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Open shop signs have been posted in
various shops of Omaha.
Weather conditions have been such
that business is practically at a stand
still in Lincoln, but the painters are
looking forward to a good season as
soon as spring opens.
The "smoker" held a month or so
ago was such a success despite the cold
weather that the Lincoln local is plan
ning on another one just as soon as
the mercury gets high enough in the
tube to be seen.
The proposition to hold a national
convention has been defeated by an
overwhelming majority. The vote
stood 6,770 for and 12,178 against. It
fcas been four years since the Broth
erhood of Painters, Decorators and
Paperhangers held a national convention.
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Cleveland, O., carpenters are agitat
ing for the Saturday halt-holiday.
A. A. Callahan of the local union has
been laid up for seme time as a result
of a hard fall on an Icy pavement.
The local Carpenters Union enjoys
the distinction of being the largest
trades union body in Lincoln. It now
has upwards of 200 active members on
t,he rolls.
Rochester, N. Y., carpenters have
asked for an instance of 5 cents an
hour over the present scale' of 35
cents, and It Is understood that the re
quest will be granted.
A number of carpenter at Pittston,
Pa., who have been on strike since last
April, have formed a co-operative as
Boclation and will take contracts for
building, as the big contractors who
formerly employed them did.
The Carpenters' District Council of
Albany, Troy, Schnectady and Cohoes
has adopted the new constitution and
by-laws which in the future will gov.
ern all union carpenters within a ra
dius of 50 miles from Albany.
Ths Philadelphia Trades ; Union
, News says: "The General Convention
of the United Brotherhood of Carpen
ters, at Milwaukee, Wis., iast Septem
ber, voted an aprcpriation of $10,000
to assist in organizing the trade in this
city. . An active Committee of Organ
ization is at work, backed up by the
nineteen unions of the Brotherhood in
Philadelphia. The city has been lis
trlcted in groups oi! two or three wards
adjacent to each other, and through
the agency of the Assessor's lists, the
carpenters in those wards are notified
to attend public meetings. W. D. Mac
Farlane, of Buffalo, N. Y., General
Organizer, is here and in charge of the
work. James Ryan and Charles Car
roll, of this city, are his local assist
ants. Meetings have been held at Broad
and Federal streets and in German
town with gratifying success and an in
crease in membership. Last week a
largely attended meeting was held at
Twentieth street and Columbia ave-
nue, and on Monday night of this week
the turnout of over 500 carpenters in
Odd Fellows Temple aroused great
enthusiasm. The speakers at these
meetings were W D. MacFarland, W.
Mercer, of the Amalgamated Carpen
ters; P. J. McGulre, of Philadelphia,
and Local Organizers James Ryan and
Charles Carrols. The depressing effect
it the last strike of May. 1903, has been
pretty well overcome and the men(are
rapidly lining up to secure a wage scale
the coming season and better condi-
, tlons generally. There will be a num
ber of public meetings at stated inter
vals during the next two month3."
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H. W. McQuItty Is now foreman at
the Independent office.
Work Is reported unusually good and
the "subs" are eating with gratifying
regularity.
No, The Wageworker doesn't know
vhat the executive committee has
done. Do you?
The prlntets of Lead, so. D., are on
strike for shorter hours and an In
crease In the seal .
A half-dozen or more printers are
figuring on building homes of their
own in the spring.
The February regular meeting was
the largest in point of attendance for
many a month. Wonder why?
The Woodruff-Collins shop has se
cured the contract for printing Volume
4 of "The Commoner Condensed."
The Typographical Journal reports
each month a gratifying number of lo
cals that have secured the eight-hour
clay without trouble.
Candidates for delegate to the To
ronto convention are beginning to bob
up and the chances for a merry ram-
Mrs. Roy AI. R 1
Mandolin and Uuitnr Instructor
Studio, 1332. J street
Formerly Instructor in the Htute Univer
sity Heuool of Music. Lincoln, and We
leyan University, University Place.
Call at Studio, or ring up Autoulaone KH8
paign are becoming numerous. At this
time it looks like there would be a
dozen or more anxious "To-ron-to" the
convention. (Joke.)
T. W. Dunn has resigned the fore-
manship of the Independent and is now
a machine apprentice on the Journal.
Billy Wright is working in the Star
ad alley.
