Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-23
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Packing House supsrintendenu Say E1-
psrieDoed Help is Short in Supply.
Effect or LAST YEARS STRIKE NOW FELT
oIdtimers Have Left the City and
the New Men Have Not the
Experience or Ability
Required.

the New wen have Not the
Experience or Ability
Required.
All Of the packing house superintendents
n South Omaha declare that they are n
need Of experienced help. After the strike
ast summer a great many old packing
house men left South Omaha and secured
employment elsewhere A great many Of
the men who came here during and after
the strike have drifted away and there is
really a scarcity Of experienced packing
house worknen. Supertntendents say that
every morning enough men and boys show
up at the plants and ask for work. but
they are either inexperienced or too young
The result is that some Of the old-tirners
are getting in almost full time and in some
instances overtime.
No effort is being made as far as known
to secure the return to this city Of any Of
the experienced men who left here during |
and after the strike. The busy season at
the stock yards and packing houses is com
ing on, and before long the demand for /
men will be greater than 1t is now. In 1
some quarters the prediction is made that /
when rush times arrive the packers will |
increase the wage scale temporarily in or
DER 10 secure experienced Htll- tAe AaI a. /
this talked Of increase in pay is concerned, |
the superintendents declare that there is |
nothing in it, They assert that when the /
time arrives there will be an abundance Of
help but just where this help is 10 come |
from they 90 not state.
Reports from other packing centers indi- |
cate plenty Of skilled help. but in South |
Omaha there is a scarcity Of experienced /
pa cking house men.
Piles Motion Saturday.
A. H Murdoch has announced that on
Saturday Of this week he will file mo-
ton in the district court asking that the
city han bond case be advanced on the
calendar The attorney expects TO show |
that the bidders for these bonds are being
held back by the delay Of the courts in Civ
ing a decision as to the legality Of the
issued In case the courts decide against
the city Of South Omaha in this bond case
Mr. Murdock states that he is prepared TO
go 70 the supreme court at once so that
final decision may be given as soon as pos
sible.
Fireworks Dealers Annoyed.
South Omaha dealers in fireworks are
considerably put out by reason Of the ac-
ton Of the police board in prohibiting can
non hrecrackers. blank cartridges and other
IlEl explosives. NOtl OI Lllt itNtAI 4taAiVAS
have taken the prohibited goods from their
show windows and shelves and will return
these goods 10 the jobbing houses Chief
Briggs promises that he will strictly en-
force the orders Of the police board on
July and l. and will cause the arrest Of
all persons found using giant crackers or
blanks in revolvers. Every effort will be
made 10 prevent accidents.
stock Yards Case Today.
It is expected that General Manager Ken
yon and one Of the stock yards companys
attorneys will appear before the Board Of
Review today TO explain why the assess
ment for 1905 made by Tax Commissioner
ONeil should not be increased to a sum
equal with the county assessment Mr..
Kenyon called on the members OF the
Board Of Review after being served with
notice and signihed his Willingness to ap-
pear at the time set Only few minor
complaints were heard by the board yester-
day Under the law the board must com
! plete its labors by midnight Saturday. Until
the board completes its labors there is no
telling what the total valuation will be,
Dull Times Again.
Merchants in South Omaha are again
complaining Of dull times. AL the present
l week there has not been much trade and
the last two days very little has been doing
al the stores. The streets even in the
middle Of the day, are almost deserted.
! Some say that the dullness is caused by so
many South Omaha people going to Chicago
lately while others declare that residents
Of the Magic City are doing a great deal Of
their purchasing in Omaha
Car Thieves Bound over.
William Kane, Ed Gurness and William
Kaloney were tried IN police court Thurs
| day afternoon on the charge OF breaking
into freight cars and stealing merchandise.
All three were held to the district court in
the sum Of $500. An additional complaint
is TO be fled today against Gurness for
breaking into a Union Pacific car one night
not long ago and stealing twenty-one hats.
The local police force, along with railroad
detectives, have been putting in consider
able time lately locating this gang and
some Of the stolen plunder. 1t is thought
now that with three OF the gang in the
county jan the depredations will cease.
Early Settler Dies.
John Sautter, ST., died at his home at
Papllion Thursday. The deceased was born
in Germany in 1879 and settled in Nebraska
in 1854 wife and three sons survive. The
sons are John L, Henry c. and l. W
Funeral services will be held Sunday at
p m. at the German Lutheran church in
Papillion. Rev. Huseman, pastor Of the
Il church, will oficiste. on account Of the
deceased being so well known II is ex-
pected that many Of the pioneers in this
section Of the state will attend the funeral
services. lnterment IS 10 be in the fanily
burying ground on the Sautter farm, one
mile north Of Papillion.
Sivinski Bound Over
| John Sivinsd was brought before Polio,
Judge King Thursday on the charge OF
passing bogus checks. Sivinsd waived E
preliminary examination and was held I,
{ the district court in the sum Of $500
! Siyinski is the man who in some way Sc
] cured block Of blank checks from Lob
man Rothschild and, filing in the blanl
! spaces secured money from a number o
b saloon keepers. Another complaint ha.
been filed against Sivinsh on the sam
charge and he win be brought into cour
today 10 plead on the new information.
. Magic City Gossip.
. Mrs. Anna Dryfuss Of Sioux City IS her
visiting her sister, Mrs Herman steinbers
Quite a number Of South Omaha peopl
= who went TO Chicago or the excursions ar