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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1906)
8 THE CARPENTERS' The union carpenters of Lincoln be lieve that the daily newspapers intend to be fair, but It seems very easy to make erroneous statements in the hurry of getting out two or three edi tions a day. Last Sunday's Star pro phesied a strike on the part of union carpenters, when the fact is a strike has never been contemplated. Again the Star was a little "oft" in its sta tistics. It stated that there are ap proximately 300 carpenters in Lincoln, and that about 200 of them belong to the union. This would give the union men about 40 per cent of the total num ber of carpenters. The truth is that the union carpenters number about 350, and they represent fully 95 per cent of the competent workmen in the city. ' AH of the conferences with the con tractors have been marked by good will and an evident desire to get to gether on an equitable basis. The three things to be considered are the closed shop, the minimum wage and the Saturday half-holiday. Practically none of the contractors Is opposed to all of these things, comparatively few are opposed to any two of them, and a lot of them are favorable to all three. The carpenters have decided one thing for themselves they will not work with non-union men. They are practi cally unanimous in favor of the Satur day half-holiday, and they are standing for the minimum of 36 cents per hour and the eight-hour day. All rumors of strike troubles are without foundation, the union is increasing in membership 123 Misses' and Children's Mackintoshes, Your Choice, $1.00 . All loose "raglan" shapes in sizes for girls 6 to 1C years of age. They are good looking garments that will keep one dry and comforta ble through spring rains. To "e closed out Saturday in the cloak de partment. ' 62 brown mixed Mackintoshes, Ml sizes, formerly $.1.25 each, now j.. ...........'.;......'..... $1.00 ' 18 tan mixed covert cloth Mackintoshes, all sizes, formerly $2.75 each, now $1 . 00 34 ' navy blue Mackintoshes, all sizes, formerly $3.73 each, now , ; $1.oo 14 navy blue Mackintoshes, nearly all sizes, formerly $4.00 each, now $1.00 4 navy blue Mackintoshes, for girls S, 10 and 12 years of age, formerly $4.50 each, now.'. $1.00 1 navy blue Mackintosh for child of about 12 years, formerly $5.00, now ,, $100 Beginning with Saturday evening of this week our store will clote hereafter at 6 o'clock, instead of 7 o'clock. Miller COCOCOCOOOOCOCCOOCXXDOOOOOC Tfye Lincoln Wallpaper & Paint Co. A STRICTLY ..Masonic Temple.. , 230 So. 11th Street Auto Phone. J 9 75 WRXC Theatre Four, Shows Daily A HIGH-CLASS, popular-priced amusement resort. Four refined shows daily. Mati nee 3 d. m: Nip-ht. 7:15. 8:15 atirl Q:15 r tn . Twelfth and 6 Entire Change of Program Every Aee(c. oocxxxxxxxxoocxxxaxxxx Your Cigars Should Bear Thi , Label.. y Auuioriiyoi the Cjr Mkr&' Union-made 3his ffrrtifin tntHKnur im, HuwMHtia'iRiLRiunowiuwqR hit MHtjWMUMftMitta UM mm to fa ' It is insurance against sweat shop and tenement goods, and against disease. . . . BNcw Way -New Train .... . I ' 1 , You can now go direct, by a new route and by a new daily train through Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, via the VNION PACIFIC and SALT LAKE ROUTE First-class accommodations with all tic comforts of borne. electric lighted. News of the and evening, and in "extra LOS ANGELES UMTTFnV affords comforts, luxury E. B. SLOSSON, General Agent DEPARTS WT and financial strength every day, and the outlook is exceptionally bright. Last Tuesday's meeting was the largest within the memory of the "old est inhabitant," and the proceedings aroused unusual ' enthusiasm. Three new members were taken in and the new password and working cards given out. , George F. Quick was unanimous.lv chosen to represent the carpenters on the governing board of the new Struc tural Trades lliance. J. M. Harris has taken a clearance to Mason City, la., his old home. He will be followed by the good wishes of all of his comrades. A. A. Baer, who met with a slight ac cident some time ago, is reported at work again. The cheering news comes from inter national headquarters that the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join ers was never in such good shape at this time of year as it is right now. The secretary has received a very friendly letter from Frank. G. Qdell, offering some friendly criticism. The secretary has been instructed to reply in the same spirit, and he will gladly do so, as he and Mr. Odelf are old friends. ' Fred Issler is helping V Business Agent Schuler-these days. This has been found necessary as Mr. Schuler is compelled to be absent from head quarters a good share of the time and some must be there to answer 'phone calls for help. ' The' writer would like to know your Paine UNION SHOP. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL... ModemDecorators, Wall Paper, Mouldings, Etc Four Shows Daily Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska International union or America. Cigars. cuuxmi eevcietf nvaao law. Ptrttdtnt, cut I v.. 382 iOOXXXC)COCXX)COCXXXXXXXXX30 Fvnriri i kU when " ' and nfa- . f ska -ncoln, Nebr opinion, dear reader, of fhe fellow who is willing and ready to dance, but al ways refuses to chip in, and help re munerate the fiddler. This language is somewhat figurative, but if you will bump up against any of the members of Local 1055 they can tell you what it means. , ' The carpenters are to have their own corner in The Wageworker here after. Now, boys, turn in your little items of news to Corespondent Chase, whose address is 2005 North Thirtieth street, Autophone 2610. Hurrah for The Wageworker, and one more for the "carpenters' corner!" Had Umbrella on String. . A boy stood an umbrella in a Ben nington, Vt., church doorway during service one Sunday evening. To the umbrella was attached a strong cord, an end ot which the boy held. When the meeting was over it is alleged that eleven different persons carried the umbrella the length of the string. Good Record of Bantam Pullet. Flossie Kavanagh of Plymouth Union, Vt., has a bantam pullet that began. laying in March, 1905, and laid twenty-four eggs. She then set, batched out and raised Jive large chick ens, then began laying and laid sixty nine eggs. She only weighs one pound. .' Woman a Registered Guide. Miss Cornelia T. Crosby, who has long been known to be a smart fisher and hunter, and has for years contrib uted to sporting papers over the pen name of "Fly Rod," is now an accred ited guide in the Maine woods, who registers along with the others. Lawyer's Nervy Charge. An investigation into the size of the solicitors' bills 'by a government com mittee in London revealed this remark able Item; "To attending you this day, when we discussed at length the items of our charges, and in the end con vinced you that they were fair " ' First Wrtck on Railroad. . The wreck of a passenger train on the Bangor & Aroostook railroad, that occurred a short time ago, was the first accident of its kind since the road started twelve years ago. Rent Church Belt. The fire commissioners of New Britain, Conn., have decided to con tinue to rent a church bell rather than buy one, on account of the exceeding, ly high price of bell metal at present. Appropriate Sermon. Rev. M. J. Talbot of Providence, R. I., celebrated his 85th anniversary last Sunday, by preaching a sei"mon on "Dangers and Safety of Old Age " , J Bran and Oats. A mixture of bran ' and V oats makes a good feed for almost any ' kind . . of farm animals. Out of these two come strong muscles and vigor. They are frequently as cheap as corn and as a stock feed are far superior to It. For growing horses this feed is to be . strongly recom mended. , " It is possible to keep a cow always clean. Get Within the next two weeks you'll buy an Easter outfitor you won't. Many will not because the weather man has doled out such dismal weather for the past month that there has been no pressing need of spring apparel' In this connection allow the sugges tion that "it is a long lane that has no turn," brighter days are ahead and Easter Sunday is as sure as sunshine. , - u Charming Suits, Seasonable Top Coats, Distinguished Furnishings, Crowd cases and tables in this Great Store. We are sincere in our desire to have you inspect our stock, take your time, loo frtt over thoroughly, it's a genuine pleasure to show the kind of merchandise we handle. Finest Suits $10.00 to S30.00 Superb Armstrong How recent history in Russia ap pears to a woman of the upper classes is told in a lettei; written by her from her' home in Samara, eastern Russia. "If any one would come to this dis trict," she says, "the truth about the Russian peasantry might be learned? Here" the peasants are rich, each hav ing nine or more acres, with cattle in abundance. Workmen cannot be ob tained; not on account of low wages, but because they are not free to drink upon every occasion. In Russia every laborer receives, besides his pay, food, heating, lodging and lighting, also fees in wood and straw; if he comes with his family to live on the estate extra food is supplied to him, accord ing to the number of people. "Last autumn, 1905, the doctors or dered us to take my mother to town; ! on our return we found the peasants had cut down all our best wood and sold it for money with which t buy drink. Admonitions, threats, persua sions were in vain. Now how are we, TO ALL WHO CR7M"BLE Yon that only appear contented When you- aie grumbling about your lot. Mainly because of a much lamented Absence of all that you haven't got, Listen to me. for I bring you healing If you would scatter those moods away. If you would conquer that injured feel ing. Listen to me, I say. , Tears ago, for a certain season, ' I was a pessimist (strange but true). And, as