THE BRITISH STRIKE.
Railroad Worker's Version of the Un
derlying Cause.
The following, written not long ago
by an employee of a British railway,
throws considerable light on the strike
situation In England and recites in
part the grievances behind the indus
trial upheaval in the kingdom:
A few thousand railway sharehold
ers divide among themselves each year
in our railways the enormous sum of
$215,000,000. There are fifty-one high
ly paid managers, who receive salaries
of $1,155 per week. One general man
ager who directs a small Scottish line
gets $25,000 a year.
. Now, as an offset to those high priced
people there are 150,000 of us em
ployees whose average wage is less
than $5 per week, while another 350,
000 average $5.G0 per week. Altogeth
er there are about 534,000 employees
In these low earning positions.
When our last strike was threatened
evidence was given before the labor
commission that many employees work
seventy hours per week for $3.36. The
railway workers get less wages per
man than any other trade in England.
My wages are now 22 shillings ($5.28)
per week, out of which the company
each week takes 18 cents for what it
calls "provident and pension." That
Is to give us a pension after we get to
sixty-five years. But, let tell you,
mighty few of us live that long. If
you leave the company after paying
Into this fund for ten years you don't
get a cent back. It is all velvet to
them. Every single man married
ones, too must pay into this fund.
The company must get a snug little
sum. considering that so few reach the
pension age.
As a. .mere porter and without fog
ging (extra hours) I work ten full
hours a day and often have extra
work at night For the night work all
the extra pay I get is 44 cents. 1 have
often worked from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m.
and then right on to 3 a. m. next morn
ing, Just getting this 44 cents and no
more.
The company allows us no time for
food, so we have to snatch it when we
get a chance.' This means doing heavy
work often on insufficient food and
sometimes without any at all. Some
of this work is very dangerous, as we
often have to get down on the tracks
and shift parcels from one platform to
another. Men are often killed by pass
ing "specials." The parcels often weigh
150 to 200 pounds.
1 am married and support as best I
can a wife and one child on $5.28 per
week. Less 18 cents for "provident and
pension:" less $1.80 per week for two
rooms for rent In a slum quarter; less,
say. 32 cents for coal, leaves $2.9S for
self, wife and baby.
And they ask why we strike.
Must Reimburse the Union.
A member of a society of iron found
ers in England met with an accident.
In June. 1908. which seriously injured
him. At the time of the accident he
was working as a molder and earning
$10 a week. lie was supposed to be
Injured for life, and the society paid
him the sum of $500. he signing an
agreement in August 1907. by which
he undertook to repay the money in
full If he ever returned to the trade
of an iron founder. In March. 1910.
he was well enough to resume work
In a foundry, not as a molder. but as a
coremaker, at $6.50 a week. The so
ciety demanded the return by him of
the $500 and on refusal brought an
action against him for that amount
The king's bench division decided the
case tn favor of the union.
SPEAR GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM
One Experience With White Man's
Weapon Was Enough for
African Native,
When Mr. Montague, the English
traveler, was In Africa, he gave to a
native an old single-barreled gun, and
the fellow was delighted. He put in
a small handful of powder, and about
a quarter of a newspaper on top of
it and finally a ball, and then rammed
the whole charge down. Then he de
parted. In the evening he returned,
with his face battered and swollen al
most beyond recognition. "What have
you been doing?" asked the English
man, in amazement. The native sat
down on the ground and said, sorrow
fully: "A little after noon I found the
track of elands, and I followed It un
til I found them feeding. I crept up
to one of them. He was twenty yards
away. I rested the barrel of the
gun on a stone, placed the butt
against my nose, directed the muzzle
toward the eland, and pulled the trig
ger. I do not know what happened,
for I was blind and deaf for some
time, but when I came to I found my
self lying at the bottom of the gully.
The gun was beside me, my face was
as you now see it. and the elands had
gone away. Son of a white man, it
was very kind of you to give me a
gun, but it is too good a gun for me
too strong, too powerful. It needs
the wisdom of a white man to rule
it Take it back. Farewell!
Steam-Kissed Oranges.
The final ripening process in the
preparation of California oranges for
the market is the exposure of the fruit
to steam vapor, which imparts the
golden yellow color described on the
labels by "sun kissed" and other ap
petizing terms. Electric heat is em
ployed to a large extent in producing
this steam vapor, electric immersion
colls in open tanks of water In the
ripening rooms producing the warm
humidity required to give the final
tint to the orange of commerce. Di
etetic and Hygienic Gazette.
ORIGIN OF THE THREE BALLS
Familiar Sign of the Pawnbroker
Really Is the Arms of the Me
dici Family.
