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NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD
Items of Genera! Interest for the Busy Work-
. ingman and His Friends.
Special Amouneemee
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Bitldt-rord. Me. The Pepperill Man
ufacturing company announced an ad
vance In wages of about five per cent.
The now rate goes Into effect Decem
ber 31. About 3,000 are employed.
Lawrence, Muss. Notice of In
creases iu the wages of 6,000 employes
of the Pacific mills and the 1,200 em
ployes of the Everett riiHls were post
ed. The amount of the increase will
be about 7 per cent.
Schenectady, N. Y. The strike at
the General Electric Works is settled
and the men returned to their places.
The men have waived the reinstate
ment of three discharged draughts
men, for whom the'strlke was called.
. Pittsburg, Pa. The extra Christmas
pay at the mills, furnaces, offices,
stores and factories in the Pittsburg
district exceeded 110,000,000.- This
estimated was furnished by the banks
which make up many of the pay rolls.
' , Joliet, 111. The United States Steel
corporation announced that the wages
of its 3,000 employes in the Joliat mills
will be increased January 1. Common
laborers will receive ten cents a day
additional and the other grades will
be benefited proportionately.
St. Paul,. Mian. Representatives of
the Brotherhood of Trainmen in the
west are congregating in this city for
;tho purpose of entering a demand for
an increase in pay. ' They represent
the lines weBt of Chicago. The de
mands grow out of concessions grant
ed the switchmen by the railroads last
October.
Chicago. Twenty thousand men,
15,000 of this number living in and
around Chicago, employes of the Illi
nois Steel company, were notified that
the company would put into effect a
ten per cent, increase of wages Janu
avy 1. The increase in wages will add
between $1,500,000 and $2,X00,000 per
annum to the company's pay roll.. "
Chicago. This city never was so
free from strikes and lockouts as on
this Christmas. In many cases em
ployes have voluntarily increased
wages from five to ten per cent., and
in neither the Federation or Labor nor
the Associated Building Trades is
there a strike pending of anj magni
tude. Salem, Mass. An increase of" five
par cent, iu wages was announced at
the mills of the Naumkeag Steam Cot
ton company of. lhl- clty Jh .
crease went Into effeo December 31,
and will apply to about 1,500 em
ployes. The Naumkeag company has
never cut the wages of it3 mill hands
to conform to the prices paid in other
cities.
: Braddock, Pa. Twenty-six thousand
employes of the United States Steel
corporatoon and 17,000 workmen of
the Westtnghouse industries in this
vicinity had the shortest possible holi
day this season. Pressure of big or
der! for quick shipment has kept all
tha mills and factories working to the
highest capacity the past four years
almost wlthovt cessation of a day.
? Washington. An important decision
lias been rendered by Secretary Straus
of the department of commerce and
labor as to the right of a state to in
duce immigration to that state. The
decision holds, in brief, that in the cir
cumstances there is no violation of the
immigration laws or of the law to pro
hibit the Importation of alien con
tract laborers (in the action of the
state of South Carolina, in this partic
ular case), in encouraging Immigra
tion to that state or in paying the nec
osanry expenses of the immigrants in
coming to the state.
Easton, Pa. It was announced here
that the Lehigh Valley Railroad com
pany had Increased the wages of fts
employes in the transportation 1 de
partment. The advance ranges from
10 to 20 per cent, and dates from De
cember 1.
Indianapolis. It is announced that
the Big Four will grant an increase of
.eight per cent, to the euglneers over
Its entire system. This is said to be
agreeable to the men. The increase
': to become effective on the first of
'.he year.
1 ' Chicago.- A general demand from
members of the Order of Railway
Conductors and the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, the two big rail
way unions, is to be presented to the
Managements of railways west of Chi
jago. Eight-hour days and an iu
urease of 15 per cent, in wages is the
ijemand to be made, which in the ag
gregate will metn an increase in pay
k nearly 20 per cent.. Dispatches from
3t. Louis received by local railway
men announced that the action was
taken by the railway men in that city
and it is expected that similar de
mands will be made by the local
unions. '
, Baltimore, Md. About 2,000 , em
ployes of the Western Maryland rail
road were given a substantial advance
ia wages beginning New Year's day.
The trainmen, engineers and yardmen
are the workers who gain by the ad
vance. Fall River, Mass. In a letter to the
employes pf the Bourne mills of this
city, announcing the regular profit
sharing dividend, Treasurer George A.
Chase informed the operatives that a
ten days' vacation would be given
them In the summer of 1907, and that
a 50 per cent extra dividend would be
paid in connection therewith. .
