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. ,
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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
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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-
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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.
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In "HOME SWEET HOME." '
Return of. Lincoln's Vaudevillian -. '
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VENTRILOQUIST.
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