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There are numerous reasons why Lincoln men should smoke Lincoln made cigars. First, there are none better made
anywhere. Second, they are well made, in clean and sanitary shops by well paid lafcor---no sweat shop, Chinese, Childish or
Tenement conditions. ' Third, every time you smoke a Lincoln made cigar you add to the volume of the City's business, build
up Lincoln's institutions, and add to human happiness. The following firms are entitled to your patronage. Call for these
brands and do your share towards making Lincoln a bigger and better city.
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Fresh and Salt Meats
Sausage, Povllry, Etc
FOUND BOGUS LABELS.
Breitenstool Goods Found to Be Bear
ing the Label Wrongfully.
S. J. Ste-arns, representing the
United Garment Workers, was in Lin
coln last Tuesday looking up a wrong
ful use of the label of his craft. The
attention of the executive council was
called to the fact that a lot of cloth
ing made by Breitenstool of Rochester,
X. Y., was being sold in Lincoln, bear
ing the label stitched in by hand.
These goods had been purchased by
the Armstrong Clothing Co. under the
supposition that the label was genuine.
A momen's investigation proved that
the company was wholly blameless,
the fault lying with the manufacturing
concern. Mr. Gavin, vice president of
the Armstrong Clothing Co. gave Mr.
Stearns every assistance in his power
to have the matter straightened out.
He endorsed every label, took every
one from the goods yet in stock, and
these labels were sealed in the pres
ence of witnesses and will be used in
a suit to b brought against the Breiten
stool people. Tne prosecution will be
pushed to' the limit. "
"We bought these goods because
they bore the label," said Mr. Gavin,
"and we had. no way. of knowing that
the label had been used wrongfully.
As soon as the facts, were called to
our attention we removed the label.
Under no consideration would we
knowingly lend our aid in the perpe
tration of such a miserable fraud.
Anything we can do to punish these
wrongdoers we will cheerfully do,
depend on it."
For the information of the union
men The Wageworker will state that
the garment workers' label is always
sewed in by machine, never by hand.
It is sewed against the coat, 'not
against the pocket's outside lining.
And if the entire suit Is union made
the label will be attached to coat,
vest and pants. Remember these
facts.
Staple and Fancy. Groceries.
Telephones 888-477. 314 So. Ilth Street
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1418 O ST.
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Members of the Union
W. H. BARTHELMAN
134 SOUTH IITH STREET
STENOGRAPHERS ORGANIZING.
The stenographers of Cincinnati, O.,
are organizing and will affiliate with
the American Federation of Labor.
The new union will fix a minimum
wage and determine working conditions.
THE ONION CLUB.
The Onion club met last Saturday
evening with Mr. and Mrs. Will Nor
ton -and spent the evening in the usual
way, which was to the entire satisfac
tion of the membership. All were
present. In view of the near depar
ture of 'Mr. and Mrs. Bustard they
were presented with a souvenir "onion
spoon" by the club. High five was in
dulged In and Charles Barngrover and
Mrs. Maupln won the prizes.
TALKING ABOUT LINCOLN.
High Compliment Raid to the Local
Typographical Union.
A good illustration is offered of
what can be done in the way of peace'
ful and amicable adjustment of ques
tions between employer and employe
through a report which comes to us
from Lincoln, Neb. In that town the
printers were under a four-year con
tract, two years of which had yet to
expire. The agreement provided for
a nine-hour day at the specified scale,
which was not to be changed .with
out mutual consent,' the question of
hours being left open to discussion
by either side. Without any threat
of strike, without, indeed, the slight
est unpleasantness on either side, the
printers of that community have been
able to show their employers that an
eight-hour day ought to prevail. This
is considerable of a performance and
one which reflects very honorably on
the directing minds of Lincoln Typo
graphical Union No. 209, as well as
on the body of Its membership. St.
Paul Union Advocate.
STREET CAR MEN.
Trouble Feared in Omaha and Council
Bluffs in a Short Time.
Any moment may see a strike of the
union motormen and conductors in
the employ of the Omaha &x Council
Bluffs Railway Co. This company
operates in Council Bluffs and between
that city and Omaha. The men de
mand an increase and decognition of
the union. The latter is refused. Only
half of the men are in the union but
they confidently expect the non-union
men to act with them when the time
comes. The Chicago and New York
strike-breakers concerns have been
told to be in readiness to send their
thugs and sluggers to Council Bluffs
as soon as the managers call for them.
Guerdon W. Wrattles, who thinks he
has senatorial chances, is president
of the company. If he imports any
Farleys he can shove his senatorial
schances in a gnat's eye without mak
ing it. wink.
The arbitration board in the San
Francisco street railway dispute has
made its award. The men wanted an
eight-hour day, but this is denied
them. However they get the ten-hour
day for all platform men. Platform
men motormen and -conductors will
get 31 cents an hour the first year and
32 cents an hour the second year.
