Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-07

to refrain from violence ana men
! ! accept the advice.
Some freight moved: small J
amount compared with normal !
times.
Horseshoers and freight hand !
! lers Join the ranks of the strik- !
ers.
Freight package handlers also
quit when nounion drivers start
work.
The restaurant men are still at !
sea and say they have not de-
] cided when or how they will re-
| open their places.
The coal dealers intimate they
will follow the lead of the trans !
| fer companies and apply for an
Injunction.
| Ossss-se-s-e-s-s-s-S-s
houses would go out, and fifty men departed
from the Union Pacific house and about the
same number from the b. & NJ, leaving,
one-fourth the regular force at work. AS
a matter OF fact nearly every union freight
handler in the railway sheds quit work last
night and did not show up this morning
in pursuance to orders from the officers of
the local union OF Longshoremen As the
business has been growing less at the
| freight houses since the strike set in the
union men have been dropped by the
managers, with view OF having only nom
union men in the houses when the strike
began Consequently this morning there
was not anything like the full force OF union
men at work.
Every horseshoer in the city quit work
at noon on a strike In sympathy with the
teamsters. The total number OF men OF this
craft in the union is about seventy-hve.
tha ghNla IL a
trict the package freight handlers declined
to work as soop as uonunon teamsters un-
loaded goods or took them from the places
where they worked. An estimate Of the
number that went out can not be made, as
II Is growing constantly.
JRrdine and johnson as Drivers.
The transportation firms that sought to
break the strike are the Omaha Mer-
chants Express and Transfer company. the
Johnson Brothers Transfer company and
the Busch concern. The first named had
eight wagons in operation, johnson Broth
ers four and the Busch people about half
a dozen. W. S. Jardine. president of the
Merchants company, drove one of his own
wagons ana other meubers of the ,irm and
foremen handled the others. The johnson
brothers each mounted a wagon, while the
Busch teams were driven by men closely
allied to the company. In no case was any
violence offered, but the epithet ''scab" was
hurled many times, the drivers grinning
back dehantly, but saying nothing. Mean
while their pictures on the wagons were
being taken by l.. V. Guye who was in a
buggy drawn by a fast horse with Business
Agent Crews of the teamsters.
When Jardine's personal wagon depos-
tied load Of butter and eggs on the plat
form Of the Omaha Cold Storage company
at Eleventh and Jackson streets great
crowds lined the viaduct and sidewalks and
jeered the proceeding. Then the egg and
butter handlers and the freight handlers
in the house about twenty all told, de-
clare ed their intention Of quitting. They
were pacihed and induced to stay, however
by assurances from the management that
no more goods would be received from
J nonunion wagons.
II was at Eleventh and jackson streets
where the spectacular part OF the events
of the morning took place. This intersec-
} tion is kind OF gateway into the jobbinl
. district from both freight houses and
) nearly every team In use passed through
1t. The crowds massed here hundreds
; strong and several times grew demonstra.
J tive, but INDUCED In no acts OF violence
Police Handle Crowds Nicely.
Policemen we're to be seen everywhere
They were stationed on corners, at the
alleys and before large wholesale houses
Squads OF six In charge OF sergeants pa.
trolled the entire district and the freight
houses were surrounded by them at al
times. Not once did they have to menac,
or threaten the crowd so good was tn,
behavior OF the strikers and their friends.
Chief Donahue in full uniform and will
his star walked the principal streets Of tn,
business district a good part OF the morn
ing. He was congratulated many times b,
citizens upon the course he had taken fl
n the strike He personally saw to It tha
every policeman was lined up at the polic
station early yesterday and made al
address 10 them. The chief told his mel
4 that trouble could be prevented in tn
n strike by them II they merely acted hon
estly, sincerely and used their heads. HI
$ pointed out that a serious condition hai
s presented itself and told the men hatI
d that II they did not do their duty charge
would be preferred against them, and the
would likely be removed from the force
Then he explained an ingenious system 10
patrolling the streets down town and mass
9 ing the men at a moments notice
II want to show the people that the DO
= lice are able to handle this affair" sal
the chief II asked the men to prove tina
: the militia or federal troops are not nee
u essary. ! am convinced that the leader
9 in the unions are doing all they can t
u help me preserve peace and good orde
8 and their position cannot be commended to
IS highly. Their conduct so far has been mos
& satisfactory"
II Freight Agents Confident.
4 Agents at the freight houses scoute
the idea that they could not han
: die the goods in and out. They said tina
= as long as there are teams 10 move N
. stun enough men would stay in the house
&c to handle the freight. The men who al
stay, however. were not enthusiastic an
d there was talk OF mass meeting this az.
e ernoon or tonight to unionize all not al
a. ready in the fold.
a Business Mems Circular.
It Representatives OF the Business Men
le association distributed this circular lette
k written by mimeograph, to men in II
l., freight houses, wholesale houses and
"A fact, wherever they remained at wor
stating that the Omaha newspapers had z,
; fused to publish Il. though President Roos'
!. ! welt had asked them To do so;
Business Mems association fully endDrs
and stand for the principles set forth