The wageworker., 1910-04-22
THE BOILERM MAKERS

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ED OFF BY THE ''SCABS" IN
ARE FEELING CONFIDENT
broke through the guard and got away.
They met the union pickets' by ap-
pointment and said their action would
be followed by scores Of others.
"We're not boilermakers," said one.
I'VE got chance to get H.sle an
vance money and a nice vacation trip
and we took it," There are lots more
like us, and they'll get away.
Monday night the Burlington
brought in $50 more "scabs" and
marched them into the shops under
heavy guard !. Oilers were sent on
down the line. This makes 225 ''scabs"
already imported into Lincoln to take
the places of $50 strikers. And the
whole bunch Of "'scabs" couldn't do as
much boiler work as half-dozen Of
the strikers. AS near as can be as
certained the "scabs' are furnished by
the Mahone-Waddell agency Of New
York and Chicago, and are the same
bunch used to break the street car
strike in Omaha last fall. They are
used in any kind Of strike. II it Is
the same bunch that was taken into
Omaha to break the street car strike
there it Is made up Of as thorough a
lot Of criminals, porch climbers, thugs,
strong-arm men and footpads as ever
congregated in Lancaster. county.
President Wattles said Of them:
"They are stealing us blind, they are
the offscouring of creation"
BY not allowing the engines to cool
off the Burlington has managed SO far
to keep them going. The management
does not dare to let the pressure out
OF the boilers, for If it did they never
could get them fired up again. BY
keeping them under high pressure all
the time, and doping them with corn
stalks, manure and other ingredients.
the management succeeds in pulling
trains. But this can not last long.
Just as soon as the public becomes
aware of the fact that it is being trans
ported behind engines that are never
inspected, that have "doped" boilers
and submitted to the tender mercies
Of the "candymakers'' instead Of ex-
pert boilermakers, something will
drop. Under ordinary circumstances
engines are inspected after each round
trip, but there are lot Of engines
that have made a round trip three
times week for the last three weeks
that have never been allowed to cool
of, and have never been near the In
spection tracks. 50
BY picking out the engines in best
shape the main line passengers have
been kept pretty well on time. but
this is "stall" to deceive the public
The public always knows about late
passenger trains, but it pays little or
no heed to delayed freights. But with
candymakers, tinsmiths. locksmiths.
buttonmakers and pinpointers, acting
as boilermakers and daily endangering
the lives Of thousands Of people, it
will not be long ere the public is made
aware of the fact that it is time for
it to take measures hooking toward its
own protection.
The presence of armed guards all
around the shops has been mentioned.
A few of these guards are known to
the union pickets, but majority Of
them are strangers to Havelock and
Lincoln men. That they we're brought
in with the strikebreakers and fur
nished by the same agency that fur
nished the "scabs" is a moral certain
ty. In this connection the following
may be Of interest, being Sections
2423, 2424 and 2425 of Chapter rs,
Cobbey's Annotated Statutes, 1909, and
entitled "An act to prohibit the impor-
tattion of armed men into this state to
do police duty, and to prevent the ap-
pointment of any but residents for
such services" and in force August 1,
1898:
"2423. Importation Of Persons for
Police Duty: That it shall be unlaw-
full for any person or persons or asso-
citation, company or corporation to
bring or import into this state any
person or persons or association Of
persons for the purpose of d1scharging
the duties devolving upon the police
officers, sheriffs or constables in the
protection or preservation of public
or private property.
1924. Deputy Sheriffs to be Resi-
dents of State: That no sheriff, may