Few persons seeing the signs of
the vast wealth of our avuncular rel
atives in most thoroughfares in Lon
don pause to consider their origin. Of
course it is the balls of gold to which
we refer. Not only may they be
taken as indications of wealth, but as
a sign that pledges are received. But
the balls "do not Indicate what they
really are. They are the arms of the
Medici family. Whoever has visited
Florence will recall the three balls
alternated with the red lilies. But
how comes it that the decorations of
the Tuscan palace have found "their
way to London?
The explanation is not difficult If
we give the subject a moment's
thought The first gold changers to
settle in London, as In Paris, were
the Florentines or Lombards. They
chose Lombard street as the place
where they could carry on their busi
ness. These early settlers are per
petuated today by the bankers. In
the early days the inhabitants counted
among their number some of the Me
dici family and to Inspire confidence
they exhibited their family arms, to
which they had a perfect right The
family of Medici Is extinct today, but
their arms survive them, the present
users thinking the respectability ' of
the origin too great to be dispensed
with. London Globe, . .
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No Cigarmakers' Convention.
The cigarmakers' unions of the
country have voted against holding an
international convention of their craft
this year. The vote, which was recent
ly tabulated In the headquarters in
Chicago, was taken In the unions on a
proposition submitted to them by
the Cigarmakers' International union.
This organization has not held a con
vention for fifteen years, its business,
so far as the unions have had a voice
in it. having been transacted wholly
by the initiative and referendum. By
their vote on the question the unions
throughout the country have shown
that the great majority of their mem
bers are well satisfied with the pres
ent method of legislation.
TRADE UNION NOTES.
Beginning May 1, 1912. Cleveland
lathers will receive $5 per day.
A Scandinavian lodge of machinists
has been found in Boston.
The United States government print
ing office employs 4.000 persons.
All Denver daily papers are now
employing union men in every depart
ment Organized labor Is opposed to in
creasing postage rates on second class
matter.
The Boston Barbers' union reports a
complete victory in its effort to secure
a dollar a week increase.
John C. Harding, organizer for the
Chicago Typographical union, has
been appointed by Mayor Harrison a
member of the school board.
By an order of Secretary. Nagel of
the department of commerce and la
bor assignments of salaries of em
ployees to loan companies is prohib
ited. : :
The United States legal authorities
have interpreted the law passed by
the last session of congress to mean
that every employee in a shipyard
where government vessels are build
ing must be given the eight hour
workday!
Power.
"Water power is coming to play
a great part In the industries of this
country."
"Yes," replied Mr. Ara Grett, "espe
daily in Wall street"
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Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned have associated themselves
together for the purpose of forming
a corporation under the laws of the
state of Nebraska.
The name of the corporation shall
be the Maupin-Schoop Publishing Com
pany. Its principal place of business is
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska.
The business of said corporation is
to do a general publishing and print
ing business and any and all things
necessary and consistent tuerewith,
including the right to buy and sell
real estate. '
The authorized capital stock is five
thousand dollars, divided into shares
of fifty dollars each.
Said corporation shall commence
business on August 7th, 1911, and con
tinue for twenty years, unless sooner
dissolved by a majority vote of its
stock, or by process of law.
The highest amount, of indebted
ness to which it shall at any time
subject itself shall not exceed two
thirds of its authorized capital stock.
The affairs of the corporation shall
be governed by a board of four di
rectors, who shall have power to
elect from among their own number
a president, vice-president, secretary
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FRANK L. SHOOP.
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Legal notice.
Seth W. Lowell, will hereby take
notice that William Foote has filed
his petition and commenced an ac
tion in the District Court of Lancas
ter County, State of Nebraska, enti
tled "William Foote, Plaintiff, vs.
Seth W. Lowell, Defendant," and
plaintiff has filed affidavit therein
that the defendant is a non-resident of
the State of Nebraska.
The object and prayer of said ac
tion is to recover the sum of $176.45,
with interest at the rate of six per
cent per annum from the seventh day
of March, 1890, upon a promissory
note that plaintiff has caused to be
attached in said action, the undivid
ed one-third interest in Lot Four (4),
Block Two (2), Trester's Addition to
the City of Lincoln, Lancaster Coun
ty, Nebraska, and the undivided one
third interest in Lot Eight (8), Block
Forty-three (43) in University Place,
Nebraska; that the defendant is re
quired to answer the petition of the
plaintiff on the ninth day of October,.
1911.
24-4 SETH W. LOWELL,
By TIBBETS & ANDERSON.
Attorneys,
