Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 13, 1887, Page 16

R SR -5 A 8 . THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, MAY i 1887, 4 iDLE PICKS AND BRUSHES. The Peaceful Labor Strike Uncompro- mised, BRICK MOULDING MACHINES. They Are Ordered and On the Way— Alleged Attempt to Get the Cable Line Laborers Boozy, Revolutiomizing the Rrick Businesa, ‘While the striking brick moulders are holding their mectings and discussing their grievances, the proprictors of the different yards are preparing to execute a flank movement which will entirely revolutionize the brick making industry in this city. Costly machinery for ing brick has been ordered from Lan- caster, Pa., and is expected to arrive in Omaha about Thursday of next week, These machine 550 apece, deliv- ered aboard the cars, and each one has a cavncity of 30,00 rick a day. They will not only enable the yards to be entire- ly i of the striking brick moulders but will increase the eapacity of each yard. Thus the method of brick making in this city will not only be en- tirely revolutionized, but the output will increased. Livesey & Son » ordered three of these machines, and will increase their acity from 70.000 to 40,000 brick a day, weh of the other yards will increase its capacity in about the same proportion, Withnell Bros. | ordered three of these ma- chines, Bailey & Olesen two, Ittner two, Rushford & Gould two, and the smaller yards one and two each. The machine are entirely automatie, and can oper- ated by crude workmer, None of the yards will manufucture any more brick until the new machinery Some of the brick moulders tried to g to work Wednesd were prevented from doing so by ble work- men. Seeing o attempt riking at 1t was futile to operate their yards the different pro- prictors closed promptly down, and at present there is not a brick being made in the city, Shovelers' Strike. About9 o'clos rday morning a gang of about sc ve of the strikers on the cable line, assisted by a number of 1dle men, went to Fifteenth and Douglas streets, where the work of exca- vating for the Byers building is being carried on. The shovellers had been re- ceiving §1.50 per day, and the strikers induced them to demand $1.75 per day. About half of the shovellers struck for the advance and threw down their tools. The contractors promptly gave the vance asked, und they cont nued their work, episode attracted a crowd of 500 people to the corner, and for a time trouble seemed imminent. Ten pol men, however, managed to order. e Painters and F The painters and paperhanger: tinued their session yesterday mor Metz hall. A number of men were repor- ted as working and committees were ap- pointed to wait upon them and request them to join the strike. W, F. Stone, a young painter, delivered nimself of quite a acat oratorical effort, and several other pleasing addresses were made. Mr. John Jaskaleck, president of the Cigarmakers’ union was introduced and with a few words of ouragement presented tho boys with %50 in cash—a present from the union. Carl Harmon, the Sixteenth street boss-painter was introduced and created the wildest enthusiasm by an- nouncing his withdrawal from the Master Paintors’ association and his perfect willingness to accede to all the demands of the men. Later Mr. Harmon entered into a written agreement with the execu- tive committee, One mastor paperhanger states that the differentfirms of this city would not to the demands of the strikers. 'Lhe; agreed to submit their difference’to a committee of arbitration and this the men refused to do. No further over- tures, he said, would be made. They Wouldn't Drink. Just prior to the shovelersstrike yester- day, the cable strikers were approached by a stranger, who greeted them heartily and said: “Boys, I'm from Kansas City and [ want you all to drink with me. It shan't cost youa cent.” He took them into Barney McGinnis’ saloon on Fourteenth and Dodge strects and bought three k of beer for ‘the boys" with the remw “If that ain’t enough for you, you can have ten kegs.” Some of them were in tuvor of occupying the street. Better counsel prevailed, however, and the man from Kansas City was inforned that his beer was not wanted. Thereupon the bartender broke open the kegs and emptied the beer on the floor. The strikers say that this man was sent to them by Contractor Lillis, who was scheminz to get them intoxicated, in ordor that they might commit acts of lawlessness, with the result of causing public sentiment to be against them. hey claim that the man who so gener- ously offered to treat them is a fellow from Kansas City named Parsons, who is traveling here under the alias of “Smith.” Quite a number of men attempted to goto work yesterday on the cable line, ut were prevented from doing so by the strikers. A Communication, OMATA, May 11.