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GENERAL NEWS One-half off Sample Shoe sale. Rog er & Perkins. .. ' , . The snow storm and cold snap Jaid oft a lot of bricklayers. ,' Electrical Workers of Henderson. Ky., will apply for a charter. ' S. J. Kent Is In Laramie, Wyo., look ing after some business interests. Rogers & Perkins carry the largest line of union made shoes in the city. Peoria Painters havo increased the wage scale from 35 to 40 cents an hour. Trouble is brewing between New York coal teamsters and their employ ers. The largest line of union made shoes in Lincoln is carried by Rogers & Per kins. "Blue Ribbon" cigars are made in Lincoln by union men. Neville & Gartner.- Everybody's Magazine has declared Itself in opposition to the Typograph ical Union.. Two hundred bolleTOakers are on strike at Superior, Wis., for an in crease of wages. Smoke "Blue Ribbon" cigars. Union mad$. Sold by all deulers. . Made by Neville & Gartner. ',- Hod Carriers and Building Laborers in Peoria have Increased the wage scale to $3 a day. Typographical Union Ball, Thurs day evening, February 22. Tickets $1, including refreshments. Col. C. B. Edgar, manager of the Star, is confined to his home by a se vere attack of tonsllitis. Boaton labor leaders are Insisting ou the union label being used on the schools books of that city. The death roll of union printers pub lished in the Typographical Journal for February numbers 61. Union engravers have been locked out 'of the Hammersmith Engraving company's shops In Milwaukee. Decatur has six union men who are aspirants for political office. Two of them are candidates for-sheriff. There are 124 manufacturers using the union label on mechanics' clothing in the United States and Canada. Colorado State Federation of Labor has taken up the questioning of can didates on the referendum proposition. The cold snap made work fo a lot of ice cutters and haulers, and also gave a little comfort to the coal deal ers. Chicago Steamfitters have signed a new agreement for three years from April 1, when the present contract ex plres. - Leatherworkers of Wichita, Kan have signed a scale of prices with a better agreement for 1906" than ever before. San Francisco Pressmen's Union do pated $2,500 to the pressmen of Los Angeles wio are out for the eight hour day. The strike of Boilermakers in Buffa lo is looking more favorable, the em ployers not being able to get compe tent help. Brewery Workers of Henderson, Ky., who have been jurisdiction mem bers, will have a charter of their own this year. Tho sheriff of Pine Bluffs, Ark., was asked by planters of Waba3eka to pre sent neKroes from forming trades unions. ' ine vvoourun-uomns io. again una the contract for printing "The Com moner Condensed." This means a lot of-, work for printers, pressmen and bookbinders. The" strike of the Boilermakers in the shops of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad at Du Bois, Minn., has been settled., The International Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredgemen is a new organization lately affiliated with the A. F, of L. The San Francisco Labor Council has issued a Union Labor Calendar, containing tac-slmiles of thirty-three labels, buttons, shop cards, etc. Maryland legislature has repbrte-i favorably a bill providing that none . but registered voters shall be em ' ployed on city work in that state. The Munsey publications, including the Argosy, Munaey's Magazine and the All-Story Magazine, have granted the eight-hour day to the printers. San Francisco Building Trades Council has announced that its mem bers will not work on buildings con tracted for by unfair New York firms. The Retail Clerks' Union in Galves ton, Texas, is one of the most progres sive nnlons in that state. Every store of any consequence employs union. Officers in San Francisco have dis covered an illegal cigar factory.of large dimensions operated and- owned by Chinamen, In violation of the federal law. ... :- The National Association of Plumb ing Inspectors Is a new organization which will endeavor to secure uniform plumbing regulations in every city and state. : ' 'A firm of broom manufacturers has contracted for convict labor at the Eddyvllle prison at the rate of 50 cents per man per day. They formerly paid -35 cents. The Central Labor Union of Phila delphia has seated Rev. J. Gray Bol- toij, of Hope Presbyterian church, as a fraternal delegate from the Philadel phia presbytery. "The Industrial Plumbing company, a company formed by locked-out plumb ers of San Diego, Cal., signed contracts for upwards of $6,000 worth of work in one weeK. f - , The United Mine Workers of the Seventh district, in convention , at Hazleton, placed themselves on record as opposed, to' theT present 8ysterf;of( qualifying "candidates for 'mine Inspec tor in the anthracite field. A resolu tion was adopted in favor of -making mine foremen eligible for inspectors without any special test. The Wageworker wants a correspon dent from every union in Lincoln and Havelock. Get busy