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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1905)
DSD ''THE DIFFERENT STORE" T IlEllE arc nuiny points of difference between this clothing stove and the other clothing stores in Lincoln and all in your favor. We deal in clothing not in Hiot air." We can sell on a closer margin because we are out of the high rent district. We buy closer because-our buyers are constantly on the watch foi bargains in the clothing manufacturing centers. And we handle more union made goods than any other clothing house in our neighborhood. WHAT WE f 3 n n - AT. f CA This buys a suit or over 1 tv" coat that cannot be dupli cated for if to anywhere in Lincoln. CIA AA This bnvs a suit or over fill. Uu coat equal to any $12.50 or $15.00 suit or overcoat offered elsewhere. CIC (( This buys as good a suit pltaUU or overcoat as there is on the market, and good enough for anybody. If you pay more yon are paying for the makers name. IN THE FURNISHING LINE TT7E YIELD the palm to in 11 one when it comes to complete line of furnish ings. We can fit you from hat tc shoe and with the neatest and best Our line of Underwear is immense. Onr Shoe line as complete as any. We Want Youk Patronage Lincoln Clothing I Company j TENTH & P STREETS m a a Ba HDr. ILeonliardt 1726 N STREET LINCOLN, NEB. Eleart Specialist SOME RADICAL IMPROVEMENTS Why Not Give Useful Christmas Presents? Make your children happy with a nice pair of shoes, and Papa and Mamma hap py with a nice pair of warm slippers. We have 'em from 50c up. See the Christmas Tree in Our Window. 'S M9-0 STREET. -J M CALIFORNIA With its lovely Seaside Resorts, quaint old Missions and Orange Groves is best reached via the UNION PACIFIC A Picturesque Journey combined with Speed, Safety and Comfort Electric Lighted Trains Daily Be Sure your tickets read over this line Inquire of E. B. SLOSSON Gert'l. Agent Popular Hostelry Spending Ten Thous and Dollars Fixing Up. The growth of the Lindell Hotel in this city has been something wonder ful during the past fifteen years. Sev-' cnteen years ago the editor of The Wageworker came to Lincoln and reg istered at the Lindell. At that time it was a very modest little hotel, two stories high and with a dining-room that could accommodate thirty or forty people by crowding them. Hoover & Sen had but recently purchased it, and no sooner had they acquired title than' they began adding to it. From that day down to the present time its history lias been one of steady growth, and today it stands in the front rank of hotels in the great west. From a modest beginning of twelve or fifteen rooms it has grown to be a magnificent structure with upwards of 300 rooms fitted up in the most modern style and supplied with every convenience that the traveling public could ask. Sixteen years ago it covered a ground space of about 40x60 feet, two stories high. To day it covers nearly a half block of ground and is four stories high. All this has been accomplished by a strict attention to business and meeting the demands of the public for first-class hotel facilities. But Hoover & Son are not content to "let well enough alone." They are constantly advancing, and right now they are in the midst of radical im provements that will put the Lindell even further forward among the list of hotels. The improvements now un der way will cost upwards of $10,000 and will result in some marked changes.- When the improvements are completed the lavatory will be in the basement under the bar, and will be fitted up in the latest style marble basins, nickel plumbing and latest de signs in fixtures. The new barber shop will also be in the basement un der the billiard room, and will be the finest in the west. The present check rcom, writing room and lavatory will bf- removed and the floor leveled to correspond with the floor of the lobby. The clerk's desk room will be enlarged, and where the present check room is will be a private rcom for the book keeper and the clerks. The present writing room will be fitted up a3' a gentlemen's parlor acd the writing room will be where the barber shop is now located. The present M street ladies' entrance will be closed in order to give more seating capacity in the lobby, and a new entrance made into the present reception room. A stone and marble vestibule entrance will be erected on Thirteenth atreet. This will be built of Bedford, Ind., stone like that used in the new postoffice build ing, and the marble trimmings will be of "Vermont marble. The floor will be of tile in the latest design. On the second floor the improvements, while not so great, will be none the less marked. Parlora A and B will be thrown together, and with the hall way will make one of the finest and largest parlors in any hotel in the country. The wftll decorations will be in light green burlap, and the floor covered with a dark green velvet car pet. Taken as a whole, this improve ment on the second floor will com pletely change the appearance of that pait of the hotel and add much' to the