—To the Editor of the Bee: Will you kindly puolish these few facts in regard to the present disagree- ment existing between the brick mould- ers of Omaha and their employers. In the first place, the no moulder in Omaha who n say he learned to mould brick in l);irly days or five times o that length time, and even it 1t were true, is tl “ reason why they should receive less for moulding 6,000 brick than adjoining cities pay for 5,000 ¥ It is a demonstrated fact that brick eannot be bought for less than §12 per thousand in Ow the fear of the rest of the me yards there 18 no talk of their being dis- satistied, and I don't think there is any of them who would not go back to wor! without dissatisfaction, The moulders ot less in proportion than any men in the yard. We have never done anything to “justify the statement, that by threats or force we sever stopped a moulder in this city, and a8 to throwing brickbats it has never occurred but once, and then by small boys, the moulders having nothing to do with it, Whenever a moulder goes to work for §2.50 per day we appeal to his manhood and principle, and we don't know of a single case where this appeal has failed to cause him to quit. We are making no exorbi- tant demand and only want justice. We are trying in_a peaceable way to obtain it, and with God's help and the sympathy of our justice loving citizens “we will succeed, MouLbEeR, The Cable Line Strike, The assertions of Contractor Lillis of the cable line as published in Wednes- day's BeE, are denied by the striking em- ployes. Their committee called at the Bk office yesterday and expressed a desire to correct the contractor’s statement. The committee maintain that despite the existence of a contrudictory ume book, it 15 a fact, which can be substan- tiated by the aflidavits of a number of employes, that Contractor Lillis has not paid them fot fractional hours; and they have so far failed to discover a single man who has not been deprived of frac- tional hour wages, In regard to the clim of Mr. Liths that no shovellers in the city were paid more than £1,75 per day, and that he was paying more than other contractors, the committee states that the following are paying shovellers $2.00 this city: City of Omaha, t works, f!r.-nu;m & W halen, Sewer Con- tractor Fox, and Contracgor Muleahey, The contractor’s charge that the strik- g emploges took tools out of the of laborers, the committee say: lutely false; that neither in nor out of the presence of the police, have they taken any tools from any ts or compelled any one to quit wor They have, how- ever, done their utmost to secure the c operation in their struggle for justice, of all Inboring men. As an evidence of the unfair way in_which the strikers have by treated by the contractors, they charge that yesterday morning a man un- doubtedly inthe employ of the contractor, went to the saloon of B MeGimmis and pur- chosed two kegs of beer,with instructions that they be sct out to the st ers, committee says i was done in order to intoxieate the men and compel them to commit rash aets in order that they would lose the friendship of the public and turn 1ts favor against them. As soon as possiblg the committee stopped the distribution of the beer, and the well-laid plan to do them a mean in- jury failed in its infancy, Relating to the above the following Was re at this ol To the Editor of the B We would like if you would put this in the columns of your paper. We, as work- ing men of Omaha, return thanks to Mr. Lillis for the beer and liquor that he gave men who are looking for their rights as free citizens of America. are not ;Enin,‘.z to run down our manhood by drinking that cursed stuff that he wantea us to drink, at 10 o’clock this morni We want to show the people and cit that we want to keep the peace. aman to give them nine or ten kegs of beer to get them drunk 8o that the sym- »athy of the citizensand the public would be against us IMITTE 2 OF STRIKERS, Cottage colors ready for use in new and desirable shades. Alabastine in various tints, the original and only per- manent wall finish, supersedes calei- mine for beanty uwnd durability, and is casily applied. Paints, window glass brusiies, ete,, largest and most complete stock west of Chicago. Cummings & Neilson, 1118 Farnam St. — - ODDS AND Stray Leaves From Reportorial Note Books, It said that the clerks of a certain thriving dry goods man in this city, who advertises heavily, threatened to leave him if he inserted more than one half page advertisement in_the BEE a woek during this hot spell. The reason they gave for this was that they could not stand the extra work, which the rush of customers would invoive. ‘The merchant has temporarily at least given in, * *e “The best and about the only cure for amorphine fiend or an opium smoker,” remarked a policeman yesterday “is a good long term 1n the county jail on bread and water. With the proper medi- cine in addition, thirty days’ sentence will 2o a long ways toward breaking up the habit in the most inveterate users of the drug.” % The scarcity of houses torent in this city is becoming simply appalling, notwith- standing that hundreds of new houses