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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1906)
GENERAL MENTION. 1 . Interesting Item Mostly. Swiped from Bright Labor Papers. Remand the label. The union label that's all. Look for the uniou label. If it is not labeled, refuse It. Union made shoes are sold by Rog ers & Perkins. ISlectrical workers and polishers have been organized at Clinton, Iowa. Carpenters In St. Joseph, Mo., say: "The "open' shop Is a past Issue with us." "Blue Ribbon" cigars are union made, Lincoln made and well made Sold by all dealers. The Grand Trunk, which has been "weeding" out Its conductors, may be culled upon to prove Its charges. Three hundred policemen in New York city have set out to organize all the men on the force, when they , will ask for an eight-hour day. The total membership of the Ma chinists' Union In Philadelphia has in creased fully 70 per cent since the Increase in dues took effect on the 1st of January. Terre Haute, Ind., Typographical Union has signed a new scale cover ing a period of three years $1.50 In crease immediately and $1.50 on No vember 1, 1907. Illinois and Missouri lead the coun try In the amount of prison made goods they placf on. the market. Illi nois produces In value far more than any other staty. The Foresters' Companion, a month ly paper ' printed In Philadelphia for the Order of the Foresters of America, 'hus submitted to the Inevitable and is now being printed In a fair office. The Iron molders, machinists and metal polishers have been supplanted in the Pope Manufacturing company In Toledo by professional strike breakers and several incompetents. The iron molders in Pittsburg are paying an assessment of $1 a week to create a defense fund for the impend ing struggle with the Foundrymen's Association, whose members have de clared for the "open" shop. The threatened trouble between the Bricklayers and Masons' International Union and the Operative Plasterers' Union is now a thing of the past, an agreement having been reached be tween the two bodies. Union men! please your wife and your jwicketbook by purchasing a Riv et side Base Burner. There Is abso lutely no stove on the market that will furnish as much heat for the amount, of coal consumed as will the Riverside. Sold exclusively by Hoppe a.: 108 North Tenth street. Machinists have received encourag ing news from the Santa Fe. The di rectors of that road have refused the request of Hendricks that he be empowered to purchase more engines, and told him to fix up some of the 700 or 800 engines standing on hospital tracks along the system. The building trades are enjoying prosperity in Cincinnati. Lathers re port ' everybody working even '"father." Plumbers and painters are exceptionally busy for this time of year. The latter's wage scale com mittee held a conference with the bosses and practically agreed upon everything. A labor party has been formed In Tokyo, Japan. The new party's pro gram Includes opposition to monopo lies, and favors universal male and female suffrage, a general increase of wr.ges and reduction of hours, the abolition of capital punishment and of titular oistlnctions, fundamental re form in taxation and arbitration in all International questions. There are In the Bricklayers' . and Masons' International about 16,000 plasterers, of whom between 2,000 and 3,000 are exclusively' plasterers. These members who are plasterers only are in towns where there Is no local union of the Operative Plasterers' Associa tion. The membership of the Opera tive Plasterers' International is be tween 17,000 and 18,000. engineers and switchmen, he said, will be made applicable to all other em ployes and the order will be made ef fective so far as it is possible to op erate a railroad. Committees of the trainmen and conductors are confer ling this afternoon with General Su perintendent Clarke. They ask Cor the ten-hour day and increased wages President Truesdale having disposed of the former proposition, Mr. Clarke will be allowed to arrange the wage increase. WESTERN UNION UNFAIR. Wrong to Boycott, But You Don't Havt to Boost Enemies. The Western Union Telegraph Co is notoriously unfriendly to organized labor. It refuses to recognize the Com mercial Telegraphers' uniou and pre vents the Associated Press from be coming square.