Philadelphia Union No. 2 is having
a round up with Ihe executive council
over financing thtj Philadelphia situa-
tion. Washington and New York have
unanimously upheld No. 2.
The printers will not bcycot the ci
gar stores handling the "Henry
George" and "George W. Childs" ci
gars. They will intrely lefuso to pat
ronize such cigar stores, that's all.
The first delegation of workingmen
received by the czar of Russia after
the recent riots !n St. Petersburg was
made up of printers employed in the
state printing works. You can't head
'em off.
The .Typographical .Union has been
working on the city directory proposi
tion and has made such a warm fight
that the Hoye Directory company has
agreed to have the 1906 and subsequent
issues printed in Lincoln if the print
ers will be good and call off the fight.
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,'t. Paul cigarmakers spent $1,200 in
label agitation last year.
Local cigarmakers are feeling the ef
fects of the Commercial club's agi
tation in favor of home industries, and
also profiting by the growing demand
for the union label. Work is good.
The cigarmakers were the pioneer
unionists in the eight-hour movement
They established the eight-hour day on
May 1, 1886. The cigarmakers, too,
have been the pioneers in several other
matters of vital interest to organized
labor.
A report from Washington states
that it has been decided Dy the inter
pal revenue authorities that the union
label of the cigarmakers can be placed
on cigar boxes in any place or man
ner, just so they do not encroach on
o: cover the internal revenue stamp
or factory brand of caution required
by law. The decision is a victory for
the cigarmakers, as the tobacco trust
lad tried to prevent the labels being
v.ted on boxes of union-made cigars.
As soon as warm weather comes the
local cigarmakers will renew their bill
board and newspaper advertising in
favor of the label. They have set a
good example for other unions to fol
low, and can show that it ha3 been
pi ofitable.
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The Tailors added 1,600 to their na
tional membership during 1904.
Delegate Schulo has returned from
Bloomington, 111., where he represent
ed the local body at the national con
vention. He reports a splendid con
vention and an interesting time.
The attempt to secure from the na
tional convention an endorsement of
the socialistic propaganda was unsuc
cessful. John B. Lennon, secretary of
the national body, led the fight against
the measure and vton a great victory.
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Unionism insures protection from ac
tual destitution and want.
The contractor who enters the non
union gate leaves profit behind..
For every man in the labor move
ment who is willing to lift you will
find a dozen willing to stand by and
grunt.
Monopoly cries "Starve, freeze and
die, or pay blackmail for use of na
ture's bounties. Stand, deliver, or get
off the earth."
Just one wrong step which a thought
less brother took while in the heat, of
passion has been the ruin of many a
once flourishing union.
In the election of officers in your
union did you vote for the most com
petent man for the position in pref
erence to the "good fellow?"
, Man never fastened one end of a
chain- around the neck of his brother
that God did not fasten the other end
around the neck ot the oppresser.
If every union vould disband ,and
every individual start independently,
wo wpuld guarantee that in one year's
time that wages would fall 50 per cent.
If a man has not enough unionism in
him to take his labor paper, he is made
of poor stuff. His pants may be union,
but the fellow that fills them has
something lacking iu his makeup.
We should not be content with less
than the best, and the best can only
bf- obtained by the practice of such
virtues aa are taught in lessons found
ed on the Fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man.
Baltimore Labor Leader.
THAT SILVER SERVICE.
The Star Undertakes to Raise the Money
by Popular Subscription.
The legislature having refused to ap,-
propriate $5,000 for the purchase of a
silver service for the battleship Ne
braska, the Lincoln Daily Star has
undertaken to raise the sum by popu
lar subscription. We opine that the
Star will succeed, for that paper has
established the habit of winning out.
But The Wageworker will not be rep
resented on the subscription list for
the purchase of a silver service. The
cfBcers who would use the plate are
well enough paid to furnish their own
glad fixings if Uncle Sam refuses. But
the stokers in the engine rooms, the
men behind the guns, the powder mon
keys, the able seamen, the marines
the men who do the hard work what
of them? A silver service would be of
about as much use to them as three
tails would be to a bulldog. This silver
service business is a fad. Nebraska
ought to think up something different;
something that would include the men
a? well as the gold-bespangled officers.
IN PORTO RICO.
A New Magazine Will Boost the Union
Label in the Island.
' The Porto Rico Workingmen'a Jour
nal is the latest exchange on The
Wageworker's table. It is edited by E.
