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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1907)
SI ft Lincoln's Greatest Clothing and Shoe Store Is the Recognized Headquarters for High - Grade, Union - Made CLOTHING and SHOES MAYER BROS. Watch Bargains To sav nothing of Tewelfv Bar gains, Lodge Pins, Brotherhood; Pins, Etc. Oor Watches stand the railroad test. Evervthine in the jewelry line. REPAIRING and ENGRAVING E. Fleming: 1211 O Street Why Not Help The Shoemaker to get better wages and better working con ditions. Insist upon having nnion stamp shoes. They are the best made and the long est wearing. Made in the cleanest and best factories. If yon cannot get nnion stamp shoes in your locality, let us hear from you. Boot and Shoe Workers' Union 246 Summer St., Boston, Mass. WORKERS UNIOM a luNIONJsTAKP j WITH THE PLUMBERS. and RAILROAD NOTES. Omaha Boss Comes to Lincoln Vainly Looks for Help. The lockout of union plumbers con tinues in Omaha, and-the plumbers are taking things easy. The bosses are the ones who are sweating. The bosses demanded that the union plumbers withdraw from the Building Trades Union and sign an agreement not to engage in any sympathetic strikes. The union had made no de mands for increased ' wages or better working conditions, being content to continue under the old conditions. Naturally they resented the demands of the. bosses and refused. Then the bosses locked them out and carried their tale of woe to the Business Men's Association. The matter remains un settled to date. The first of the week Hollis John son, representing the boss plumbers of Omaha, came to Lincoln to look for "scabs." He put up at the Lindell hotel and used a microscope. There are a number of non-union plumbers in Lincoln, but Johnson couldn't per suade any' of them to go to Omaha, and the union men gave him such a bumping when he approached them that he soon grew weary. He man aged to pick up one pipe wrestler in Haveloc'i, but the Omaha union spot - ted him and persuaded "him to leave before he went to work. J. E. Holland, 2S24 Q street, a member of the local Plumbers' Union, has been seriously ill for the past fle weeks. Mr, Holland voluntarily ap plied for membership in the local un ion about eight months ago. Under the constitution he is not entitled to sick lieneflts, not having been a member in good standing for a year. But a little thing like the constitution was not allowed to interfere in the work of fraternity and brotherly kindness. Belief could not be drawn from the tieasury, but an assessment of $1 a week was levied on all members work ing three-fourths time or more, and Mr. Holland is receiving $10 a week sick benefits, and will continue to re ceive them as long as he needs the money. This is another sample of the "riotous, anarchistic, damnable work of those incediary labor unions. News of Interest to Men at Throttle, Scoop, Brake and Punch. Negotiations between managers of, western railroads and the trainmen and conductors broke off at Chicago last week. The committees from the 50,000 men involved left for home to await the result of a strike vote. The railroads offered an average wage ad vance of 8 per cent, but no change in hours or working conditions. March 3 the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen members and members of the'Order of Railway Conductors met in Indianapolis to consider the ques tion of co-operation between the two bodies. The grand chiefs of the two orders were authorized to call a meet ing of their general chairmen on the different systems of the country when ever needed. This will secure a joint advisory board. This assures co-operation in thirteen states. Another meeting will be held in Buffalo on March 28. Following the agreement entered entered into by forty-two general man agers representing all the lines in the west, the Great Northern and North ern Pacific, the ' "Soo" and all the roads entering St. Paul, have offered their trainmen and conductors a raise in pay. This offer was made after a special meeting of the traffic officials of the roads in the Northern Pacific offices, March 2, which was held to consider the decision reached by the managers. The men have asked for a 12 per cent increase. The increases which they will be offered are as fol lows: Conductors in the passenger service, $10 per month; pasenger bag gagemen, S6 per montb; passenger