a matter of fact, with reason. Not for the fun of the thing, like you; All that I merited, looked for. built on. Seemed to be doomed to a fatal slump; Mine was the mental complaint which Milton ' Happily termed the Hump. Came a night and of all Decembers That was the vilest I sat alone. Bitterly smoking before the embers. Hugging my grievance, and making moan; Out in the open a biting blizzard. Whirling the gravel about like snow. Froze the marrow, and turned the gizzard Inside out, at a blow. , Then I said, this Is something childish (Which was a fact), and I crossed the room, , Flung up the blind, and with sour disrel ish LABOR ASKS PRAYERS Unique Action of Cooks and Waiters at Seattle. Within a few days a petition will be addressed to the pastors of the churches or , ' oeattle. Wash., asking them to offer prayers in their churches on Sunday for the successful "termina tion of the' movement being agitated by the members of the Cooks and Waiters Union to obtain six days' work a week for all the cooks and waiters employed in the restaurants ot Seattle. This is the first time that any labor organization in Seattle has ever called upon the clergymen of the city to offer prayer for the success, of any"mwemu.t for the betterment of labor conditions At theTjawjmtfcie the majority of the' cdoks and waiters employed in the restaurants are compelled to work seven, days. The waiters and wait resses' work eleven hours; the . day cooks work ten. and, the night cooks twelve. Although the Cooks and Ready 'for Easier Raincoats Good Clothes Merchants many of us ladies, to guard our es tates from being burned, thieved or pillaged? Only with Cossacks. But you must have means for this; those who have none get ruined. Cossacks only use their whips when all other expedients fail. Cossacks have been on some neighboring estates for eight months. We have not heard of one using a whip. , ' "On returning from town We were detained by the political strike in Mos cow. Every day we went out' for hours, passing ,under barricades and witnessing how one fired at the sol diers from attics, behind gates, from a crowd and from windows. Never once did we see a soldier fire first. We had always time to get under shelter before the cannons fired.- This is not the place to speak of what we have done for the peasant in the way of school, medicine, clothes,, wood and general help. , Landed proprietors in variably do much; yet those who have done - most have ' been the '' worst treated," ; , ' : Gazed for awhile on the roaring gloom; Till, on a sudden, my awe-struck glances Fell on a sentinel's heav'n-sent form, Iriven. by pressure of circumstances. Out in that beastly storm. High on a magazine, bleak and lonely, Nobly he paced his appointed beat (Rather like Casablanca, only That little horror complained of heat), Daring an enemy's foot to touch on his Windy preserves, he was hurled about. Getting his spine well iced, not to men tion his - Gizzard blown Inside out. , , ' Long I gazed on the gusty fellow: ' Gazed, till mine uglier moods were spent; Gazed, till my whole soul seemed to mel low Into a chastened and bland content; And. as 1 blessed him, and drew the cur . tain, , Leaving him on his wind-swept mound, Life, I remarked, though a bit uncertain. Wasn't so bad, all round. Grumbler, such is the Grand Idea: Surely the moral is plain to see; When you're in need of a panacea. Think of the sentinel think of me! Turn to Philosophy's consolation; i Doubtless the gods may have ' used you 111; - But by a Merciful Dispensation- Others are worse off still! London Punch. Waiters' Union as an official body is not taking part in the six-day move ment, the members , are individually keeping the agitation alive. Many of the cooks and waf '.era em ployed in the restaurants now work only six days a week. The-eooks and waiters declare ' that the restaurants now work only six days a week.. The cooks and waiters declare that the res taurants that have adopted the six days a week for the help' have been pleased with the result. ; " ' The cooks and waiters are asking for six days work with six days' pay. They do not ask that they be given the same wages that is now paid them; for working seven days. They ask tiat they be paid for six days at the same wage per day as at present. Thy further are willing to guarantee tht the workers who take their places one day a week will work for. the-sam wages per day as they do. " , '. If the agitation proves- unsuccessful' there will be-no strike. The cooks alid waiters believe .'that the employers j can De maucea to grant tneir demands if public sentiment is aroused in their favor' by' the.prayers of the clergy. The petition addressed to the clergy will contain a full exposition- of the cooks and waiters'' side of the case. It will be pointed out that practically all workers in all Tunes of employment are given one day a week's rest from work except the cooks and