CCNERAL MENTION.
Interesting Items Mostly Swiped from
Bright Labor Papers.
Tomand the label.
The union label that's all. i
Look for the union label.
It It la not labeled, refuse It.
, Bartenders of St. Joseph, Mo., have
reorganized.
" Union made shoes are sold by Rog
ers & Perkins.
"Blue Ribbon" cigars are union
made, Lincoln made and well made.
Sold by all dealers.
Buttee, Mont., miners have been
granted au unsolicited increase from
$3.50 to $3.75 per dp.
St. Paul painters have asked for
42 1-2 : cents an hour beginning April
1st.
Practically all the building trades in
Sitokune, Wash., are going to seek a
general advance in wages.
Russell Jones, a street car conductor
at Kenosha, Wis., has been elected
county clerk.
" Tho Methodist Book Concern is still
on the unfair list. But well, the lamp
yet holds out to burn.
The "Piano and rgan Worker"
says: "Shun the Kimball." It is scab
and therefore unfair to organized la
bor. Woodworkers Local No. 158, Cin
cinnati, were successful in getting an
increase of 10 per cent, also strictly
union shops.
Tho Von Boeckman Printing Co., a
Typothetae shop in Austin, Tex., has
signed a two-year agreement with the
Typographical nion. ( ' 1
The 2,000 employes In the Aurora,
111., shops of the Chicago, Burlington
& Qulncy have been granted a 10
per cent injbrease in wages.
Practically all the large cotton mills
in New England are paying increased
wages to their employes, In most in
stance advances were voluntary.
Spokane, Wash., chamber of com
merce has donated $2,000 to secure
the next 1 convention of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers. The "Piano Worker" for December'
says: "The working children of fcenn
sylvanla would, if put shoulder to
shoulder, form a line twentyrfwo miles
long."
Master House Painter and Decorat
ors' Association of Riading, Pa., de
, elded to advance wojges of journeymen
painters 2 1-2 cejtfts an hour after
April 1. r .
Chicago nachinlats are enjoined
from IntimlfVatlng strikers, but barring
this, in t&e languaeg of the judge,
' they rafay talk their heads off," if
The Erie, Pa., Dry Goods company
has shown its sympathy for organized
J labor by conceding to its employes an
eight-hour day for the' first five days
in the week.
H. W. Llbbey, of Winona, first vlce
. president of the Minnesota State Fed
eration of Labor, was elected a mem-
recent election.
Over in Montreal nearly 100 ma
chinists joined the, union In one night.
It created so much talk that at the
' next meeting 200 got in line. AnJ
they are still a-coming.
Three firms at Baltimore, , Md.,'
against whom papers of .injunctions
were filed for the illegal use of the
United Garment Workers of America
label are unionizing their factories.
The district over which the ' Chi
i cago Carpenters' Union extends con
tains about 12,000 men, exclusive of
. nbout 2,000 woodworkers in the mills
who have lately joined the carpenters.
U. S. Judge Kahlsaat, acting as ar
bitrator in the demand of 1,000 steam
flttera and their helpers In the Pitts
burg district, rendered a decision that
nu advance of 25 cents a day be grant
ed. ,
' The annual convention of the Struc
tural Building Trades' Alliance of
America will take place in New York
city ccDruary . rne organization nas
a membership of 200,000 workers out
side of New York.
Adult women in the hosiery mills In
Pennsylvania earn an average of $5.10
per week; under the age of 16 the
. weekly wage Is $2.82. The cost of
' keeping a boy In the Huntingdon (Pa.)
. Reformatory Is $4.79 a week. Buffalo
Press. r
An agreement has been arrived at
by the Rhode Island Superintendents'
Patent Medicine
Clearance Sale
Unprecedented cut on all
PATENT MEDICINES
RUBBER SUNDSIES,
DRIGS, BRUSHES,
TOILET PREPARA
TIONS, ETC. ,
RECTOR'S
12th and O Sts.
Association, an organization of educa
tors, not .to allow any child under
fourteen years to work in a mill,
whether or not the child had been giv
en a certificate entitling it to take
such employment. This new rule went
Into effec. on January 1.
Union men! please, your wife and
your pocketbook by purchasing a Rlv
ciside 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
ac 108 North Tenth street.
