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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1906)
. -v.? --. .... . - k MUSEMEMTS AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS "THE THEATRE BEAUTIFUL" THE NEW LYRIC HIGH -CLASS VAUDVILLE PROGRAM CHANGED WEEKLY THE BEST ATTRACTIONS OBTAINABLE MATINEE AT 3:00 EVENING AT 73 AND o O'CLOCK ADMISSION 10 AND IS CTS 15 th and OSts. HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE THE BIJOU PROGRAM WEEK OF OCTOBER 15th 15th and OSts. 3 BOUNDING GORDONS 3 In Their Sensational Novelty Rebounding Acrobatic Act. MISS BESSIE TAYLOR The Charming Vocalist. LINDSAY'S DOGS and MONKEYS That Famous Troup of Animal Actors. MR. WILL H. SMYTHE Singing, "Like the Rose, You're the Fairest Flower. BONNER and RAYMOND Presenting "The Stubborness of Dorothy." NURSE WANTED On the Biograph. 3' Shews-3 Daily 3:00, 7:45, 9:00 P. M. MATINEE, ALL SEATS lOe ADMISSION 10 CENTS Evenings, Reserved Seats 5 Cents Extia Grand Prize Matinee Every Tues. and Thurs. CHEAP COAL One or more can buy a car of Coal, direct from the mine at $3.5 per Tout On Car at Lincoln ADDRESS HARRY LITTLE, 0SKAL00SA, IA. Correspondence Solicited Patronize Home Industry AND USE 1 Lincoln-Made Flour LIBERTY A VERY HIGH PATENT MASCOT A STANDARD FLOUR THAT WE GUARANTEE These Flours are made from the finest Nebraska Hard Winter Wheat. Remember that every sack of Flour milled in Lincoln has our name on it. Bairlbeir 3s Fostteir NATIONAL CONVENTIONS. Where Unions Will Meet to Enact Their General Legislation. November 5, East Bangor, Pa., In ternational Union Slate Workers. November 12, Minneapolis, Minn., American Federation of Labor. December 3, Boston, Mass., Interna tional Seamen's Union. December 3, New York City, Nation al Alliance of Bill Posters and Billers of America. . UNION CONTRACTORS. If You Want Building Done, Here Is a List to Patronize. The following employers and con tractors have been declared fair by Carpenters' Union, Local 1055, and we request all parties contemplating building or repairs of any kind per taining to our trade to please take notice and consider the following rep utable contractors and builders before letting your work: S. W. Baker, 2237 R street. H. E. Chappell, 1624 O street. L. Drybbra, Lindell Hotel. S. R. Copeland, 110 North Twenty seventh street. H. Dobbs, 329 South Twenty-seventh street. T. P. Harrison, Brownell block, room 12. W. B. Hester, 820 North Twenty seventh street. Howe & Atterbury, 2025 Vine street. Hammond & Burford, 3136 Dudley street. Alex Hutton, 1436 N street. Jewell & Marsh, 2331 South Tenth street. A. Kiewit, 1620 N street. "A. L. Myers. 223 North Twenty eighth street. Mitchner. Chas. Mellor, 2149 South fifteenth street. F. G. Odell, 1335 North r Twenty fourth street. J. W. Russell, 1527 North Twenty fourth street. C. W. Ryman, 1112 Pine street. D. A. Rush, Normal. T. K. Townsend, 1328 South Fif teenth street. ; Turner Bros., 1401 Rose street. O. W. Vanderveer, 154 South Eigh teenth street. S. A. "Webb, 2743 W street. Lincoln Sash and Door company for mill work. This bulletin Is issued by authority of Carpenters' .Union, and is subject to revision at their order. Firms and contractors can have names and lace of business inserted by applying , to Carpenters' business - agent, d 130 South Eleventh street, or by phone, Auto 3824, Bell L-1154. BURLINGTON BULLETIN OCTOBER, 1906. Best Values for The Best Money Cash or easy terms are found at the Star Turniture (& Cft Wage'Garner's Turniture Supply Bouse 08 South Clevt nth Street. Zlucoln, tltbrask Watch This Bulletin for Special Rates Each Month. Cheap one-way to Pacific Coast: Daily one-way rates, to San Fran cisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Taeoma'and other Coast Territory, nearly one-half rates; also cheap one-way rates to Montana, Wyoming, Big Horn Basin, Utah and Western Colorado, daily until Oct. 31. Round Trip to the Coast: Daily Tour ist rates in effect all winter to Pa cific Coast destinations with variable routes. Oenver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo: Half rates plus $2.00 round trip, October 13th to 16th, inclusive, limit October 31st. To the East and South: Very low homeseekers' and Winter Tourist ex cursions through the Autumn and Winter to various destinations throughout the south. - ; Visit the Old Home: Low excursion rates to the old home points in' Illi nois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri and other middle states destinations, Oct. 9th and 23rd, Nov. 13th , and 27th, limit thirty days. Homeseekers' Excursions: Frequent ly each month to Western Nebraska, Eastern Colorado, Big Horn Basin, dry land farming destinations or ir rigated sections. Free Kinkaid Lands: Write D. Clem Deaver, Agent Burlington's Home seekers' Information Bureau at 1004 Farnam St., Omaha, about getting ' hold of a free section of Kinkaid lands now being restored to the pub lic domain. Consult nearest Burlington Ticket Agent and see what rates he has available for your proposed trip. L. W. WAKELEY, G. P. A., Omaha. A. F. OF L. PLATFORM. 