and appoint some one who will attend to the work. It will help all of us. . , The Union Pottery company of New York, which has been running a non union plant, has discharged all incom petent help and decided to employ none tut union men hereafter. It is officially announced that there will be no strike of the Lackawanna firemen. An amicable agreement was reached during a conference of sev eral hours' duration. The San Francisco Trades Council has purchased 350 copies of the pro ceedings of the Pittsburg convention of the American Federation of Labor to distribute among the members. Thirteen years without a labor dif ficulty is the praiseworthy record of the United States Potters' Association. This body of employes deals directly with the headquarters of the union. Justice Gaynor, of the New York su preme court delivered an opinion hold ing employers liable in damages for in juries suffered by children employed in violation of the child labor law. The People's theater in Kansas City Kan., was built by, scab labor. As a result of the boycott the theater' has cut the price of admission in an ;sffort to get patronage, but without success. The International Bricklayers' anl Masons' Union unanimously voted to submit a proposition : to the local unions as to whether or not to vote on the question of affiliating with the A. F. of L. Organized labor of California is con tributing on the basl3 of five cents per capita to the striking printing trades in Los Angeles, in which city the en tire craft is making a fight for the eight-hour day. Organized labor on the Pacific coast has appealed to the country to discri minate against the products of the orientals. A stamp bearing the words "Packed by white labor" is to be plac ed on each orange and lamon crate. The Cigarmakers are voting on a referendum whether they will hold a convention next September. , The gen era) organization has not held a con vention for nearly ten years, but elects officers and does all its business by the referendum. Local painters are carrying their offi cial organ around and gleefully point ing to the fact that the international paid $2,300 to the International Typo graphical Union to help finance the eight-hour clay, struggle. By the way, that fight is as good as won. The Hod Carriers' and Building Laborers' International Union and the International Laborers' Union, the lat ter a dual .organization, sought to amalgamate their respective unions in to one body, Dut the scheme fell through and the organizations wall re main separate as heretofore. Shop committees have byen appoint ed from all the upholsterig mills in Philadelphia with a view to forming a joint committee to endeavor to se cure for the employes of upholstery mills a reduction in hours. The fight started at Newark, N. J., against the Bakers'. Union is said to have been precipitated by the Employ ers' Association in order to weaken the union and prevent the organiza tion of bakery goods salesmen. . The Lake Carriers' Association has notified the Lake Pilots' Union that no union mates will be employed on ves sels. The employing association also refused to grant a conference on the subject to the Pilots' Union. The committee on labor of the house of representatives is discussing a reso lution providing for an investigation of child labor conditions throughout the United States by the Department of Commerce and Labor. A strike in the Humble oil field at Houston, Tex., involves about 400 men. Non-recognition of the union and dis cbarge of union men Is given as the cause of the strike. The managers have declined to treat with the strik ers. The United Labor League of Ala bama has decided to put out a labor ticket for all' state and county offices. The legaue is made up of representa tives from every labor union in Ala bama, and this Is the first effort of the organizatlo nto enter into state poli tics. Chicago Painters' Union and their employers are in a deadlock in scale negotiations. The union is contend ing for 50 cents an hour and a two year contract. The employers offer 47 c an hour for two years and 50c an hour for the third year under a three year agreement. , Chicago Typographical Union has drawn its lines for a more bitter fight. One of the first moves after the sen tencing of the officials by Judge Hol dom was to increase weekly strike benefits for single men from $6 to $7 per week and for married men from $9 to $10 per week. Application has been made for a re ceiver for the Knights of Labor and the Ion gdrawn-out fight between tho two factions struggling for the organ ization promises to see a finish. Simon Burns, general master workman of the Knights of Labor, is said to favor the application for a receiver. ' At the recent bi-monthly wage con ference between representatives of the Rrepublic Iron and Steel company and the 'Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin wSyere, the rate for puddling was ad Seed to $5.75, an I ling was ad increase of 25 cents per ton. The finishers receive an advance of 2 per