Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-29
MACHINISTS' BOARD MEETING
Will Be Held in Washington to Consider
Union Pacific Trouble.
TO PROVIDE AID FOR THE STRIKERS
Local Financial Board Meets with
sAccess in Its work and No seri-
Gus shortage OF Funds
Is anticipated.

Leaders Of the Union Pacific strike have
been advised OF a special meeting Of the
general executive board of the Interna-
tionsl Association Of Machinists to con-
vene today in Washington, d.. c., chiefly for
consideration of the interests OF the ma
chinists engaged in the struggle here. FL
nancial and other important matters in
cident to the strike will be dealt with.
Some new policies as to the conduct of the
machinists' end of the fight possibly will
be decided on.
This board is composed Of FIVE members,
together with President James O'Connell
Of the order. who is chairman ex-oficio.
1t has supreme Jurisdiction over all labor
troubles affecting the members Of the or
der and within it's province lies the func-
tion of providing ways and means for
financial support. The funds originally ap-
propriated by the general board for this
strike here have been exhausted, and while
the constitution Of the order does not pro-
vide for additional payments from the
treasury, the general executive board can
authorize additional funds, and, according
to Vice Presidents Conlon and Mulberry,
will do so in this case. "Our order never
shuts down on money so long as there Is
a strike on said Mr.. Mulberry. w have
ample funds and they will be generously
but judiciously distributed for the aid Of
the machinists engAged in the struggle
with Mr.. Burt"
The strikers say they are not stinted in
financial resources and have not been, but
1t requires diligent work to keep from
being. The federated board, composed Of
representatives from the blacksmiths,
boilermakers and machinists, which is TAX
ing care Of the local end Of the money fight,
has received up to date 5000. All but
81, 600 OF this amount has been obtained
from Omaha unions and friends Of the
strikers. Sixty unions have made contribu-
tions. Most of them make contingent dona-
tions.
Conditions Are Encouraging.
Aside from this $4,000, greater support
has been received through a system of
soliciting from unions In other cities and
states. The present financial status, while
not sufficient to justify anything but the
most persistent efforts, is said to be very
encouraging. The strikers say their con-
dltions, as a rule, are such as to warrant
them in proceeding with a longer siege,
even though it may extend through the
winter.
There will always be one recourse left
u.s." said a prominent striker yesterday.
II any u US IL We II htlu6 CIONuVu W
the wall for the lack of money we can go
somewhere and go to work. There is
abundant work for us all and we can get it
any day we want to-"
An agent from the 500 road arrived in
the city yesterday to get eight machinists
and five boilermakers to go to work for
the Lowry company at Minneapolis. He
offers 81 cents an hour, whereas the sam
shops, two years ago, paid but 25 cents an
hour. The agent informs strikers that his
company has been unable to get the char
acter of mechanics 1t wanted In other cities
where no strike is in progress, notwith-
standing the fact that scores of men are
being imported from various points by the
Union Pacific ae strike breakers. 1t is
probable the 500 man will get his order
filled here, as there are machinists and
boilermakers who are willing to go and can
be spared by their comrades.