Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-14
DES MONIES STRIKE GOES OYER
No Further Court Action Will Be
Taken Until After State Fair.
DECISION ATTRACTS ATTENTION
Attorney for Company Insists that ~
IL Clearly illegal, hut the Fact
that IL Averted Trouble
Makes a. Popular.

that Il Averted TroubIe
Makes it Popular.
(From a staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES. Aug lS.--(speeiai) THE
attention which has been given to the
Des Moiues way Of at least temporarily
ending a street car strike has surprised the
lawyers for the city who brought the SUIT
| in court and secured the extraordinary Or
der Of the court to end the strike. The
merits of the case will not be tried out be-
fore the court for several weeks because
there is common consent that nothing shall
be done TO disturb existing conditions UNI
al after the state fair. the last week Of the
month In the meantime the lawyers are
studying up and seeing IL they can secure
presidents that will sustain the court. The
attorneys for the city are confident that
the Injunction will be made permanent,
while those for the street car company
are equally confident that the injunction
is entirely without foundation. The main
question to be determined is whether or
not the city as a corporation has such
an interest Ia matter OF this kind as to
appear as a party to a suit and whether
or not the contract was one enforceable in
a court Of equity.
As the public has come better to realize
what II meant to have the strike stopped
without any material harm, the sentiment
Is almost unanimous in UNFOLDING the
court in this unusual proceedings, and
great many people. including many of the
| best lawyers, are hoping that a precedent
will be set that will open the way for set
Element OF labor troubles.
Criticism of Police.
The movement to have Commissioner
Roe ousted from office on the theory that
the police department did not do the right
thing at the time of the strike has not
made any Roadway. While on the surface
II would seem that the police did nothing
to prevent rioting, yet a great many
persons not sympathzers with strikes. are
arguing that II the police had taken a DIFF
ferent course bloodshed would certainly
have been preclpitated. What the police
really did was to handle the case in the
easiest way possible by humoring the
crowds and not going further than to pre-
vent any serious harm to property But
the police was at all times prepared and
ready to take strong action to dispense the
crowds There probably will not be any
action taken against the commissioner or
the police force.
1t now seems certain that the street car
N''b'bSN" anu inc managers Will get to-
gether the coming week or soon thereafter
and undertake to dispose of the contract
between them for another period Of years
They are engaged in some preliminary let
ter writing which will lead TO negotiations.
Labor Troubles in Iowa.
There are labor troubles at a number of
places in Iowa and 1t is noticeable that
there is an unusual number of persons out
of work in n VA nj -
At Dubuque a general strike has been
under way for some months involving GER
tain of the building trades as timers.
plumbers and electrical workers. The state
labor federation has taken a hand in this
and will seek to support the strike.
The Muscatine button workers troubles
were settled, but several times lately there
has been danger of a renewal of the
troubles.
At Boone and Ogden there is some
trouble over the fact that coiored miners
were placed In a mine to take the place
OF Whit ones who were on a strike and
they have gone into court to compel the
union to admit them.
At several places where there are car
shops there have been small labor troubles
but as yet nothing serious.
MIX Dealers Must Get Licenses,
One-third OF the milk dealers of the
state have failed to comply with the new
statewide milk license law. Commissioner
Barney OF the Food and Dairy department
this morning stated that he will give them
little more time to comply He said
that he will not attempt to follow the old
Roman rule, which says, Ignorance of
the law exouseth no man."
II have no intention of going after these
fellows very hard just now until they have
had chance to become familiar with
the law" said the commissioner this morn
ing. That old saw about being ignorant
of the law not being a % ID excuse for
violating II or refusing 10 comply with II,
don't go with me. That may be all reght
as legal axiom, but am going to give
the boys little time In which to get
wised up on the provisions of the law"
state Clean Up Campaign.
state Fire Marshal Roe has accepted
invitations to confer with the city Of
| ficials OF Knoxville and Cherokee relative
to complying with the new state fire
marshal law. ''
Marshal Roe has Just returned from
Oskaloosa, where he conferred with the
| mayor and the chief OF police relative to
cleaning UP some of the bad places in
'hS SitS' "heFS AHes were Hapie 10 start.
Increase of State Banks.
The number OF state banks and. trust
companies in lowe Is mighty near the
1000 mark. The banking department of
the state auditors office yesterday re-
corded the establishment Of new bank,
making the total number OF financial in
| stitutions under control OF the department
ss4 Counting the national banks there
are Leo financial institutions In the state.
Increase of Farmer Clubs.
Meeting for the discussion OF ways and
means Of Increasing the number of farm
ers' clubs throughout the state will be
held at the agricultural college building
at the fair grounds Wednesday, August
80. All the clubs in the state are urged
70 have representatives at this meeting.
E,nnloves of Hmift