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3T0RE.
And One That Deserves the Liberal
Patronage of , Union People.
Unless you have recently visited
the huge store of Fred Schmidt & Bro,
you can have no conception of the vast
lmiirovoruenta that have been made
therein during recent mom lis, nor th
stock carried by this firm. Some may
have an Idea that the' big stores are
further oast on O street, but a visit to
Fred Schmidt & Bro. will reveal the
fact that one of the largest in the city
as well as one of the largest in the
west, la still fronting on Postdfflce
Square.
The two Immense" rooms are filled
to the high ceiling with a high' class
stock of dry goods, shoes, ladies' fur
&i8hlngs, men's furnishings and gro
ceries, and this stock has been select
ed with a cave and an eye to the pop
ular taste. The stock, too, is immacu
lately clean and kept in order by ex
pert slock keepers whose taste In ar
rangement adds much to the pleasure
of a visit, and jthe close prices are
always an attraction to those who
re constantly looking for good goods
at prices within reach of those in
moderate circumstances. During the
past year Fred Schmidt & Bro. have
niadb Immense strides in popular fa
vor. Union people especially, should
visit this store, for' there they will
find an unusually large line of union
ma9 goods. This Is especially true
in the shoe and furnishing depart
ment. They wiMkrbe met with the
most courteous trement and will
know fj-om He ttart that they are
gl"lng their patronage to a firm that
Js In hearty sympathy with the pur
roses of unionism'! The Wageworker
taUe-4 grent pJns'ijin,recommeif.ding
th!s Ann to the attention of its read
ers. . Jf.
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CHANGE AFFILIATION.
Building Laborers Leave Old Organi
sation and Join a New One.
Local Union No. 141, International
Hodcarrlers and' Bui'ding Laborers
Union of America, no longer exists.
In its plr.ee appears Local 251, Interna
tional Laborers Union. The action
brinpuig n'.-out this change was taken
some weeks ago, and the change itself
took -pli-ce at midnight May 31.
For some time local building labor
ers have been dissatisfied with the
conduct of the International. They
were paying dues without having the
benefit of either protection or death
benefit. The International's finances
were In a bad way, and Instead of be
ing able to pay strike benefits the
International was compelled to levy
assessments to pay running expqnifeE."'
The International Laborers' Unon-' iflf
not a new organization and it"Was
founded on business principle's nd.1U
growth has been remarkable. ,11, waft
really the first in the field 'Of late
it has taken on a new growth miltjs
usefulness promises to be very groat
in ine union neia in me iuture. '
The local unionists in the helping
industry gave the matter ' careful
thought, and when action was taken
it was practically unanimous. Local
No. 251 Is increasing its membership
and strengthening itself all along the
line, and with the change in affiliation
it has taken on new life and spirits.
a revolution in their lives, and they
did not want that. This led Mr. Man
pin to remark: "That is all the more
reason why the church should be the
more active in its work among such
men."
"If the church had to depend upon
the contributions of the rich it would
soon fail," said Rev. Mr. Swearingen.
"Its most liberal contributors are the
comparatively poor, and from this
class comes the vast bulk of the funds
that enable the church to continue its
work."
"I believe that this exchange of del
egates promises great things for the
Waster's cause in the future," said one
minister. "And I rejoice with all my
heart that this movement has been
made."
THE PRINTERS.
"depriving the unorganized workman
of the power to earn bread and but
ter."
The Wageworker's understanding Is
that the paper will be published at
Wilbur, Nebr., with a Lincoln date
line, publication being at Wilber to es
cape the "tyrannical demands" of the
Typographical Union, which insists
upon Its members having a regular
pay day once a week. It beats thun
der how tyrannical some labor unions
become just as soon as they insist on
having Its members paid for the work
they do. -
THE CITY ELECTION.
THE MINISTERIAL UNION. -
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Ministers Declare That Thelr Sympa
thies are With the Tollers.' "
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! "If workingmen think that ministers
are out of sympathy with them, they
' are mistaken," declared Rev. H. C.
Swearingen before the Ministers' As-
'. sociation laBt Monday morning. "I
believe that nine-tenths of the minis
ters today are men who have
1 wrought with their hands; whose ear
ly training has brought them Into
; close touch and sympathy with the
toilers." ,, ' , '.
These and other expressions of In
terest in. the wage earners were ex
pressed after the fraternal delegates
from , the. Central Labor Union had
been asked to make a few remarks.
Mr. Maupln declared it to be his belief
J that if the church of Christ had been
doing its i whole duty dprlng the last
i two centuries there would be no fra
ternal societies and labor organiza
tions today for the simple reason that
there would be no need of then.- He
further declared that If workingmen
took no interest in tun uuurcu, ur
looked askance upon church work, It
was the fault of the church and not
the fault of the workingmen. "If any
of you ministers are craftsmen," said
Mr. Maupln, "I would advise you to
Join the union of your craft, and in
this way get next to the men who toil.