brakemen and flagmen, $5 per month; freight conductors and firemen, 10 per cent increase based on the schedule prevailing prior to November 1, 1905. Proportionate and equable offers of Increases will be tendered to all branches of the service. The United States senate last Sat urday agreed unanimously upon the conference report on the bill limiting the hours- of work of railroad em ployes. It was adopted by the house Saturday and now only, needs the signature ot the president. The bill provides for not more than sixteen hours work for train crews and nine hours for railway telegraphers. ITS BENEFIT MADE APPARENT. I IN THE CARE OF CIRCUMSTANCES, "No, sir," the boy's father said, with a good deal of severity, "you can't be excused from school simply because you have a sore thumb. I've made up my mind that you've got to be edu cated. You can't see the good of it, but I can. If I only had my life to live over, I tell you I wouldn't miss a single chance to get the benefit of schooling. It's the greatest thing in the world. I can see that now, though I couldn't once." . "Ain't you educated, pa?" "All the education I have I picked up myself. I realize, though, what education is worth to a man." "And didn't you go to school at all?" "Nope, I never had " "Then I'll go." Chicago Record-Herald. VERY VIVID. Day Is Belle really such an imag inative girl? May Imaginative? Why, she kissed Jack through the telephone the other day and actually said his mustache tickled her. Chicago Daily News. , All Out of Patients. A noted M. D. was once jailed For a trick with the scalpel that failed From his practice debarred, He took it quite hard "I'm all out of patients," he wailed. Judge. How He Won. "Did you ever hear how Murdock and his wife met?" "No." ; ... "She had stooped In the street to pick up a forlorn-looking cat, and it dug its claws into her fingers.. She screamed, and Murdock, who happen ed to be passing, rushed to her, put his lips to the wound and sucked tlie poison out. From that there sprang up between them a friendship which ripened into love." "Um. Then it may be said that he won by a scratch." Chicago Record-Herald. Love Laughs at Zero. They sat out on the frosty porch, unmindful of the chilly blasts. Dreamily she gazed at the stars. "Up there," she said, romantically, "is the great dipper." "And down here," he laughed, snatching another kiss, "is the 'great spoon.' " And Cupid came out in a fur-trimmed overcoat and shot another dart. Chicago Daily News. Logically Queer. "There is one odd thing about wild cat speculations." "What is that?" "That men pursue them with Such dogged determination." Baltimore American. Latest. Mr. A. Dear me! Why is the audi ence wearing automobile goggles in stead of using opera glasses? Mrs. Z. Why, my dear, this is an automobile drama. Chicago Daily News. A Mere Supposition. "Are we getting crazy?" asks the London Mail. We don't know, but you probably are taking everything your friends recommend for grip. Chicago Record-Heraid. His Fame. "Does Bilkins make any special ;laim to distinction?" "I should say so. Why, that man is one of the 1,876 chief engineers that had charge of the Panama canal." Milwaukee Sentinel. ' Leadership. ' "Pa, what's a political leader?" "A man who is able to see which way the crowd is going and follows with loud whoops in that direction." Chicago Record-Herald. , Strictly Business. "Do you guarantee that there are no broken hearts in this matrimonial bureau?" "Oh, no; but then, we always allow for breakages." Baltimore American. The Cry of the Season. "I want to open an account with your house." "Yes, sir, but won't you first shut the door?" Baltimore American. He looked as if he might have been a baseball umpire. He was battered and bruised to such an. extent that his best girl would have passed him by on the other side. The mud clung to the legs of his trousers, and his hat was esconced in a cute little out-of-the-way corner in the neighboring sub way. . ' "You ought to be more careful," said a bystander as he tried to conceal a smile at the man's appearance. "Careful!" shouted the unfortunate man. "Say, listen to me a minute. I was crossing the street. An automo bile was coming in one direction, a moving van in another, a trolley car from the east, a cab from the west, and there on the sidewalk was my tailor, who had recognized me and was waiting to throw it all over me for $50 that I owed him. The auto threw me against the van, the van tossed me against the car, the car landed me against the cab, and the cab fairly de posited me in the arms of my tailor. Careful, indeed!" And the crowd dispersed.