This bit of cheering news comes
from Minneapolis regarding the
machinists: "At the present time we
have over 1,400 members In- good
standing in District No. 48. At the
present rate of increase we will have
this part of the country in pretty fair
shape at no distant date."
Organized labor in Los Angeles, Cal.,
is planning to establish a bank.. It
will ' be financed and operated wholly
by trades unionists. Instead of run
ning it on co-operative principles, the
bank will be organized as a stock
company. The projectors are sanguine
of the success of the project.
A proposition is on foot to unite the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
with the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men. The firemen have a membership
of upwards of 60,000, and the brother
hood musters about 90,000 men. The
treasuries of the two combined would
amount to nearly $2,400,000. '
The newsboys and bootblacks of
Cleveland, O., are . developing a plan.
to raise $5,000 for the purpose ,jf
guaranteeing an education to ''any
member who desires to take advantage
of ' the fund. An effort wily' be made
to increase the membership to 500 in
order to make the plan, a success.
The International , 'Association of
Machinists have recently 'entered into
agreements wits' the Great Northern
railway, Canadian Pacific railway, Otis
Elevator Cxi. of Yonkers, N. Y., C. B.
&. Q. pjilroad, Minneapolis, St. Paul
& Sa;uit Ste. Marie railway, Union
Iron Works, B. & O. railroad, Minne
apolis & St. Louis railroad, Anheuser
Busch Brewing Co., and Coleman Nail
Co. -
A signal victory was won by the
printers, pressmen and feeders 'of
Clevelarid, O., -last ' week when the
Circuit court dismissed the application
of the Master Printers' Association for
a permanent injunction against the
unlona at the request of attorneys for
the masters. It was an admission of
defeat, an admission that they could
not sustain the action brought by them
by law or evidence. ,
Every member of the Billposter's
Unien in America has been assessed
$1 to create funds for the purpose -of
finding, if possible, the body of Chas.
Llttlefleld of Georgia, who was lost
when, the Rock Island passenger train
plunged through the Cimarron river
bridge at Dover, Okla., several weeks
ago. Llttlefleld was a member of the
union and was employed at the time
of the wreck by a circus.
According to a statement of Edgar
T. Davies, State Factory Inspector of
Illinois, there has been a reduction in
.the employment of children Jothe Chi
cago sweatshops from 14.5 per cent
to 9 per cent. The percentage of chil
dren employed In Illinois has been
reduced from 8.2 per cent in 1893 to
1 . 5 per cent. Within the last three
years there has been a decrease in
child labor in Illinois of 80 per cent.
Spokane' Walters' Alliance, through
H. McAlplne, has secured, a warrant
for the arrest of Wm. A. Smith, busi
ness agent, accused of misappropriat
ing $500. The alliance offers a reward
of $50 for , the apprehension of the
man, "dead or alive." The police xf
the surrounding cities have been noti
fied of his disappearance. Smith is
of medium height, with blue eyes and
curly hair and weighed about 150
pounds. He is an affable talker and
makes friends rapidly.
FRANKLIN ANNIVERSARY.
Fittingly Celebrated by Capital Auxil
iary Last Monday Night.
Capital Auxiliary No. 11 to Typo
graphical Union No. 209 celebrated Its
fourth anniversary Tuesday evening,
January 21, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Will Bustard. 2536 H street. The
event took the for,m of a Benjamin
Franklin birthday party, and was at
tended by a large number of printers
and their wives. Each guest was
given a list of questions concerning
Benjamin Franklin's life. For the
men's prize C. E. Barngrover, Geo,
Locker and Wm. Maupin tied on the
number of questions correctly ans
wered, while the ladies' prize was car
ried oft by Mrs. J. E. Marshall. Mr.
Barngrover won on the "cut." . High
five and flinch were played, prizes be
ing awarded the winners.
The committee in whose charge the
arranging and so successfully carry
ing out the fourth anniversary cele
bration of Capital Auxiliary, were com
prised of Mesdames Barngrover, Bus
tard and Norton.
Mrs. G. H. Freeman Is reported to
be slightly Indisposed.
The last meeting of the Auxiliary
was held at Mrs. Fred Ihrlnger's and
was largely attended. The nex
ing will be held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernstine King, Tenth and
South streets, Friday, February 1st.
Miss Verna Leonard of Plattsmouth
is with her sister, Mrs. Jay E. Wor
ley. Miss Leonard ha3 a legislative
appointment as stenographer.
