Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-22
SETTLING WITH EMPLOYEES
Several Firms and Their Men Reach an
Agreement Yesterday.
MORE ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW TODAY
Proprietor of the CaIumet Restaurant
Discharges His NOnuniOn Help
as Incompetent and Again
Closes Up.

Closes UP. ...
Thursday was an eventful day in the
progress OF the strike. Several firms set
tied with strikers, teamsters and walters,
and the outcome gave warrant for the be-
lief that disintegration Of the discordant
elements has at last set in. The strikers
came out of the day feeling much en-
couraged. More settlements are antici-
pated today and the end OF the strike IL
thought to be rot far distant.
A matter of considerable import was
brought out at the Injunction inquiry yes
terday afternoon being conducted by ]. o.
Yeiser, attorney for the walters, and T. J.
Mahoney, attorney for the Business Mems
association. Yeiser asked the question Of
Euclid Martin. president of the Business
Mems association:
III the unions concede all the cardinal
points of the Business Mems association
would you then recognize them and sign
contracts with them as unions OF would
you insist on dealing with them as in
dividuals7'
80 far as L am personally concerned
I would not sign any contracts with them
as unions. but would insist on dealing with
them as individuals" was Mr.. Martins
reply. t-t. 81
At this hearing E. B. Branch, secretary
of the Business Mems association, refused
to produce the books of the association In
response to Mr.. Yeiser's request He gave
as his reason for not doing so that the
books had been turned over to T. J.
Mahoney, attorney for the association, and
that Mahoney was in court and could not
be reached. Yeiser then moved that Branch
be committed for contempt in failing TO
produce the books and c. c. Valentine, the
notary before whom the Inquiry Is being
held, took the motion under advisement and
probably will act on II today.
w. s. Jardlne of the Omaha Merchants
Express & Transfer company was on the
stand, but testified to nothing of par
ticular Importance.
The hotel and restaurant owners held a
secret meeting late yesterday afternoon,
but would give out nothing for publica-
| ton. Several of the members of the as
sociatiou said that no changes In their af-
| fairs had been made OF planned as a re-
| suit of this meeting Rumor was cur
| rent that a proposition was made to Toll
| Hanson of the Calumet to lease his
restaurant, but this rurnor was not con-
| hrmed. &C. .t.
The teamsters, who had already adjusted
| matters with the Bennett. Company and
Hayden Bros and sent their men back to
work at these two places have made ami
cable terms with the Sheridan Coal COM
pany and ordered their teamsters to return
to work there The Boston Store, which
| has from the beginning Of the strike occu-
| pied neutral position and been on friendly
relations with the team drivers, have put
a union man to work, The Boston Store
does not operate its own teams, but prior
to the strike did it's teaming through one
Of the large transfer companies.
The teamsters have secured a settlement
from Guiou & Ledwich, lumber dealers al
1924 North Eighteenth street A verba
agreement as to the union demands was ac'
koepted with this firm, as with the Others
with whom settlements have been made
/ The union drivers wVl return to work al
once for Guiou & LsAwich.
| The teamsters, having formed a transfer
company Of their own, have arranged al
ready TO operate about seventy-fve team
and will increase the number as business
warrants. President Crews of the unior
has been busy making contracts will
various firms and said that conditions thu
far suggest good results. Eight team
were sent out yesterday morning to d.
heavy transfer hauling.
Advices reached teamsters' headquarten
men had been employed there by the trans
fer companies of Omaha and were beinl
shipped out
Discharges NOnuniOn Walters.
The walters situation presents some in
teresting features The Calumet the larg
est restaurant in the city. discharged u
forty cclored men and again closed 1t
doors yesterday. The colored nonunioi
II
Hanson, proprietor of the Calumet, said;
II could not run my business with thes
fellows, for they were incompetent. The.
were not walters; the most Of them wer
: pcrters. must have a large and compe
tent force to conduct my business Whe
in full operation have fifty-one hired me
In my place. This of course includes wait
ers. cooks, dish washers and helpers.
have had no conference or negotiations o
any sort with the union men,"
The One Minute, Schlitz and Merchants
three of the large Restaurants, are no
closed, as was reported by local paper a
noon, but are still in operation and thei
managers informed a reporter for The BE
that no negotiations were on with tn
restaurant workers and that It was not in
tended to close the places c. E. Har-
business agent Of the Walters union. cor
|, | urIneo tnls ldtteT statement.
Up TO date the restaurants that hav
come to terms with the Restaurant Work
ers union and been reopened with unio
help are: Dellone. Fourteenth and CapitS
avenue; Barker hotel, Thirteenth an
Jones; Climax. S07 North Sixteenth Der
yer. 606 North SIXTEENTH; Blue Front. q
South Eleventh; Schlitz No. 2. III Sout
Fourteenth Schlank's 3lO South Tenth
Chicago 1211 Douglas; United States, IS
Dodge; Model. 1909 Howard; Commercial
, Thirteenth and Harvey streets
Business Agent Douglas OF the Bartenc
ers' union said yesterday that no furtht
changes had developed In the situation b,
tween the owners and employees OF salooh
but that a conference OF representative
. of the retail liquor dealers and the bal
tenders would be held in the afternoon
The scale presented by the bartenders is
take effect June /. The hope is entertaine
, that trouble win be avoided.
. The laundry workers still are unchanRe
In their relations with their former en-
> ployers. Both union and nonunion laundri,
are running along without any apparer
trouble. The laundry workers expect a
} International officer here Friday.
strikers in Police Court.
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