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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1907)
GENERAL MENTION. Interesting Item Mostly Swiped from Bright Labor Papers. ( Demand the label. . The union label that's all. Look for the union label. If It is not labeled, refuse it. Bartenders ot St. Joseph, Mo., have reorganized. Union made shoes are sold by Rog ers & Perkins. The trade union membership of Austria is said to be 285,651. The Chicago Hod Carriers' Union has its own labor temple, which cost 175.000. Cincinnati, C, railroad boiler mak ers have secured an Increase of 20 cents a day. ' "Blue Ribbon" cigars are union 1 - 1 T U.Im Onrl Urofl TYlflrfA Sold by All dealers. Pennsylvania ranks first and Mass achusetts second In the employment of children in manufactories. Trenton, N. J., striking shlrtmakersi have decided to start a shirt factory with a capital stock of $25,000. Efforts are being made to have a bill passed in Nevada making the first Monday in September Labor day. Three ministers ,were recently seat ed as fraternal delegates to the To ledo (Ohio) Central Labor Union. The membership of the Brother hood ' of Carpenters ' and Joiners of America has reached the 200,00 mark " The United Brotherhood of Car penters and Joiners last month issued charters to twenty-three new subord inate unions, two of them in Porto Rico. The committee on postofflces is said to have agreed to recommend an In crease for carriers and clerks serving over one year of $6 to $10 a month. The Patternmakers' League of North America has decided to follow the ex ample of several 'other organizations and move fts headquarters from New York. ' 1 Evansvllle, Ind., organized working men and organized farmers of the vi cinity, on January 12, held a meeting to perfect plans for direct co-operation between the two bodies. btratfbrd, Kan., entire city council and mayor were recently threatened with Imprisonment by the State Labor commissioner because they refused to comply with the eight-hour law. Porto Rico has a number of flourish ing Boot and Shoe Workers' Unions. , The union stamp is a globe trotter, and shoes ' with the stamp may be found in all parts of the world. ' Three firms at Baltimore, Md., agalns.t-whom papers of injunction Were Sled for illegal use of the United unionizing their factories. It Is estimated that advances in wages have been received by 115,000 machinists throughout the country during the past year without strikes, Vblch will aggregate $8,000,000 a year in wage advances. Union plumbers of Detroit, hearing that a former member of the union but hailing from another city, had died and was about to be given to a medical .college, claimed the body and gave it Christian burial. The Connecticut Federation of La bor has just adopted a resolution in dorsing woman suffrage. Other State Federations which have recently tak en similar action are California, Colo rado, Iowa, Indiana, Maine, Massachu setts, New Hampshire, Oregon, Ohio and West Virginia. The American Sheet and Tin Plate company announces an advance of 2 per cent In wages to all hot mill ton nage employes In tin mills. It is said that sheet-tin mill men will received an advance ot 2.6 per cent on March 1. Seven thousand mill and 6,000 sheet men will be affected. Approximately seven out of every eight children reported 1 as mine and qnarry workers were employed as coal miners. The occupation of the textile worker or the needle trades furnished employment to 35,070 children between 10 and lp years of age, of which 5,136 were boys and 29,934 were girls. -Union men! please your wife and your pocketbook by purchasing a Riv- etslde 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 i Colds with fever O When a heavy cold attacks one, accompanied by body pains, headache and fever, RECTOR'S LAXATIVE COLD TABLETS will do more for you in three doHes ",han all the quinine you can take. They are small, convenient to take and snre in action. 25c Per Bottle RECTOR'S Twelfth and 0 Streets S A proposition is on foot to unite the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen with the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. The firemen have a mem bership of upward of 60,000 while the Brotherhood musters about 90,000 men. The treasuries of 'the two combined will amoutn to nearly $2,000,000. One' of the most sweeping labor de cisions rendered in Massachusetts was handed down January 12 by Judge Gas- kill of the Superior Court. He holds that a labor' union has a right to fine any member who does not accede to thr demand of the union and quit work in an establishment where a strike is in J t ogress. " The carpenters at Athens, O., or ganized a little over a year ago and immediately got a raise from $1.50 and $2.00 per day to $2.50 for a nine hours day, and in a little while will get $3 per. day. At Oswego, New York, they are going to get $3.00 instead of $2.50, commencing April 1. May 1, the carpenters at Asbury Park, N. J., will get aii increase of 50 cents, making $3.00 per day. At Monongahela, Pa., after a four months' struggle an eight hour day has been secured. , Rev. William O'Ryan, prominent in the Catholic church in the west, and leader of the younger clergy of the Rocky Mountains, stated In a sensa tional address before the State Charity and Corrections Conference in Denver. Col., that he had no use for a laborer who is not a member of a union. He said none should be blamed for not working on starvation wages. He thought every worker should belong to a union, as there is no hope for an honest laboring man unless all fight as au organized army. Typographical Union Ball, Monday, February 25, Fraternity Hall. Quick's Orchestra. 