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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1907)
f A PIANO The Wageworker has for sale a fine, union made piano, high grade and warranted, which it will sell at a KoiToin This tmo was secured on an advertising contract, and will he sold at practically one-halff the re- A tail price. Inquire by phone only, and inquirers will & be told where they may examine it. BELL PHONES 835 AND 900 HEARD HERE AND THERE. Little Notss of the Labor World Gath ered Near and Far. remand the label. The union label that's all. Looli for the union label. If it is not labeled, refuse it. Union made shoes are sold by Rog ers & Perkins. Uakery wagon drivers have organ ized In Seattle, Wash. Electrical workers now receive $3.50 per day in San Bernardino, Cal. Drug clerks In Seattle, Wash., are joining the Retail Clerks' Union. Several more shops In Boston have granted the bookbinders the eight hour day. Stove mounters and metal polishers report work good in Indianapolis; all members working. "Blue Ribbon" cigars are union made, Lincoln made and well made. Sold by all dealers. , Carriage and wagon workers in Mil waukee secured an advance of 10 per cent after being out four and a ha!f hours. ' In Minnesota the effort to secure a slate eight-hour day has not abated uid indications point to the passage of the bill. Cooks' and Waiters' Union of Val lejo, Cal., is making a determined fight against the non-union restaurants an-.l hotels of that city. Never In the history of the Iron City Trades Council, of Pittsburg, has it assumed a more active and aggro? sive attitude than now. ' The Missouri house of represent tives has passed the bill- making eight hours a day's work for dispatchers and telegraph operators. Boston Bartenders' Union has elect' ed a permanent counciliation and arbi nation committee' to confer and set tic disputes as they arise. Kalamazoo Carpenters' Union Is making preparations for a prosierous year in the building trade.1 So are the Three Rivers .carpenters. The German printers In this coup. tiy are talking of pulling away from their K nglish brethren and forming an organization of their own. A general demand ail over the court try for a nine-hour wovi: day with the pivsent day has beeu made by tho Brotherhood of Silver Workers. Ohio miners In theii sti'te convea tion at Columbus recently voted to abolish the defense fund assessment of one-half of one per cent of earn ings. ' The French government set aside $22,000 during the past year to aid organizations which provide assistance to their members during unemploy ment. ' Strike benefits were paid to the amount of $143,069.58, and death ben efits of $29,375 by the International As sociation of Machinists in the last fiscal year. Duluth labor unions are well repre resented in the city council. At the recent .election four members of or ganized labor were elected to seats on the aldermanlc board. The machinists In Los Angeles, Cal., got tired of being offered 30 and 32 Ms rates per hour, and have asked for 35 cents in contract shops and in railroad shops 40 cents per hour. Advances in wages have been re ceived by 115,000 machinists through out the country the past year without strikes, which will aggregate $9,000, 000 a year In wage advances. A dispatch from Omaha says that K. H. Harrlman, apparently at what he deems persecution, has ordered abandoned the plan to erect a $1,200, 000 Union Pacific headquarters build, ing In that city. DED-BUGS ROACHES WATER-DUGS ANTS Positive Riddance sure death to these pests. Begin early to use RECTOR'S INSECT POWDER 25 cents per box. RECTOR'S 1201 O Street 30OS0303000000000 BARGAIN F 2837, OR AUTO 2277 The general federation of labor in France has set June 1 as the day on which all organized labor in that coun try shall cease work until their de mands for an eight-hour day have been conceded. The machinists at the Babcock Elec tric Carriage Co., Buffalo, are on strike because they were asked to sign an agreement to refrain from joining any labor organization while in the employ of the company. Reports from the general headquar ters of the Iron Molders' Union of North America are to the effect that 7,886 names of molders and core mak ers were added to the membership rolls during 1906. . Cornelius P. Shea, who has an nounced that he would retire from the presidency of the International Broth erhood of Teamsters, in an official statement, declares he will be a candi date for re-election. Plans for the organization of the farmers of New York state on line3 similiar to the labor unions, with local, district and state headquarters, have been perfected by, the Central New York Farmers' Club. At Toronto, Canada, the Bell Tele phone company has taken back in its employ all the lady operators under the eight-hour system, with certain specified reliefs and other lighter con ditions. A referendum vote is being taken among the various employes connected with the metal trades upon the sub jecf of organized and independent fed eration as a means of united action In all disputes with employers. Sacramento is soon to have a hand some and commodious