Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-20
Facts of the Meeting Are Herewith Set Forth for En-
1igntennnent of the Public.

hands folded believing there is not soinI
to be q strike. Every. time one OF these
agitatots comes among you ana works you
up to this high pitcn OF temper that 1
find YOU in wnen you come here, looking
at me as IL | was your enemy when ! am
your best friend, every time they com
mence upon you the men get beside them
selves and they are ready to- do anything
for a strike and | nave men employed
waiting to take the place Of every man
VINO quits
A member Of the committee: That is
right" '4
mr.. Wattles. AM this company Will so
right along and operate ITS cAES; If nscss s.
saty, under the protection OF tie govern
ment Itself.
Don't mink for a moment now that. we
are gong 10 consider this nightly. We nave
not e9nsiderea ~ iIshtly' We nave eyn-
the Tune that you men, Will not say
you men, because 1 believe that YOU are
good, level-headed men. nut as Mr.. Liza
nam says, there are a lot Of men there ina
demand Impossible Things ana say 10 Yea,
you go up and you JUST say We have 40
nave so and so or there Is going 10 De 4
strike. Now, that don't scare me. 1 nave
been in all KINDS OF situations,
were hot-neaded men In our unlol,"
Mr. Wattles: You said tnerS we're men
there that IL was hard TO cVntro,. ana,
| troll. -" I- sN.- rN
Ir. Linahan: What / said was tina,
wnat you were offering would not SATISFY
Mr.. wattles: Maybe it wont. / would
be very sorry II ii did not. II any Of. .neu
nave got any reaL sftevance-reaI MOI
im%aginary-if any man mas been discouraged
Nrongfully by this company, / Mant .nin
to come to me and saow me and If 1
about calling a strike. II any .manACOmvs
to me and says, / ought 10 nave ,hOle
pay, and II he can show me that ne ousrl
10 him, when 4 am able TO, then H. tue
time to talk about the strike. / am telling
! van M IA al hARN - ahAa 4 AtNraY#
am giving you the honest3fac,s as ,ney
exist. have told you my troubles "a
This pfoposItion. NOW hen, / ssS tbs
and YOU can lake it back TO your men.
That II anybody has a real complaint
mot something that happened when MI.
Tucker was alive or something that hap.
pened five years age or somsthing TIA,
happened 50 long ago that w have for
gotten it-7but II tnere are real things
happening here against you men or an
one of you, bring 1t up here and we vi,
about ii. Ii viii be straiSteneS out fsir'
too. But don't get led away now, men.
Don't get excited. Don't feel that you
go and get others next week or IL you
quit this company that YOU can come back
again IN q Few days. That Is not the
You may think it is, but that is not the
way II II going to bea
Look up the record OF street car stFlkes
and you will see what has happened. |
will furnish you with copies OF the histoIy
Of the strike led by this very man that Is
down at Louisville. Kentucky, il you wsnt
TO see Il. What was the result? This man
t l 6fdn tow" make lie a had S SSifiinsss st ~ S%iPSHY Sl
left twenty-five OF these honest working
men in jail with criminal CHARGES against
for 100 more OF them, They were in, trouble
Was he2 Oh, no He had business some
his. II is you. you men that are g..ns 10
: sutherland your families-lf yon bring this
Z thing on yourself.
'Inere are . whole lot of times that
[ men ought TO strike, when their employs
4 ers are not fsir-when they don't talk
( fair or won't do what is right. But the
: you can make a case out OF imaginary
! things, because the facts are going d
I RbSeiTtees the H%.' public viii SfrsG know sF wRY Is e&essiIsi
y and what, the reason for It's being called
] Is, and all about 1t before We get through
e and see il. they are going TO iad
= whether ii is just and fair or not; ard
= the judgment is rendered before YOU sta
I In case the facts are against You"
; Mr.. Linahan: Gentlemen, those are "a.
h facts. that Mr.. Wsttles has prepared "a
. can concede or agree upon; and his stat
ment TO you is frank that he has pre-.
pared for a strike and that he is not will
IS ing TO treat with US except as individuals
q You are only treated as individuals here
IS today, and the instructions received from
Is your association Is that you were 90 come
n E AtA1 NANRA1AEH y III
company, or the union men. and get a.
agreement, or TO take back TO the or.
gsnizatlon something substantial and
4 right and treats you as Individuals. or
y those grounds we have nothing 10 do buI
n Mr.. Ponceiow: Well, I think the con
is anything we can do" "
M Wsttles' TT any OF you men hsy.
Saything else to say. let us hear It now
MT Linahan: your position is yer,
St IA. COMMITTEE thsrsupon rstir.a from
ended. ~
state Of Nebraska. county OF Douglas. IS
the fifteenth day OF September 1909 ~
. tended a nesting held at the office or ~
Surdon ". Wattles. In the United State
n SSan1nal Bank Building. in the city >
brssks: which said meeting was com
"a meneed at the hour OF 2 in the Afternoon
OF SAID day, and was 8 meeting betwsei
ne ployes OF the Omaha a Council Bluff
street Railway Company, whose name
are set forth. on page one OF this tran
president OF said company. this T. .
~ further certify that 1 reported In short
Al hand writing ali Of the ststemshts MAJ
y - son ssia mseting by any snd an Of the per
meeting; I further certify that the fors
or going transcript containing pages mum
nd bered one ID 20 fifty-two (B2), both IN
elusive. ts a hull, true and complete tFan
es script OF all shorthand notes taken ~ h,
m A. said meeting and contains each ana Al
OF the statements made by the person
In witness whereof I havs hsreup,
"A signed my name. AT Omaha. Nabrasks
~ this 18th dsv ~ SAptsmher n Isn,
FRANK 4 STTCLIFFE
~ EhOFfhand HgnnrfaV