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
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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
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Salt Lake
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Killings $15.00
Call or write for full sinformation.
G. W. BONNELL. C. P. A.,
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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.
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