cent. . The Chinese minister at Washington is said to have , notified his' govern ment that any satisfactory legislation on the exclusion question is improb able. He says" that the majority' of congressmen favW greater liberality, but that the influence of the laboring clas sis too strong against the Chinese. The Trades Council of Cleveland, O., is preparing for the most compre hensive legislative program it has yet undertaken. Through Representative James Reynolds it will introduce in the legislature six big bills. These include a bill providing initiative and referendum voting, a, child-labor law, an amendment to the constitution pro viding for an eight-hour day, a sweat shop license law, employers' liability law and anti-convict labor measure. The United Garment Workers at Paterson, N. J., have secured an. order from the court restraining Israel Hor witz from putting their label on his mitfis goods. State Labor Commissioner Sherman of New York, in his report to the legis lature, recommends the abolition . of the free employment agency in New York city, on the ground tha't. the ser vice rendered does not justify the ex penditure. Final arrangements for amalgama tion of Ohio and Indiana interurban men into the Central Electric Railway Association were consummated in Day ton, Ohio. The next meeting of the consolidated association'will be held in Minneapolis in March. Union Sheet Metal Workers and their frienda are asked to stay away from Detroit,' Kansas City, ' Philadelphia, Syracuse, Cleveland, Bridgeport, Conn., Louisville, Cedar Rapids, la., Milwau kee, Oakland, Cal., arid Jacksonville, Fla. Representative Champ Clark of Mis souri offered an amendment to the bill providing for suspension of all labor laws in the work of the Panama canal. so as to bar both Chinese and Japan ese labor from the work. The amend ment was ruled out of order. A member of the Denver Painters' Union was fined for efusing to work with a non-union man on a job. The case was appealed to a higher court and the judge reversed the decision. Carpenters and Joiners of Youngs town, O., mailed printed contracts to all the contractors in the city. They call for an Increase of 10 per cent and stipulate that eight hours shall con stitute' a day's work. The officers of the American Federa tion of Labor are preparing to protest against the action of the house com mitfee on appropriations in inserting in the urgency deficiency bill a pro vision that the eight hour law shall not be effective on the Isthmus of Panama. ' Through the efforts of National President Thomas A. Richert of New York, the strike of the 600 cutters and tailors of the local branch of the United Garment Workers of America has been pett'.-l. If the strike had continued it would have involved 5.000 men and women. It is charged that the Minnesota state board of barbers' examiners has been grading applicants just a little below the mark required to pass in order to induce them to take a second and third examination, when they are usually given a certificate. For each examination the board gets $5. The Barbe:' Union has taken the matter u p. a nl T.'ill do things. The subscription of "a day's pav from every union man for the printers' has been indorsed by Philadelphia Cen tral Labor Union. The assessment is payable within five months in twenty weekly installments, but may be paid in a lump sum. The total amount of the assessment is expected to reach between $125,000 and $150,000. . The cheapest magazine in the world i.- Wilshlre's, printed in New York, costing only 10 cents a year,, and yet it Is printed at a profit A late item says: "Our present office force alone is over 'thirty. They work seven and one-half hours a day. and only four on Saturday, making 41 hours a wieek." The eight-hour day has been in effect in that office since 1886. Labor Commissioner Bush got busy a week or two ago and prevented a couple of "scab" painters from getting a job putting some color on the state house dome. But no one around the court house equaled that record. As a result the statue of Abraham Lincoln was "yellowed" by a couple of itiner ant scabs instead of some union painters who are' taxpayers and" citi zens. We ought to have a Bush or two in the court house, instead of a lot of "sticks." ,. A Valentine Party. Mrs. Chas. Righter most delightfully entertained a dozen ladies Wednesday afternoon at a valentine party ' in honor of Mts. Will Maupin. The beau tiful home was very prettily decorated for the occasion with glowing hearts of all sizes and a profusion of red and yellow tulips. - Some fancy work was brought, but none was done. The stories told by the ladies were too distracting. In the severe, nerve-racking mental contest which was given, Mrs. Frank G. Odell won the prize. It was not a fair trial, because Mrs. Odell had had special training along that particular line of thought and had an excellent assistant in Master Robert Odell. Mrs. Ihringer, who could not think, and who would not have an 'assistant, ' was consoled with a dainty little rattle. -. Several of the ladies were, at a disadvantage in the .