Sanchez Lopez and printed in English
and Spanish parallel columns. The
Journal is small but full of good things,
and the editor shows himself familiar
with the principles of unionism. It will
bo of great service to the wage earners
of the beautiful island and should be
heartily supported by them. The Jour
nal is published under the auspices of
the American Federation of Labor and
is one of the results of President Gom-
pers' misionary work in our new po3
sessions.
GOT HIS MONEY.
The Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance
company has paid J. M. Leaden $800
on his fire loss, which materially re
duces the amount that Mr. Leaden lost,
The company was very prompt in its
adjustment of the claim and Mr. Lead
en expresses himself as entirely satis-
fitd with its method of doing business.
The Farwell state bank has filed aa
amendment to its articles of incor
poration increasing its capital stock
from $5,000 to $10,000.
Secretary Royse, of the state bank
ing board, lias authoroized an increase
in the capital stock of the Ewing State
bank from $5,000 to $7,500.
The State bank of Tarnov, Neb., has
been incorporated with a paid up capi
tal of $5,000. The incorporators, are
F. L. Gallagher and H. M.. Little.
Rural route No. 2 of the Leigh post
office made a change in carriers. Per
ry Pastle, a young farmer, was ap
pointed in place of John H. Glick, re
signed. -
Cass county's mortgage record for
the month of January is as follows:
Amount of farm mortgages filed, $21,
719; released, $29,423. 'Amount of
city property filed, $6,620; released,
$2,342.
The report of Superintendent E. L.
Rouse shows the enrollment of the
Plattsmouth schools to be 1,147, while
last year it was 1,224. The percentage
of attendance, he says, is the lowest
in three years.
, Beemer has just finished an eighty-
five foot standpi'pe, and in early spring
will' extend the water mains over the
town and will hen have as good a
system of waterworks as any town of
its size in the state.
The Farmers' and Merchants' State
bank of Meadow Grove has been au
thorized by the state banking board.
The paid up capital is $10,000, and the
organizers of the institution are W. H.
Stocker, A. J. Danlevy, J. R. Saxon
and J. W. Warrick.
Bernard B. Zitting died at his home
in Leigh after a brief illness. De
ceased was seventy years old and has
been a familiar figure in Leigh and
vicinity for years. He lived alone and
had no companions and was scarcely
seen in town unless on business.
The Burwell high school is endeav
oring to establish a library that will
be a credit to the town. The pupils
gave an entertainment for the benefit
of the library and a good program was
rendered, after which a basket supper
was served. The proceeds amounted
to $54.
Following is the mortgage record for
Gage county for the month of Janu
&-y: Number of farm mortgages filed
35, amount $59,828; number of farm
mortgages released 50, amount " $61,
489; number of city mortgages filed
23, amount $16,466; number of city
mortgages released 20, amount $10,422.
hT eOgalalla and Big Springs Tele
phone company has- filed articles of
incorporation with Secretary of State
Galusha. The capital stock is $5,000.
The incorporators are:" James Gray,
W. J. Harris and E. D. Harrison. The
South Fork Independent Telephone
company of the town of Amelia, Holt
county, has incorporated with a capi
tal stock of $2,000.
In the suit for damages of frank
Colle against Thos. H. Mattus or Har
vard, growing out of alleged perma
nent injury caused by assault Decem
ber ,31, claiming $10,000, stipulations
were filed in the office 6f the district
clerk dismissing the suit. Attorneys
Boslough and Moore of Harvard, rep
resenting the plaintiff, are authority
for the information that the' sum of
$1,000 was paid' in settlement. ' '
The -home of Frank Flakus, five
miles west of Columbus, was totally
destroyed by fire. The origin is sup
posed to have been a defective flue.
The family barely had time to make
their escape with only a small portion
ot their personal effects. The house
was valued at about $2,000 and was
only partially insured. The family
had to make their way nearly a mils
to a neighbors through a blizzard.
When a man has one and sounds the
final "t" in valet he seems to think he
isn't getting his money's worth.
WILLIE IN DEEP WATER.
Depth Suitable for Bride Was Toe
Much for Hubby. '
When Miss Ellen Jones and Mr.
William Smith were married the
neighbors remarked:
"The couple certainly represents the
long and short of Jones and Smith."
He was the shortest member of a
family noted for their dwarfish
stature, while his bride was the tallest
one of a numerous household of al
most gigantic height.