labor temple. The building Is to be erected by the Sacramento Labor Temple association, composed of representatives of the varr ious labor organizations of the city. The Dominion Iron & Steel Co., Syd ney, N. S., has notified the men em ployed in the blooming mill, rqd mill and Penhearth furnace of a cut in wages averaging about 10 per cent. Several of the best men signify their intention of leaving. Union men! please your wife and your pocketbook by purchasing a Riv et side 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 LABOR'S PROPHETS. He Must Come From the Ranks and Be Led Aright. Organized labor is not a field, but a force. It is a means, not an end. The same law of vicarious sacrifice ap plies to organized labor that is ruth lessly applied to every other society and to every individual. It cannot continue to live if it becomes selfish and narrow. It must exist .for the greatest good of the largest number It must be ready to sacrifice itself for the good of humanity. The seed can reproduce Itself only as it Jails into the ground and dies. But "organized labor" does not sug gest the personality through which Alone reform can come. It compre hends the individuals who make up tills great world movement, but never yet has an organization brought about the greatest and noblest reforms, until an individual some strong prophet has fearlessly led the way. This has been true in the church as well as in the labor movement. The church, as such, cannot be expected to move any faster than Its leaders. This must necessarily be so. It is just as true in the labor movement. The rank and file always lag. They constantly need urging. Sometimes church and labor have broken the hearts of their leaders because of their coldness. But so must It always be. Organized labor will make progress only as there arise out of the ranks men who are billing to take a pro phet's risks as well as a prophet' honor. And the risks are more num erous than the honors. No man should dure come out into the open as a leader until he has seen a vis ion in secret. Not until he has seen the possibilities in and for his peo ple, can he speak with authority. Even then he cannot tell to a certain ty just where he will be led. These things cannot be worked out with mathematical exactness nor upon lab oratory experiments. He will, of course, be sure of his fundamental principles. . Then he will continue to be led by his vision the vision which will sometimes lead him to a place where he will stand alone. No, not quite that for he will have within him the companionship of that ideal which, while still far -away from the mob, will nevertheless be present with him. For to him, the thing is already accomplished. It is his mission to make the mob see it. Rev. Charles Stetzle. A GREAT EXPOSITION. Lincoln People Afforded Privilege of Seeing Great Inventions. t The Gas and Electric Exposition which is to be held at the Auditorium April 22-27 is going to be a great edu cational institution as well as a show of curious things. In the field of gas and electric lighting about everything that is in practical tise will be shown not only in the general lighting of the building but in the demonstration booths of the makers who will have expert representatives here to show the merits of their goods. Illustrated signs are being largely installed in this city, and the . exhibition by the sign makers will be one of the best ever made anywhere. The latest thins in tungsten and tantalum lamps will be exhibited, as well as flaming arcs. In the industrial and househoM lines of electric appliances there will be a display to interest every merchant manufacturer, mechanic ' and house keeper in the city. A list of these would read like a dealer's catalogue. In the gas exhibit there will be an equally wide range of appliance-", but the one of greatest interest to the la dies will be the exhibition of rangee and kitchen conveniences. Mrs. E. O Hiller, who is one of the most noted lecturers and demonstrators in the United States, has been engaged and her lectures will be a feature of the exposition. No charge will be made to anybody for admission to the expo sition or Mrs. Hiller's lectures. The Lincoln Gas and Electric Co. has made arrangements for the free entertain ment and instruction of all who attend and the business men of Lincoln have given their hearty aid to the enterprise so that its sucecss is assured. The date is less than a month away. Let us all boost for the only exposition where gas and electricity are to be shown at work side by side. QUIETLY KILLED. Proposed Garnishee Law Quietly Laid Away in The Tombs. $ Every time the legislature meets an effort is made to amend the garnishee laws in the interests of men v who would make the state i a collection agency for bad debts. Up to date every attempt has been a failure. Two years ago the advocates of a garnishee law managed to push such a bill through the - legislature, but Governor Mickey killed it with his lit tle veto. This year the advocates of a gap nishee law took a new tack. ' Instead of asking the privilege of garnisheelng a man's wages they merely asked the privilege