Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-18
NONUNION MEN LEAVE SHOPS
Guards Out Trying TO Round Up = Large
Liberty Party"
INJUNCTION WORKS IN TWO WAYS
DanEer Of interference from striker
Being Removed Dissatisfied Work.
ers Take Occasion TO De-
sert the Company.

The Union Pacihc's injunction which
Judge Mcpherson Of Iowa issued at the be-
hest OF Attorney John n. Baldwin against
the strikers is working with a reflex ac-
ton. While II has had some effect in con-
hrming the conservative policy promulgated
by the leaders of the strike, 1t has imposed
a hardship upon the company in causing a
serious detection among the nonunion
forces in the Omaha shops. A large number
Of these men left the shops yesterday morn
! ing. some reports say forty, as an indirect
result of this injunction. This will con-
tlnue the necessity Of hiring more men to
keep I'D the quota in the shops.
One of the men who left the shops said
since we heard OF the injunction being is
sued we have felt q greater security In
leaving the works. We naturally sup
posed that IL there was any daSger OF vio-
lence at the hands Of the strikers, this
restraining order would have a tendency to
suppress that and enable us to get out OF
the shops and the city. II we desired, with
out being molested. AS a matter OF fact
there are a great many men in the shops
who sympathize with the strikers and would
have gladly left long before had they not
been led to believe that in doing so they
were taking a hazardous step"
The desertions have caused considerable
excitement at the shops. The men lett,
supposedly to spend a few hours over In
the city and return. but they failed to re-
turn and guards we're detailed to search
for them.
Lesson of the Tragedy.
Strike leaders have been taught a valu-
able lesson by the tragedy of Sunday morn
ing. While the responsibility for the muir
der Of Earl Caldwell has not been laid at
the door of any striker, the fact that IL
was committed on the picket lines and that
several strikers we're witnesses to 1t, one
and perhaps another being incidentally in
volved in the general fight out of which
the tragedy arose, has had a temportzing
influence. The picket forces have been
thoroughly reorganized and from now on
this work will be conducted with better
system and more precaution than before.
1t will be the purpose to place men Of tried
Judgment and character in charge of the
pickets and dispense with minors for this
work.
AS has been stated on previous occa-
sions Mike Spellman, one of the men
whom Mordica w. Ball charges as his as
s~ailants, on the fatal night, was lieutenant
Of a squad Of pickets and wac specifically
charged with responsibility for the conduct
Of the men under him. The fact that SPELL
man neglected his duty in this direction
and became a party to the assault Of which
he is accused, has brought upon him loud
and severe censure from the strikers and
confirmed the leaders in their determine
ton to select sober and reliable men for
these positions hereafter.
1t will be the purpose Of the strikers to
maintain their picket lines Just as they did
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and to prosecute this work with more vigil
insist on being within their rights in pur-
suing this course.
1.-THE men ought to be careful to obey
every order of the police and do, nothing
to court or incur trouble said Vice Pres
ident Conlon Of the machinists. w are
not looking for trouble. We want to con-
form with the law in all respects and will
discountenance its violation by any of our
men,"
Aid for the strikers.
Conlon and William Richilieu went L
Missouri Valley Tuesday night. where the!
held a meeting and secured a generous do
nation from a large and enthusiastic GROVE
OF ~workingmen. The big mass meeting in
Washington hall Monday night is consuming
time and interest here. The prime object o
the meeting is to expose the issues between
the Union Pacific and its men In their tru,
light. The principle Of injunctions will be
discussed and prominent citizens will be in
vited to participate In this debate. Vic,
Presidents Conlon. Mulberry and wilson o.
the international Association Of Machinists
John Mcneil, president Of the Internationa
Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, and r. B
Kerr, secretary OF the same organization
will speak. Harry McVea, president OF Cen
trail Labor union. will act as chairman Of
the meeting. Special invitations have beer
sent to the various commercial organiza-
lions of the city to have representatives Al
the meeting.
Jack McKenna. a Union Pacific machinist
who enjoys some local distinction as 6
comedian, is the victim Of an unfortunate
confusion in some quarters with the JACK
McKenna who was arrested in connection
with the Earl Caldwell murder. His
friends, who are numerous. are DESTROYS
that every effort should be made to dispe
this delusion. Jack McKenna, the ma
chinist. is perhaps as we'll known and popu'
lar a Union Pacific shopman as there is or
the system and enjoys an enviable reputa'
ton among all his fellows. AS has beer
stated in The Bee, he was not near the
tragedy Sunday morning and had nothing
whatever to do with IL.