-contest, but, witvthe enllghten- OX- OX- OX- OX- l 9 r-i ox- OX- r- ISC- r i OX- OX- OX- CI OX r-i OX ox OX- OX OX- 8 8 8 ment which was received Wednesday, will be better prepared next time. During the afternoon a delicious two-course lunch was served by the hostess, assisted by Miss Marguerite Barngrover. The lunch, as well as the decorations, were in keeping with the sentiment of the day and the occasion. Wit and repartee flew fast and furi ous and every woman ably sustained her reputation as a talker. Dainty valenine souvenirs were car ried home by the ladies, while Mrs. Maupin was the recipient of many beautiful remembrances which we all hope will be of service. Altogether it was a most enjoyable affair which will long remain a happy, thought in the memories of Mrs. Maupin and her friends. AUXILIARY NOTES. While the membership of Capital Auxiliary is not as large as it should be, we are growing slowly but surely. At the last meeting two members were accepted and at this writing we know of two more to be acted on at the Friday- afternoon meeting. The hustling committee are very busy these day3 and we would like to suggest to members of No. 209 that they speak to their wives who are not members of the Auxiliary about be coming members at once. We would like to ask a question right here. Can a man be a good union man and still insist on his wife not becoming a member of the Auxiliary, or can he be all union if he does not urge her to join this Auxiliary, organized to assist the union in any way that women can bo of assistance. And here Is one for the wives, mothers, daughters and sis ters. Are you doing your duty to your husband, father, son or brother bv staying out of this organization? We claim you are not, and we speak from experience. Please give thi3 your "at tention. We are pleased to learn that Mr. Berto Wilson is improving in health and would be a happy man if his fam ily were with him and he could hear from Lincoln friends a little oftener! Mr. Will Compton Is in the city vis iting hi3 brothers Mrs. Ed. Harvey is visiting friends and relatives, in Utica. ' As we have, no meeting to report this week and the weather not per mitting us to go out and gather up any items, this column will be a short one this week. ,',..' We trust that the . clerk of the weather will so far favor us that we shall have a good meeting with Mrs. Marshall. Anyway, we hope that' all who can will visit Printerville on Fri day afternoon. UNION PRINTERS ENJOINED. Cannon Company Restrains Them From Interfering with Workmen. Milwaukee, Jan. 29. An injunction restraining the members of the typo graphical union from interfering in any ' way with the employes or the business of the Cannon Printing .com pany 'was, granted to. the attorneys of the company, -O'Connor, Schmltz & Wil, :by;. Court Commissioner Adolph Kanneberg. , The officials of the print ing company maintain that ;tne union The Ideal Fuel Gas is the ideal fuel because it is cheap, handy and comfortable clean By using gas you get more heat than from coal, and at a less cost per heat unit. But that" is not the chief cause of its comparative cheapness. In coal you lose all the heat generated before the total equals what you want. Then you lose the heat generated after your cooking is done. With gas there is ab solutely no waste. The minute you touch the match you have the total vol ume of heat. The minute you clasethe valve the heat and the expense stops. It is handy because it is always ready. It never goes out unless you turn it ' out, Its use economizes on floor space, because there are no coal buckets, ash pans, etc., to clutter up the kitchen. It is clean because there are no ashes, no soot, no smoke, no kindlings. It is comfortable because it cooks the food and not the housewife. The heat is confined to the work in hand, and is not was ted in making the housewife uncomfortable. This means that the use of gas for fuel is also healthy and health cannot be measured by money. We have a full line of the best mak of gas ranges, water heaters, radiators and kitchen appliances. We offer them, at extremely low prices that will suit. We connect all new gas ranges free . Our salesroom at the general office is open evenings for the accommodation of the people, and we are always glad to show prospective customers. We ask you to call and examine into the truth of every one of our claims. . - Lincoln Gas and Electric Ligt Company , Bell j5. Auto 25y5 has been doing considerable picketing since the men went out in such a way as to interfere with the business of the concern. "The injunction will not affect the union in any way," said President W. A. Arnold of the typographical union, yesterday. "It is simply one of the in junctions which is gotten out every time that there is a strike. We have not been interfering with the business of the company only in so far as we have called out the men." THEIR FOOLISH CLAIMS. The Typothetae Making Itself Ridicu lous by its Mouthings. The United :Typothaete is still mak ing big claims in the face of the fact that their claims are proved false every day. 