Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-13
TO END UNION PACIFIC WAR
Conference Called in Chicago on Saturday
to Settle Strike.
HARTMAN AND BURT TO MEET UNION
New York Builders Combine 60 Break
Labor Organizations, while sub
vay ExcavatOrs Decide 20 Re-
turn TO work Today.

Labor Organizations, while sub
way E~xcavatOrs Decide 20 Re
turn to work Today.
KANSAS CITY, May H.-John Mcneil,
grand president Of che Brotherhood Of
Boiler Makers and Iron shA Builders of
America. whose headquarters are in Kan
sas City. Kan, said tonight that a con-
ference will be held In Chicago on Satur-
day, aiming at a settlement of the Union
Pacific machinists' strike and the differ
ences between the Southern Pacific and Its
boiler makers.
This conference will be attended by E.
II. Hartman, IL {. Burt. John Mcneil,
II. j. McCracken OF Sacramento, Cali,
treasurer and secretary of District No. 6
Of the Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and
Iron Ship Builders OF America; e. F. Ken
nedy Of Omaha. president OF District No.
4; James o'Conneli. Washington, d. c.,
president Of the International Association
of Maohinists: Thomas L. Wilson, Omaha,
fourth vice president OF the international
Association of Machinists. and a represen-
tative Of the National Civic Federation.
Mr.. Mcneil, who has just returned from
Alamogordo, N. M, has, notified the boiler
makers of the Southern Pacific that they
are to remain at work at least until May
26. pending developments. He believes an
agreement will be reached before that time
n says he has delayed calling out the
men in the Southern Pacific shops at the
urgent request OF E. H. Hartman. who,
according to Mcneil, is most anxious for a
settlement.
Vote on sympathy strike.
MILWAUKEE,. May 2-Ths machinists'
convention proposed today to leave the
matter of a strike on the railroads en-
braced in the Hartman system, in SYM
pathy with the striking boiler makers on
the Union Pacific, to the men themselves.
The railroad committe had the floor all
day and in a report which they submitted
to the convention, a Recommendation was
embodied to leave the matter Of ordering a
strike with the president and the new ex-
ecutiye board, which will be elected this
week. The report was discussed in every
phase, but 1t was finally decided this even
ing to cave It. to a vote of the machinists
involved.
According to Vice President P. ]. Como
lon, 1t will be at least a month before the
result of the vote will be known. The
lodges involved will vote separately and
the result wlll~b be forwarded to the execu-
tive board, whose headquarters are at
Washington. In case a majority decided in
favor of a sympathetic strike, 1t viii be
ordered by the executive board.
Employers to Break Unions.
NEW YORK. May l2.-The Build,n.
Trades association have decided to com
bine for united and aggressive action
against the labor unions.
In Brooklyn an understanding was
reached between a committee of the Cen
trail Federated union and the leaders of
the striking rockmen and e~xcavators that
the men on the subway shall return to
work tomorrow. The governors Of the
Building Trades association met today and
practically decided to form a union similar
to the labor unions.7 The meeting was at
tended by all the governors Of the asso-
citation with bute2@o exceptions and the
sentime1' in favorEDf aggressive action was
unanfmdAs. tc1MAA yr5~N
AS a result the following letter was sent
out to every labor employer engaged in
building In Manhattan and the Bronx, mum.
bering between 1900 and 5000. e
The time has arrived when employers oil
labor In the building trades are facing .
serious situation and q meeting will be halo
ing Trades association for the purpose OF
determining steps shall, be taken tc
You are earnestly requested to be present
WARREN A. CoNoVER, President.
The trades TO be effected have a mem
bership of more than 100000 men. Most o.
these are already out of work.
N0nuniOn Men Run Trains.
MOBILE, Ala, May 12.-The ultlmatun
issued by General Manager Clark to tn,
effect that all striking employees must re
turn to work this morning or their places
would be filled failed of effect here, a
none of the men returned.
A freight train left this morning for Oko
Iona. Miss, and was manned by nonunioi
men and guarded by officers. Eight non
union men arrived last night from Meridian
n West Point. Miss, and are awaiting
orders OF the company.
J. ]. Anderson of West Point, Miss. hea
brakeman of the freight train which ar
rived last night. claims hat he was sho
at three times as the train passed thrOug
Whistler, five miles north of Mobile. An
derson is a %nonunion man.
Drivers stand by Walters.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. May IA ne'
feature in the walters strike in this cit
is the refusal OF the bakery drivers to dc
liver to ~nonunion restaurants. The orde
will affect every member of the R~estaurar
Mems Protective association, Of whic
there are forty-eight. Small restaurant
who buy all their pastry from the bakerit
will suffer most, as the larger concern
bake most OF their own supplies.
| Arbitration IL Proposed.
DUBUQUE. Ia, May I2-(Special Tel
gram)-The Union Electric company hs
sent a communication to Mayor Berg pr
posing arbitration of the street car stril
by Archbishop Keane. Judge shiras ar
= Judge O'Donnell.
, The street car strikers on the arrival
the president of their, National organizatiC
? today will answer the Union Electric con
I panys arbitration proposition by proposir
arbitration according, to their eonstitutio
This provides that each party shall sele
. one man and these two a third. 1t
5 believed the company will accept.
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