Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-13

union employees without notifying the ex-
ecutive committee Of the association.
The restaurant men. who had a side
meeting for discussion, after the general
meeting, maintain that they can get all
the help they want at any time by simply
touching the wire"
The associations next meeting is to be
Saturday night at the same place.
Quiet Day for Strikers.
Another quiet and uneventful day has
transpired in the progress Of the local
trik Little change can be observed.
The striking forces are maintaining their
picket lines and looking out for the general
details OF the affairs az usual. their head
quarters being as busy centers as ever. No
disturbances have occurred to mar the good
record that has been made thus far.
The issuance Monday Of the district court
injunction against the walters and allied
unionists has not become much OF a fea-
ture. President II. z. Wade Of the Walters
union says II r. not at all oppressive. as II
simply enjoins the men and women from
] violating the law, which they have not done
and do not intend doing. They are still
maintaining their picket work, keeping 100
feet instead Of sixty feet bach from the
various restaurants. as specified in the re-
straining order.
The importation OF ~nonunion forces has
not reached the proportions expected. The
restaurant men have not yet brought in
any and the transfer companies did not do
so yesterday. Those pilgrims landed
Sunday and Monday are being shipped out
OF the city as fast as the union teamsters
can get them out. The great majority de-
serted the transfer companies on their ar
rival.
Several more teams were at work yes
terday. All that. were on the streets
are moving as usual without any Interior
once, The Burlington freight depot has Sc
cured enough freight handlers to relieve
the congestion
More TroubIe-f for Meat Cutters.
Further complications have arisen in the
meat cutters AFFAIRS since the union meet
ing Monday night. The master butchers,
1t seems. have drawn up a scale which they
propose submitting to the union and the
union proposes not to submit to. Accord
ing to Local Secretary Bradford Of the
union this scale has caused three meat cut
ters at the George Hood shop at Twenty
fourth and Cunning to quit and may lead to
other walkouts. One OF the union men said
George Hood, who is president Of the Re-
tail Butchers association. presented the
scale to his men and said that it would be
uniformly presented throughout the city.
The three men at work there resented its
provisions and walked out. This was done
by Hood, notwithstanding hat he was one
OF the frat to sign our scale. We don't
think that the butchers win repudiate their
action in signing the union scale and
I scarcely look for the precedent at Hoods
, to stand, but II 1t does all the meat cutters
will act in unison"
watson Favors Arbitration,
3 On the horseshoers' situation W. A. Wat
. son Of 1H3 Harvey street. state organizer
r for the Master Horseshoers' National Pro
e ~tectiye association. makes this statement:
d Monday a meeting Of the committee
9 appointed by the master horseshoers to con-
: fer with Mr.. Rodney Kenneham, secretary
I and treasurer OF the international Journey.
e men Horseshoers' union, who represented
e the journeymen horseshoers, was held Al
the Murray hotel. Mr.. Kenneham sub
d mitted the following proposition: "A board
OF arbitration consisting of three members
q none OF whom shall be a member OF tho
9 masters or j~ourneymen's unions; one to b,
s appointed by the masters, one by the jour
neymen and the third by the two member
selected by the contending parties.' II wal
rejected by the committee.
o Believing that boards of Cancellation ant
arbitration afford the best remedy for al
disputes between employers and employees
h to the end that the business interests shall
be affected TO the least degree possible
that the efficiency OF the services renderel
d the patrons shall be best promoted b,
N friendly relations betW cen masters an
journsymen, and that inasmueh as Nj
Kenneham's plan to submit the dispute,
" points Involved to a board OF arbitration
composed OF disinterested persons was ap
proved by me, I decided to open my shoI
4 this morning. pending action in the direc
ton OF securing the board in question
lie when ! shall eheeTfully accept the decision
OF the three business men selected. an
cognizEnt Of the fact how dificult It is I
pick up strangers at random and have zoo
It work done to the satisfaction OF my pa
irons, I have retained my former employees
q who have been familiar with the work 10
Ne periods ranging from I'VE TO fifteen year,
My shop has been closed since last Wednes
day. and the pressure OF business has bee
IN such that It was simply impossible for m
at to undertake the work requiring the serv
ices OF six men. I sincerely hope that III
general demand for arbitration as the bes
> means to settle the present labor trouble
a in our city will result in a speedy solutIo
OF the points under dispute"
20 Reopen.
According to the propristors OF Il
eiehtoen launofles oioseo Dy the sulhes Z
these places will reopen for bushes
Thursday morning with nonunion hel
The laundriss were closed Monday. VIII,
the employees struck on refusal OF the DIT
prietors 10 cease doing work for establisl
ments declared unfair by organIz,
labor.
W propose to conduct our own busine
and do work for whOmsOevsr We please
said a laundry proprietor; I'VE cannot a
. ford 70 allow our smployss 70 dictate