'They claim they have all the men they need, and yet they keep right on advertising for more. They claim that they are getting out the work on time, and every day comes proof that they are lying like thunder. Here is just a sample: A month ago a gentleman in Lin coln ordered a catalogue of the Man hattan Electrical Supply company of Chicago. This i3 to be a 700-page book. The company acknowledged the receipt of the order within a day or two,, and asked for time, "owing to labor difficulties affecting the printing trades." On February 5 the Lincoln gentleman received the following let ter twenty-four days after the receipt of the first letter: "Owing to labor difficulties affecting the printing trades, work on your hew 700-page general catalogue, No. 21, has been unavoidably prolonged. The book is nearing completion, however, and in the absence of further and unforseen delays will be ready for distribution at an early date." ' J' That is proof enough that the "rat" shops are not doing the work; that the Typothaete is up against it, and that the union printers have the struck shops tied up. The eight-hour day in the printing trades is as good as won. .- THE CORPORATIONS. Greatest Lawbreakers Are These Who Condemn the Unions. Some time ago Deputy Labor Com missioner Brake sent requests to the Colorado labor organiaztions for cer tain data as to their strength, etc., to be used in his annual report. He re ceived courteous and satisfactory re plies. It is a little different on the other side, if the following from the dally press is true: "After having several 'sassy' replies from corporations of the state concern ing some inquiries he had mad- -of them relative to statistics of their bus iness for incorporation in his biennial report. Deputy State Labor Commis sioner E. V. Brake is preparing to take the law in hand and prosecute the of fending companies. Mr. Brake is . now securing data from all over, the state, covering every industry of Colorado, which he will use in his report At the expenditure of much time and money he has prepared and sent, out blank schedules, with the request that they be filled and returned to his office. The law makes provision for this work and assists the commisipner still further by including a penalty for refusal to to furnish the statistics' required. It is under this provision that Mr. Brake will proceed. Denver Clarion ' Advo cate. , ' J. N. BARR. Member of Leatherworkers' Union Called to His Long Home. J. N. Barr. for many yeara a member of the union of Leatherworkers . on Horse Goods, and' well known in Lin coln, died last week and was buried at Wyuka. Mr. Barr had worked at his trade for many years and was account ed an excellent workman. He had traveled largely, but for several years past had made his home in this city. The Winter of Our Discontent ' OL. Bill Shakespeare acters speak about "The winter .of our discontent." That's what this winter has ' - been. We put in our usual line of winter goods, x and it's been Summer all winter. Had a day or , two of winter, but it didn't help much. But we've JUST GOT TO SELL 'EM ' We mean the winter goods. Can't carry them -'over until next winter because that means too v ' much expense. We'd rather give you the benefit.. ; , So we've shaved'a bit more from our already i , ' attentuated profits. "Attentuated" means thin and that's what our profits are. - We've got any- . . thing you want from hats to shoes and all between . . Suits from $5 up, and all good ones. Overcoats from $5 up, and they are bargains.'. Shoes from $i. SO to $3.50, , and worth more money. Help us -get rid of these winter goods. - You'll-profit by it more than we will and we assure 'you that v we are not doing business at a loss. :: :: :: :: Xfncoln Clothing Company TENTH AND- !" P.":;S TREETS,.- CHEAP SfY RATES On Sale Daily Feb. Colonist Second Class. San Francisco Los Angeleg .Tacoma Portland Seattle Vancouver Victoria , , . Spokane . Ellensburg Wenatchee Qmntilla Butte Helena 1 Salt Lake Ogden . S25 Killings $15.00 Call or write for full sinformation. G. W. BONNELL. C. P. A., Cor. 13th and O St. 8 8 , His funeral was attended by practical ly every member of his uniop. The sympathy of a large circle of friends goes out to the bereaved family. 1 Bricklayers Should Shun Fargo.'' .LTalon 'bricklayers are requested to stay away from Fargo, N. D., until fur ther, notice. Efforts are) being- made to organize a union in that city, and a great many journeymen haxe ex pressed a willingness to become mem bers, but the contractors have decided to prevent the perfection of an organi zation if possible, and have advertised for men in the daily papers in several cities. Bricklayers should pay no at tention to such advertisements, as there are more men in that city just now than can find employment. v made one uf his char-1 15th to April 7th, 1906. S22.5fl $20.00 II rfncoln, Neb. jj jT 1