1 TO ALL UNIONS. The Wageworker will be glad to give publicity to all balls, socials and other entertainments given by the un ions of Lincoln and suburbs This pub licity will cost the union nothing, for The Wageworker was established for the purpose of booming the union cause. But the editor submits that in all fairness the unions ought to give him , the f acts and not depend upon him to hunt them up. It has happened that The Wageworker failed to make advance mention of balls and socials because the editor knew nothing of them, and then the members of the local have "cussed" because nothing was said about the affair in this' pa-'l per. If union men want their socials and ball8 Tteosted" they will have to acquainVtne editor with the facts.. LABOr NATIONAL PLATFORM. What the American Federation of Labor Stands For. 3. The abolition of all forms of in voluntary servitude except as a pun ishment for crime. 2. Free schools, free text books and compulsory education. 3. Unrelentng protest against the issuance and abuse of injunction pro cess in labor disputes. ' 4. A work day of not more than eight hours in the twenty-four hour day. ' 5. A strict recognition of not over eight hours a day on all federal, state or municipal work and at not less than the prevailing per diem wage rate of the class of employment in the vici nity where the work is performed. - 6. Release from employment, one day in seven. 7. The abolition of the contract sys tem on public work. 8. The municipal ownership of pub lic utilities. 9. The abolition of the sweat shop system. 10, Sanitary inspection of factory, workshop, mine and home. 11. Liability of employers for in jury to body or loss of life. 12. The nationalization of telegraph and telephone. 13. The passage of anti-child labor laws in states where they do not exist and rigid defense of them where they have been enacted into law. 14. Woman suffrage co-equal with man suffrage, the lnltlatve and refer endum and the imperative mandate and right of recall. . , , 15. Suitable and plentiful play grounds for children in all cities. 16. Continued agitation for the pub lic bath system In all cities. 17. Qualifications in permits to build of all cities and towns, that there shall be bathroom and bathroom attach ments in all houses or compartments, used for habitation. 18. We favor a system of finance whereby money shall be issued ex clusively by the government, with such regulations and restrictions as will protect it from manipulation by the banking interests for their own private gain. 1ABOR DECALOGUE. I. Thou Shalt join a union of thy craft, and have no other unions before it. II. The meetings thereof shalt thou at tend and pay thy tithes with regular ity. Thou shalt not attribute unholy purposes to thy brother in union. Be ware of the fact that, though thou be honest, "there are others."" ' . III. . "Thou shalt not take thy neighbor's job." iv. . Thou shalt not labor more .than eight hours for one day's work, nor on the Sabbath nor on any of the holy days (holidays). V. Thou shalt not hire out thy off spring of tender years. "Poverty and shame shall be on him that refuseth instruction to his children." . VI. Clothe not the wife of thy bosom in mean apparel, lest it be a testimony against thee; VIL , Thou shalt not live in a hovel, nor feed on the husk that the swine doth eat: Take thou not alms from the unrighteous, lest it bemean thee. VIII. Honor the female sex, for on this rock rests the welfare of man. ... IX. .. . Waste not thy life in the chase after the etheral, lest the substance be filched from thee. The Lord helps those who help themselves. Thou helpest thyself best by helping thy brother workers in the union of labor. ,: ' ' ' : ' Thy brother's Welfare is thy con cern; therefore shalt thou have a care for him and his. Associate thyself with thy brother worker, that thy pay may be heightened, thy hours of labor shortened and the days of ; thy life and the lives of all may, be lengthened and brightened. Iowa Unionist FAIR CONTRACTORS. List of Those Who Employ Union Car penters On All Work. Bulletin No. 3, Carpenters' Union, Local 1055, Lincoln, Nebraska. Phones Auto 3824; Bell F1154,r 130 South Eleventh street. . .- .' 