After that they get the maximum of
33 cents an hour. This is an increase
of about 21 per cent. Station shopmen
will get $3.50 per day, operators from
$96 to $106 a month, linemen foremen
$4.50 and linemen $4.00 a day, car barn
and track foremen $110 a month, and
laborers $2.50 a day. Eight hours will
prevail for all except platform men.
Lincoln "platform men" ought to pon
der over this. San Francisco plat
form men get just 100 per cent more
money and work 25 per cent less
hours than men of similar experience
in Lincoln. But Lincoln men are still
piddling along with cotton strings
where their backbones ought to be.
The way the Citizens' Street Rail
way Co. is hustling along in this town
is something beautiful to behold. And
since its advent, hasn't the Traction
company improved its service wonderfully?
CENTRAL LABOR UNION.
Meets Next Tuesday Night and New
Officers Take Hold.
The Central Labor Union will meet
next Tuesday night, and on that oc
casion the newly elected officers will
be installed. There should be a full
attendance in order that the president
may take the best possible selections
for committee places.
Ex-Secretary DeLong has straight
ened his books to the satisfaction of
the' executive committee and shown
beyond a doubt that there was noth
ing wrong about them save careless
ness due to unfamiliarity with that
class of work. No one ever charged
DeLong with being intentionally be
hind. He has accounted for every
penny, just as his friends knew he
would do.
The central body's candidate for
deputy labor commissioner, L. L. In-
graham, has had his endorsements
presented to the governor. Now let
his friends get busy. No better man
for the place could be selected.
HERE'S AN OLD ONE.
Lincoln Stonecutter Nearly Four Score
and Still Working.
The current issue of the Stonecut
ters' Official Journal contains the fol
lowing correspondence from Lincoln.
Is there an older union man in this
section than the writer of the letter?
If so The Wageworker wants to hear
from him:
"Lincoln, Nebr., February 18. I was
requested by the stonecutters a week
ago to say that they had been idle
a month, and today, on receiving the
package of revised constitutions, I left
them at C. J. Olson's for distribution,
and I find they are all -at-work again,
with a prospect of two or three weeks'
work ahead. So my delay gives me
the pleasure of sending a better report
than requested.
"I have read the revised constitu
tion through. I find my duty is to send
a report each month.
"Well, I hear talk of work in the
future, nothing immediately. I sup
pose I will be ruled out from holding
office if I don't go to work soon, ac
cording to the constitution, which says
those not working at the trade are
ineligible. I have not lifted a tool for
over a year, they are rusting in the
cellar. I am in god health now, got
over my recent lameness, but I am
getting older every day. I am head
ing for the 78th milestone. It will be
sixty-two years on March 1 since I
started to chiselfng stone. Of course,
I would not hold office one day If I
thought I was ineligible.
"JOHN MORTIMER, C. S."
.AFTER A BIG ONE.
Secretary Whitten is after a' manu
facturing plant for Lincoln, which, if
landed, will be worth while. It will
employ men, too; skilled mechanics
who will be organized, and who will
draw better than an average of $6 a
week. If the factory is located here
it may not be opened with prayer, but
it will not be filled with "cuss words"
on the side. The -Wageworker is not
at liberty to enter into details as yet,
but when the time comes to make the
hustle it has no hesitancy in promising
that the trades unionists of the city
will get into the game.
HOW ABOUT IT, "DUCKEY?"
Have you let the score card privi
lege for Antelope park this season,
Manager Holmes?. And If so, did you
make sure that the contract was let
to a man who would have It printed
in an office that could legally put the
label on the job? If not, will you
kindly look after the matter? The
label won't cost the man a penny ex
tra, and your influence will be all that
is necessary to make the job fair.
And it will make you even more
"solid" with the boys, "Duckey" dear.
How about It?
MR. PRATT AGAIN.
Thomas Pratt is again asking for
re-election to the office -of city clerk.
This is his glorious American privi
lege, which he acquired according to
law. We presume that his recent di
vidends from the stock he holds In a
"scab" overall and shirt factory lo
cated on P street will be used to de
fray his campaign expenses.
TRANSFER DRIVERS' STRIKE.
Butte, Mont., March 5. The indus
trial tie-up was accentuated this morn
ing by a walkout of drivers of trans
fer wagons. The men demanded an
ipcrease from $3 to $3.50 per day. No
baggage can be hauled to or from the
stations at present.
THE TALE OF A STICKER.
He received a little sticker
On his letter head one day,
And it started him to thinking
In a very serious way.
I see the point he muttered,
And it's right, I must declare, . "
And henceforth I'll have my printing
Done in houses that are fair.
Kansas City Labor Herald.
For a Garden City Killing.