As things exist today, were I com
pelled to make choice between -my
union and my church, I would choose
my union, because I believe that
jwithin its ranks I can do more good
jtor my fellows that I could In , the
hurc h ranks." ' ;
.' President Kelsey of the Central La-
!lor Union spake In a similar strain,
in iirirMii inn hi . ii i m. m m uhiih
along the line of meeting with and get
itlng acquainted with the men in the
ianks of organized labor. "It Is a
ilstake to think that we are antagon
istic to the churches," said President
Kelsey. "We believe that a major
ity .. of . jchurch . people misunderstand
Us, just as we may perhaps misunder
stand you. Let us get closer together
and thereby remove this misunder
standing. We are all working forhe
name end, although working along
different lines. More unanimity of
action and purpose would be benefi
cial to all concerned."
One minister said that it was hard
to each the workingmen because
they realized that religion would work.
Some News Notes About the Boys
Who Make the Printed Page.
Lincoln Typographical Union No.
209 elected officers at its regular
meeting last Sunday. The election re
sulted as follows:
F. C. Greenley, President.
H. G. Peat, Vice President.
F. M. Hebbard, Financial Secretary,
Albert Strain, Recording Secretary.
Fred Ihringer, H. C. Luce, Execu
tive Committee.
J. G. Sayer, Sergeant at Arms.
Messrs. Creel, Radebaugh and Ingra-
ham, Delegates to Allied Printing
Trades Council.
F. M. Coffey, J. E. Mickel, W. A. In-
graham, Delegates to C. L. U.
The election of delegates to the C.
L. U. produced a surprise. Coffey
and Mickel were made candidates by
petition and triumphantly elected.
Reports of Memorial and other com
mittees were read and approved. Sev
eral new members were admitted, and
the discussion under the head of
good and welfare of the union"
brought out some warm remarks.
There have been some radical
changes at the Independent office dur
ing the last week. H. W. Smith, late
of the Trade Review, assumes the fore-
manship of the Independent, and H.
W. McQuitty retires. F. C. Greenley
resigned the job of operator-machinist
and Henry Bingman is now manipu
lating the machine. Greenly is work
ing at the Righter Linotype Compo
sition company shop.
Mr. and Mrs. John Moore, who have
been suffering from typhoid fever for
the past five or -six weeks, are well
along on the road to complete recov
ery. The union and Capital Auxiliary
have remembered their fellow mem
bers with flowers and visits during
their protracted Illness.
W. H. Toy, for many years a printer
in Lincoln, has taken out his travel
tug card and is now located in Omaha.
Operator Brown, for a long time on
the News, has taken out his traveling
card'and Is now working in Chicago.
The Rig'hter Linotype Composition
company has been duly incorporated,
with C. B. Righter at its head and
front. "Doc", now has two machines
running double time and is building
up a splendid business, much to the
gratification of his host of friends who
know him to be as "square" as they
can be made.
Col. Patrick J. Boyle, organizer for
the district, was in Lincoln a few
hours last week, looking over the local
situation. He found it all right and
lit out for Beatrice and other places.
Colonel Boyle is doing some great
work along the lines of organization
and the 8-hour day.
If any printers are figuring on going
to Toronto they should see the editor
of The Wageworker. There's some
thing doing. ,
Union Men Allow Several Good Friends
to Go Down to Defeat.
The election for aldermen at large
produced not a ripple of excitement,
and the entire republican ticket was
elected. This electee several friends
of organized labor, but it also defeated
several and placed in office men who
have no sympathy whatever with
unionism. This is especially true of
Woodward. It is to be regrette'd that
Ernest Hoppe was defeated, for Mr.
Hoppe has been and is a good friend of
unionism.
The trouble was indifference. Had
there been more excitement things
might have been different. But with
a half dozen primary elections and two
city elections crowded into two months
to say nothing of a congressional elec
tion drawing near, people were tired
and sick of politics. But union men
ought not to grow tired in the work of
advancing their Interests. It will be
four years now ere there will be an
opportunity to vote again for alder
men, and four years is a long time to
endure the sight of several union hat
ers in the council, especially when their
presence there might have been avoid
ed by going to a little extra trouble.
STILL RAPPING THEM.
The "Henry George" and "George W,
Childs" Cigars Still Fought.
The printers are keeping up their
light on the notoriously "scab" cigars,
the Henry George and
Childs, and they have jabbed it in to
the extent of knocking off about 40,000
in their sales during the last three
months. Of coarse all union men
should avoid all "scab" cigars, but the
printers are making an especial fight
on these two brands for both union
and sentimental reasons. Some
twenty cigar dealers in Lincoln refuse
to handle these two brands any longer.
