Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
TO ORGANIZE THE RETAILERS
Form Protective Association Said TO Be
Friendly to Unions.
iUYE LAKES REPLY 10 SUNDERLAND
Chairman of Arbitration Committee
Challenges Assertion that Unions
Are Responsible for the
strikes Continuation.

Retailers Protective association is the
newest thing In the realm OF local labor
and Industrial organizations. Consisting
OF retail business men of Omaha, 1t sprang
into existence Friday night with a men,
bership of nifty as a sort OF rival to the
Business Mems association. II has a
friendly attitude toward organized labor.
Some Of it's members are members OF the
Business Mems association. AZ denne by
the association, it's cardinal principles are:
Self-protection to the retail dealer and
equality to organized labor.
The inception of this new organization
may be traced 10 a letter written by a
retail dealer OF the city to l.. v. Guye,
chairman of the Central Labor union arbi-
tration committee, some days ago. This
business man outlined a scheme for start
ing this sort of an association, saying:
Many of us retailers are in the Business
Mems association against our will. We
have found that it's interests and ours are
not altogether identical. Where the big
wholesaler, who is more interested in out
side trade and the employment Of labor
than we-where he is benefited by the
Business Mems association, we may not
be. We are natnrally allied with organized
labor. Its interests and ours must OF
necessity be common and so we feel that
as members of the Business Mems associa-
ton, which we do not seek to condemn, we
are between an upper and neither grind
stone and lending our assistance to the
injury Of our own interests.
Suggests Organization Plan.
My plan is for the members of the as
ISOLATION to cooperate in the presentation
of a statement to wholesalers that they
will deal with no firm that is not fair
with organized labor. l feel that such a
step on our part is necessary for the
preservation of our own business inter-
ests, aside from its being in line with our
sentiments. l think that we could count
on getting at least some wholesalers in
every line OF trade by this method"
Il promptly informed the gentleman that
we would not assume any responsibility
whatever In the organization of this ASSOC
~ciatlon," said Mr.. Guye, although person
ally thought the plan a good one"
Coal Dealers New Schedule.
This statement has been issued by the
Coal Dealers association:
The coal dealers of the city nave adopted
a new carriage schedule for the delivery Of
fuel, to take effect Monday, May Is. This
oSseo the seh sa ae' heTeto II SO IN e Il e. Last
year the Team Drivers union made the
and coal consumers were subjected to great
annoyance on account Of the arbitrary po-
sition taken by drivers with reference TO
these rules. The coal dealers hereafter pros
pose TO make their own rules. which will
enable team drivers to earn not only full
excess, provided they are Industrious and
work full time. The schedule will be made
the basis Of employment With each driver
strikes have been declared of there will be
no discrimination between union and nom
drivers shall deliver as directed all orders
entrusted TO them without regard to any
ana shall not be parties 10 any boycott or
sympathetic strike. The coal dealers be-
llsys that saa the M,l Sc TssTIt Il, rs m SsRshr0 mor 70 S s%-
inonious relations between coal dealers,
their employees and their customers.
Guye Answers Sunderland.
L. v. Guye, chairman of the Contra
Labor union arbitration committee. makes
this statement in reply to the published
statement of ], A.. Sunderland, chairman
Of the press committee of the Business
Mems association:
Mr.. Sunderland says organised labor
must be held responsible for a continuation
Of the strike. as 1t insists on two PROPOSE
tons which cannot be acceptable to the
Business Mems association. namely. the
boycott and sympathetic strike.
I'VE do not insist on these, but. on the
other hand, at our conference with the
business men and the governor, and In our
statement to the business men since. offered
to strike out these two provisions from our
proposed contract. At the conference with
the governor l asked Mr.. Mahoney, attor-
ney for the Business Mems association. this
question: II sections s and IL providing foS
the boycott and sympathetic strikes are
eliminated. will the employers then asree
TO our proposition7' His answer was: !
cannot say exactly. but I think not Later
in the conference 1 repeated the question
and Mr.. Mahoney replied that the employ.
ers would not thus agree.
Second Oner Declined
Now in our statement to the Business
Mems association the other day, proposing
another conference, we again offered tC
eliminate these clauses and concede thes'
points, but the association refused to agar
meet us in conference or join In any propo
sition for a settlement of the strike. With