comfort and pleasure of the guests. , The popularity of this hotel 13 well -attested'-by the fact that 'it is most often chosen as headquarters for big conventions. It has been selected as headquarters for the Nebraska Teach ers' association convention, December 27 and 28, for the Retail Hardware Dealers' association convention, Feb ruary 13-15, and the Independent Tele phone association, January 23-25. Other conventions are also slated for Lin toln with headquarters at the Lindell. One of the conveniences offered to as sociation meetings by the Lindell is a large convention .hall in the building. This hall will comfortably seat 400 people, and is well lighted and venti lated. It has proved to be one of the greatest hotel attractions in the west and has fully rewarded the proprie tors for their enterprise and sagacity in providing it. THE CHRISTMAS WAGEWORKER. Greets Its Readers and Wishes Them the Best There Is. The Wageworker appears in Christ mas garb this week, coming out a lit tle ahead of time for very obvious rea sons. But the fact that it is prema ture does not abate one bit the warmth of its Christmas greetings to the union men and women of this city and vi cinity. The Wageworker has been the recipient of the loyal support of the wage earners of Lincoln and vicinity, and in return it has strived to be a good representative of organized labor. Whatever measure of success has crowned its efforts, the chief credit is due the loyal men and women who have given their support and made possible its continued existence. The Wageworker rapidly ap proaching the end of its second year. Ii met with some reverses during Jh3 first three or four months, and at its inception had to overcome the preju dice aroused by the fact that other labor papers started in Lincoln had "winked out" after precarious exist ences in which politics played an al together too conspicuous a part. But it went right ahead in spite of these discouragements, backed by the sup port of union men and women who wanted a labor paper, and were willing to stand behind one who endeavored to give them one worthy of that sup port. The Wageworker realizes, more than anybody, perhaps, its own short comings. . But it has been doing its best, which recalls the story of the oiganist in the western mining camp. He was a poor organist, so as a meas ure of protection he placed a sign above his instrument: "Please don't shoot the organist; he is doing the best he can." And so it is with The Wageworker. It promises better things for the fu ture, and with a continuation of the support heretofore given, it believes that it is now in a better position than ever to advance the cause of unionism in this, section. ' Af - Again, and yet again. The Wage worker wishes every one of its readers a Merry Christmas. In the language cf Tiny Tim: "Gcd bless us, every one." TRADES UNION GOVERNMENT Compares Favorably With Public and Corporate Affairs. You often hear the remaric that or ganized labor would be all right if it were managed right. If you ask to be shown where unionism is mismanaged you may be answered something in this wise: "If I should join your union you would want . me to work eight hours a day, and I think I have a right to work ten or twelve hours if I please, and that is all that keeps me out of your union." The man who argues in this way doesn't stop to think that by working eight hours a day he is prolonging his season of work, as well as his life, and helping some other man to work who has leen thrown out of employment by the introduction of machinery. Let him look up the man agement of organized labor and see if there is any city, state or national gov ernment that has any better system. Let him look up the large corpora tions, the insurance societies, and com pare them with the general heads of union organizations and see if there could be anything cleaner or better managed than they are. We have men who handle hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly, yet you never hear of them betraying the confidence that Is placed In them by their brothers. . Compare organized labor with the churches and see if they, are not jufet as charitable. Who ever heard of any union or body of union men refusing to give aid to those who had made an appeal to them and were worthy of as sistance? In the ranks of organized labor will be found men who are as able as those who are the heads of the trusts and Insurance societies, but who are giving their time to the uplifting and better ment of the working masses in opposi tion to those who are trying to oppress and degrade the working people, such a-; Post, Parry and others of that ilk. Unionism is so managed that it is one continual chain of protection for the wage earner from the smallest local union to that great head, the American Federation of Labor, and so it ha3 to be, in order to give that protection which is necessary to guard the wage earner from the selfish and greedy em ployers composing the Citizens' Alli ance. I once heard a minister say that if the