of garnisheelng 10 per cent of a married man's wages. At first this looked to be -all right, but when it was thoroughly investigated It was found that it would be worse than the other kind. The bill went through the hqtise all right, but when it got over into the senate it met its deserv ed fate. Last Tuesday - the senate quietly killed the bill. . ' CARPENTERS TAKE NOTICE! All members of Local No. 1055 of Carpenters are hereby notified that oa next Tuesday night, April 2, is a spe cial called meeting for the purpose of electing a business agent. This i also quarterly meeting night and all members are especially requested to appear and bring their due books for examination. Other Important busl ness will come before the meeting. J. A. CHAMBERS, Rec. Sec, DRESS PATTERNS. Union Women Should Preserve This List for Future Reference. New York Typographical Union, No. 6, states that the following patterns are fair: ' ' McCall's. Independent Peerless. Pictorial Review. Union Dime. Paris Modes. 1 Economy. Home Pattern Company. All the Butterick patterns and pub lications iare way up on the list of scabs, and should not be allowed in any workingman's home, especially if he is a union man. ' LABOR DECALOGUE. 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 he 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.- VII. ' Thou shaft 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 hetpest 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 bo 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, 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. ' Campbell, A., 2950 Holdrege St. Copeland, S. R., Auto 3590, 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. Hammond & Burford, Auto 4997, 3135 Dudley St. Hart, E. M., Auto 1326, 123 So. 16th. St. Hutton, Alex, Auto 2565, 1436 N SL Jewell, J. W., Auto 1808, 1026 Q St. Jensen, L., Auto 3458, 2509 N St. Kiewlt. A., Bell A-1601, 1620 N St. Krough & Beck, P. O. box 737. Lindell, C. A., Auto 6378, 2739 Sum ner St. ' ' : Myers, A. L., Auto 4260, 22 No. 28th St. , ' Mitchner, E., Auto 6345, 928 South I2th 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. 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. 0 Lincoln Sash & Door Co., for mill work, 2nd Y, Auto 3463. ' Pettit & 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 i by phone Auto 3824, Bell L.1154. Service Guaranteed AMUSEMEMTS amusements "THE THEATRE BEAUTIFUL" THE NEW LYRIC PROGRAM CHANGED WEEKLY THE PEST ATTRACTIONS ODTJNADLE MATINEE AT 3:oo-BVENINU AT 7:30 AND O'CLOCK ADMISSION 10 AND 15 CTS AlTEBflTIBD SALE! We are going to rearrange our Store and Electric Shoe Repairing'. Factory. We must make room to work, therefore we put our entire Shoe Stock on an ALTERATION SALE! All Leather Goods, Including all Spring Footwear and Summer Oxfords, will be put on a Great Reduc tion to make room. Please bear in mind that we never have run a fake sale and we never will. This is a Bona Fide Sale for the reason above stated. - ... - SALE STARTS MONDAY, MARCH 18, 8:00 A. M. A FEW OF THE MANY SNAPS Snap No. 1 Ladies $4.00 Shoes and Oxfords in Pat. and Vici, per pair ..; ' $J J) Snap No. 2 Ladies $3.50 Pat. and Kid Shoes and Oxfords," ' frX'an per pair Ji.JW Snap No. 3 Ladies' $3.00 Shoes and Oxfords, L per pair ' ' A'L 1 i Snap No. 4 Ladies' $2.50 Shoes and Oxford's,' ' " ' " " '"","; .' "t - t - per pair ,...,.,.,. ........ Ji.lD Snap No. 5 Ladies' $2.00 Shoes and Oxfords, ' p Cft per pair J. ..... J. .......... .JI.J)I Snap No. 6 Men's $5.00 Shoes and Oxfords, all leathers, CI tS i per pair '. ,...3J.V3 Snap No. 7 Men's $4.50 Shoes and Oxfords, T" TA per pair Snap No. 8 Men's $4.00 Shoes and Oxfords, all leathers, ) if per pair ........ , J,Jd Snap No. 9 Men's $3.50 Shoes and Oxfords, 1 on per pair A.O" Snap Noj 10 Men's $3.00 Shoes, 1 gA. per pair . ... .... . . . . i . 4.J7 CINCINNATI SHOE STORE Your Cigars Should . x. '. Union-mada Cisrars. 7 It is insurance against sweashop' and '" tenement goods, and against disease. . . y OffiO000000Q0OfflO0 The Lincoln Wallpaper fi!Paint Co. A Strictly Wholesale arttteftH inuuao, 2 JO S. Ilth St. Asia Hzzt t75 Columbia National Bank v Cnirtl Basking Busicsss. LINCObN, ; - The Dr. Ben j. P. Lincoln, For non-contagious chronic diseases. Largest, best equipped, most beautifully furnished. Sinole-Comb White Leghorns My hens lay as high as 300: eggs a year. I have a few .line cockrells . left. They are beauties. : EGGS $1, S2 and S3, SETTING OF 15. Won more first prizes at Nebraska State Poultry Show last February ' than all competitors combined. Also at Omaha winning two sweep stakes and a loving enp for best display. Eggs are union laid, , and sold by a man who believes in trades unionism. It H. HALL, 515 W. Greenwood SL, University Place, Neb. amusements amusements HIGH - CLASS, VAUDVILLE 6OOaO0OOO0ffl0ffi00OO"l Bear This Label.. V;;-' i try a s. l r.iccv TCEMQTIL-EL-ILLi:!" Rubbemeirr;;':.:::, ,".3fe Best Ealf -Soles. . . 60c to 75c Hand-Sewed : .V. $1.00 Repairing neatly done. 1529 a Street oec li&n Steg Decorators, Wall "EV . Masonic Teres! ' Intinst en tisi deposits , , , ; NEBRASKA, Bally Sanatorium Nebraska