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THE BOILERMAKERS
A STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC.
What we are sticking for. The
Boilermakers of the C. B. & Q. sys
tem, realizing the need of bettering
conditions and with that end in view
ought a conference with Mr. F. H.
Clark, General Superintendent of Mo
tive Power, who in answer to our re
quest stated that no conference was
necessary as he had been informed
all employees were satisfied. Not
wishing to accept this as final we sent
a committee to Chicago to see Mr.
Clark personally, who, for two days
sought an interview with him at his
office and were informed that Mr.
Clark was out of town and they were
unable to locate him. The committee
not wishing to remain in Chicago any
longer stated their intentipnn of re
turning home that evening, but upon
unexpected returning in the morning
found Mr . Clark In the office. (Gen
eral office) who granted them an in
terview. In reply Mr. Clark stated
that this time be thought tbey didn't
have to give a conference and would
not until such time as they had to.
When the committee stated that he
may have been misinformed as to the
existing conditions upon this system
he stated in reply that they would
have to be showed different and when
the committee plead with Mr. Clark
again urging him to grant a confer
ence or some kind of hearing ana
set a date at his own convenience. In
reply, Mr. Clark stated that he had
so much work before him at this time
he didn't see his way clear to grant
us a conference this spring or sum
mer. The committee not taking Mr.
Clark's answer as final endeavored o
get an interview with Mr. Byram,
vice president of the system and he
ignored all communications. Still en
deavoring to bring about a conference
without resorting to drastic measures
we were surprised by the action in
Local Unions without regards to their
own rules of selnority and ability and
without reducing the hours to the
limit specified In their shop rules. In
asmuch as the company has the of
fensive In this matter and are trying
to disrupt organized labor on this
system we deemed it necessary to
take this stand to prove that the men
are united in this move and ask the
moral support of all organized labor
as well as unorganized labor.
This statement Is made by order
of strike committee board of District
No. 28, 1. B. of M. & I. S. B. & H. of A.
C. A. RANKIN,
Chairman.
GEO. ANDRES.
Secretary.
J. W. JONAS.
C. W. JONAS.
J. P. MARTIN.
H. A. BELL.
O. C. SMITH.
T. F. DUFFY.
F. H. RAMGE.
J. P. BIGHAM.
J. C. GRANT.
G. B. HOLLAND.
"We're sticking," declared President
Jonas of the Boilermakers when ask
ed how things were going. The com
pany is trying to minimize the effects
of the strike by declaring that it is
not general, but the facts are that it
is general. Boilermakers are out all
over the Burlington system. So far
there has been no disaffection save at
Hannibal, Mo. It seems that In that
ancient burg a lot of lily-ltvered boiler
makers weakened and preferred their
little old jobs to their union cards.
But all that bunch can do is to give
themselves and the company the worst
of it. The real manly boilermakers
went out and are "sticking." Of
course the company are daily giving
out reports of strikers returning to
work, but all such reports should be
.double discounted and then divided
by ten or twelve. If the managers
think by issuing these reports that
they are going to cause the strikers
to get "cold feet" they have another
think coming. They are dealing with
men who are accustomed to giving as
well as taking some pretty hard
swings of the hammer. They claim
that practically all of the strikers at
Creston, Brookfleld and Plattsmouth
have returned to work Is a Joke. It
Isn't true in the first place, and in the
second place if it were true it wouldn't
be important. There are not enough
boilermakers In all three of those
towns to take care of 6 per cent of
the work of the system under strike.
For a time the company will be able
to make a good showing, for the
simple reason that the union boiler
makers had things in fine shape when
they went out, and the -company can
keep things going by "plugging flues"
and "doping boilers" for a time, but
It won't be long until there'll be
trouble in plenty. It will only take
a, week or two longer to make those
rosy company reports look like busted
flue. For two or three weeks after the
machinists' strike on the Union Paci
fic a few years ago the company was
able to keep things going and delude
the public into believing that the
strike didn't amount to anything. But
at the end of two or three weeks en
gines . began piling up in the scrap
heap and the trains were not getting
over the road at all. Then the public
got wise to the company game. It will
be the same way with the present
strike if the boilermakers stick, and
there's no need to worry about that..
