Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-02

have no objections to granting the demands
Of the nod carriers.
The teamsters' strike has had the effect
OF putting a stop to all teaming OF the
numerous transfer companies, except those
which have signed the scale. II likewise
has penetrated the wholesale districts and
sent the teams OF the wholesalers back TO
the barns, has put the packers out Of the
running for the present and made 1t neces-
sary fol the butchers to haul their own
meat from the packing houses or 20 with
out, and last. but certainly not least, II
has tied up all the coal companies In the
city, save the lone one that signed the
agreement. This cut quite a figure, despite
the fact that winter has begun to break
and signs OF spring are appreciably visible.
A tremendous rush for coal came on all
sides the day before the strike began, and
even yet, with the coal dealers helpless,
wholly unable to deliver the goods they
ars harrassed by eager patrons. With the
congestion Of the transfer companies the
department stores who teamed" through
these companies and other smaller con-
Germs Of all descriptions and all over the
city are at sea. Then Benefits and Hay
den Brothers, who do their own teaming,
are forced to ~contrlve other means Of de-
livering their sales.
Must Do Something soon.
A member Of one OF the transfer firms
last night said regarding the situation:
1--WE are not yet seriously Inconvenience,
for we had our business pretty well up
when the pinch came, and therefore we
have taken no immediate action toward
reviving business, but we shall of course
be compelled to do something IL the strike
lasts. However, we shall wait until Mon
day at least, when II is probable all the
transfer men will get together and discuss
the situation and see what is best to be
done. OF course the interests that we serve
are SO numerous and SO diversified that 1t
will be impossible for us to allow matters
to stand still"
The coal dealers seem as undecided as
the transfer men. A representative OF the
coal dealers combine said last night;
I'VE are not prepared to make a state
ment' OF cur case. We have the entire SUD
feet under consideration and VIII be READY
10 act at the proper time. l may say tnat
you need look for nothing until the nrst 0.
the week. OF course we are all tled up anu
this state OF affairs cannot last. IL VIII
have 20 be remedied somehow. We DO not
care to discuss the strike or any OF the
conditions leading thereto
The teamsters met last night at their
headquarters, ia North Fifteenth street
and put in the evening solidifying thelr
body. A large number of men were In at
tendance throughout the night. The men
appear firm in their stand. Many OF them
are striking for the hrst time.
Recognition Main Thing.
II is a notable fact in(this entire strike
situation that recognition Of the union Is
the prime element. If the teamsters could
secure that they.would practically gain all
they are after. Their proposition is ar
ranged so as TO take In q demand for
shorter limits, change In the rules OF using
chutes, regulation in driving their teams
and. OF course, the increase of wages. which
IL the important question outside OF the one
essential point Of recognition. The restau'
rant men, II accorded Q due recognition o.
their union and six days per week. would
have no further cause for grievance. Tit
carpenters want a simple advance OF pay
from 20 to 80 cents an hour and the leathei
workers want reduced hours, with slight In
creases. The hod carriers when the!
struck March 10, went after more money
Blu in the main the fight hinges on tn
union proposition and union men asser
that n they lose the fight II will be a dis
tinct triumph OF the Business Mems asso
citation and the influences back Of II owe
organised labor that will be fatally fel
throughout the country. They regard tn
present as one OF the most supreme test
OF unionism that has ever been made.
The fight between the restaurant worker
and their employers is OF such a wide scop
as to enlist the interest OF many thousand
Of people who are compelled to depend OIL