people would live up to and fol low the teachings' of the Bible there would be no need of fighting the dens of wickedness that are prevalent in all cities, but that they would melt away as snow melts before the spring sunshine. And so it ie in unionism. If all union men would live up to their principles and demand union label goods the Citizens' Alliance and all other organizations of their kind would be a thing of the past. De mand, the label! John Woodruff in Strsator Trades and Labor Gazette. THE OX'S OWNER. It Makes a Radical Difference Wherein Title May Rest. The employers are loudly demanding the "open shop" for their employes, but somehow or other they are unwilling to grant the "open shop" to their cus tomers. The Master Plumbers' asso ciation has been demanding the "open shop" for several years, but a recent case at Toronto shows that when their own ox is being gored the master plumbers are "closed shoppers" with a vengeance. A dispatch from Toronto, Canada, under date of December S, reads as follows: "The charges preferred against the Master Plumbers'' association andthe Central Supply association of con spiracy in restraint of trade were held to be sustained by Justice Clute today. He imposed a firie of $5,000 each on the two organizations. "There are over 100 indictments now pending against the individual mem bers of the association, and six of those indicted, in view of the decision of the judge today, pleaded guilty of conspiracy. Sentence will be imposed tomorrow. "The others, it is intimated, will fol low suit. "In 1902 the plumbers' association was formed in this city and arrange ments entered into with certain whole sale houses whereby they were to sell supplies to members of the association only. In 1905 the Central Supply com pany, limited, comprising the leading wholesale supply houses, was formed to work in conjunction with the plumb ers' association. "Non-members of this association could not obtain supplies except in a round about manner and were virtual ly eliminated as contenders for trade. In addition, the Master Plumbers' as sociation entered into an arrangement with the journeymen's union whereby union men were sit to work for the non-members of the association. In tendering for contracts the association fixed1 the price and the firm that was to obtain it was indicated, the other firms bidding much higher. In return, the successful contractor had to give the others a 20 per cent rake-off. This the judge characterized as plunder and robbery." CAPITAL AUXIILIARY. Preparing a Holiday Social That Will Be Something Fine. Capital Auxiliary, No. 11, to Lincoln Typographical 1 Union, No. 209, has made an enviable reputation f6r enter prise, and for its interest in the cause 01 unionism. Lincoln printers are a walking advertisement for the auxil iary movement, for they have come to realize its benefits, socially and finan cially. The auxiliary has given many pleasant and successful socials, but right now it is preparing for the big gest and best one it ever had. On Wednesday evening, December 20, the Christmas social and enter tainment of the auxiliary will be given at Bohanan's hall, and every printer and his wife if he has one should be there to enjoy the good things that will be offered. The printer who is not lucky enough to have a wife ought to bring hi3 sweetheart. The admis sion w"ill be 10 cents, which will in clude refreshments and a share in the entertainment. Popcorn and walnut candy will be supplied in abundance, and a program out of the ordinary will be rendered. And then those who want to enjoy the dance will be given an opportunity to do so, and good music will be provided. The printer who misses this social will miss a little bit the "phatest take" that ever came off the hook. TURNED CHICAGO MAN DOWN. Union at Columbus Would Not Have "Tainted" Information. Columbus, O., Dec. 13. Considerable comment has been occasioned by the action of the Columbus trades and la bor assembly at last night's meeting in declining to accept the services of a professor of the Chicago university to deliver a course of lectures here under the auspices of the assembly. The as sembly was asked to pay a portion of the expenses of the professor and the assembly promptly declined to receive the services of the Chicago man. The reason given is that the Chicago university has had John D. Rockefel ler as a benefactor, and it is almost entirely due to his contributions tha'. the university enjoys its extensiveness and high rank . in the educational world. One of the delegates main tained that the professors at the Uni versity of Chicago had to teach and stand for the things that were favored by the oil magnate, and when they ceased to do this their positions wera in jeopardy. 