Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-24

wattles ana urge him 60 arbitrAts strike
differences.
Sheriff Bradley issues q proclamation
ordering citizens TO refrain from oongre-
eating for improper purposes and threat
ening prosecution under riot act.
No more cars will be run after dark
until conditions change.
Sheriff Bradley announces he will
double his staff OF deputies to preserve
order.
Efforts to induce the officials OF the
Omaha & Council Bluffs street Railway
company to accept the offer of its em-
ployes to arbitrste the differences involved
in the present strike. it is believed, were
made at a meeting Of the mayors of
Omaha, South Omaha, Council Bluffs,
Benson and Florence yesterday
! Whether or not the attempt to secure
this settlement OF the trouble will be sue
cessfu or not will be learned late this
forenoon, when President q. w. Wattes
Of the company. who was with the mayors
over an hour. meets them again. Mr.. Wat
Ties promised to take up the suggestions
of the chief executives this morning with
his board of directors and discuss the pro-
posal with them.
No one in the conference would say at
the close what suggestions for the settle
ment Of the strike the mayors had made,
but as the strikers submitted written
proposal for arbitration II is believed the
| officials asked Mr. Wattles TO use his in
fluence with the board of directors to get
them to accept the offer and summarily
end the strike.
The conference was held In Mayor Dahl
mans private office and present besides
Mayor Dahlman were Mayor Thomas
Maloney of Council Bluffs. Mayor Frank
Koutsky OF South Omaha Mayor Charles
A Tracy OF Benson ana Mayor F. 8.
Tucker of Florence.
The chief executives went into this
private office about 1880 o'clock with a
written proposal for arbitration signed by
c. o. Pratt representing the street car
men, in their possession. The letter was
accompanied by copy of the original
proposed agreement submitted by the en-
ployes before the strike. The strikers pro-
posed to submit all of these to arbitration
and promised Immediately to restore full
service soon arbitration was agreed
upon with the understanding that every
employe who has been involved In the
controversy shall be reinstated in his
former position without prejudice.
Call WattIes Later.
The mayors went over the propositions
and discussed them alone for over an hour
AT Has President Watues was called in
and he remained closeted with the officials
for hour and a quarter. When he
: emerged from the room he declined to
} make any statement, saying Mayor Dahl
man would give out whatever there was
TO be made public.
|. I'VE talked the matter over with Mr..
Wattles" said Mayor Dahlman, by way of
L. l.
gestions to him. He is going to meet with
his board OF directors tomorrow at 10
O'Clock and will submit our suggestions to
the board. At II o'clock we will hold an
= other meeting and then we can tell whether
or not our conference has borne fruit"
Mayor DahlmRn declined TO make public
what the SUGGESTIONS OF the mayors were,
saying it mad been agreed that nothing be
said until after the Friday morning meet
! ing.
: do you think there a likelihood Of a
, settlement" he was asked.
: I'VE cannot tell but We hope something
? will come oat Of It." was his answer.
Text OF Pratt's Letter.
Mr. Pratt Is as followsi
. Mayors OF Omaha, South Omaha, Council
1 Bluffs, Florence and Benson-Gentlemsn:
original proposed sEresment thar was SUBJ e
? mitted by the employees TO the Omaha 81
, Council Bluffs Street Railway company.
5 appreciated BY anyone who is familiar with
. the conditions Of street and electric railway
As an evidence OF good faith upon our
part we stand ready TO submit these prop
tion for adjustment and to Immediately re-
store the service OF the eompny with the
0 understanding that every employe who has
Immediately reinstated in his former post
ton with the company without prejudice.
pat foF 10 Ss shS nS s9 an 'an1
adjustment may be reached, and pedging
] lines, We beg 10 remain, most sincerely
e THE STREET CAR employees.
Per c. o. Pratt, their representative.
Fifteen thousand in Parade.
We are going to put 1b,OOO laborinE men
from Omaha, South Omaha and Council
Bluffs on the street in a parade. prob
ably Sunday" said President Ford OF the
Central Labor body. TO show the com
pany that the laborine men are behind
the boys.
There is some talk OF the police trying
to prevent the parade. but n they want
30 stop It they had better ask Governor
" Shallenberger TO call out the militia The
police can't prevent IT,"
Both sides profess 70 be entirely satisfied
with conditions Union officials deny there
are any desertions. but street car officials
70 say men are returning 10 work every day,
a dozen, they say, having returned Thurs.
lday
! A delegation OF strikers headed by b. ].
Kinney, vice president Of the union, called
u lon Mayor Dahlman and protested against
Il strike breakers being allowed TO carry FIRE
u arms. Mayor Dahlman discussed the mat
4
-- conference announced he would instruct the
!. chief Of police to disarm strike breaker ;
n where It was known they carried guns.
No one has q FiKht to carry firearms -