Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-20

any other shop. He says all these men are
accounted for by checking them up in allot-
ting their strike benefits and that II any
had gone he would become aware Of 1t In
this way. This statement is made by Mr..
Grace In contradiction Of a statement from
Union Pacific headquarters that several
union men have applied for work and been
sent out to other shops and more will be
sent.
Hoboa Are BothersOme
Strikers are beginning to feel the neces-
sity Of guarding against imposters from
the knights of Rest" fraternity. OF late
gentlemen of leisure have drifted into the
city somewhat numerously and found their
way to Labor Temple, where they repre-
sent themselves as mechanics and seek aims
Of the strikers and in many cases get 1t.
Saturday morning during a meeting at
Labor Temple a stranger carrying his bag
gage In a small knapsack sauntered into
the hall and stood in the rear for some
time until asked to step forward and iden-
tify himself. He took a position in front,
but refused to disclose his identity. The
strikers became suspicious and as some
Of them claimed to have seen the gentle
man at the shops recently his election was
decided upon. Later he was taken into Gus
lOug anu 40 now dI buc pOllCS bldtlOus
There he gave his name as w. II. Living.
ston. 1t is not believed that the man had
any mission in the hall other than to in
g~ratiate himself into the good graces nf
the strikers, although a different motive
has been assigned to him by som of the
strikers, who intimated that he had been
sent to obtain information.
Forty New workmen.
Forty men, the largest single inporta-
tion Of nonunion workmen made by the
Union Pacific into Omaha since the strike
began, arrived yesterday morning from st.
Paul and Minneapolis. They were brought
across the Missouri river bridge on a reg
ular passenger train from the north and
sent down into the yards to the shops by
means of a switch engine without being
molested. Strikers. however. had antici-
pated this movement and had pickets in the
yards to prevent the men II possible from
going in. The car was under the protec-
ton Of railroad guards and reached It's
destination In safety. with all It's crew
aboard. ,au.
Strikers assert that the company's rec
ords showing forty men on this train are
Incorrect and that just half this number
came in. Furthermore the strikers say
that ten Of those who have been at work
in the shops left Saturday and Joined
the union forces. s.. H. Grace, the ma
chinists' leader, received a letter yesterday
from Denver saying one ~onunlon man has
cast in his lot with the strikers there. He
also says that a delegate from the union
at Armstrong has been. dispatched to Ellis
and other Kansas towns with a view OF
breaking the ranks of the men at work in
the various shops. of1cials of the COM
pany say the force at Armstrong being
complete and matters having settled down
to a normal basis. the company has re-
leased it's force Of guards there.
An official Of the road says that numer-
Gus Omaha strikers have applied for worl
in other towns on the system during the
last few days and that several were sent
out and more may be thus accommodated
This is regarded as a significant break In
the union ranks. The strikers refuse e
admit that any of their number here havt
gone to work in Omaha or other places
} and, more than that. that none will until
all do.