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Boston. Secretary Cable says that
the international officers of the Coop
ers' union have been working hand in
hand with- President Samuel Gompers,
of the American- Federation of Labor
in electing trades union men to con
gress. . ... V
" Dead wood, S. D. The Terry Peak
Miners' union has given the mine op
erators unltil January 5 to grant an
eight-hour day. The Mine and Mill
men's union of Dead wood has made a
demand for an eight-hour day. Terry
Peak union controls the Bald moun
tain district. Four . companies from
this district operate mills in Dead'
wood.
Boston. Textile operatives in New
England received as their Christmas
present a larger share of the prosper
ity which the mill industry has en
Joyed for the last year. Advances of
5 to 10 per cent, were -announced by
a large number of companies, and it
is expected that by January 1 wages
will have been advanced In practically
every factory village and city in New
England.
New York. More than $13,000 was
distributed among .the 400 employes of
the New York Stock Exchange. This
amount represents the annual collec
tion among the members of the ex
change to be , given as Christmas
bonuses to the men employed in the
exchange. . This year's bonuses were
slightly less than those distributed
last year, when more than $14,000 was
collected.
New York. Officials of , the Lon$
Island railroad signed an agreement
with representatives of their yardmen
by which the latter will receive an in
crease from the present wage scale of
from 3V6 to 4 cents per hour. This
action removes the Long Island road
as a factor in the demand for a five
cents-an hour' increase which the
roads involved agreed to submit to ar
bitration. i-
Cincinnati. A number of Cincinnati
members of the local, typograhplcal
union who have been communicants
of the Methodist church for years have
withdrawn from that church. The
reason is alleged hostility shown to
union labor by the Methodist, church
printing concerns. "If the church does
not .recognize the rights of union men
we will all le"ave it," said a labor lead
er. "We have waited four years for
1 ?!weir to do something; now. we
feel it is our turn."
-Boston. InternaHwHtCT" Vico Presi
dent James Duncan, of the A. F. of L.,
at the seamen's convention banquet.
referring to President Roosevelt's mes
sage, declared that organized labor
wanted no shooting gallery annex to
the public schools, that it for one ob
jected to having its ten-year-old boys
made acquainted In the public schools
with the system of destruction of hu
man life and property. He said labor
was the greatest force to-day toward
international arbitration of all dis
putes, instead of settlement by force
of arms.
Terre Haute, Ind. The primary
steps to the formation of the present
American Federation of Labor were
Inspired by P. J. McGuire, then of St.
Louis, later general secretary-treas
urer of the Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners, who died recently. From
letters addressed by him to various la
bor organizations a preliminary meet
ing was held here August 2, 1881. Only
a small representation was present -at
that meeting, but the foundation was
laid which has grown into the colossal
proportions of 2,000,000 members and
adherents.
Cambridge, Mass. Frank Lloyd,' of
this city, has been elected interna
tional president of the Bill Posters
and Billers' union. The place for the
next convention, desired in Boston by
the local union, will be settled by a
referendum vote.
Chicago. The Federation of Labor
has begun a crusade to advance the
cause of unionism. Meetings are held
upon the corners of prominent streets.
addresses are made, songs are sung
and collections are taken up among
the crowds to help the local strikers
Chicago. The first attempt of labor
to "boycott" a church is said to be
under contemplation by the Federa
tion of Labor. The radical measure is
being planned against the Methodist
, Episcopal denomination at the request
of Typographical union No. 16, which
is waging a fight to compel Methodist
publishing houses to establish
"closed" shop. President Edwin R.
Wright of the union said the proposed
attack on the church will be of far
reaching extent. It is under consider
ation, he said, to ask every member
of a union to resign from the church
until the demands of the union are
satisfied.
Springfield, 111. The Illinois su
preme court confirmed fines and im
prisonment sentences imposed on Mi
chael FXannery, John M. Shea, Charles
F. Woerner and Harry Brown. They
were sentenced for violating an in
junction Issued against the Franklin
union of pressfeeders.
Adams, Mass. An increase of 5 per
cent, in wages was announced by the
Renfrew Manufacturing company here.
The increase will affect about 1,000
employes at the three cotton mills of
the company in Adams, and is the sec
ond raise in the wage scale within six
months.
THIS IS YOUR
OPPORTUNITY
TOR TEN
MORE DAYS
UNION MADE
, : There are numerous reasons why Lincoln men should smoke Lincoln made cigars. r First,1
anywhere. Second, they are
Tenement conditions. Third,
up JJncoln's institutions, and add
brands and do your share towards making Lincoln a bigger and
SURE THING 10c15c
DOMINIO 10c
Stand;
lard, , mild
i Fina, medium
, Little Havana
Extra
c ....
Bully,
P. J. WOIILENBERG
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LEADER LIGHTS.
All blondes are light-headed.
Hobson's choice Mrs. Hobson.
To man his club is meet and drink.
Man seeks approval woman praise.
Train robbers Pullman-car porters.