The case of Charles P. Scott,
charged with killing his near neighbor,
George A. Deal, came up for trial at
Garden City, Kan., before Judge
Thompson.
Charles Scott killed George Deal
eiqnoj j, -missions ra miA OX jaqmaoeQ
Is said to have arisen between the two
over some cattle, and It was when
Deal rode over to Scott's range to
drive his stock home, at the request
of Scott, that the two men met in the
dark and Deal's death resulted. Scott
gave hinfself up freely and pleaded
self-defense.
To Be Judge of Chanute's New Court.
Governor Hoch has appointed C. S.
Nation judge of the city court of Cha
nute. The bill to create this court
was passed by the legislature a few
days ago and has just become a law.
Mr. Nation is a cousin of the present
state auditor.
The End to a Coffeyville Pioneer.
Jacob Guthrie, 54 years old, died at
Coffeyville, Kan. He was born in
Quindaro, near Kansas City, and his
mother was a Wyandotte Indian. He
came to Coffeyville in 1874. He was
a cattleman.
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San Francisco. Between January ,1.
1901, and January 1, 1906, there were
298 strikes and 19 lockouts In Califor
nia. Tokio. Sixteen thousand workmen
of the Osaka (Japan) military arsenal
have just been temporarily defeated
In a strike.
Washington. The railroad mail
clerks of the country are Arming a
brotherhood, similar to that of the en
gineers and other railroad bodies.
Orange, N. J. The 'strike of the
5,000 hatters has been won by the
men. The hatters will hold a national
convention in Brooklyn, N. Y., in May.
Edinburgh. The Scotish Coopera
tive society was organized in 1868,
with a capital of less than $9,000. To
day it has a capital of more than $14,
500,000. Denver. In Colorado during 1906,
there were 138 trade disputes, affect
ing 26,094 work people and causing a
loss in the aggregate of 489,775 work
ing days. .
Chicago. The construction and re
pair men in the employ of the Chicago
& Northwestern railroad system haye
organized a union. Thomas L. Gable
is their first president. '
Sydney, N. S. W By means of their
union the workmen employed at the
copper refining works, Lithgow, N. S.
W., have had their wages increased
from ten per cent to 14 per cent,
Ottawa, Canada. The Canadian
Shipbuilding company of Bridgeburg,
Ontario, has purchased 476 acres of
land to enable it to: enlarge its plant.
It is stated that it will employ about
600 men. '
Prague, Austria. About 80,000 doz
en gloves are annually manufactured
in this city and vicinity, representing
a vahie of about $3,258,000. About
1,500 glove cutters and 1,200 other em
ployes are engaged.
London. Minister Gladstone recent
ly informed the British and Irish Soap
Assistants' associations that there is
no chance at present- of the govern
ment passing legislation giving local
authorities compulsory powers to fix
a uniform hour of closing, a weekly
half-holiday and a working week of 60
hours.
Chicago. Representatives of the
National Union 6f Railway Trackmen
are preparing for a wage conference
with the railway managers. They are
demanding a minimum rate of $75 per
month. The members of the commit
tee declare the men are the most
poorly paid class of railway em
ployes. Bisbee, Ariz. Eleven hundred min
ers have been discharged .by the big
mining companies of the Warren dis
trict. It is generally understood, that
the discharge is due directly to the
advent of organizers of the Western
Federation of Miners. Before the
close of this week, it is believed, all
the mines in this district will be
closed .down.
Jersey City, N. J. Four hundred
silk weavers, including 100 women,
employed at the mill of the Poide
bard Silk Manufacturing company at
Summit avenue and Hague ' street
went on strike to enforce a demand
for an increase of two cents a yard
on wide looms and one cent a yard
on narrow looms. They refuse to ac
cept the company's offer of an ad
vance of eight to ten - per cent, over
the old wage schedule. It is said that
25 weavers refused to vote for the
strike proposition. A majority of
these went to work.
Chicago. The misunderstanding be
tween the Great Lakes Tug and
Dredge Owners' association and the
Steam Shovel and Dredgemen'a union,
embracing the dredge engineers, deck
hands, firemen and scowmen, in all
about 1,500 men, 800 of which are em
ployed In or about the harbors of Chi
cago, may eause a strike after April 1,
as the existing contract expires on
that date. The differences arose over
the eightrhour clause in the new
agreement submitted by the union.
Butte, Mont. The mail carriers of
Butte quit work in a body March 1,
advices having been received from
Washington to the effect that the in
crease in salaries asked by the car
riers is impossible to concede and
their resignations are accepted. The
Butte carriers two weeks ago ten
dered their resignations to Postmas
ter George Irvln, stating they desired
to resign on March 1 unless the gov
ernment saw fit to raise their pay, a3
under the present wages they were
unable to make a living. The sal
aries for carriers in Butte range from
$600 to $900, the latter being the max
imum, obtainable only after a number
of years of service.
