Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-13

us. we have large sums OF money In
vested I'm our plants and must be the arbi-
tiers of our own business afairs. We are
willing to continue paying our help well
and treating them fairly. No complaint
has been made on either Of these scores.
We are simply asked TO make discrimina-
tons as 70 work. serving only such patrons
az are acceptable to the union. We posi-
lively refuse 70 accede to this demand.
On that there will never be any comprom-
ise. Our stand Is absolute. We will oc-
cupy the same position. too. ! might add
that a minority Of the laundry workers are
in this union"
The laundry proprietors held a meeting
Monday afternoon and another one yes
terday afternoon TO finally shape their
plans for resuming business.
walters Play Another Card.
onicers Of the Walters union believe
they will be able to more than offset any
advantage the employers alliance may
have gained when It secured the order re-
straining the strikers pickets from stand
ing within 100 feet of an unfair house
to distribute cards and from interfering
with the delivery of provisions. An oficer
Of the union yesterday said:
Without Ice the restaurants cannot get
along and practically all Of those that are
unfair have been depending on Shackeiford
& Dickey for their supply. Today we have
found a way to reach Shackleford &
Dickey and 1t won't take long to tie them
up. We find that this firm deals only in
coal and has not in recent years at least
had anything to do with the ice business
until lately. 1t has no reservoir of its
own. but has been buying from the Crystal
Ice company. We have seen the Crystal
Ice company's principals n they have
promised US that so soon as we can show
that Shackleford a. Diekey ave served
unfair houses. the Crystal Ice company
will cease to serve shackleford & Dickey.
w feel pretty good over this. 1t more
than evens up for that restraining order,
which, by the way, simply backs our pick
cts of forty feet farther from the doors
of the unfair houses n makes it a little
more difficult perhaps to check the fur
nishing of provisions"
Terms from Employing Butchers.
The master butchers Of the city met last
night at Washington hall and at the close
the following statement was given out:
We decided that In place, Of having our
employees conduct our markets we are going
to conduct them ourselves and for that
purpose the following rules were adopted:
Employs are required TO work until 10
Thanksgiving and Christmas and until I
?. m. on week days. From May l to No
vemper l employees are required to. work
until ~ a. m. on Sunday.
On. the following holidays employees are
required 20 work until 10 a. INCORPORATION
day, Fourth of July, Labor day, ThanksgiV-
Ing, Christmas and New Years.
A competent meat cutter shall not be re-
qulred to work for less than $12 per week.
Employers agree to give three days notice
Of discharge and employees are required to
give three days notice Of their intention to
The employers agree to give ten days
notlce IN case OF reduction of wages, and
the employee are required to give ten days
employers reserve the right to discharge
without notice any employe who is found
guilty OF any conduct unbecoming a gentle
No discrimination shall be made as to
whom an employer may employ for his
service, either union or ~nonunion.
Any violation of above rules shall be re.
ported to the secretary of the Omaha Retail
These rules, with the exception Of that
permitting the employment Of union and
nonunion men, are but little different from
May l, and where there is any 1t is In favor
Of the employees. The agreement made by
by the refusal Of the employees to cut meai
for nearly all OF the hotels and restaurant
OF the city, and for that reason the EN-,
signed at that time is not binding upor
them. If the men desire to return to work
S uniSn can ana 90 w so' without TiHs Ebe rsG9 9gasa pu 81 tn ;;
go by.
Union Meetings Last Night.
The freight handlers met last night II
special session at 1415 Farnam street. A
the conclusion OF the session 1t was gfver
out that nothing had been lone except t.
initiate about twenty new members NJ
additional cases of strike or lockout in tn,
last twenty-four hours was reported.
At a special meeting of the HorSeshoers
union last night 1t was reported that witt
the five firms who had signed the scale al
but six OF the member of the union woul,
be employed and that nothing new ha,
developed.
The carpenters expected that sidne,
Kent. former commissioner of labor of tn
state, now an organizer Of the interna
tioral brotherhood, who has been In Colo
rado for some time, would arrive befor
their meeting. He failed to put in an ap
~pearance and the evening was devoted t
routine business.
Nothing new was brought out at tn
} meeting Of the bod carriers.
At the meeting of the Steam Powe
I council, which consists of five delegate
: from the Stationary Firemen's union, hv
! from the Stationary Engineers union an
five from the Transfers union, report
5 were received from the different ofhc
buildings and factories as to the condiuo
OF the fuel supply. In some cases thi
supply was said to be short. and 1T wa
predicted that within a week there woul
be more or less trouble over the deliver
OF coal by %nonunion men. The s~ecretar
of the council said that the body had n
power to bind the members of the cor
~stituent unions, and that all action take
y by that body would rave to be referred
the three unions for action before It b,
4 came binding. 1t was said that the publ
I service corporations are not likely 10 I
: involved in the strike, as all fuel is d,
Iivered to them by, rail, while many of n
y factories had sufficient coal on hand
Q run from one to six weeks. -.
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDING