Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-19
friends posted, but these men seem Il
be doing Just the opposite"
New Men Come First.

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be doing Just the opposite
New Men Come First.
An ofhciAi was asked what course would
be pursued II the strike was settled within
a short time and the old men agreed 3
return to work. would the nonunion men
who have come to help the company out
Of the pinch be retained. or would they
be discharged TO make room for the ole
~sbopmen7 He said:
''when we hired them we promised these
men steady employment Just as long ss
they wanted Il and we're satisfactory, ans
we could not and would not go back on
this promise. No, cir, we are not In a
position to say that we could o1er our
old men work II they should agree to re-
turn. The new men come first now"
A letter was received at headquarters
yesterday from the executive committee OF
the car builders assuring the officials that
the carmen have dropped all thought OF
dissatisfaction and are back at work In
every shop on the system. A meeting Of
Mr.. McKeen and members Of the garments
committee was held Wednesday at North
Platte, at which the last vestige OF trouble
was wiped out. One feature OF the new
agreement between the carmen and the
company which has not been published Is
Nnat Wherever n car Duilubi 70 BVNNihs
more for his work than the new schedule
provides his pay shall not be reduced to
conform with the new schedule.
violence is Threatened.
II wac reported yesterday that when the
last squad OF nonunion men we're being es-
corted by Union Pacific guards into the
yards Thursday evening pickets from the
strikers ranks threatened TO assault them
and that one of the guards In resisting the
threatened attack drew his revolver as IL to
shoot. The strikers, It is said, persuaded
him to put up his PISTOL and serious trouble
was averted. -Four Of the nonunion men,
however, followed the strikers on later.
William Canada. chief OF the secret ser
vice for the Union Pacific made this state
ment yesterday regarding this affair;
ut is not true that any guard drew his
pistol. l was at the head of the guards and
/ did not see anyone take his pistol out OF
his pocket. and they all told me they did
not. OF course l could not see all tina
went on in the rear, but l believe the men
told me the truth. One Of them did admit
that he reached under his coat to get a billy
but says he did not draw his pistol
'It is our aim to avoid any trouble and
we do not propose to take the initiative al
any time. The strikers may have thought
the guard who reached under his coat wal
drawing his revolver, but l think they were
mistaken In saying that he actually did pro.
luce a pistol"
Several Of the strikers declare they could
not have been mistaken about the pistol
which they profess to have gated in the
"muzsle."
strikers viii Celebrate.
Machlnists, blacksmlths and b~oilermakeri
held q joint meeting yesterday at Labol
Temple and decided to engage the first pub.
lie Demonstration of their strike July 20
Every organized labor man In Omaha will
be asked to join In this demonstration
which will consist Of q street parade. Ban
ners bearing inscriptions OF strikers mot
toes and various other such means will b,
employed to display the spirit Of the strik
era. On the day following the strikers will
select two base ball teams from their rank
and q game will be played on some ioca
diamond.
s. II. Grace, executive committeeman To-
the maohinists, has received numerous offer
from local machinists lodges in Kansas an
Nebraska rendering financial support to tn
strikers. These offers have come unsolie
tied, Mr.. Grace sass. TIE grand lodge ha
not thus far made financial provision TO
ntiRtI0 WuOfuA0 Oh a btEthge4 VIZ buC1G "
untary contributions win be applied In thi
direction until the grand lodge takes actiol
upon the matter, which will be done befor
long, It is said. "a
An Official said that the blacksmiths q
North Platte had been laboring under tn
impression that they were the only ~one
on the system at work and to disprov
this to them the Union Pacific sent a dele
cation from the North Platte shops t
Cheyenne and Evanston, where the mel
could see for themselves that they wer
not alone In remaining In the employ o
the company.
This satisfied them" he said. land nov
everything Is running along smooth,
there"
Three men were employed in omahi
Thursday and sent by the Union Pacific Il
Cheyenne to go to work in the shops there
Others were employed and sent to othe
places on the road. These men are said Il
be skilled .workmen.
oficials this morning said positively tina
there was no proposition or negotiations 70
q settlement Of the strike pending between
the men and the company and that so IA
as the company was concerned none was II
contempiation%
A carload Of .~nonunion men will arriv'
some time today from the Twin Cities Il
so to work for the Union Pacific. They ar,
expected In this morning on the North
western train, which arrives at $40. Thu
strikers say they will give them a warn
welcome. They intend to be at the depo
when the Minnesotans get IN.