They'll stick, all right, all right
The strikers are not deluded by the
newspaper reports that the company
is making no effort to fill their places.
That, too, is an old story. The coun
try is being scoured for "scab" boiler
makers, but so far none have been
shipped into the big strike centers. A
little handful of "independent and
free" boilermakers are "scabbing"
away at Havelock, but all the good
they'll do the company could be blown
into gnat's eye without making it
wink.
Everything is quiet at Havelock and
the 200 sttrikers are merely watching
every point, prepared to checkmate
every effort of the company to break
the strike. The strike managers are
keeping in communication with all
points likely to prove recruiting
ground for "scabs," and in this way
they are heading off pretty nearly
every effort to recruit the "free and
independents."
Of course the company managers
deny that men prominent in the union
have been discharged because of their
activity, but the fact remains that the
prominent workers in the organizaion
were fired. It is also declared by high
up Burlington authorities that the
strike was a surprise. That is an
other effort to delude the public. The
Boilermakers tried to secure confer
ences, first with Vice President By
ram. Clark refused to meet the grelv
ance committee, insolently declaring
that there was no need of a conference
as he was satisfied that the men were
satisfied. Vice President Byram
wholly ignored the committee. The
committee spent several days in Chi
cago vainly trying to secure a con
ference, but 'was snubbed on every
side and had to leave without secur
ing even a partial hearing.
So far there has been little thought
of any sympathetir strikes by railroad
crafts, but the other organizations are
giving the Boilermakers moral and
financial support. But it is evident
that a feeling of uneasiness prevails
in certain quarters, and it is not all
confined to the mechanics, either.
Some of it may be found among tne
"way ups" in those big office buildings
in Chicago.
'PHONE GIRLS WIN STRIKE.
Order to Quit Wearing Low Cut
Dresses Quickly Withdrawn.
The order of the manager of the
Portland, Ind., telephone exchange
that girl operators must not wear low
neck dresses and must cut out late
hours caused a strike, but it did not
continue, long.
The reasons for the order were, the
manager said, that low neck dresses
cause the girls to catch cold, become
hoarse, and give indistinct answers
to patrons. Late hours, he said, made
the operators "dopey" the next day.
As a result of the strike business
was tied up and the manager's trou
bles multiplied so fast that he lifted
the order and the girls rtturned to
work.
GREAT WRITER'S PRAYER.
The service of the day is over, and
the hours come to rest. We resign in
to Thy hands our sleeping bodies, our
cold hearths and open doors. Give us
to awake with smiles, give us to labor
smiling. As the sun returns in the
east, so let our patience be renewed
with dawn; as the sun lightens the
world so let ous loving kindness make
bright this house of our habitation.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
HOW THEY LOVE 'EM.
The work on Kansas City's new
union depot is under way. The com
mon labor is being done by a big gang
of imported Greasers. How the rail
road managers love the American
workingmen! Why, they'd employ
Greasers, Dagoes and Japs to man
their trains if they dared risk it. Kan
sas City money goes a long ways to
wards making her railroads profitable,
But the money paid to Greasers toe
their labor will take a long time find
ing Us way into the tills of Kansas
City business men.
THIS YEAR'SCON VENTIONS.
Where the International Will Meet to
Transact Their Business.
April 18-23, New Orleans, La., Broth
erhood of Railway Clerks.
May 2, Philadelphia, Pa., Chartered
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Send us one name for the Schmoller & Mueller Hand Made Piano. Think of the most appropriate name and send it right'
now. Who knows but that you may be one of the twelve fortun ate ones suggest names that will meet the approval of the com
mittee of judges. Don't hesitate to read the conditions of this c ontest, then act. Send the name in at once, please..
Twelve distinct names for twelve styles of Schmoller & Mueller Hand-Made Pianos that is our present need. The Piano
which has come to the front faster thany any other instrument now ef ore the American music loving public.
