Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-08

100 deputies ! Will get along Dy sorting
them in squads Of i've and sending them
out with the policemen to cover the city;
will mount them IL necessary. l want to
insist that we do not need any state or fed
eral troops yet, and we do not want them
until Il mas been proven that we cannot
control the situation"
Sheriff Power approved what the chief
had said Of troops and declared: Il can
be depended on to select my deputies and
enforce the law. II worst comes to worst
| would place a shotgun in every wagon
that runs the streets. l will say that LOCO
OF the strikers now out have left their
work by fear and l believe we could get
good deputies among them"
This statement brought cries Of mo, no."
from the audience,
well, II any man shirked his duty l
would discharge him." said the sheriff.
Eyes but that would be too late" ex-
claimed some one in the hall.
Besides" cried another, what sort Of
a deputy or sheriff do you think a man
would make who would leave his work
through fear?"
, CONVENTIONS of the Business Men.
Attorney Mahoney Their delivered a
lengthy speech which aroused greatest en-
thusiasm, even more than had been appar-
emit through the meeting, and he was
loudly and frequently cheered.
1--WE now have two forces back OF us, a
federal court Injunction and the city and
county authorities said Mr.. Mahoney. II
think It best to give these forces every OPP
portunity Of showing what they can do
before appealing for troops
Explaining the motives and objects be-
hind the injunction issued by Judge Munger,
Mr.. Mahoney said:
1--WE sought to obtain an element Of pro-
lection through this injunction. But we
recognize that 1t is limited to interstate
commerce. Yet It has a potential, indirect
effect that may be quite as valuable as It's
direct effect. For instance, IL a strike
sees a wagon loaded with goods go by he
does not know whether those are goods
consigned to another state or this state
yet IL an injunction is hanging over his
head he will be deferred from making any
attack upon that wagon or its driver, sc
you see the effect is the same.
|"Now the whole question in this contro.
versy Is the recognition of the unions. Blu
what is meant by the recognition of unions
" does not mean that the employer shall
treat fairly with the union or deal equltabl,
With II. 1t means that the employer shall
surrender his rights and accord to tn,
union the right of recognizing him or not
just as 1t chooses. And while this Bust
ness Mems association is willing at an,
time to meet the employees on any fall
grounds named by the governor Of thi
state, we do not think that we are calle,
on, or that the governor ought or will cal
on us to. accord such recognition Of union.
as that which ! have described.
Recognition of Unions the Issue.
Our position is that any man has
right to join a union; any man has a Ugh
TO refuse to Join a union; any employee
has a right to employ whom he pleases, an,
any man has a right to quit any Job h
pleases; but we are unalterably oppose,
to that sort Of recognition Of unionisn
which gives TO the employee the right L
say to his employer. You shall hire thl
man or fire that man, or do nothing ex
cept 1t please this union That Is no
unionism; that is tyranny. Yet that 1
what this Business Mems association 4
asked to submit to and that is what we ar
protesting against. / want to say that W
can never sign such agreements as thos
presented to US containing these perniciou
principles. Any business man who did sig
one Of those agreements would become
party to a vile conspiracy against the lih
critics Of American citizenship"
Mr.. Mahoney concluded by relating Ger
tain Incidents which had transpired durin
the progress Of the present strike, whic
he said confirmed what he haid said of III
unions demands.
Transfer Companies are Determined
After the meeting the transfer men
the city, representing the seven companie
held a secret meeting and renewed the
determination not to accede to the d,
mands OF the teamsters, but to look els,
where for nonunion drivers. According
kilograms we're sent to Chicago, st. Loui
Kansas City and other cities for nonunic
men.