1. Compulsory education. ,' 2. Direct legislation through the in itiative and referendum. 3. A legal workday of not more than eight hours. 4. Sanitary inspection of workshop, mine and home. 5. Liability of employers for injury to health, body and life. l, 6. The abolition of the contract sys tem in all public work. 7. The abolition of the sweatshop system. THE BRICKLAYERS. Again Considering Affiliation With the American Federation. With the exception of some of the railroad brotherhoods the bricklayers' union is the largest trades union not affiliated with the American Federa tion of Labor. Several referendum votes on the proposition have been taken but each time affiliation has been defeated. Another try at it is being had now, but the outlook is not en couraging to the advocates thereof. Work in the local field continues good, and the outlook for next year is unusually encouraging. A lot of brick work is yet to be done on buildings under way. Among the uncompleted buildings are the Elks' Club house,, the Sawyer apartments and the building next to the present quarters of the Lin coln Hardware company. A KICK THAT WORKED. A short time ago an attache of the democratic state committee started around with some lithographs of A. C. Shallenberger, democratic candidate for governor. The lithograph also bore a brief synopsis of Mr. Shallenberger's platform, but it didn't bear the allied printing . trades label. - The attache stepped into a print shop and wanted to hang one in the window, but he met with a frost, although the proprietor is a democrat. "Not without the la bel," declared the printer man. The attache gasped, and then ejaculated: "Dammit, they did forget the label, didn't they?" They he hustled back and had the printer run 'em through the press again, just to get the label. Since ihen all printed matter for the committee has borne the label. IN NEBRASKA'S CLASS. After a debate lasting nearly two days the Mississippi senate defeated the child labor law proposed by the code commissioners. It made the age limit of 12 years, but permilted chil dren as young as 10 to work in facto ries six months in the year. A NEW ONE. Harry DeGour, editor and publisher of the -Reading, Pa., Labor 'Advocate, has established the Labor Advocate at Pottsville, Pa., and will edit and pub lish the pair of them in future. The new Advocate looks like a winner, and DeGour is the boy who can make it count for unionism in Pottsville and vicinity. EFFECTIVE KICK. Contractors at the Charleston, S. C, navy yard are now working their em ployes but eight hours daily. Previously-to the complaint of the exeou- tive council of the A. F. of L. any old hours were worked. A REAL LABOR LEADER. Frank Buchanan Fills the Bill in Every Known Particular. Chicago democrats have nominated at least one man for congress who will bear watching, not because he needs watching, but because those who want to see the right kind of men elected to office may have" the opportunity to see their wishes gratified. In the Seventh congressional district of Illinois the democrats have named as their candi date Frank Buchanan. Buchanan is a union labor man and was probably nominated because he is a union labor advocate, having been an officer in a union. His merit, however, does not lie in his membership in a trades union, but in his absolute fairness to all interests and his determined oppo sition to all grafters. He takes the position that the laborer is worthy of his hire and that capital is entitled to consideration and protection. A little of Buchanan's history may be interest ing. He is a member of the Bridge and Structural Workers' Union. When Sam Parks, the notorious labor boss. had brought that union into disrepute, i1-. was Frank Buchanan who overcame the coterie of grafters and did a great service both for organized labor and for capital. Buchanan found that Parks and a few others were operating the structural workers' ' union solely for graft. Parks was leagued with a few employing contractors. He could tie up the building trades