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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1906)
. , . ft rtiiiiiiirnil,iiliiiiiiiiiillll,l"l"l"l'' " - t.TTv' . O J TTTTT At! A A "fl TI TM WO- The Elevated Oven Gas Range "Back Savers" The Gas Water Heater "Time Savers" The Portable "Chill Gas Heaters 1 I Savers" A Gas Radiator The growing de mand for a still more conven ient method of cooking has led to the newest design of Gas Range having the oven and broiler elevated to the level of the faceobviating the necessity of stooping in order to watch baking and broiling operations. This new type of range has all the latest approved features that make cooking more a pleasure and less a worry and work. " . - sJT . ' n I An abundance of hot water any time, day ,. or night, is something that should be possible i n every . household. The New Gas Water Heater makes this possible.. They are small and are conven iently placed by the side of the Hot Water Boiler, taking up little room and will not interfere with the connections of either the range or furnace. These heaters are so convenient and cost so little to operate they should, be in every home. i 1 ' 1 Gas Water mast' will kill the chill and relieves one of the anxiety ' of car ing for the furnace fire and keeping it at the uncertain stage that is nec essary this time of the year when the house only needs a little heat mornings and evenings.1 ! ; i Let the furnace fire go out Use one; of these portable heaters and save your temper; and your coal bill. . , . rs" EQiCFS Sola a CONNEC TI ONS FRE E LSimcolini Gas apd Electrtc Oght Compamiy V Y i Cost .' ... i GENERAL MENTION. Brief Bits of Newt Cribbed from Our Live Exchangee. Springfield Plumbers are asking an Increase of SOc a day. A new union of Granite Cutters has been chartered at Springfield. Newsboys of Galesbnrg have organ ized with a' membership of 50. Every mill in Atlantic City, N. J., was manned by Trades. Unionists, Union MoMers in Freeport have been conceded a 10 per cent advance in wages. Dayton, O , local unions initiated 173 new members in a few days recently. Sixteen local unions of Carpenters and Joiners were chartered during tho month of February. A gain in membership of 27,774 in three months is the record of the United Mine Workers. Bricklayers and Masons of Allen , town, Pa., will receive an Increase of wages of 5 cents an hour. The Industrial Workers of the World , are trying to break up the Garment Workers' Union in Buffalo. Th ' International Brotherhood of Woodsmen and Sawmill Workers has established a hospital at Eureka, Cal. Chicago Electrical Workers recently paid a death benefit of $1350, each member of the organization paying $1. The Secretary of tho United Labor Council of Youngstown, Ohio, has been elected President of the City Council,: As a result of a 'conference between commutes ' representing; the Chicag) BuilcUng Contractors' association and tho Associated Building Trades it wes 331 CENT Off On All Rubber Goods The real thing in tho bargain line. $1.50 8yrlnges $1.00 ' $1.38 Hot Water Bottles 90c $1.20 Hot Water Bottles 82c $1.00 Hot Water Bottles 67c $1.00 Hot Water Bottle and Fountain Syringe ....67c 90c Hot Water Bottle 60c COc Hot Water Bottle and . Fountain 8yrlng ..; 60c 75c Syringes SOc ONE WEEK ONLY WE OFFER 1-3 OFF ON ALLTIUBBER GOODS AT DECTQR'S 1 2th and O Streets ; decided to ignore factional disturb ances between the stone cutters. They must either settle their differences or be ostracised. S- I A uniform rate of $3.40 for eight hours has been established by the Printers in Pittsburg, Allegheny and surrounding towns. I Springfield Painters asked for 40c an hour and compromised on 37 c. ' Sixteen firms, including all the large shops, have signed. I Union Pavers and Rammermen are preparing a campaign, for the eight hour day and a uniform scale through out the United States. ' Deputy Stale Labor Conimisioner Schleman of California has caused a number of arrests for violations of the child labor laws in Los Angeles. The present crime wave in Omaha is attributed to the importation of negro strike breakers into South Omaha dur ing the packing house strike two years ago. Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor refused, to pass a resolution pro testing against members of the execu tive council of the A. P. of L. being members of the Civic Federation. N. G. Meads, .' of Gettysburg, Pa., charged with using counterfeit cigar labels, escaped a prison sentence by pleading guilty.. He was fined $500 and the costs amounted to $300 more. Such a large number of non-union machinists are applying for member- ship in the unions in the Pittsburg district that all the first-class machin ists will be in the unions before July 1. Toledo ice dealers have notified con sumers that because of scarcity of ice prices , will be raised from 75 to 100 per cent, and rejected the request of 400 ice. handlers for a wage increaso of $2 a week. The Boilermakers Local Union of Pittsburg, whose members have been on strike-for ''some time, succeeded in reducing the hours of labor to eight and Increasing wages from $3,50 to $3.60 per day. ' The- working hours of the shop men of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Pit- cairn, Pa., have been reduced from 60 to 55 hours a week. The men will be given a half holiday, for which they will get no pay. The well organized Italian Rock- men and Excavators of New York have rendered considerable assistance to tho Italian -organizer of the United Gar ment Workers. A new tailors' local- has been formed. The Union Label and Home Indus trial League of Omaha, Neb., is car rying on such a whirlwind campaign that many , firms which handle non union products have been obliged to cancel their spring orders. President t Perkins and First, Vice- President Qompers were re-elected by the International Cigarmakers. There was a tie i'l the election of second, third and seventh vice-president and a new election will be necessary. A St. Paul tailor hid' to face the police judge on a charge of violating the union label law which provides that no manufacturer not a member of a labor union or employing unioA help shall place the label on his goods. Rockford Trades Council has adopt ed a resolution that no- delegate will' be accepted who does not wear at least four articles ofs wearing apparel bear ing the Union Label. Delegates from new unions (are given thirty days in , which to make good. The suit brought by Garment Work era' Unions of New York city against Andrew Raynis for failing to comply with trade agreements has been decid ed by the supreme court in favor of the unions. . Judgement was entered for $500, with costs, which amounted to $52.24. - With the passage by the Iowa Senate on March 14 of the child labor bill. the measure will become a law ,as Governor Cummins will sign it. The new law prohibits the employment of children under 18 years of age . in" any occupation injurious to health. Operator Lively,, who has confessed his responsibility for the collision on the Denver &!Rio Grande railroad on March 16, in' which thirty lives were lost, says that his: neglect was due. to physical exhaustion, he having worked seventeen bonis without rest. port by subscribing for the Wage worker. In connection with the banquet a word of praise must be given to the new owner of the Eagle restaurant who demonstrated her ability as a caterer of the highest order. Beatrice Herald. . - '; " V, . FATHER'S SIDE OF IT. UNION BANQUET HELD. Members of the Various Unions Are Banqueted at Eagle Restaurant. :' That Will Maupin of The Wage- worker never does things by halves was demonstrated to the Central" Labor Union lf.st Monday night when its members, to the number of a dozen or more, Vere feasted by the Wagework er's representatives at the Eagle res taurant. . Th3 function was an Informal one, but the spread was sumptuous, and in stead of toasts the members present ably discussed the affairs of the vari ous labor unions and the best methods for their upbuilding. Every member present expressed his ideas and the consequence of opinion was that renewed and greater effort should be made to increase interest and membership in the several unions in the city. j Commendatory remarks were made of the Wage worker nd of the good work its editor Is doing in the cause of organized labor iaidTvk jvas resolved thkt all members ff various unions should give Wiir.MMsjBpin their sup- Why EVerybodyWork8 But the "Head" of the