Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-20
STRIKERS WILL NOT YIELD
B~oilsrmaksrs Are Firm and Say Union
Pacific Must First Offer Terms.
COMPANY MAKES NO ADVANCES TO MEN
Tieup f. Complete and Places Not
Being FILLED and Machinists' Dis
s~atirfaction Make More Seri-
Gus Trouble Imminent.

The strike Of the Union Pacific boilermak-
Crs which began Wednesday is still on and
there is absolutely no indication now Of a
settlement. The men affirm their deter
mination TO maintain their original de-
mands for an increase in wages and ap-
p~arsntly the company is equally as infeX-
ible. The strike is complete over the en-
tire Union Pacific system. The last shop
to close was that at Evanston, Wyo., whose
men went out yesterday instead Of
Wednesday when the others struck. This
was due to a misinterpretation Of the tele-
graphic message sent them from the head
quarters in Omaha
The local boilermakers met last night
in the rooms over the Jacksonian club st
1915 Fsrnsm street President Kennedy
stated after the meeting that the situation
was practically unchanged; that the union
had not heard a word from Union Pacific
officials during the day and that the strik-
ers were not advancing any terms. The at
titude Of the boilermakers is to look after
their own interests and to let all the over
lures for peace come from the company.
They assert that they exhausted their re-
sources before the strike was declared in
an effort to effect terms with the company
whereby a strike could have been prevented
and that falling in this they now have no
terms to make and will simply let matters
snaps themselves.
Confident of success.
There is an evident air Of confidence in
the attitude Of the strikers. In the first
place they are prepared financially for a
long struggle il that is necessary. Their
action is Endorsed by their supreme author
itiess. Victories Of the union in other parts
Of the country inspire them. Their places
at the shops have not been filled and appsr-
emily there is no movement to I'll them.
They know that the work OF the boiler
maker is practically indispensable and that
the roads interests cannot long survive
complete idleness in this department. En-
gines must be kept in repair or trafic will
be seriously affected and engines cannot be
properly and safely looked after, they say.
without the boilermakers. An engine can
not leave the shops, they declare. without
first passing under their labor. This sug-
gests another phase Of the case. The work
Of the machinists is null without the boiler
maker and, therefore, if the idleness Of the
boilermaker continues any length of time
the machinists will be forced to lay of as
a natural consequence.
MachInists' strike Imminent.
But the maChlnlsts may not wait TO be
crowded out by any such contingency. They
are still demanding an increase in their
scale and, while no formal proposition has
been submitted by them TO the company,
their affairs are in a vary unsettled state.
II would not surprise the boilermakers II
the machinists should go out today or to-
morrow. Matters are approaching a cru
cial point and some vital developments are
inevitable within a few days. Naturally
the boilermakers would be strengthened
in their cause by the strike Of the ma
chlnists.
At the Union Pacific headquarters yes
terdsy the officials stated that they had
not held a conference during the day with
no terms Of settlement being considered BY
them and that so far as they were aware
the strike situation was the same as OF
Wednesday. They eouA give no statement
as to the plans for filling the places Of
the strikers If the tieup lasted long. Gen.
ersl Manager Dickinson was out Of the
city yesterday.
BOilermakers Are Out.
KANSAS CITY, June I9.-Thirteen boiler.
makers employed in the Union Pacific shops
in Kansas City, Kan, struck today, asking
an increase in pay Of from 80 TO 80 cents
an hour.
Joseph Roberts, master mechanic at the
shops, said that as far as he knew his
men had no particular grievance, but thst
the strike was probably out Of sympRth!
for the men at Omaha and Cheyenne.