of New York City at will. For graft he would call or settle strikes, at the instance of contractors who wanted to ruin com petitors. It was one of the greatest scandals in the history, of organized labor, and the graft was operated con jointly by dishonest trades unionists and dishonest capitalists. Buchanan as president of the national organiza tion purged the New York, local, al though the purging almost disrupted the national body. When the fight was over Buchanan had the1 confidence of, every : honest laboring man and the respect of every fair-minded employer. His task accomplished, he returned to the ranks of the workers. He is not a notoriety seeker and is not always looking for a soft snap on a salary paid from the pockets of those who really toil. Buchanan 'is opposed to strikes. He says common sense and conservatism will solve labor troubles and controversies ninety-nine times out of one hundred. He is not an agi tator. He does not believe the em- A Great Line of Coats at $13.50 We are showing a very handsome line of Women's Coats, in all the new combinations of Checks and Plaids; also ic Heavy Kerseys and Dress Coats, made of Bi-oadcloth, in col ors or Black. Styles are copied from Parisian Models, which give them the character and appear ance of 20.00 and $25.00 garments. These. Coats are the equal of many that are being sold at 15.00 and $18.00. Come in and look them over and try them on. We are sure you will be surprised at the values shown by us -at this price in view of the advance along all lines in dress materials. Handsome Plaid Silks Plaid Silks are popular and selling well this FaU. Our assortment is very complete, and includes Bright Plaids in new designs and colorings. Also a line of Plaids in darker cloth shades. These are especially hand some and suitable for those who want a Plaid that is not conspicuous. They are in dark combinations, as Wine and Green, Brown and Black, , Navy and Black, etc.; 19 to 22 inches wide; 85c, 81.00, $1.10, S1.25 and SI. 50 per yard. MILLER & PAINE Extremely Fine Union Made Clothing We Sell Exclusively In This City Konn bros. Fine Union Hade MM . i fr 1, v ' SI I i : This is a union store, selling i ' ' " . - ' ' i union made clothing and we are therefore entitled to the patronage of every union man ill the city. THE BEST OF ALL, however, is that we don't want to sell you this cloth ing on the strength of the label, but on the true merit of the merchandise, and then, of course, the label makes the sale possible. P3sfw(W ffcort's- Greatest- SSKjCk. iCs S I CJtofAftry Store. t J Jiavstr w v pioyer or the average capitalist is his enemy. There is a lesson in the story of Frank Buchanan's career for all mem bers of organized labor bodies, and there is a lesson in it for employers. The lesson is so plain that it needs no elucidation. . , Buchanan may not be elected to con gress, but it is not in the books that he would misrepresent his- constitu ents, be they capitalists or laboring men, if he were elected. Cedar Rap ids, la., Gazette. "- ' ' . i Capital Auxiliary No. 11 to Lincoln Typographical Union No. 209 will meet s at the' home of Mrs. Compton and Mrs-. Chrissman, 524 South Twenty-fourth street, Friday 2:30 p. m., November 2. ; TOM WATSON OUT. A CHANCE IN DOUGLAS. The union ' men of Douglas county have a chance to elect an almighty square union man to the legislature in the person of "Doc" Tanner, editor of the South Omaha Democrat. Tan ner is an old union printer and has never gotten over his unionism. He can be counted on to stand by any just and fair labor bill introduced. The editor of The Wageworker has known "Doc" Tanner ever since the Mistouri river ran the other way, and he knows him to be all-wool, non shrinkable, a yard wide and silk warped. A vote. for "Doc" Tanner will be a vote for unionism. Tom Watson has thrown ud his lob ; of editing "Tom Watson's Magazine," ; and his withdrawal exposes the fact that the notorious Colonel Mann of 5 "Town Topics" fame is the principal stockholder in the. company.'. Mann, together with Colonel Greene, is at th t head of the New York "Tea Pot," and this is how it came about that "Wat son's Magazine" was under confront in an unfair office. Colonel Tom Wat son seems to have been another "four flush" sympathizer with organized labor. A WOMAN LABOR EDITOR. Mrs. T. H. Symonds is the labor editor of the Pittsburg, Pa., Sunday Dispatch, and she usually gets up a half page of bright and interesting labor news. The, Dispatch is the only daily paper in Pittsburg that carries the union label. I 1 I ) i f