1 - Is view of. this the proposition was turned down and a committee consist ing of Delegates Phelan, Houck and Little, appointed to arrange for lec tures, securing them' from a "source above suspicion." Resolutions favoring the establish ment of a photo-engraving department in the government printing office were adopted recently by the International Photo-Engravers' Union in annual con vention at Buffalo, N. Y.' "OPEN SHOP" DECLARED. New York Employers' Association Carries Out Its Threat. New York, Dec. 8. Ten thousand structural iron workers in this city to-, day were informed by the Employers' Association that the "open shop" had been introduced officially. Their pay, envelopes , contained ,-ia circular anv nouncing that henceforth all appli cants for employment must go to the employers' -'Darefeu in East Fourteenth street and register. The emergency committee, of the Building Trades Em ployers' Association issued this state ment: "There will be so discrimination be tween union and non-union men, but there will be absolutely no further rec ognition of the Houseamiths and Bridgemen's union. One hundred and twenty-five non-union men have been put to work on five contracts of Post & McCord affected by the iron workers' strike. The employers intend to put more non-union' men to work tomor row." The members of the Iron League said today1 that they were justified in tak ing this action, as the employes had violated the arbitration agreement by striking on all Post & McCord con tracts. President Ryan of the Inter national Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, gave as his reason for the strike that Post & McCord are asso ciated in a business way with the American Bridge company, which is accused of employing twenty-five non union men at McKeesport, Pa. This wa3 denied by William H. McCord, the senior member of the firm in question. MILKING THE PUBLIC. The Pullman Company Beats Both Employes and Passengers. The Pullman Car company last year earned over $10,000,000 or 13 per cent of its capital stock. Its surplus earn ings now exceed $20,000,000 even after having disbursed 145 jer cent' on each share of stock, which has a value of $250, although it was purchased for less than par. Since 1900 the earnings for stockholders have increased 50 per cent. Meanwhile, the wages to em ployes in Pullman shops have increased but 5 per cent and it took a strike to gain that raise. Laying aside the big rake-off which the directors and offi cers of the company get, and the enor mous dividends the surplus gives a faint idea of how the traveling public is being milked by a corporation in it self a parasite on the railroads. Den ver Labor Clarion. The Eight Hour Day. On December 12 the legislature of Wisconsin adopted a resolution pro viding for the eight hour day in the erection of the new state house . at Madison. There was little or no oppo sition to the .bill, and the announce ment, of thevvote was 'greeted-with- ap plause by both legislators.; and; a -gallery that WQ3 filled with-' workingmen who had asked1 for the rule. The eight hour day is bound to come, and the whole crowd of union busters would better bow tcr the inevitable and save their money. Individual Strength. Many plans are suggested today for strengthening the unions. Some tell us that high dues and an extended chain of benefits are essential in a suc cessful union. Others tell us that the inherent weakness of labor unions lies in the fact that they are organized on craft lines, and that they must organ ize on industrial lines to be successful. But no union will ever be strong in its collective capacity until its indi vidual members are strong. Luke Grant in Chicago Inter-Ocean. Mrs. W. C. T. U. Wright Dead. Members of Capital Auxiliary No. 11 have received word that their mem ber, Mrs. W. C .T. Wright, is dead. Mr. and Mrs. Wright and family1 re moved to Denver some time ago on account-of Mrs. Wright's health. - It is sad news indeed for the ' auxiliary, as this is the first time death has invaded its ranks. Mr. Wright and the now motherless children have the sympathy of the entire membership. The Billposters. The national convention of Bill Fosters and Billers completed its work at. Denver on December 8. New York was selected asihe meeting place next year. The election of president result ed in a protest from the Chicago dele gation, the ' delegates from , that city giving notice that they would appeal to the American Federation of Labor. H. R. Penny of Denver wa3 'elected president. Nova Scotia fishermen have formed six unions in less than that many months. . GILSON'S Sore Throat Cure Ths remedy is absolutely guaran teed. If it does not cure your money Is refunded. It is a Nebraska remedy and recommended by thousands of Ne braskans. If your druggist does not keep it, send 50 cents to the maker. If it fails to cure, your money back. Read this Lincoln endorsement: Lincoln, Neb., June 8, 1899. Mrs. J. S. Gilson, Aurora, Neb. Dear Madam: After some time of suffering from a very painful throat' trouble under a physician's care, I bought one bottle of Gilson's Throat Cure and was en tirely cured. I sincerely hope that every person afflicted with similar trouble will try a bottle of this tested remedy. Yours respectfully, Joseph Marsh. 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