Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-12
CARMEN TO ACT
THIS MORNING
ON union ORDER
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Meet Again Today
The president and secretary Of
the union explained that they want
ed the letter to them as union Of
ficers so that they could properly
bring the situation before the mem.
bers of the union in an official Wy
for recognition. =
The directors of the Street rail
way company will meet at 10 a. M.
today to consider the situation
again.
Zimman Gets Action. b..
The latest development was pre-
sented to the company yesterday
morning by City Commissioner H.
B. Zimman, who met with the union
committee on Friday afternoon and
night. The proposition was offered
in writing and included reference to
the appointment of Mr.. Musgrave
from his present position as superin-
tendent of terminals to his former
place as superintendent of trans
sportation. Mr.. Musgrave started
with the, company as carman, and
as. superintendent he won the con-
fidence of the men who ask for his
reappointnent on the basis that he
shall be empowered to consider and
remedy their grievances.
>e Meets With Directors.
Mr.. Zimman, acting as mediator,
met with the directors of the street
car company yesterday morning
when men representing other inter
ests visited the conference room for
a short time. The directors met
again in the afternoon and, at p
m, the executive committee of the
union were invited from Labor Tenn
pie to join in the deliberations. =
: The joint conferees debated back
and forth for three hours, adjourn
ing with the understanding that
street railway committee would
meet this morning.
g. View of Compromise. a.
Commissioner Zimman said:
"The compromise offer made by
the men for settlement is eminently
fair to the company and to the men.
The appointment of w. L. Musgrave
meets with approval on the part of
both the company and the men.
There is no controversy over the
contents OF the letter. The only
thing standing in the way of set
Element is whether the communica-
ton requested by the men will be
addressed with title as officers OF
the local union. The company is
willing to direct the letter to the
committee or individual members
thereof representing employees of the
company" Y =
Ben A. Short, president of the
Union, gave this statement at the
close of the conference last mig hit:
81 think we have put up very fair
proposition and everybody else
thinks the same thing. We can not
20 any farther unless we back clear
out of the road"
Cant Get Men"-Short.
. Referring to the restraining order
against striking employees from in
terfering with the cars, Mr.. Short
said: Il do not think they will be
able to get anybody to run the cars,
but they can rest assured the men
are not going to hurt anybody"
J.~F. Mcmillan, chairman Of the
executive board of the Garments
union: ,-..
ut is simply a matter Of whether
it is addressed to some individual
representing the employees, or repre-
senting the local. Wattles is will
ing to address the letter to Nc
MILAN or some other individual
representing the employees of the
company. He refuses to address
this letter to me or any of the other
members of the committee as an
officer of the Garments local"
: Wattles States Position.
President Wattles said: "We Of
fered to address letter to the men
as employees, granting the matters
contained in their letter, but / con-
sedered that a communication to
officers of the union, as such, might
be construed as recognition of the
union. 1t might be deceiving the
men to address a letter to the Of
fcers of the union and they say that
the union is not recognized"
Mayor Leaves in Huff.
A feature of the conference yes
terday at street railway headquar-
tiers was the unceremonious leave
taking of Mayor Smith, following
the exchange of pointed remarks
between himself and President
Wattles Of the traction company.
Since the strike was started eight
days ago the mayor has stated that
THE strike must stop" and 1T is
up to the company to resume opera
ton of cars" The mayor went to
his Office, thought a few minutes,
and then consulted his legal depart
ment. The result was an order
from Judge Day of the district
court, demanding that the company
resume street car traffic and en-
joining the strikers from interfering
with operations OF cars.
Order in Federal Court.
Another chapter in the strike his
tory of yesterday was temporary
restraining order from Judge
Woodrough of the United States
court, restraining the strikers from
certain acts complained of by the
street railway company and set
forth in affidavits which were filed.
Mahon Advises Men to Go Back.
Telegraphic information received
by the mayor, street car company
and officers of the Garments union,
stated that President Mahon. of the