The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-12
FAILS To
CAUSE TROUBLE
PEOPLE OF COUNCIL BLUFFS
NOT INCONVENIENCE.
RESIDENTS OF HAVANA WALK
City Also Forced To Do Without
Newspapers Because of Strike Of
Linotype Operators - Labor
Troubles at Other Places.

COuHC1l y.
founding feature of the strike of the
Omaha and Council Bluffs street rail-
way men which has now been on for
a week, is the manner in which 4O,-
900 people supposedly dependent upon
the street cars for transportation TO
and from work or business, have gone
about their work with apparently not
the slightest hindrance, and business
men declare that trade has scarcely
been affected by the strike.
Council Bluffs people, Of whom there
are about 5000 employed in Omaha,
have not been tardy from the first
day, it is said. Various expedients
have been brought into use, the most
general one being the use of the jit-
neys, of which it seems there must
have been several hundrd, suddenly
brought into use. The usual fare Is
25 cents each way, plus the bridge toll.
of Ave cents This is 25 cents more
than the street car fare where conn
mutation books are used, and is big
added expense to the factory men,
women and clerks. .... a, IT,.
..t No Settlement in Sight. .'''l
Omaha, Dec. 1.-THE seventh day
of the street car strike finds traffic
tied up completely. and both sides de-
claring determination to fight to a
finish
There will be no street car ser.
vice until tae war labor board acts
definitely and orders the men back
said President Wattels af the street
car company. I'VE will never recog-
nize the union"
"The men will stay out until the
union is recognized" said Ben Sharp,
president of the union.
Mayor Smith has given up hope of
settling the controversy.
Havana Residents Walk.
; Havana, Dec. 11-Street car traf-
fic ceased on all lines in this city
shortly after midnight as result of
the failure of the government arbitra
tion commission to settle the conflict
between the Cuban Railway Co., and
its employees.
Other unions are expected to strike
and apparently the second general
strike in Cuba within a month is be
, gun. The union of linOtypists has
voted to join in the general tie-up and
, it is possible that Havana will again
! be without newspapers tonight.
: To Accept Reeeivership.
7 Des Moines, Dec. 1.-THE Des
Moines Street Railway company will
2 go into the hands of receivers shortly
l after January LIST. This declaration
2 was made today by President A.
t Schmidt of the company. after it be
came absolutely certain that the city
: council will turn down the request OF
r the street car company for a seven
cent fare.
Our only other alternative is re
ceivership, and we are definitely rec
onciled. The interest on outstand
ing bonds is $4,000 There is not
enough money in the treasury to meet
r this obligation. We are marking
time until the crash comes, as it will
1 come, in a month.
E 1--WE have a pay roll due in a few
: days. amounting to 100000, We will
t have just barely enough money to pay
g the employees. To be frank, there
is just $4,000 in the treasury this
+. morning. In less than three months
, we have lost $4,000. 1t is plain tc
, see We cannot continue" -,
Mother Jones to Investigate.
San Francisco, Dec. lL--The Moo.
ney cases will have to undergo anoth.
: er probe. Mother Jones, a promi
nent figure in American Labor, will
, arrive tonight in the role of a de-
/ tective.
r She was detailed by the Illinois la
: Dor unions to make a first handed in.
= vestigation of the Mooney situation
, Whether Mother Jones will bring with
her dictaphone as did John B. Dens.
more is not known.