Beware" of the man with the ax to
grind. ;
Men make money that women may
spend It. i
Lots of people think notoriety is
popularity.
Don't go to the extremes when deal
ing with bees.
The road to happiness must.be trav
eled on foot.
Bookmakers have not -respect for
their bettors.
It's a wise boarder who knows his
own, napkin.
The blooming idiot often used, flow
ery language.
When a desire contracts Jjflls, the
devil's to pay.
it is always' better to throw a bou
quet than a pickl.
Money is the root of all evil how
vte dig for the root. ." .
Some of the beggars -we see' are only
crippled financially. . ;
If the world owes you a living it is
up to you to collect It.
Some people with sunny disposi
tions stand in their owe light. Ly-
A man can get along without .ances
tors, but iis children can't. !j
The milk of human kindness is often
curdled before it is in evidence. Bal
timore Labor Leader. i
ALL SERENE.
Thank goodness the threatened
trouble on western railroads in over
so far as the firemen are concerned.
Their trouble on the Southern
is being settled by arbitration, and all
danger of a sympathetic strike la past.
This is a mighty good thing. Now let
the Brotherhood or Locomotive Fire
men and Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers get together and bury the
hatchet or monkeywrench, or: what
ever it is that enginemen scrap with
NOT FOR US.
Nearly every mail brings to The
Wageworker a request to put this or
that firm's product on the "unfair
list." Please excuse us. We haven't
time to devote to that sort of thing.
We are so busy boosting ow friends
that we can't make up an "unfair
list." Out here we are such sticklers
for the union label that "unfair"' pro
ducts receive no consideration. Loud
and insistent demands for the label
is the way to put the unfair employer
out of business.
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This week closes our First Big annual Sale. It has been the largest ten days'
sale we have ever had. '.We will continue our sale, for the benefit of the tardy
buyers, on the two following useful lines of goods: ... v C
The National Kitchen Cabinets 0
Regal American
These two lines must not be confused with cheaply constructed, unsatisfac
tory goodsv They are as good as the best. We guarantee their construction.
The A. P. Benway Co.
CIGARS THAT ARE WADE
well made, in clean and sanitary
every time you smoke a Lincoln
to human happiness. The following firms are entitled to your
SMOKE -
THE BEST
UNION
MADE
Manufacturers
WILLIAM SEELENFREUND
; Wholesale
931 S STREET "
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THE MAN WHO WANTS
IS
o Line of Good Clothing
20 PER
WHICH
THE T E L D M 7
Hundreds of old Customers: have come and sent new ones
showing how fully they appreciate the good values secured. ,
, Remember during this sale every article of Men's arid Boy's
wear of every kind and description in this Great Modern Cloth
ing Store, this seasons' Styles and Fabrics can be purchased for
80c ON THE DOLLAR!
This Sale Closes SATURDAY MGI1T, Jflfi. 12th, at 11 0'CIock
Can You Afford to
THE STEW
MILLER AGAIN "SQUARE."
Miller, the bookbinder whose trouble
with the Washington, D. C, union led
to all the trouble in Uncle Sam's big
printery. has been readmitted to mem
bership. But the evil effects of his
bullheadeduess will be felt for a gen
eration to come in trades union cir
cles. It was Miller whose actions .led
ie presidential declaration that the
Stoves
BOTH RANGES AND
HEATING STOVES
shops "by well paid labor no sweat shop, Chinese, Childish, or
made cigar you add to the volume of the City's business, build
better city. ' .
- Sammons & Packard ,
:' jtANTFACTURERS OF
Little Casino and C. B. & Q.
CIGARS
135 N.12ih St. Lincoln, Nebraska.
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QUALITY WITH ECONOMY
CERTAIN TO BE IMPRESSED
for Men and Boys and the Importance of Oar General
CENT. DISCOUNT SALE!
LASTS BUT THREE MORE DAYS".
Let Such an Opportunity Pass Unnoticed?
CONTRACT GOODS EXCEPTED
government ,'prlntery is an ' "open,
shop."
Organized labor should nor waft
until the .nominations are all made for
city officers, and then "cuss'
because
re.?03iil-
organized labor
received no
tion. i
What) makes us "hot" is to have
some fillible man who is always raalj-
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DON'T PIT Off
UNTIL
TOMORROW.
BUY TODAY
IN LINCOLN
there are none better made
" patronage. Call for these
t REUEUDER
BLUE niDDOfJ
5c 10c 15c
NEVILLE & GARTNER
... i33o O STREET
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WITH -
THE STERLING
tng' mistakes' base : his objections to
trades unionism on the ground that
the trades unions make so many mis-.
takes. - , .. V
' "You can not saw wood with a ham
mer.'' ' -
Edward De Marny, London, . editor -hi
Ji;ly was sentenced to two months J
imprisonment for publishing obcene