are being built every month. One real estate dealer said to a_repor.er the other day: “I could rent 500 extra houses in a day if I had them.” And this pretty rly expre the situation as the ma- jority of real estate men find it. On one house situated on a main thoroughfare and which is conspi ously empty, is posted this warning sig *I'his house is empty, but it is not for rent. Don’t bother yuurwh;\boul 11 “I'm beginning to feel like a stranger,” smd a merchant this morning. *I re- main in my store all d Wthen 1 go home in the evening, I notice that some old land mark has disappeared. Some of these used to be stopping places for me to lay in atemporary supply of cloves before reaching home. Now that they have disappeared, their make it diflicult for me to feel, , that [ am not in another city. t. ‘To-day my partner told me I did. I wl been ac- customed to get his cigars i a certain place. At noon he went for a weed and found the eigar store, as he thought, occupied by a dining room. He couldn’t under- stand the change until he found that the place he was hunting for had altogether suddenly disappeared, and he had” mis- taken the next door for his old haunt.” FOURTA OF JULY C-HbEIl“:\'l‘luN The Knights of Labor to Hold One ona Large Scale. The Knights of Lubor of this city have taken the initiative in celebrating the Fourth of July, and mtend to make the occasion such as to satisfy a long-felt demand for a successful display on that day. The use of the fair grounds has been donated them by the association, They will hay wlloon ascension, series of horse racing, dane- ing, tireworks and athletic exerci Before the commencement of these features, there will be a g and pa- of all the Jusiness house employes, sans and tradesmen, together with the different assemblies of the order in this ci The proceeds will be applied to the new hall to be erected by the Knights of Labor, Funeral of Miss Ellen Fox. The funeral of Miss Ellen Fox, the daughter of Contractor Fox, was held from St. Philomena’s cathedral yesterday morning at 9 o'clock. High mass was celebrated at the eathedral. The attend- ance of mourning relatives and sorrow- ful friends indicated the very high es- teem in which the young lady was held and the grief which was felt at her de- cease. She was engaged 10 marriage to a gentleman in Sioux City, and the nup- tinls were to have been celebrated in a fow weeks. The cortege to the Holy Sep- ulchre cemetery where the burial oc- curred was quite 1mposing. Edison Elcctric Light Systom Estimates furnished. 1£0. W, COSTER, Paxton House, Omaha, Agent. — - South Omaha Qo All reports to the contrary Mr. Cook, who has charge of the sinking of the coal shaft at South Omaha, says that coal of a very fine quality has been discovered. The work of baring is still rapidly going on, and the development will be worked for all it)s worth, S Joe Kearney Dying, . Joe Kearney, one of the first teamsters in Omaha, and well known in the city, is not expected to live many hours. Joe has been' a good fellow in his day and his demise will be regretted by a large number who knew him in the palmy days to him) of hixuling from the steamboats, A BIG SUIT. An Injunction Against the Water- works Company. An important and sensational suit was started in the United States court yeste day, involving large sums of money and important interests, The plaintift is Marshall Field, the merchant prince of Chicago, and the de- fendant is the City Waterworks com- pany of this ety The plaintiff in his petition alleges that about a year ago he purchased 200 shares of wat works stock from 8. R. Johnson, who was then president, Since that time, Mr, Field claims, the policy of the com pany has been to depreciate the stock held by some of the lesser holders, notably himself, Mr. Kountze, Mr Creighton, Hamilton. In other words, to ' practic them out, He says that he bought stock from Mr. Johnson with the understanding that that gentleman, Mr. Roge: mont and M held a interest it the {l of company wisely greement furthermore entered into, itis alleged, between Mr, Field and the gentlemen above named that no one of the pool was to unload or sell his stock, without the consent and knowleage of the others, Mr. Field | claims that, notwithstanding this agree ment, the otner gentlemen sold their stock short fterward to a syndi- cate of castern capitalists, who elected W. H. Underwood president and S. W, seeretar In return for this it is npany held a secret sliing stock and_would manage the contriving not to give Iield ~due notice, at which vital - stock of the company was increased to $800,000, (and subs quently to $1,6¢0,000), Then, it is allege arrangements were made to issue pre- ferred stock, and apply the proceeds of the sale of th me to the payment of an alleged debt which the new com- V““y oweda to the old directors, Messrs. Dumont, Morse, Rogers and Johnson. This new debt ted be- the new Underwood-Wylie syn ctically mortgaged a claim pay _for the rs. Johnson, In other