Family. There, is a topical song greatly in vogue at present which is rather xough on the head of the family. It goes, something like this: . - ' " ; "Everybody works but father, , . He stays it home all day; Sitting around the fire, Smoking his pipe of clay. Mother takes in washing. So does sister Ann; . Everybody works but father, My old man." But "father" has yet to tell his side of the story. It will be found in the reports of the various factory inspect ors, and it shows that father deserves pity instead of ridicule. His side of it may be also told in doggerel: Mother works in a sweatshop, Jenny goes out to spin; Kit is ''cash" in a department store -! Gee whiz, how the money comes in. Jimmy picks slate in, a breaker, "John i9 a "blower's dog;" Everybody works but father,-' A "chink's" got his job. This would hardly run the gauntlet of, a literary critic, -but it is, a mighty powerful, showing why father does net work, and if the exclusion ' bars are let down; more an? more white fathers will' "sit around ail day,' and ."chinks" get father's job.--Mine Worker. A PALPABLE HIT. Union Man Hands a Clerk a Hot One r . ' .' on the Union Label. Louis Connolly of the stereotypers recently, handed the moat expressive, convincing and sharpest reply to a fresh clerk who knocked on the label, that we ever heard In our lives. Mr. Connolly had asked for the union la beled goods, and, as usual, was getting the customary advice from the clerk as to what he ought to buy. Finally the clerk thought he had one that would floor ; big-hearted and honest Lotils Connoily, when he asked " tlie question: ."What is the-difference be. tween the labeledarticle and the ar ticle without the label?" "The differ ence." snapped Connolly, as his eyes shot fire, "is the same 'as between yonr salary and mine" and the clerk vent down behind the pasteboards i-i confusion. - Keep 'Connolly's flash in QDr. ILeonhardt 1726 N STREET LINCOLN, NEB. Meairt Specialisit your mind when purchasing. Western Laborer. THE TEAMSTERS, Still Hammering Away and Keeping Up the Good, Work. Despite manifold discouragements the Teamsters' Union continues to do business at the old stand. A renewed interest is being' manifested in the work of the union, anif it has been de termined to make an -effort to secure the co-operation of the ice .men and the transfer drivers. j;An especial e:!j fort will alscvbe made to secure the co-operation of the men who drive the brewory wagons. The Teamsters have not received from other unions the help that they deserve. If Union men and women will insist on h&ving union Teamsters deliver their coal and. building ma terial, and will insist on having their household goods transferred by union men, it will be a splendid help to the Teatnsters' Union. And the union de serves this support. RAG AIM'S C A STREET. HANDLES EVERYTHING IX SEASON MODERATE PRICES. FIRST CLASS SERVICE MEALS, IScts AND UP UNION MADE SHOES ,,V qarry,flPtliing font union xtyide shoes, and have a full line pi them. I manufacture shoes and shoe uppers. A share of union patronage is respectfully sojic lted. ;"-;:;: S. L McCOY - (529 OStreet ALL NIGHT PREWITT'S PHOTO GALLERY 'Ts3?t- O STREET When you want a good photograph call and see my work. Satisfaction guaranteed . ." .' . A Few Reasons Why . Solid .vestibuled trains of elegant equip- r , .. ment, owns and operates its own sleeping and dining cars. Longer, higher and ' v.:. wider berths in sleeper cars. Lighted with . ; ' , electricity. Heated, with steam. Protect- ed by a thorough system of block signals. ' Union- depots at Omaha and, Chicago. . - ' 'j These are onljr a few reasons why yon, . -: , , - ' sboald travel via the , . , - t - ... . Chicago, Milwaukee & St. v Paul :&-M Railway r :-- f('': ;3 fast trains to Chicago' every day leave . Union Station Omaha, at 7:55 a. m., 5:45 p. m. and 8:35 p. in. F. A. NASH, G. W. A., 1524 Farnam, OMAHA ax. ' . We are expert cleaners, dyers and finishers of Ladies' and uen- tlemen's .Clothing of all kinds. TDe nnest dresses a specialty. THB NEW FIRM v ' SOIKIP & WOOD Ml M thoi7 rwsr U A I 117 AutO. 1ZS. H P" 1320 HlA f . - Ml xVa : l r 4 60 YEARS' V" "EXPERIENCE D a mm Traoc Map Corrniotm Ae. 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