Miss Clara B. King is visiting rel
atives in Missouri. "
Following are the committees for
the ensuing term: Label, Mrs. Barn
grover and Mrs. MqKinnie; hustling,
Mrs. Locker and Mrs. Ihringer;
flowers, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Maupin,
Mrs. Hebbard. The committee appoint
ed to confer with a committee from
the union in regard- to the aniversary
is composed of Mrs. Bustard, Mrs.
Barngrover, Mrs. Smith and Mrs.
Turner.
PRINTER NOTES.
New Rooms In Holmes Block Ready
for the Boysr to Meet Therein.
The Allied Printing Trades head
quarters in the Holmes block, on
Twelfth street, between O and N, are
now open and the members of the
craft are cordially invited, to spend all
their leisure time there The work of
fitting up the rooms-still goes merrily
on, and in good time will be as com
fortable as money can make them.
The Independent printing plant has
been sold to the State Journal com
pany, ind was dismantled last Wednes
day. The machine' will be added to
the Journal's already bjg battery, and
the type will mostly be pied and sold
as old metal. Much of the furniture
will be catalogued and sold in lots to
suit the purchasers. The Independent
will be printed "by the Journal com
pany, and wilj "be published by ' the
Independent Publishing Co. It is un
derstood that George W. Berge still
retains his interest in the paper.
Roy Kennedy, who had his Inde
pendent job sold out from under him,
13 now working at the New Century.
Henry Bibgaman, foreman and oper
ator at the old Independent shop, is
not going to be in a hurry about locat-J
ing. He has several good things in
view and (money enough to live on
until he can make a calm decision.
Charley Barngrover, after- sixteen
years' service with the Journal, is now
fingering the English "Merg" in the
Free Press office. The Free Press has
taken the Commoner contract. ,.
Toung Meyers, who was found dead
in a room with a woman in a rooming
house on O street, was not a printer,
as stated in the daily papers. He was
an apprentice in the New Century shop
and lacked considerable time of being
eligible to membership In the union. '
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am 17. 3anuar etne 2odf)ter. geboteti.
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2Bir gtatultren. . i
W. E. Moore, an honorary member
of Lincoln Typographical Union, who
is representing the American , Type
founders Co. on the road, is just' re
covering from a severe illness. He
will be able to take out his sample
case again in a very short time. ,
Manager Traphagen of the State
Journal Co. could write an interesting
article on the various newspapers and
printing plants the Journal has bought
during the last thirty years.. . ,;
"Ted" Righter Is "apprenticing" In
the office of the Righter Linotype
Composition Co. .' ,
H. W. Smith was off duty the first
of the week on account of illness.
Born To Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Langenheim, January 17, a daughter.
We extend congratulations.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
Printers Preparing to Celebrate 26th
- Union Anniversary. ,
Lincoln Typographical Union No.
209 will celebrate on February 25th
the twenty-sixth anniversary of the
issuing of Its local charter. A ' ball
will be given at the old Fraternity
hall, and Quick's orchestra will furnish
the music. ,
The -committee in charge of the
affair is moving with energy to make
the celebration the greatest in ' the
twenty-six years of the union's exist
ence, and there is no doubt about the
success they will achieve.
COUNCILMAN DUNN RESIGNS.
It is to be regretted that Council
man Dunn has felt impelled to resign
from the council on account of pres
sure of private business. He has given
the city good service, and his ability
as a business man has stood the mu
nicipality in good stead.
GoodServiceGuaranteed
TjirTIONtER
BARBER SHOF
CHARLES BOWEN, Prop. .
Union Cleanly Handy
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We have Money to Loan
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too. Upmost secrecy.
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L-- We will loan you money to -build
or buy a home and you ,
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& LOAN ASSOCIATION
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118 North 14th St. , Lincoln, Neb.
Lincoln Dental College
CLINIC
Open for Patients Every
Afternoon
lfltli and O Sts. F. M. Building.
Henry Pfeiff
; ,.: ' . : DEALER IN , ". "
Fresh and Salt Meats
Savsajge, Povttry, Etc
Staple and Fancy Groceries.
Telephones 888-477. So. Ilth Street
OFFICE OF ;
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Specialist Children
Office Hours 1 to 4 p.m.
Office 2110 O st. Both Phones.
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