Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-14

lions session Tuesday night was marked
by a spirit more nearly conciliatory than
that which characterized the meeting held
before the conference with the governor
Monday night. One of the gentlemen said:
mo one favored giving in to the demand
for recognition of the union as a dictator
of business affairs, but on all other points
the association seemed decidedly amiable
toward the strikers and willing to make
broad concessions. At our previous meet
ing there was, I am free to admit, some
rather positive and determined talk, but
last night all the roasting was dropped
and the trouble discussed in an impassioned
and generous way. It is my opinion that
the conference with the governor had a
decidedly good effect and that the next
conference will be fruitful"
The other speaker said; II concur In
the view that the meeting last night was
moderate in tone and the attitude more
amicable and favorable to peace. 1 be-
ieve, also, that the conference Monday
night did good, but ! can't say that 1 have
much hope OF another conference being
held. I believe both sides will have to
suffer further chastisement before either
will be ready to make necessary conces-
sions on the one great point of union
d~omination.'
Business Mems Statement.
The following statement of the Omaha
BUSINESS Mems association is given to the
public through its press committees:
The Omaha Business Mems association Is
purely q local institution and not in any
way connected With a national organization:
In an address to the public that the Busi-
ness Mems association has been organized
70 destroy organized labor. This charge Is
Incorrect. We know Z nothing OF assocla-
lions organized outside of Omaha, but we
do know that the object OF, the Business
Mems association Of Omaha is not TO crush
labor nor 10 carry on warfare against it
either organized or unorganized.
niAed by ru emp loS nnip bnt t The w oren "r reco
milton" has OF late been subjected to a new
definition by labor agitators until It is
original meaning which was for years ac-
cepted by labor unions. The word "recog-
milton as now defined BY o%rsanized labor
ployer to the dictates OF the labor union
Il means that IN employer cannot employ
other than union men. 1t compels the sac-
ceptance by employers Of contracts the
terms OF which are dictated by labor unions
without consultation with employers. Such
OF, the employee, who feels that his union
Will protec' him, whatever his shortcom-
ings may be, rendering 1t hazardous for an
employer to give instructions to the EN-
ploye whom ne pays, as the latter is taught
to accept the instructions OF walking dele
6nNNg. 19 " AnELIuCNAOnn IA
employer where such instructions conflict.
II II be true that the issue OF ''recogni.
ton" as defined by organized labor, In
wolves the life of the union. 1t is no less
true that the acceptance OF labor's deini-
ton of the. term by the business men OF
Omaha involves the life of their business
for the preservation OF which they are
bound to contend with the same tenacity
Of purpose as that which actuates the mem.
bers OF the unions. The business men are
organized to contend for this vital prin'
ciple, and for the frst time In the his.
tory OF Omaha the combined force of or
ganized labor is resisted by the combined
force of organized business men contendinG
for what they believe to be right.
The business men are willing at all times
20 deal with the unions as a body on the
question Of wages, hours of labor, and al
to any grievance they may have, but the
business men are unalterably opposed C
the sympathetic strike and to the boycott
barbarous, cruel and have been condemned
by courts wherever submitted to them,
The demands of the union are forcing
out OF the city men who do not belong 4
the organization-men who have a right Il
assert their independence and to work TO
whom they please as they please. In thi
connection we invite every working man II
this community to read the last tw,
clauses-tho cumming. up of the ANTHRACITE
endorced by Mitchell and Gompers, AM
may soone or later become the law of tn,
and IN nn labor disputes. Certainly Their
"a no principle involved in the local diff
fculty that was not encountered in tn
strike OF the Pennsylvania coal miners
and in hat case employer and employ
submitted all the issues involved to a dis