Tacoma, Wash. sBuilding contract
ors and the Citizens' Alliance have
joined hands to fight the unions. An
nouncement has been made that union
ism will not be recognized in hiring
men for the construction of some of
the large structures to go up during
the year. -
Philadelphia. Due to agitation for
higher wages, the 60,000 textile work
ers of this city have been virtually as
sured an increase of from 10 to 15 per
cent, by an announcement made by the
Upholstery Manufacturers association,
composed of nearly all the upholstery
firms in the cltv.
Rome. The Italian police have call
ed on the trades unions of Italy to as
sist them to get better wages, and the
unions have agreed to do. so. . ..
New York In 1900 the occupation
of the textile worker, or the needle
trades, exploited 35,070 children be
tween ten and 15 years of age, of
whom 5,136 were boys and 29,934 were
girls. '
Budapest. Each year thousands of
Hungarians leave home for-other coun
tries expecting to earn the living their
own country refuses them. This year
the farm laborers have refused to sign
the indentures for the harvest of 1907.
Boston. The Machinists'- associa
tion journal makes the statement that
a big New England firm is making
thousands of Idols for the heathen of
various climes, and that each one
bears the union label of the machin
ists, as the shop is a union one.t
New York. The Lithographers' as
sociation, whose members are on
strike for an eight-hour day, are en
deavoring to secure the cooperation
of merchants and manufacturers in
their attempt ' to unionize the litho
graphic establishments in the United
States land Canada. ,
' Sydney, N. S. W. The Boilermak
ers' Union has protested against New
South Wales government bringing men
from Great Britain to Work at' the
Lithgow iron works, at a time when
there are plenty of men already availa
ble and waiting for employment at
that and other establishments. :
St. Louis. Eleven hundred boiler
makers and bcller-makers' helpers,
blacksmiths and blacksmiths helpers,
employed on the Missouri Pacific &
Iron Mountain system, have quit work.
The management offered an increase
of approximately two cents per hour
to blacksmiths and helpers, but the
mer. insisted on having three cents.
Chicago. Telegraphers employed
by the Western Union company claim
a great victory in that the company
has not only granted a ten per cent,
increase in wages but has reinstated
the 11 men recently discharged be
cause of their activity in forming a
union. The leaders claim that the
victory lies In the recognition of the
union, which is of much more moment
in their eye3 than the increase.
Washington. By a strict party vote
the house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce ordered a favorable
report on the Esch bill limiting the
hours of labor on railroads as a sub
stitute for the La Fpllette bill passed
by the senate. The main differences
between the two propositions are that
the Esch bill limits . the continuous
hours of service of telegraph operators
and irain despatchers in...tQwera. and
offices that remain open throughout
the day and night to nine- hours in
each period of 24 hours; that opera
tors and train despatchers and all per
sons having to do with the movements
of trains in offices .that remain open
throughout the daytime only are. lim
ited to 13 hours of employment in. each
period of 24 hours; that prosecutions
under the-law of railroad companies
for its violation must be begun -with-.
in three years after each violation ;
that the Attorney-General of the Unit
ed States is charged with the prose
cution of each violation, and that the
interstate commerce .' commission is
furnished with inspectors to see that .
the' railroad companies adhere to the
requirements of the law. The penalty
for violations remains as it is in the
La JPollette bill, a fine of $500 for each
offense.
Pittsburg, ! Pa-The Blast Furnace
Workers' union is endeavoring : - to
bring about an eight-hour day for Its
members, who are workers in the pig
iron furnaces.. It is expected that the
final decision in the matter of the ad
visability of striking to enforce the
demand for the shorter workday will
be made within the next two weeks.
Denver, Col. That the labor organ
izations of the country are united and
earnest in their support of the accused
officials of the Western Federation of
Miners is shown, not only in the ex
pression of sentiments, but in a prac
tical and substantial way. The unions
have not rested with the passage of
resolutions; they have given freely of
their funds. Late reports from the
headquarters of the miners' organiza
tion are to the effect that about $100,
000 is now on deposit to the credit of
the defense fund, and that the money
is pouring in at the rate of thousands
daily. The federation expects to ex
pend between $200,0fi0 and $300,000 in -
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this greatest legal battle ever waged
by organized labor, and It has suffi
cient funds pledged to see the case ,
through to the finish. - ' '
Mare Island, CaL The clerks at the
navy yards have received word from
the navy department stating that it
cannot do anything toward increasing
wages at this time, owing to the fact
that the appropriation would be ex
ceeded If the increases were granted.
Washington. The Perkins subcom
mittee of the house committee on for
eign affairs has agreed upon a bill for
amendment of the Chinese exclusion
act. The chief feature is a provision
that Inspectors under the department
of commerce and labor shall inspect
Chinese laborers 'at the port from
which they embark.