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 no tice and consider the following reput able contractors and builders before letting your work. Atterbery, H. B., Auto 4502, 2427 D street. Baker, S. W., Auto 2040, 1836 South 15th St. , Chappell, H. E., Bell L-1635, 114 So. 13th, room 26. g Campbell, A., 29509Sidrege St, Copeland, S. R., Cuto'590, 110 No. 27th St. Drybbro, L., Auto 3861, 432 So. 10th St. Dobbs, H., Auto 3935, 329 South 27th St. , Harrison, T. P., Bell F-351, Brownell Blk, room 12. i Hammond & Burford, Auto -M997, 3135 Dudley St. Hart, E. M., Auto 1326, 123 So. 16th st. . Hutton, Alex, Auto 2565, 1436 N St Jewell, J. W., Auto 1808, 1026 Q St. Jensen, L., Auto 3458, 2509 N St Klewit. A., Bfell A-1601, 1620 N SL Krough & Beck, P. O. box 737. Lindell, C. A., Auto 6378, 2739 Sum ner St. Myers, A. L., Auto 4260, 223 No. 28th St. Mltchner, E., Auto 6345, 928 South 12th St. ' . : -Mellor, Chas., Auto 2009, 2149 So. 15th St. Odell, F. G., Auto 3094, 1335 No. 24th St. - - ' Myers, J.,' Auto 3065, 701 Pine St. Park Bros., Auto 1440, Bell 440, 1146 Nance Ave. ;' Ryman, C. W., Auto 3903, 1112 Pine St. Rush, D. A., Bell B-1792, Normal. Schaull & Asenmacher. ' Townsend, T. K., Auto 1505, 1328 South 15th St. ' ' , v Vanderveer, O. W., Bell B-1245, 1780 No. 29th St. Webb, S. A., Auto 4226, 2743 W St. Watson, Joe, Auto 3189, 405 So. 26th St. '. Lincoln Sash & poor Co., for mill work, 2nd Y, Auto 3463. Pettlt & Co., cabinet makers, 1530 N, Auto 2582. This bulletin is issued by authority of Carpenter's Union, and is subject to revision at their orders. Firms and contractors can have names and place of business inserted by ' applying to Carpenters' Business Agent, at' 130 So. 11th ' street, or by phone Auto 3824, Bell L 1154. , $ ervice Guaranteed men Order of Protection A FRATERNAL BENEFICIAL ORDER Men and Women Eligible to Membership An Order That Admits All Classes of Occu . pation, grading Sail According To Hazard. UNIFORM MONTHLY PAYMENTS NO ASSESSMENTS PENSION MEMBERS AFTER - SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE Supreme Harbor Lincoln, Nebraska. 5 S 828538 5 H irminmiflirinioioir 2 ggOIOJOjMCieiNNNM 3n Soooooooo XI. ss oooooooo f 8888888888 ?f 88SgS8g8 "r 2 as Jm op oooooooo t -CMCJCOCO-i-Tt-Tl-1-Tf Places Insurance Within Reach off All It classifies its risks, thereby placing Fraternal Life Insurance within reach of all classes, without reference to occupation. r Ritualistic Work The ritualistic work is simple, pleas ing and instructive. It is the ' purpose of the order to educate as well as en tertain and to assist to develop the good qualities which all possess. ' , Creates a Reserve Fund One of the most' prominent features is the creating of a Reserve Fund which guarantees its permancy for all time to come, and that the cost of in surance will never increase. This fund is always invested in securities named by the State of Nebraska, and in a conservative manner. Distinctive Features 1. The ASRnnintinn arimlta women on eaual terms, thus Insuring a refined and social order of the bigh- PRt tVflP a lark a no Kiln cr hA feiioKn! and wife to carry mutual 'protection ior inemseives ana families. 2. Insurance is graded according to age. 4 3., Monthly navments arp uniform and never increase. "4. Payments can be made monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. 5. No assessment made upon the death of members. . ' 6. .Pays total ' disability inrtpmnitv and old age benefit. : 8. The certificates in this order are valid, no matter what occupation you may be engaged in. f 9. Certificates contain no rstrittlon on travel or residence. OPERATING IN EIGHT NORTHERN STATES New Territory Being Opened. Competent Mate ana District Deputies Wanted. For Further Information Address ' American Order of Protection Firmrt A Hitchutt Bldg., Cor. istfe & 0 Sts. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. A Lincoln Institution M AMUSEMEMTS AMUSEMENTS "THE THEATRE BEAUTIFUL" THE NEW LYRIC PROGRAM CHANGED WEEKLY THE PEST ATTRACTIONS QDTAINADLE MATINEE AT a:oo-BVENINU AT 7:30 AND 9 O'CLOCK-ADMISSION io AND CTS HIGH CLASS 15 th and OSts. THE. PROGRAM WEEK - "-..- EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTION TITSUE WIORE TROUPE ' . 5 MARVELOUS GYMNASTS 5 ' ; DANii LEMONT'S , - Australian Cat, Dog and Monkey Circus. Introducing DAZO The Loop-The-Loop Monkey. THE TRIAL MARRIAGE ON THE BIOGRAPH. THE LAUGH MAKERS , ELLSWORTH - and . CURT In "HOME SWEET HOME." ' Return of. Lincoln's Vaudevillian -. ' MR; L. T. JO H NOON VENTRILOQUIST. A Little Child Shall Lead Them" Song by H. R. MANELL. ' 3-ShoWs-3 Daily 3:oo, 7:4S, 9:00 P. M. MATINEE, ALL SEATS 10c ADMISSION Evenings, RcMrved XJOOOOOOOXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOO 8 ; ? '.,V' ::'",;y -1, ' V?. A' Your Cigars Should" of th Ciftv Makers' 1 na"ifn nMTa'n tniT r - union-made Cigars. antianof tncbullMCn'imiutoaiuNioa tea dnolMOHwadn mmwi niiin tiw JiwWiwh 1 ' ' ' " 1 i li is insurance against sweat shop and tenement goods, and 00000000000000000000000000 ( pO0OSOOOQOO0OS0O00O The Lincoln Wallpaper & Paint Co. A Strictly Union Shop , ., ; f SSm Modern Decorators, WaU1' Paper, Mouldings, Etc. fejUTg ' Auto Phone 1975 Columbia National Banl Gnsrd BftitMnz Business, latersst ea tbs tessttt ' LINCOkN, GREEN The Dr. Benj. F. Lincoln, T For non-contagious ch'ronic diseases, v Largest best equipped, most beautifully furnished. ' ; Best Values , Cash or easy terms Star Turnitute (fc Zh Wag'6arner's 2tf South GUvtnth Stmt. 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