They joined the Baptist church soon
after thoir marriage, and were candi
dates for baptism at the same time.
In that rural district baptistries were
unknown, a lake near the church serv
ing the same purpose.
The minister, like Mrs. Smith, was
of unusual height, and as the three
walked out into the water he seemed
to forget the short member and sought
a depth suitable for baptizing the
lady.
When they were some distance from
the shore there arose sounds of sup
pressed mirth from the- spectators.
When the minister stopped and turned
around the cause of the unseemly
hilarity was evident. -.. Little Willie
had passed his depth and was quietly
swimming behind them.
The parson, being a man of expedi
ency, turned to the swimming candi
date, and after repeating the baptis
mal formula ducked his head, that be
ing the only part of his body out of
the water.
Mr. Smith swam back to land, while
the minister proceeded with the more
difficult task of baptizing his gigan
tic bride. Lippincott's Magazine.
THE HARMONIES OF HOME.
A Matter of Blended Chords, and
Even ' Discords.
It has been said that "the two es
sentials of a perfect home are free
dom and sympathy." In considering
this, the two may seem as Irreconcil
able as free will and predestination.
If each member of the home circle is
free to fly off at his or her particular
tangent, where is the binding and
uniting sympathy to come in? Doubt
less it is a hard saying, like any other
counsel of perfection. Yet that the
truest home must combine the largest
liberty and the closest love is certain,
and also that the omission of either
destroys the heart of home life.'
A good home-maker needs to seek
both these essentials with all her pow
er. "Many women skilled in house
keeping, full of tender love to hus
band and children, are yet imperious
and exacting through their very love.
Freedom is to them a departure from
what they consider harmony. But
harmony is not a matter of one note
it is the science of blended chords
and even discords into the desired
theme. Sometimes it is necessary for
the wife and mother herself to play
second fiddle, so to speak, in the
orchestra, or to let another member
develop a motive all by himself or
herself just as necessary as to under
stand the other parts, and sustain
them when the music requires it.
For lack of perception of this, many
homes, full of love, are also full of
discord, till the household ceases to
expect anything else and accepts
family jars as an inevitable part of
family life. Montreal Herald.
New Uses .for Electricity.
It is a French engineer who seri
ously announces his invention of a
suit of electric clothing,, with, fine
wire woven in the goods and a stor
age battery. By means of this Inven
tion he affirms that the body can be
kept at a comfortable temperature in
the coldest weather. There is no ap
parent reason why we should stop
with this. Little if any more current
would be needed to produce a light
such as persons on the vaudeville
stage display. Thus every pedestrian
at night would become a ' walking
lamppost, with electric force enough
to shock an inebriate -who might wish
to cling to him. It would be practic
able, too, fqr an American inventor
to connect the current with roller
skates, thus allowing every man to be
his own trolley car.
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The Weather.
(With, apologies to Tennyson.)
The splendors fall on topics all
And mouldy subjects, old in story;
The limelight shakes on hackneyed fakes.
And the wild chatter act. seeks new
glory.
Go, weather, go; set the male tongues a
flying. And answer, ladies, answer; trying, try
ing, trying.
Oh, hark! dh, hear! while men make
clear
That ere to-morrow 'twill be sndwingr:
How sweet maids are with thoughts afar
The .weather for. next Tuesday showing;
Go, weather, go; set callers' tongues
allying.
And answer, hostess, answer; trying, try
ing, trying. i '. -".
Oh. love, that's why in yon rich sky
The rain and shine will fall us. never; V
Their object sole is this; to roll , . ;
The ball of conversation ever; '
Go, weather, go; set lovers' tongues afly
ing. And answer, maidens, answer; trying,
trying, trying.
Thomas R. Tbarra.
On a Business Basis.
Bliss Carman once, called at the of
fice of a country editor up the state
with a poem which he thought would
be of interest to the readers of the lo
cal paper. After exchanging , greet
ings he said1: ' '
"You don't object to an old con
tributor dropping into poetry, do you?"
"Not at all," replied the mold-er ot
public opinion, pushlJig the waste bas
ket toward the poet; "drop ahead, and
go as far as you like."
Mr. Carman was nonplused, but the
editor added still further to his em
barrassment by saying earnestly:
"Oh, I was only joking, , but if you
really want to see your stuff in print
I will run it at regular advertising
rates, at top of column, next-' to pure
reading matter." Saturday BJvening
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