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WATCHING UNION MEN
trike, refused to deliver building material
to any contractor who undertook to start
work wtlh nonunion men.
Then came the first evidence of the asso
ciation which had been formed among the
employers of labor. The dealers in build
ing material refused to sell stock to any
contractor until the labor trouble should
be finally settled. This brought building
operations to an absolute close so far as
new work was concerned. A number of the
smaller contractors had erced to the hod
carriers' demands as to time and they
operated as long as material lasted, but
being unable to renew their stock they were
forced out of business. At this Juncture
a capitalist of Omaha offered to secure
material for these coutroctors. but by the
time he was ready to deliver the Roods the
small contractors had been prevailed upon
to co-operate with the organization of
employers, and nothing enme Of this at
tempt, to secure material through unusual
lines.
The second strike in the building trades
was that of the electrical workers. These
men made a demaud for increased wages,
which was refused. Then came the
plasterers, who had been refused a demand
for higher wages, and finally May 1 tho
carpenters, who up to this time had been,
at work, struck upon the refusal , of thu
employers to grant them an increase of
wages amounting to about 25 per cent.
About the fame, time the drain layers
employed by the mneter plumbers were
refused wages demanded and these consti
tute the unions interested In the conduc
tion of houses who are now out of work. The
plumbers', sheet metal workers and the
painters are the three unions connected
with tho building trades who had no trouble
this spring, and the demands of the
structural iron workers were conceded.
May 1 brought the striko of the waiters'
union. This union did not ask increased
wag.s to any considerable extent, and all
employers were willing to grant all that
was asked, and were also willing to grant
a Eix-day working week, but the object ion
In thla case was the same as that of the
teamsters the employers refusing to recog
nize the union. Simultaneously with the
waiters the cooks and the cooks' helpers
left the places of their employment, In both
cases the question of recognition of the
union being the principal Issue. With tba
waiters and other restaurant employes
went the bartenders in all houses where
bars are run in connection with the res
taurant. Two strikes, sympathetic in their natuie,
were inaugurated this week as the result
of tho Etrlke of the team drivers, when
tho freight handlers at the freight depots
of the railroads and at the wholesale
bouses quit work rather than handle ship
ments delivered by nonunion drivers ot
wagons, and the horseshoers quit work;
rather than shoe the horses of tho employ
ers who attempted to operate their busines
with men not members of the union.
The strike ot the building trades has)
very materially altered prospects of a busy
season. In this line of trade. But two
bouses of importance have been constructed
thU season, the Jolyn residence and that
ot Mrs. Ben Gallagher, both of which were
b gun last year, and neither of which are
yet complete, but which are being finished
without friction. Bids were asked early in
the season for the construction of the
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Methodist hospital on Cuming street, which
was to have cost $100,000 in present con
struction, but this was withdrawn from
the market when it was found that the
striko would not be settled early in the
season. The Clarkson Memorial hospital
has plans for the erection of a large build
ing adjoining Us present quarters on the
tast, tho work to have been done this year,
but it is now expected that it will go over
for twelve months, as will probably the
new apartment house of H. C. Plunkett
on Thirteenth street; the new Baptiut
church, the new Christian church, the new
building for the Monmouth Park school.
Ever since April 1 work has been sus
pended on the new market house and the
Auditorium, while a large number of small
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IN FRONT OF A RESTAURANT AT NOON, MAY 1.
VAN AND EXPRESS WAOONS OUT OF COMMISSION.
houses which were to have been built have
been postponed until next year. The mem
bers of the hod canicid' unions do not look
upon tho loss of work this spring as a
total loss. The president of one' of their
unions says: "There Is Just about hi much
work to be done in Omaha every hi-ason.
If It is not done in the ttpring It l done
in the fall and work can be carried on here
generally until lute in the v. inter, so while
we may be Idle now we will be busy at
those times when we unuiilly are Idle or
doing something besides work on buildings.
Neither are the contractors losing money.
They are but postponing the day of their
activity. Neither men nor employers can
lose anything unless the work Is done by
other hands, and we are satisfied to wait."
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Pictures from Photos
by a Staff Artist
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The striko is having considerable effect
upou the retail trade of the city, particu
larly from the fact that few of the larger ,
stores cau deliver purchases, cither having
contracts with transfer companies or being
directly involved In the strike of the team
drivers' union. At tho saruo time the small
fcroccry in the suburbs is reaping a harvest,
as a great part of the trade which previ
ously went down town now goes to It, be
cause the team drivers have not as yet
brought the delivery men at the single-line
stores into the union and they are able to
deliver goods.
A conservative estimate of the men now
out of employment places the number at
about 2.900, divided among tho thirteen
unions directly affected as follows: Team
drivers, 1,350; carpenters, 400; hod car
riers, 320; waiters, 200; bricklayers, 110;
freight handlers, 100; horseshoers, 73;
plasterers, electrical workers, drain layers
and cooks,, each, 50.
A considerable number of the persons
Involved In the strike have left tho city
temporarily and a smaller number, perhaps,
permanently. Of the permanent removals
a few of the bricklayers have gone to Sun
Francisco, Denver and Salt Lake, n num
ber of the waiters to eastern and western
cities and a number of the carpenters to
the west. Of the larger number of those
temporarily absent bricklayers have gone
to Des Moines and other Iowa towns, a large
number of waiters to the summer resorts,
and a comparatively few of the team driv
ers to grading camps and railroad con
struction. Many of the hod carriers anl
building laborers have started "IMngrce"
patches of gardens over the city, and one
man has planted such a garden that he
ays ho expects to make more money this
year than he would have done had he fol
lowed bis usual occupation. '
Secrets of Success
A certain fellow who answered advertise
ments in cheap story papers has had some
Interesting experiences. Ho learned that
by sending 1 to a Yankee he could get
cure for drunkenness. And he did. It
was to "take tho pledge and keep It." .
Then ho sent fifty 2-cent stamps to find
out how to raise turnips successfully. He
found out "Just take hold of the tops and
pull."
Being young, he wished to marry, and
Bent thirty-four 1-ceut stamps to n Chicago
firm for information as to how to make
an impression. When the answer came It
read, "Sit down on a pan of dough." It
was a little rough, but be was a patient
man, and thought ho would yet succeed.
Next advertisement he answered read,
"How to double your money in six months."
He was told to convert his money Into bills,
fold them and ho would see bis money
doubled.
Next he sent for twelve useful household
articles and ho got a package of needles.
He was slow to learu, ua be sent tl to
find out "How to get rich." "Work like
tho devil and never spend a cent," and
tbat stopped him.
But bis brother wrote to find out how to
write without pen or ink. He was told
to use a lead pencil.
Ho paid 1 1 to lea ru bow to live without
work and was told on n postal card, ' Fish
for suckers, as wo do." London (Ky.)
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