Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-14
STRIKERS LOOK FOR TERMS
NO CONFIRMATION FROM HEADQUARTERS
Gensrai Manager Dicklnson = , No
New Move A. Pending ana At
fairs Are "Runnins
Along Smoothly

Union Pacific strikers profess 70 be look
ing for some negotiations OF settlement from
the company, possibly the last Of this week.
possibly not until next week. but at any
rate within a week.
The company must call the strike on
and get It's shops into operation. The time
las come for action and II is up to the
Union Pacihc to take the lead" said Vice
President Wilson yesterday. II con-
soientiously believe plans for an advance OF
terms are being shaped by President Burt
and HIS associates and that we viii be
given a conferences very soon"
No confirmation Of this report. theory or
belief Is possible from the oehciaI sources
Of the Union Pacific. General Manager
Dickinson was asked yesterday Il there
we're any new plans under consider
alton and said there were not. There is
nothing new in the Developments that I
know Of; everything Is running along
smoothly" was his statement
Tho strikers base their theories upon al
legged deficiency in the motive power Of the
road. which they declare IL becoming more
serious each day and which the company
cannot survive much longer.
Yesterday Superintendent Of Trans
portation Buckingham. Division superin-
tendent Baxter. James Turtle. general fore
man at the Omaha shops, and r. L. Hunt
ley, principal assistant engineer, left for
the west to make oficial Investigations and
Inspections Of the system and the condition
OF affairs. Mr.. Baxter and Mr.. Buckingham
have spent q great deal Of time during the
last few weeks out on the road, as has also
superintendent Of Motive Power McKeen,
yer now.
Claim oRers Are Made.
Strike leaders claim that the Union Pa
cihc has made tempting offers TO several
former shopmen during the past few days
to accept positions as inspectors In the
shops. Il is said that salaries ranging
from 500 to $50 a month have been ad-
vanced, but rejected by the men, who avow
their intention Of remaining on a strike
until the fight is settled ana all are back
to work.
Considerable interest has conferred around
sixteen handy men in the roundhouse at
Council Bluffs. These men manifested a
desire and intention Of quitting their places
and Joining the strikers. They are union
men and the strikers are opposed to their
coming out, ss II would increase the hnan-
ciaI obligations OF the organizations to
which they belong without adding any re-
sources or aitording any material strength
I'VE can win better with these men at
work." said vice President Wilson, "and
for that reason they have been induced to
stay with their places until there is some
indication that err services as strikers
are needed"
Tn company yesterday morning imported
twenty-five more nonunion men from the
east into the Omaha shops. Strikers claim
that some of the recruits deserted upon their
arrival.
A eommotion which produced considers
bic amusement occurred at the local shop
yards Tuesday night. It Is said plans had
been laid to give the workmen In the shopa
In evening of vaudeville entertainment and
to this end a set Of musicians and funny
men was sent down. Strikers on picket
were quick to discover them as they at
tempted to enter the yards. howeves. ana
the plans there and then were frustrated.
the vaudeville show turned aside and the
nonunion men, who had gathered in groups
about the gates awaiting the stage people,
disappointed.
The strikers offered no violence. but pre-
vented the banjo and tambourine artists
from entering the gates and the newcomers.
who evidently were not aware OF the picket
line. seemed perfectly satisfied to cancel
their engagement under the circumstances.
but there were unmistakable manifestation
Of disgust and disapprovsl within.