Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-09
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and chief of police to again close the sa.
looms. the doors shall be shut instantly.
Second-F;very saloon keeper shall CO.
operate with the authorities in preserving
order by refusing to permit crowds to con-
gregste in or about his place Of business,
not to sell liquor to intoxicated persons and
TO endeavor to see that none become In
toxicated.
Mayor MOOres Talks.
Mayor Moores In explaining why he can
celled the closing order, said: 1T is done
In view of the fact that a practical truce
has been declared between the Business
Mems association and the labor unions:
That the city is in n state of quiet and good
order and that the laboring men have
proven their self-control by preserving the
peace for three days.
Before revoking the order / took great
pains TO investigate the conditions and I
was assured by both the saloon men and
the officers of fourteen labor unions that
both would exercise the greatest restraint
ana enort to prevent turmoil and distur-
Dances Of all kinds.
The labor leaders have placed them.
selves under an obligation TO keep things
quiet and to let the strike remain in stain.
quo at least until the arbitration meeting
Monday night. This means that the ten.
sion has been relieved and that the crisis
either is passed or postponed until next
week.
Under these circumstances and with
these promises l have decided to try the
strikers and see IL they can live up TO their
word-to abstain from acts OF violence and
breaches Of the peace under the ordinary
conditions that exist In Omaha"
Statement for Liquor Dealers.
A. q. ~stephans, chairman Of the commit
tee OF the liquor dealers association, made
the following statement for that organi-
cation last night:
we promised the mayor that we would
close our places of business at a moments
notice whenever he considered that the
emergency 20 warrant such action had
arisen. We further promised the mayor
and the chief OF police that when the emer-
gency arises we will not only close our
places, but we will assist them in SUPPRESS
ing the sale of liquor by providing them
with information as to any place that may
violate the order, whether II be saloon,
r store or other place. Our association
is in a position 10 discipline any member
who fails to keep its obligations, even to
the extent OF expelling him. Our members
are law-abiding citizens and don't think
nay VI NicAh NOulu NlOldt6 an OTQ6T from
the authorities, but we propose to see to
It that people who are not members Of our
organization also respect the official or
ders. Our. committee reported TO the as
ISOLATION on the results OF our conference
with the mayor and the association voted
unanimously TO ratify the pledges made to
the mayor
E1pressmen Must Have Licenses.
License Inspector Scott yesterday after
noon Issued a general notice thai all per.
sons engaged I'm the express, transfer and
drayage business must procure licenses by
Saturday night or they will be arrested
and the penalty for the violation Of the or
dinanee enforced.
The annual license for expressmen is s.
a year and the total number issued In 1902
was about 500. This year, although the
permits are required to be taken out jan
uary /, only about 200 have complied with
the regulations. This number includes tho
large transfer companies, now tied UP by
the tearhsters' strike.
However the immediate cause for the
notice is the fact that since the tieup OF
the big transfer lines many individuals
with wagons and teams have been filling
the emergency and reaping a considerable
business despite the vigilant efforts exer-
cised by the teamsters' pickets.
Now that the restraining injunction WITH
ates the plans OF the union to keep non
union drivers from doing business the in
tinerant 'junkers' and others drawn tenn
porarily into the transportation business
have a free rein. They have rendered them
selves subject to the license regulations,
however, and must either procure the au-
thoriEed permit or quit doing business.
asaW-
The general situation has changed little