Sold in every state in the Union, Canada on the north and Mexico and Cuba on the south. Wherever you find a Schmoller
& Mueller Piano there you wll find a satisfied customer. , , ' t
But to date our various styles have only been known according to number. For instance, our Art Style'has been sold and
is known as Art Style Forty (40). "We do not feel that justice is done to this high grade Piano, an instrument which we guaran
tee for twenty-five (25) years, in designating it by a number.
Not only do we want a name for this Art Style 40, but we want a name for our Style 30, for our Style 20 and for our Style
10, and if we think best in getting out our new catalog, we msiy require a name not only for each style, but also a name for each
separate style, as it is made by us, in walnut, in mahogany or in oak. '
You will see in furnishing four (4) different styles of Schmoller & Mueller Hand-Made Pianos in three different woods that
we really have twelve different styles. So we are in the market for twelve distinctive names under which we can advertise our
Pianos and by which these various Styles will be known in the future instead of by a number, which means nothing.
"We are willing to pay well for names which will be accepte d by us as appropriate. We will give away free altogether,
$1,145 in prizes, absolutely free to those who, within the next three weeks, send us twelve names which are chosen by the judges
as names that will express the utmost when applied to the High Grade, Sweet and Mellow Toned, Durably Constructed and Finely
Finished Schmoller & Mueller Piano. These prizes will be given away in the following order
For the Most Expressive Name Suggested
One Art Style 40 Schmoller & Mueller Piano, valued at . $450
For the next best name, one Style 30 Schmoller & Mueller Piano valued at $350
For the next best name, one Piano Cased Organ valued at $150
For the next best name, one Columbia Phonograph valued at... .......$ 75
For the next best name, in cash. . : . .$ 50
For the next best name, one Duet Bench valued at $ 25 ,
For the next best name, in cash $15 For the next best name in cash . . .$ 5
For , the next best name, in cash $10 j For the. next best name, in cash... .1 . . ....$ .5 i, I . .. -v '". '
For the next best name, in cash $5 For the next best name, in cash ..$"5
Amounting altogether to a total of $1,145 worth of prizes, which we will give away absolutely free for the twelve best suggested names.
Now, as to the conditions of the contest, which you will be pleased to read plainly, so that there will be no misunderstanding.
First All the prizes above enumerated will be on display at our sales rooms in this city during the contest with the exception of the
$95, which has been deposited in the First National Bank of Omaha with Mr. T. L. Davis, cashier.
Second Each contestant is restricted to the submitting of one name only.
Third Names may be sent In either on a separate sheet of paper or on the coupon attached to this ad.
Fourth The judges will base their awards on the appropriatness of the names given..
Fifth The judges will .be: Mr. T. L. Davis, Cashier First National Bank; Mr. W. H. Ostenberg, President Scott's Bluff, National Bank;
Mr. Herman Peters, Proprietor Merchants' Hotel, Omaha; Mr. Frank M. Furay, Omaha City and County Treasurer; Mr. Dan Butler, Omaha
City Clerk.
Sixth Every contestant, whether a prize winner or not, will receive one copy absolutely free of the Schmoller & Mueller Triumphal
March.
Seventh Answers may be submitted by mail or brought to our store by the contestant or by a representative. All answers must be
in by ,the evening of Saturday, April 23, at 6 p. m.
Eighth The names of the successful Contestants will be announced in the columns of this paper immediately following the completion
of the awards.
Please remember that the above prizes will be given away absolutely free; that no entrance fee is charged for participation in this
contest, and that the name which appeals to you as the most appropriate name may be sent in either on the attached coupon or upon a
separate sheet of paper. r .
SCHMOLLER & MUELLET PIANO CO., Contest Dept., W.W., Lincoln, Neb
APPROVED BY THE POSTOFFICE DEPT.
This contest was submitted to the Postoffice Department
March 15th, and was approved by the Department under
Date of March 18th. Thus there will be no reason for the
non-completion of this contest, and as in previous contests,
with the exception of one, which we were not permitted to
carry forward to completion, the Schmoller & Mueller Piano
Company will do exactly as it always agrees to do, and will
positively award the above named prizes to those, who, ac
cording to the committee of judges, have submitted the
twelve best names.
The Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co., Contest Dept., W. W.
