Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-20
ORGANIZE FINANCIAL BOARD
Union Pacific Strikers Devise New Method
fer Handling Funds.
PREPARE FOR ALL WINTERS CONTEST
Circular Letters Setting Forth Merits
of strike and Appealing for
, Aid Being sent to All
LabOr Unions.

Union Pacific strikers have devised a new
method for the collection and distribution
OF funds. As the fight with the company
proceeds this work is gradually settling
down to systematic routine. Convinced
that their struggle will at least last
through the winter. the strikers are en-
deavoring to adopt none but endurable and
practical plans for conducting their al
fairs. To this end a new Joint board or
financial directors has been organized,
with one member from each the machinists,
blacksmiths and boiler makers. District
Secretary Samuel Grace of the machinists
becomes chairman of this board. whose
functions are to solicit aid from organized
labor throughout the country and dis
tribute this aid to all strikers over the
Union Pacific system.
Heretofore this work has been committed
largely to the separate unions In the Varl-
Gus places along the road, but this method
has not proven entirely satisfactory. These
individual lodges collected and apportioned
what money they could. but without any
definite and regular system their work has
necessarily been deficient. For the Omaha
strikers a federated board of representa-
tives, composed Of the various crafts in
volved in the strike, has taken care Of the
financial work to a large extent and its
efforts have been highly successful. But
It is only a local body. which, however, will
be continued in service in connection with
the new agencies being employed.
Yesterday morning circular letters were
sent out by the new allied board of fnan-
cial directors to every organized labor
union In the United States. setting forth
the merits OF the strike here and appeal
ing for help. Former appeals Of this kind
have been generously met and large re-
suits are expected from this general APP
peal.
Injunction Helps strikers.
Strikers still contend that the Baldwin
injunction is working TO their advantage In
displaeing large numbers OF nonunion work
men. In the morning bulletin sent out &c
strikers over the Union Pacific the state
ment Is made that there have been about
seventy-hve men leave the shops within ths
last three days Nineteen of this numbeI
are said to have left Thursday. But while
these seventy-hve have left, many have
been sent In TO take their places. OF the
ffty-eight men employed in Buffalo and
New York forty-twO are said 10 have ar
rived Thursday and gone into the shops
The men In charge of the clerical worl
for the strikers stil complain OF trouble II
getting their mail from the west. Up tC
noon Friday none OF the morning delivery
which usually amounts TO a number OF let
tiers. had come in. From the first Of the
strike II has been the plan for each lodg'
Slong the road to make daily reports t.
head Onieers in Omaha.
Word has been received from Vice Pres.
ident Wilson, who left here 70 aid In ad'
1usting the troubles of the maehinistI
on the Northern Pacific railroad a
Livingston, Mont. that all diner-
snces have been satisfactorily settled snt
that he Is now on his way to Pocatello
Idaho. from which place he will start east
Stopping at each Union Pacific shop tow
along the road. His object is 20 be II
Omaha BY September rs, when the hearing