Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-06
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STRIKE CRISIS
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at a standstil; business men who have
no dispute with labor and who have al
ways sympathized with labor, both by word
and deed. have been obliged to sit idly by
and see their interests Inactive, due to
the present strike, and. as you are aware,
the police department is maintained by
the entire taxpaying community for the
protection Of their rights and not by any
particular faction. With the justice or in
Justice Of the differences Between employer
and employee concerned I'm this strike the
police department as such has nothing
whatever to do, and l therefore will not
you have the right to cease your labors
whenever you see ut will not be denied,
but as strikers engaged in this strike,
or as citizens, you have no right whatever
to injure life and property, in any way
interfere with men aking your place or
inJure the property in their charge, and
II is the duty of the police department to
use every means in their power to see that
you do not, to keep the streets clear and
permit traffic once more to move. Should
the police department be unable to pro-
tect the business interests of this city no
doubt assistance win be called. We, how
ever, shall first exhaust every means pos
sible before allowing that call to be made.
My experience with strikes has'been that
the disorderly methods sometimes resorted
to by Individual strikers are not upheld
by the rank and file, ana 1 feel satisfied
such is the case in the present situation,
but In every organization there are always
n few hotheads who annot be controlled,
but ! sincerely hope you will call your
forces together and inform them that acts
Of violence will not be tolerated, that
they will not only injure themselves, but
their cause and that the strike must be
won on its merits or not at all.
l have issued special Instructions to all
police officers to perform their duties with
care and caution, but with frmness and de-
termination and without fear or favor.
J. J. DONAHUE, Chief of Police.
Employers Call for Protection.
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received seven letters, Identical in terms,
signed by the Omaha Transfer company,
the A. Miller Transfer Line, Johnson
Brothers, J.. McCauley, Fred Busch, the
Expressmen's Delivery company and the
Merchants Express and Transfer company.
Identical letters were also sent to the
Board Of County Commissioner and to the
governor of the state. The text of the
letter is as follows:
AS you are no doubt well aware of the
condition existing in this city in regard to
the matter of difference between ourselves
and employees we write to you today as
citizens and taxpayers of the city OF
Omaha, county of Douglas and state OF
Nebraska, to notify you that 1t Is our
Intention to resume business on the morn
ing OF Wednesday, May 6. 1t is our In
tention to employ such men that are at
our that may be obtainable and
suitable for our business in order that
same be resumed and the needs of ouI
customers satisfied!
We, therefore, as citizens and taxpayers
request from you and insist that we be
given and afforded all protection neces-
sary to the peaceful pursuit and contin-
wise to notify you that it will be our in
tention to hold the city OF Omaha, county
OF Douglas and state of Nebraska hnan.
cially responsible to us for any and al
damages that may occur to our property
and that Of the property OF our patrons
which may be entrusted to our care while
in pursuit of our regular course of bust
ness.
We further state that we shall attempt
to use and select such men as will be
peaceful, law abiding and gentlemanly not
only to the officers of the law, but to tht
/ citizens and community in general. We
ask your honorable body that such pre-
caution that will be necessary for the
proper protection which we ask and are
eititled to will be promptly accorded us.