waiters. The clergymen, will be asked to pray :or the succesgpf the movement with the congregation. ' . . - . MADE A TEHSOJVAL ATTEAL Half a century or thereabouts, Oli ver Ditson, a well known merchant of Boston, a much respected and highly esteemed citizen, chanced to be a guest at a ' banquet of a certain religious body composed chiefly of clergymen. He was given the seat of honor and requested to ask the blessingl Unaccustomed to the performance if this duty, either in public or private, he found himself , in an awkward posi tion; but to dertdne the honor would be. to sacrifice self-respect, as well as the respect of others.. Prompted by the recollection of words he had listened to on similar occasions, he got on finely until near ing the close of his petition, when memory failed to suggest, a proper JUSTICE 200 It would be' difficult to exactly ex plain to what trait more than another; in her countrymen' England owes her greatness, but, certainly; individual ism ' ' and strength of personality ia one. of the foremost. Just over two hundred and twenty years ago an in cident occurred which has never been repeated. Sir "John Holt was' Lord Chief Justice of England, and the manner , in which he administered law and justice has -. rarely, been equaled. 1 , '- In the Banbury election case he told the House of , Peers that they ought to respect' the law which, made them so great, and that he ' should disregard their decisions. When the speaker of the House of Commons, with " a ' select number of members,' went in person to the Court of King's Bench to .demand his reasons, he an swered: , i ( '"'. -.'V ' v::i r- CAVE HIM SVECIAL HATES It was at one of those automatic hotels, where, if you want anything you go .and look for it and don't find it, and where the landlord is a non est man until the next morning, when he says, "Two dollars, please." ' He never fails to be on hand then. ;, Now, my "damagers" had sent me a little slip, giving me special rates of $1.50 single and $1.25 double, and I thought it was a pretty good thing. So in the morning I presented my little slip, saying: "You give 'us special rates, ' I be lieve, $1.50 a day?" ' '".,' "Yah, dot iss right,", answered mine host. "One dollar and a half Is spe cial." -. '. I ! ..-. . -' i- i --. ,. So I paid him one hundred and fifty $7.50 to $25 Co, , pppn thp rtAvt '.' '). ". There is talk of introducing th'i study of reading, writing and arithme tic into the public schools again and eliminating water' color painting, raffia, bead and. basket work and other high art , occupations. There is a growing impression that a child who can read and '-ao" fractions Is on tne road to .' better education- than one who caa make a basket , that ; any half-breed squaw would b ashamed" tb"' own. r Sioux City Union Advocate. ' form' for a graceful ending, In his per plexity he became mentally lost, and not until he had finished with "Tours respectfully,' Oliver Ditson," ' did he awake to his surroundings. , . But no 'sooner had the words es caped him than he realized the mistake he had . made. Chagrined and morti fied, he hardly dared to raise his head, fearing the looks of disgust and indig nation that would be turned upon him. "But," said he, ''I met no such re buke; rather it seemed to me each: one present was striring to, avoid, meeting the gaze of another, lest something happen. I noticed, too, the absence of any responsive amens." . .As long as he lived Mr. Ditson was known and greeted by his intimate friends as "Yours Respectfully." - yEARS AGO "I sit here to administer justice; If you; had the whole House of Com mons in your belly, I should' disre gard you; and if you do1 not immedi-, ately retire,-I will commit :you,i Mr.' : Speaker, and those with you.",- .. -. v On a mob assembling before . a crimping bouse, in Holburn, ". the guards . were called out. "Suppose," said he, "the populace .will not disperse, what will you do?" "Fire on them ,''; replied, an, officer,, !"as we have orders." " r'Have you so; then take notice, that' if, one 'man is killedy and you ,are .tried -before me, I will .take care : thatj every soldier of 'your party ia. hanged." . ' 4 " , ' ' : He then explained W the, mob" th; Impropriety ., of their conduct; . prra ised that justice should be done, hand " the. multitude dispersed. Liverpool (Eng.) Mercury. ' ' , .' cents, on which he made at least one dollar and thirty cents, and went my way, rejoicing as much as I could. ' , I strolled down to the depot with a commercial missionary, who seemed' very much, pleased about something, and presently in a very high state of chuckle he said; . ' "Mr. Hawks, . I laughed with yo last night, but jl had to laugh at you this morning.", , ' ' . ' "What's theL joke?", I asked, for I didn't see any.) '' "The landlord gave. yovj. . special rate' of $1.50 pfer, didn't-he'?'"' , . He did. i "well, that's joke; his regular fates: are $1 a Talent, rux dayV