- It tries every way it can to beat down its employes, and tries to make every manager run a kindergarten for operators. It is very wicked and also illegal to boycot, but you do not have to pat ronize your enemies. No one can make you do that. And lest you for get, the Western Union Telegraph Co. lacks a whole lot of being a friend. The Postal Telegraph Co. is a uniou outfit. Boost your friends and let your enemies look out for themselves. TWO GREAT BROTHERHOODS. L'iCKAWANA GRANTS INCREASE. Scrnnton, Pa., Nov. 21. President W. H. Truesdale of the Delaware, Lackawana and Western railroad to day announced that the company would grant a ten-hour day to all train men in Its employ. This concession, which already has been granted the Patent Medicines And Drugs Still Lower Don't let a druggist hold you up on patent medicines and yonr winter drug supplies. There is a tremendous discount on everything in our store. SPECIAL HALES every day, together with the regular Clearance Sale. Call, write or phone for our price sheet. Delivering is our specialty. HECTOR'S, 12th & 0 One cf Labor, the Other of the Church, Working Together. Our field the world. Our cause humanity. It was an Inspiration to march with the three hundred and more delegates at Minneapolis convention of the American Federation of Labor, as they proceeded to the convention hall, be hind the banner which boi;e these words. . The president's report and the spirit of the meetings rang true to the motto. It was the spirit of sacrifice and of service with just enough of the shout of victory to. keep' up one's cour age. There were some disorderly ele ments, true enough, but even these, analyzed, indicated a measure- of that for which labor's brotherhood of serv ice stands. During the progress of the conven tion, 1 slipped down to Indianapolis to address the newest organization in the Presbyterian church the "Presby terian Brotherhood." This was its first convention with the choicest repre sentatives from every city In the land over a thousand strong. But Tonill son hall was packed at nearly every session packed with men who came because of their Interest in this new organization, even though they were not. honored by being sent as regularly accredited delegates. , Across the stage was flung a banner which carried the motto: "Service In Brotherhood." As I spoke to that groat audience of nearly three thousand men on "The Church and Labor," I was thinking of the convention in Min neaxlis, and my message was deliv ered in the spirit which I had caught there. How well that message was received others may tell, but out of the cheering and the emotion which it brought forth, came a greeting which I was instructed tr carry back to the labor convention. I reproduce it here: "The Presbyterian Brotherhood, in its first convention at Indianapolis, joins with the brotherhood of labor as represented in -the American Federa tion of Labor in convention assembled in Minneapolis in devotion to the ideal of life given by the Great Master: " 'If any would be great among you, let him be your servant. For even the son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.' " This was probably the first time iu the history of organized labor in this country that so important a religious society sent a special representative to a convention of labor's greatest body, with a fraternal greeting. It is signif icant that this representative was also received by the American Federation of Labor as a fraternal delegate from the Presbyterian department of church and labor. This is a sign of the times. It is a prophecy of the day when men will learn that only as the spirit of brotherhood and of service prevails will there be anything like a solution of the vexations problems in the social and in the industrial world. Rev. Charles Stelzle. HEIGHTH OF SARCASM. Clint Lee Perpetrates a Really Good Joke on the People. Clinton R. Lee, the gentleman who lives in ease because he hires convicts to make the brooms he sells, aad thus forces honest men to walk the country In search of work, is really a humor ist. His humor is of that insidious brand that is so delicious when you finally catch it. His greatest joke is the one he perpetrates on the people when he sells them his penitentiary made brooms. If you will pick up one of the Lee brooms you will notice that the beautiful lithographed label of the HartSduffner & Marx Hand Tailored RELIABLE Reliable as to the Clothing we sell, means thoroughly satisfying style, as well as thoroughly good fabric and tailor ing. The three are interdependent Good cloth fails to make good clothes if not skillfully and carefully handled from begin ning to end. Our Clothing must be correctly cut and tailored so as to insure lasting shapeliness. The steady growth of this store proves the satisfactory quality of the Clothing Best for the money is our rule, from the sturdy Business Suit or Overcoat to the finest that can be made. PRACTICAL That is the word that most thoroughly characterizes this store. The Armstrong store is a practical store, free of all pretense or sham, employing no methods that