Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-14

tinguished commission appointed by the
president OF the United states. which set
labor disputes and upon the declarations
of this commission the Business Mems as
No act Of the business men Will. ever
maxi II necessary to call for extra police
protection or for the militia. They are
committing no unlawful. acts. II any acts
Of violence or lawlessness are committed
during the present trouble they will In all
probability be committed by, the strikers
must, of course, bear the full responsibility
Of forcing the authorities to call for such
The business men are wholly on the de-
fensive. They intend in the future, as
they have done in the past to pay reason
their employees. No reasonable, demand for
wages, based on. higher cost OF living, will
e fsrc feRie he i IS is Sr f0 tSe labor a1sSor maj y
of the union. ~Remunerative wages are
better for the community in general and
when more money ls put into circulation
II finds its way back through legitimate
channels to their Golfers after having
served Its purpose as a circulating medium.
We are not trying to dictate to the labor
unions. The reverse. is true. The making
Of contracts is the Joint business of him
who sells and of him who buys-it takes
two to make a bargain. AS to the charge
that 1t is our purpose to disorganize union
toiler' to a condition Of dependence, we
reply that as a matter Of fact no one OF
US mas any INTENTION or any desire TO
reduce wages, but, on the contrary, we are
in favor OF living and profitable wages.
What more could organized labor lesiti-
we are all certainly entitled to work for
a living in n honorable way that we
h business mems organization has been
forced to take a stand to maintain the
business of the city. The issue has been
Let the thinking employees carefully con-
slider the situation. Let them, consider how
this trouble may end and what the results
reason that our business men win DO moth
Of or our aG e ehycA M das sSTeR th aSp sTsa a dsepsT
interest In the welfare Of the city h
the labor agitator can possibly have. for
prises. here and hence It is TO their In
terestgto stand by the wage-woEkers. 70 the
greatest ys s extent Tst RSysssl5iy on the principle
We appeal to the waeewcrkers to look
deeply into the situation. and to exercise
their duty IN the premises, and not TO per
NIT hot-headed walking delegates. to- mis-
lead them as, to the equities Of their case
To Enforce Court OrderI -
President H. E.. Wade and Business Agent
c. E. Hart of the Walters union conferred
with Attorney J. G. Yelser yesterday
and the trio decided the manner OF using
the order signed Tuesday by J0dge Dick.
inson, restraining member of The Business
Mems association from discriminating
against employers Of union labor. 80
In view of the fact that there are about
10 defendants named IN the cross com.
plant, service on all Of them would be 'ex.
pensive and perhaps unnecessary. Attor.
ney Yeiser says: "a~E STsf -
"AH that is necessary is hat they'havs
notice or knowledge of the order and Il
they have read the papers 1t is SUFFICIENT
However, we are having a number OF copie.
Of the order prepared and thus arming our.
selves for emergencies. Our plan Is to keeI
In touch with the whole situation and any
time We find a member of the association
hereafter inclined to doswhat the court hai
forbidden anyone to do We will have a dep
uty sherin sent to that man forthwith ant
a copy of the order SERVED on him. An(
under the present circumstances whatever
one m OF that association does. IL 4
be damaging, the whole association is re
sponsible for, provided. OF course. that hi
action is In pursuance OF the policy deter
mined upon by the association"
A Case I'm Point.