words, th heme wa 1o operate the company for the benefit of the John. son-Rogers-Dumont syndicate and inst Field, Kountze, " Creighton and weaker stockholders. In order to accomplish this it is claimed, Messrs. Wylie and Underwood saw to 1t that a rd of directors (most of them out of 1y) were elected who would be sub servient to their wishes, [t is further more stated by Mr. Field in hi: that the new directors und cate on this preferred stock to stock transferred by Mes Morse et al, petition, v the thumb of Wylie an a secret meeting held M ity exceuted a le of the company’'s property and e seventeen years, to the "Am ater company of Chicago. This, the plaintiftt states is a corporation nized under the laws of Iiling purpose of own- ted in - conside; ¢ ot §300,000 of prefer stock, which to be taken up and paid for by the v company. This company, the de- ntelaims, is under contro! of Messrs. rwood and Wilie so us to further the scheme of conspiracy fraud inst the weaker stock holders. The plaintift E that the lease, as well as the in- erease of stock jwere covertly and fraud- ulently brought about. "He there- fore aoby for an injunction against Messrs. Wylie, Underwood, Me- Dougal and Hall of the waterworks com- [):m enjoining them from executing the or'having anything further to do with the management of the company, until the mattercan be heard in court. He also asks for the appointment of n reveiver. Judge Dundy has ited the junction and will hear the matter as soon as possible. THE NERRASK. ACI:NTI‘;\IJ. Work Delayed by a Hitch on the Bridge Question—Rail Notes, It transpires that the reason work is not being pushed on the Nebraska Cen- tral roilway project is that thete is some trouble about the bridge. As has already been stated in the Beg, the Chicago, Mil- waukee 1l road, which is back- ing the Neb: Central, will build the bridge at this point whichh is to eonnect the i N, owa line of that road with the Ne- Central road. The survey of the 1 route is all made, and every- ready to 2o ahead with the work tion when lo!and behold! It appears that the Omaha and Council Blufls bridge company, which proposes to build a wagon :uu‘ foot bridge, has che to cross the riv at Dodge street. 'This has led to a contlict, adjust which negotiating are now quetly going on, It is rumored that the St. Puul road is_negotiating to buy out the franchise of the Omaha & Council Blufls company and build in connection with the railway bridge, a passenger and foot bridge. On this score, howeyer, nothing definite can be learned. certained to-day that repre- es of the Nebraska™ Central and il rouds are now in Washington, conferring with the seerctary of war anc government oflicials, relative to the pro- posed bridge. As tne state officials can, all the prelim- construction of not be necessary to n- voke the aid of congress in this diree- tion. A POSSIBLE ALLIANCE, Messrs. Potter,Ames and Adams, of the Union Pacilic, are to arrive in this city, is here Mr. Potter will here- This coming will be terest to the Union ment of which passe wught with in- dific, the manage- into the hands of Mr. Potter. The details of the trans- fer will be eilected at this meet- ing, as will doubtless also be de- termined the closeness of relationship which shall hereafter exist between _the Union Pacilic_and the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul. It has long been mentioned 10 railroad circles that there was a growing desire on the part of both of these roads to arrive at an understand- mg whereby each might the benetit of the through western and eastern connection of the other, thus forming a continuous line from almost coast to const. It has been a guestion, however, with which of the Iowa lines this derive understanding could be eflected, some thinking that the C. B, & Q. was the one most likely to be selected. ~The seleotion of Mr. Potter, late of that road, scemed to imply that the agreement suggested might be en- tered into, bu that ~ has been authoritatively denied Mr. Potter. It is known, however, that Messrs, Adams, Potter and Ames are to be met here by the leading men of the Chicago, Milwau- kee & Paul, and in view of the friendly relations existing between that corperation and the Union Pacifie, as also the interest the former is displ: in bridging into this city, gives warrant for the belief that the object of the com- ing of the Milwaukee's oflicials is as sug- gested, NOTE Passenger Agent New York Cen 1 Traveling Passenger Agent Giles and General Western Passenger Agent John- son, of the Lake Shore road, are in Omaha, Knox Boude, a former stenographer for Superintendent Kosty, of the Union Pacific telegraph department, is said to be dolng Salvation army work in Denver, Police Court, The whole Pontag family, who were residing at Nineteenth streets, were brought before Judge Berka yesterday, They were given brief examination. and then bound over to appear for trial next Saturday. 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