smack of the "make belief." The public is its friend", sharing its confidence, and profiting by. its unusual facilities for disposing of quantities of merchandise. Style and Fit "Whose Clothes are best?" Where can I get most satisfaction? ; When' can I do the best with the money I have to spend?" These are the questions of high importance when considering a Winter Suit or Overcoat. In planning for this winter we made up our minds that not a man who came to us with a fixed idea about a Suit or Overcoat that he wanted, would fail to find in size, style or fabric, exactly what he had a "hankering" for. This meant immense variety we have it. It meant endless styles of fabrics we have them. Suits from $10 to $30 Q'coats From $10 to $40 jUtMSTRONG CLOTH 11 i GOOD CLOTHES MERCHANTS company has a flag on it. Of course that is illegal, but. that isn't the joke. The joke is that the flag of a free people k should be wired on a broom by convicts, and then these prison made brooms sold to free people whose patronage of convicts is calculated to drive free workers to despair, ithus causing them to commit some crime and then be sentenced to teh Lee broom shops. We can imagine that Clinton R. Lee smiles joyously every time he sells one of those prison-made, flag-decorated brooms to an unsuspect ing victim. By the way, we once heard a story and then be sentenced to the Lee bought while he lived in an Iowa city. Speaking of penitentiary contracts naturally calls up thoughts of dia monds and things. THE TELEPHONE FIGHT. It Waxes Merry and Competition Grows Fiercer Each Minute. The telephone fight is waxing warm er each passing- minute, the result being that more people are using 'phones, more electrical workers and teamsters are, finding employment, and a lot of good money is being diverted from the companies into the channels of trade. The Lincoln Telephone people have thrown open their books to the in spection of a committee appointed by the Commercial Club, the object being to prove that the increased rate was not put on for the purpose of paying dividends on watered stock. The com mittee is at work and the public is awaiting its report. In the meanwhile an army of solicitors are in the field, and people who have no 'phone are re ceiving all kinds of inducements. It is a merry fight. son, for supreme judge, only had 6,500 to the good. Oglesby's election is an evidence of what the labor vote can do if recogni tion is given the union men by the party conventions. UNION CONTRACTORS. If You Want Building Done, Here Is a List to Patronize. UNION SWITCHMAN LEADS. Crippled Rube Oglesby Gets Most Votes in Missouri. Rube Oglesby, a union switchman nominated by the democrats for the office of railroad and warehouse com missioner, led the state ticket in the recent state election by about 10,000 votes. The railroads did all .within their power to defeat Oglesby, but the union men of the state passed the word along the line to work for Ogles by, and evidently the union men of the state did the work. The official returns show that Ogles by's majority was 17,000, while Wood- The following employers and con tractors have been declared fair by Carpenters' Union, Local 1035, 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 Twenty fourth street. J. W. Russell, 1527 North Twenty fourth street. C. W. Ryman, 1112 Pine street. D. A. Rush, Normal. T. K. Townsend, 132S South ;F:f 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 place of business Inserted by applying to Carpenters' business agent, at 130 South Eleventh street, or by phone, Auto 3S24, Bell L-1154. ' ' '' AMUSEMEMTS AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS "THE THEATRE BEAUTIFUL" THE NEW LYRIC HIGH -CUSS VAUOVIUE PROGRAM CHANGED WEEKLY, . , . THE BEST ATTRACTIONS OBTAINABLE MATIN BE AT 3:00 EVENING AT 730 AND 9 O'CLOCK-ADMISSION 10 AND 15 CTS 15lh and OSts. HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE THE BIJOU PROGRAM WEEK OF NOVEMBER 26th OSts. Thorndyke, Russell, Adams and Degroot. YORKE COMEDY FOUR : - In their little skit "All Right." MOZELLE Introducing Her Original Dance Creations, The Mirage of Art Rainbow Dance Dance De Noir. The Fun Creators. , GRACEY AND BURNETT Eccentric Comedy Sketch Artists. The Musical Comedian, RICHY W. CRAIG In His Original Act "Me and My Partner." MR. WILL H. SMYTHE VOCALIST. THE OPIUM SMUGGLERS ON THE BIOGRAPH. 3- Shows-3 Daily 3:00, 7:4.5, 9:00 P. M. MATINEE, ALL SEATS 10c ADMISSION 10 CENTS Evenings; Reserved Seats s Cents Extra Grand Prize . Matinee Every Tues. and Thurs. Best Values for The Best Money Gash or easy terms are found at the Star Turniture g: Zb WageEarner's Turniture Supply Bouse 205 South Ghvntb Street. . Liutoin, tltbrasl,