The sale of union made cigars still
continues to increase. The sale should
Increase rapidly for the reason that
all of the union made cigars sold in
Lincoln are made in Lincoln, and
every purchase of a Lincoln made ci
gar adds to the business prosperity of
tne city. If you are not a union man
smoke union made cigars anyhow, for
in that way you aid in making Lincoln
a bigger and better town.
CONVICT BROOMS.
THE LEATHERWORKERS.
Engaged in Making a New Contract
' With the Employers in This City.
The Leatherworkers on Horse
Goods are just now engaged in trying
to make a new scale and agreement
for another term, and find themselves
up against the "open shop" proposi
tion in earnest. Lincoln is the only
city in this district that has enjoyed
the "closed shop" contract during the
past two or three years, but at this
time it looks as If this distinction
would not long exist. The president
of the international was here one day
last week looking over the ground.
The chief aim now of the Leather-
workers is to secure an agreement for
a grievance committee, and if that can
be. secured the question of the "open
shop" will not be so important.
Work has been good for some time
past, but has slacked up a little now,
although no one is idle who wants to
get . in practically full time.
CAPITAL AUXILIARY.
Getting Ready for the June Social and
Making Ample Preparations.
Capital Auxiliary No. 11 met last
Wednesday afternoon at Bohannon's
hall, and in addition to the regular
routine business laid some plans for
the June social which will be held
Wednesday evening, June 21. A com
mittee was appointed to look after the
details, and this commltte will en
deavor to set a new record for social
entertainment. ' ' ' '
NEW PAPER FOR LINCOLN.
One Coming That Talks, About the
Tyranny of Labor Unionism.
Lincoln is to have another newspa
per. Not a new one, tut an old one
that has been published elsewhere,
fl ds to be democratic from the gold-bflg-bolting
viewpoint of democracy
afii it is one of those papers that talks
about "The tyrannf of Labor unlon-
nnd gets off such expressions as
Nebraska Again Contracts Convict
Labor to the Lee Broom Company.
Last week the state officials of Ne
braska again entered Into , contract
with the Lee Broom' and Duster com
pany for the labor of the convicts at
the state penitentiary. Last winter
the legislature refused to pass a law
compelling the brand "convict made"
to appear on all prison made goods
offered for sale In the state.
The Lee Broom and. Duster com
pany, by reason of hiring convicts at
50 cents a day, has driven the small
broom factory out of business. The
result has been disastrous to many
free workmen. No wife of a good union
man will sweep her house with a con
vict made broom. No woman who has
any regard for the comfort of honest
and law abiding men will use a con
vict made broom. Convict competi
tion has all but driven the union made
broom out of the market.
There are eighteen hundred union
families in Lincoln, and not one of
them should be swept with a convict
made broom. We may not be able to
secure recognition by petition, but we
can compel it by withholding our nut.
ronage. Do not bovontt anvthino.
simply do not be a chump and buy the
manufactured products made! by con
vict labor. That's all.
THE RAILROADERS' PICNIC.
It Will Be a Hummer With Horns and
a Seven Times Winner.
The railway men are going to have
a Fourth of July celebration at Seward
this year, and it will be a hummer
with horns and a seven times winner.
The way the committees are hustling
to make It a booming success is a
sight good for sore eyes. All kinds of
healthy and square games of sport.
etc., will be provided. Special trains
will be run at a very much reduced
fare. Watch for full particulars and
arrange to celebrate with the rail
roaders at Seward.
A Union Stamp Fraud.
The Boot and Shoe Workers of Cin
cinnati have run to earth a new meth
od of palming off non-union-made
shoes on patrons who demand the
Union stamp. Frank L. Rist's Chron
icle thus describes the fraud In its
report of the proceedings of the Cen
tral Labor Council:
Shoe Workers Reported that Co
hen, of Fifth and Central avenue, is
handltns a small' piece of leather, with
the Shoe Workers' stamp on it, 'to cus
tomers demanding Union-stamped
shoes, claiming that that signifies that
the shoe is Union-made. The only
guaratKee that a shoe Is Union-made is
when the stamp Irs impressed on the
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A Gas Range is a Gas arrangement that
no modern city home should be without.
Fuel Gas has solved the fuel problem. It
has also solved the problems of health,
comfort and convenience. We sell you
the Gas Range and connect it free. After
connection the fire is always readyturn
a valve and touch a match. All the heat
at once right at the point needed. When
heat is no longer needed, turn the valve
the other way and immediately the ex
pense stops.
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We show a full line of Gas Ranges and
Water Heaters at our uptown offices.
Demonstrators always ready to show
you every detail. Gas costs far less than
coal or wood. The average fuel bill for
Lincoln consumers of fuel gas is consid
erably less than $3 a month, and the
small cash outlay includes everything.
No ashes, no soot, no smoke, no dirt.
Do not make the mistake of harboring
an unfounded prejudice. Investigate the
matter for yourselves. It is a business
proposition, pure and simple. Come and
see! Our office is open evenings and you
will be welcomed. - - - -
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