Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
Arbitration hoard Proposed.

suit Of the boards work. The text of the
resolution is:
Arbitration Board Proposed,
The Central Labor union, representing as
tons OF this city, realizes the seriousness
OF the breach between employer and EN-
this great crisis in the ndustri9i affsrs shai 81
our city should be met in a calm, dignified
Strict confdenee IN sPh Pphs istcs snd relying with
ana having no fear of the Judgment of an
lmparual tribunal. herewith submit 70 the
unions, whose demands have been resisted
anu whose claims remain unsettled the
First-The establishment OF a court OF in
! quiry and arbitration, to consist OF eleven
Five members TO be selected by the em.
ployers association, all Of whom shall have
3een laos employers l OF union labor prior to May
the Omaha Central Labor union, ali Of
whom must be members In good standing Of
with the Central Labor union; the ten
members thus selected to select one other
member, who shall not be a member OF or
connected in any way with a trade or labor
union or any employers association. and
who does not directly employ either union
Second-The submission to ouch court
when established, of all claims and wage
to exist. and to furnish. when called upon
70 do so, such evidence as the court NAV
deem deem necessary TO guide 1t in It's delibera-
Third-submission without question or
evasion, asio, to the nndings Of the court BY both
parties 10 the controversy.
Fourth-rhe members of .niEAnixa tons
now on strike shall return 20 work, and
but whose members are still at work, shall
remain at their posts and the Conditions
was in vogue during the year ending May i,
tsoS, pending the findings OF the court
Fifth-In all cases wherein the courts
nnding provide for an increased wage. the
same shall be effective and payable on and
organizations asking a "six-day workins
week" II the findings of the court are in
sneF sTed ayoT ~ naH then the b emPpyeFs shall be re
a. the scale agreed upon by the court
seventh-Compensation for the court and
necessary expenses Incidental TO the work
TO be guaranteed and paid Jointly by tho
Central Labor union and the employers
association.
Author Explains Purpose.
Mr.. Bell. who is president OF Central
Labor union, explained his resolution by
saying that It was simply a declaration to
the public that union labor was In favor
OF a settlement and TO that end proposed
this as peace measure TO the employers
He said that II the business men rejected
this proposition, which he thought they
would not. they would lose the sympathy
OF the people ana Snut outraged public
sentiment would assert itself and demand
of the business men that they accede TO
some proposition OF compromise" Bell
further declared that each side had 10
give and take or there would never be an
end of the present turmoil which was dis
astrous to the city In every line of indus
try and life.
Those who were most active in support
ing the Bell resolution were Harry Nc
Daniels of the Retail Clerks union, who
made the motion for its adoption: Harry
McVey OF the Plumbers. l.. V. Guye of the
Barbers' and chairman of the Central
Labor union arbitration committee; C. F.
Hart OF the Walters union. The active
opponents were John ]. Kerrigan of the
Carpenters and Peter KiewitE OF the
Leather Workers. These men preferred
to haev the matter OF a settlement left
to other means and resources
At the meeting Boot and Shoe Workers.
No. 2e2. announced It's withdrawal from
Central Labor union and that they had no
business agent. e. j, Hauck ls president
and w. s. Lee secretary OF this union
No reason was given for this action.
The laundry workers scale, making the
minimum weekly wage OF its members A50
instead of $50 was adopted. resolution
recommended by the arbitration committee
that Coos hotel be declared unfair because
II was "haTboring" nonunion employees of
the Union Pacific shops was adopted. as
was one declaring Harry Wardsworth's
saloon unfair and another from the Colo
RADIO State Federation of Labor for inter
vention with the president Of the United
States for the appointment OF a successor
to Judge Caldwell of the Eighth circuit
court OF appeals. who is about to retire,
who is fair to organized labor, and an
other one on request of the Meat Cutters
union that Hoods butcher shop at Twen-
ty-fourth and Cunning streets be declared
unfair.
Unions DenOunce violence.
The police report little or no disturbances
as result OF the strike such as occurred
Thursday. Two men. Kennel Baxter, col
ored and Frank Stroud. have been arrested
on suspicion OF having participated In the
depredations OF Thursday. and several OF
those arrested Thursday have been identi-
ned by parties they were charged with at
tacking.
The teamsters and other unions have
formally denounced these examples OF vio-
lenee. have served official notice on their
members that any one found TO be i'm
plicated will be severely dealt with, ana
have promised the chief of police all possi-
BILE assistance In suppressing violence and
bringing 70 account any person guilty Of
such outlawry. The unions contend that
their men are not the principals I'm this