- Judge. The Effect. "He's got very chesty." "Yes; wouldn't even look at a house that hadn't a swell front." Baltimore American. View Masculine. "My sympathy," remarked Mrs. Shopperton, who had been reading a heavy, magazine article, "Is with the downtrodden masses." "Mine isn't," growled her husband. "Why not?" queried the alleged bet ter half of the matrimonial outfit. "Because," he answered, "they ought to know better than to all try to reach the bargain counter at once." Chicago Daily News. Diplomatic. "I never permit my clients to go away thinking they have been robbed," remarked the hold-up gentleman. "How do you manage it?" queried the ordinary pickpocket. "Before dismissing them," explained the compulsory relief agent, "I call their attention to the fact that they have merely made concessions in the interests of peace." Chicago News. - Who They Were. Mrs. Winks (at dinner in great ho tel) Who are those men at that table in the corner? Mr. Winks Don't know. What are they talking about? - "Baseball, horse races, prize fights, and so on. "Oh, they are probably city offl cials." N. Y. Weekly. r Naturally. . r "I'm told that in some parts of South America women are car con ductors." -; " "Then I suppose they are all beau ties." "Why suppose that?" "To get the job don't they have to be fare maids?" Baltimore American. Too Applicable. "Why doesn't Mrs. Gossip invite Witticus to any more of her entertain ments?" . - - "Because she asked him to help her out with appropriate decorations for that last big fete she gave and he sug gested a lot of rubber plants." Balti more American. Enough. "I cannot Bine the old songs, I cannot play the new." He looked at her in ecstasy. "Oh, darling, I love you!" Judge. JUST LIKE A WOMAN. Hubby (shivering) It's bitter cold. Why don't you button up your jacket? Wifey The idea! Why, if I did that no one would know it is lined with fur. Brooklyn Eagle. Serious. "These bridge ' disasters are terri ble," remarked the man who was read ing of bridges being swept away by the river floods. "I should say so," replied his friend. "My wife lost all her year's pin money in a game of 'bridge' last night." Chicago Daily News. At the Musicale. Enthusiast Don't you think the chi. aro oscuro was fine? NonmusicaL Guest Well, now to be plain with you, I liked the chicken salad better. Baltimore American. Hie Formula. Maud George told me that if 1 wouldn't have him he would kill him seir in dispair. Gladys Poor George! He's so mo notonous!" Baltimore American. Easter is almost here. Why not cast aside your winter garments, and try ' our serviceable spring stuff? We have Lots of fine Labeled Goods Lincoln Clothing Co. Tenth & P Streets THE SCOTCH WOOLEN MILLS CO. World's Greatest Tailors SUITOR OVER OAT TO ORDER SI5 NO MORE-NO LESS 145 So. 13th St) WM. ROBERTSON, JR. STOVES, FURNITURE A N D C ARRETS Cash or Credit 1450 O STREET iliMHB Among Dta Things 0eOffiOffiOOffiO000OffiO00000000000000 8 , - ' 8 0BSERVATION has shown us that, in proportion to population, more working men in Lincoln own their own homes than in almost any other city in the - United States. It has "also shown us that more newly married working men are each year acquiring homes than , ever before. It is a condition we are proud of. ' . in many of these homes we have good customers, and we want them in every home that is reached by our gas v - - , mains. In the working man's home the wife is generally the housewife in its full sense. To her falls all labor and drudgery of housework, care of chil- v dren, etc., and at the same time there is some social and religious duties to which she must respond. It should be a sacred duty of the head of the fam ily to see that no useless labor or drudgery is placed upon the shoulders -" of his help-meet. '. The use of gas in the kitchen and for, lighting will save 'many an hour of hard work and worry. It will also save you money. If you think you cannot afford to make a change at present, come and see us. We will show you how to make the change and save it out of the sav ings. ; Call Evenings or Phone Bell 75 or Auto 2575. LINCOLN Gas' and Electric Light Company 0000OOOOOOOOO&0OSO o