Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-27
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA.
City Employees Are Looking Up
Charter on Union Wage Scale.
SCHOOL BOARD IS INVOLVED
city Attorney Finds Aged and
Invalid Woman Seeking to Care
for Two sick Relatives by
Own Efforts.

It now appears that tho city employee
are considering that section Of the cit!
charter which provides all municipal EN-
ployes shall receive compensation baseC
on the union scale of wages
The latest ones to take the question VI
are said to be certain employees of thu
school board who, It is understood, may
later agitate for an absolute compliance
with the text OF the charter. For some
time labor circles have been quiet lui
one Of the leaders said yesterday that
tho fight for adherence to the strict in.
depreciation Of the city charter would be
resumed and pushed to its logical con.
clusion.
In connection with this It will be re-
membered that only recently the EN-.
ployes of the city sought to have the BIZ
monthly pay day introduced. A resolution
OF the council indicated that their petition
would be granted, but because Of the
lack Of sufficient help in the office of
the city clerk. the demands of the labor
people have not been carried out
In connection with the question Of the
school board employees, one Of their
number yesterday approached a promin-
ent politician and erstwhile member of
the legislature and requested an inter-
probation Of the charter dealing with the
scale Of wages to be paid. From his con-
versation the querist indicated some sort
Of labor trouble is brewing for the school
board.
Aged Woman Fights Hunger.
Bowed with care and poverty and feeble
with age, Mrs. Mary Salisbury, n years
Old is striving by superhuman effort
to support her daughter. Mrs. Annie Nc
kinley. and her granddaughter Fern Nc
Kinley, both OF whom are I'll, at their
home, Twenty second and N street.
Mrs Salisbury. according to the words
OF her sick daughter, has not slept for
seven nights. AL day long she works
about the house and cares for her two
invalids and at night she washes clothes
In order to maintain herself and her help-
less relatives.
A visitor to the office of City Attorney
Murphy yesterday evening related the
circumstances Of the case and Mr.. Muir
ply and companion visited the house
where the three women are making their
struggle for existence.
When the city attorney broached the
subject Of aid the feeble form Of the
aged woman stlffened and she replied:
We had calculated on being able TO
work II out without aid"
According to her story her grand
daughter has been a mental invalid for
years. Recently she underwent a surgi-
cal operation at st Joseph's hospital.
her mother, Mrs. Mckinley, who has
always been the mainstay of the family.
was taken with sciatic rheumatism,
which confined her to the bed. Her heart
yearned for the afflicted daughter. who
was allowed to come home for q few
days.
The girl, however was weak and sinoa
her return home she also has been con-
lined to the bed along with her mother.
Tina old grandmother, feeble as she was.
then attacked the problem of supporting
herself and the two invalids The task
had well nigh overcome her stout couraRa
When the city attorney interviewed,
AFTER providing for the immediate relief
OF the family Mr.. Murphy took steps TO
have the two sick women removed 10
the hospital.
Truckers Have FiEht,
Gilbert Parker once wrote a story called
The Right Of Way" Yesterday the
same question. under slightly different
aspects. came UP between Jim JerKens
ana Antoine KlGmbent, two truekmen OF
Armours. and the result was a black
eye for Jergens and physical restraint
for Klambent.
According to the story OF Jerxens.
klamoent claimed the right Of way over
Jergeps on the trucking track. JerSeus
refused to accord the Same to Klambent
ana the two opposing forces that forever
make Tor the climax OF tragedy or conedv
met, with the result that .Jerrens. fscIs,
beauty was disfigured and KInmbent was
arrested.
Judge Callahan will determine Monday
as to which Of the two really had the
right Of way.
Farmers Hunt for Constable.
f. W. Chamberlain and j. II. johnson.
Two farmers arrested Friday for fighting
at Iwenty-sixth and N streets, are very
anxious for an interview with Constable
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