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Gentlemen: I desire to submit for the consideration of the
judges in your Name Contest the following name which appeals
to me as the most appropriate one for your Beautiful, Sweet
Toned, Schmoller & Mueller Pianos.
My Name is
My address is . 1 ........ .
The name I suggest is
I own a 'Piano Yes or No.
Society of Amalgamated Lace Opera
tives of America.
May 9, Louisville, Ky., Amalgamat
ed Meat Cutters and Butcner Work
men of North America.
May , Cincinnati, Ohio, Tin Plate
Workers' International Protective As
sociation. May 11, Cincinnati, Ohio, American
Federation of Musicians.
May 23, Buffalo, N. Y., National
Print Cutters' Association of America.
June 6, Chicago, 111., International
Association of Marble Workers.
June 13, St. Louis, Mo. International
Brotherhoot of BoilermaKers, Irou
Ship Builders, and Helpers.
June 13-19, Omaha, Neb., Interna
tional Stereotypers and Electrotypers'
Union of North America.
June 13, New York, N. Y., Interna
tional Brotherhood of Tip Printers.
June 13, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Inter
national Brotherhood of Bookbinders.
June, third week, Columbus, Ohio,
International Printing Pressmen ana
Assistants' Union of North America.
June 27, St. Louis, Mo., Internation
al Union of Pavers, Rammermen:
Flagers, Bridge and Stone Curb. Set
ters. - .
June , Kansas City, Mo., Interna
tional Journeymen Horeshoers' Union.
July 4, not decided as to place.
Amalgamated Leather Workers' Union
of America.
July 11, New York,' N. Y Interna
tional Longshoremen's Association.
July 11, Pittsburg, Pa., International
Jewelry Workers' Union of America.
July 11, New York, N. Y., Interna
tional Longshoremen's Association.
July 11, Pittsburg, Pa., Internation
al Jewelry Workers' Union of Amer
ica. . .
July 11, Atlantic City, N. J., Glass
Bottle Blowers' Association of the
United States and Canada.
July 11, Washington, D. C, Theatri
cal Stage Employes' International Alli
ance. July 12, Dover, N. J., Stove Mount
ers and Steel Range Workers' Inter
national Union.
July 16, Springfield, Mass., Ameri
can Wire Weavers' Protection Associ
ation. July 18, Ottawa, Ont, International
Steel and Copper Plate Printers'
Union.
July , Atlantic City, N. J., Na
tional Brotherhood of Operative Work
ers. August 1, Peoria, 111., Internationnl
Brotherhood of Teamsters.
August 8, Minneapolis, Minn., Inter
national Typographical Union.
August 22, Detroit, Mich., United
Garment Workers of America.
September 5-6-7, Chicago, 111., Na
tional Federation of Post Office
Clerks.
September 5, Chicago, 111., Interna
tional Slate and Tile Roofers of Amer
ica. September 5, Boston, Mass., Interna
tional Brotherhood of Maintenance ;f
Way Employes.
September 6-10, Louisville, Ky., In
ternational Photo-Engravers' Union of
North America.
September 6, Bangor, Pa., Interna
tional Union of Slate Workers.
September 8, Boston Mass., Inter
national Spinners' Union. '
September 12, Kansas City, Kansas,
Cpopers' International Union.
September 12, Denver, Colo., Inter
national Union of United Brewery
Workmen of America.
September 12, Philadelphia, Pi...
International Union of Elevator Con
structors. September 12, Streator, 111., Inter
national. Brick, Tile and Terra Cotta
Workers' Alliance.
September 13, New York, N. Y.
American Brotherhood of Cement
Workers.
September 19, Des Tvlolnes, Iowa,
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America.
September. 19, Rochester, N. Y., In
ternational Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Worker, ,
September 21, St. Paul, Minn.,
Brotherhood of Railroad . Freight
Handlers.
September 26, Columbus, Ohio," Oper
ative Plasterers' International Associ
ation of the United States ana Cau
ada. October 18, New York, N. Y., Unit
ed Textile Workers of America.
. October 18, Detroit, Mich., Interna
tional Association of Car Workers.
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