings. These men are UnioI
Pacific employees. We do not ask whether
they are union or nonunion men. They are
good mechanics. They are ready and will
ing to work. That is all we care about
They may all be union or they may all bC
nonunion men; we don't know or care"
Berry Makes Statement.
Chief Engineer Berry said:
"We have had no further word or mes
sage from the Building Trades council.
under whose direction the men who strucl
are acting. We made them a statement
when called on for one within two hour
and we made a definite. pointed state
ment which could admit of but one con
struction. That was last week. severa
days ago, and we have not heard a wort
from them since. We are not particular!
concerned about hearing from them, 70,