COMING CONVENTIONS.
Dates of Meeting of International
Union Conventions for 1907.
May 7 Toledo, Ohio; Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers.
May 13 Minneapolis, Minn.; Rail
road Telegraphers.
May 13 New York City; Hatters.
May 20 Cleveland, Ohio; Musicians.
May 20 Detroit, Mich.; Switch
men's Union. ,
May 29 Washington, D. C; Steel
Plate Transferers.
June 3 Newark, N. J.; Tip Printers.
June 3 Baltimore; Ladies' Garment
Workers.
June 3 Boston; Marble Workers.
June 2 Toledo, Ohio; Steam, Hot
Water and Power Pipe Fitters.
June 17 New York City; Printing
Pressmen and Assistants.
June 28 Chicago; Pavers and Ram
mermen. July 1 Detroit, Mich.; Brushmak
ers. July 8 Toronto, Cana.; Glass Bottle
Blowers.
July 8 Detroit, Mich.; Longshore
men, Marine and Transport Workers.
July 8 East Liverpool, Ohio; Oper
ative Potters.
July 9 Detroit, Mich.; Amalgamat
ed Window Glass Workers. 1
July 9 Norfolk, Va.; Theatrical
State Employes. ' ,
July 15 Chicago; Steel and Copper
Plate Printers.
July 16 St. Joseph, Mo.; Retail
Clerks' Association.
July 20 Brooklyn, N. Y.; Wire
Weavers' Association.
August 5 Boston; Brotherhood of
Teamsters.
Angust 6 Rockford, 111.; Glove
Workers.
August 12 Philadelphia; Stereo
typeis and Electrotypers.
August 12 Hot Spring, Ark.; Typo
graphical Union.
August 13 St. Louis; Shirt Waist
and Laundry Workers."
August 21 Cincinnati, Ohio; Metal
Polishers.
September 2 St. Louis; Machinists.
September 2 Indianapolis; Postof
fice Clerks.
September 3 Chicago; Sawsmiths.
September 3 Eureka, Cal.; Woods
men and Saw Mill Workers.
September 9 Indiapanolls; Brick,
Tile and Terra Cotta Workers.
September 12 Boston; Cotton Mule
Spinners.
September 16 New Orleans; Bridge
und Structural Iron Workers.
September 16 New York City;
wooa jarver.
September 27 Waldon, N. Y.; Pock
et Knife Grinders and Finishers.
October 6 Milwaukee; Blacksmiths
and Helpers.
October 7 Chicago, Photo-Engravers'
Union.
October 7 Bay City, Mich.; Ship
wrights, Joiners and Caulkers.
October 15 Rochester, N. Y.; Inter
national Car Workers' Association.
October 15 Providence, R. I.; Unit
ed Textile Workers.
November 11 Norfolk, Va.; Ameri
can Federatfon of Labor.
December 2 Chicago; Bill Posters
and Billers.
December 2 Chicago; Seamen's
Union. ,
LABOR'S NATIONAL PLATFORM.
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.
THE CARPENTERS.
Dedicated Their New Hall Tuesday
Ninght With Rousing Meeting.
The union carpenters of Lincoln ded
icated their new hall at 130 North
Tenth street last Tuesday night, and
the occasion was thoroughly enjoyed
by the union men present. The at
tendance was unusually large and the
interest manifested was far above the
average, although the carpenters have
been "going some" for the last couple
of years. Four new members were ob
ligated, and the business agent an
nounced that he had six or eight appli
cations in waiting for next week.
Work is unusually brisk despite the
lateness of the season, and Business
Agent Bly reported that he had more
calls for men than he could supply just
at this time.-
It is reported that the fair grounds
work to be done this season is to be
tinder the same non-union foreman
that was employed last year. An
effort will be made to have the board
investigate the matter and see if it.
would not be advisable to put union
men on this job.
Mrs. Frank Hetrick is very ill and
is now in a local hospital.
More than 300 new members have
been taken in by the various carpen
ters' unions in Kansas City, Kas., since
January 1st.
After May 1st all union carpenters
in Jamestown, N. Y., will work eight
hours a day aud at a minimum wage
scale of 31 cents per hour.
The large increase vof carpenters
in Toledo from 35 to 371, cents an
hour has been granted by every con
tractor in the city. Could our "open"
shop friends bring the same results
with their theory of individual bar
gaining? Carpenters held a jubilation session
in Boston Tuesday night over the vic
tory whereby 6,000 union carpenters
will have the minimum wage scale of
$3.50 a day after May lsr.
The carpenters in Bay City have
made a demand for 40 cents per hour,
an increase of 5 cents, to take effect
May 1st. The men expect no trouble,
n.i there is plenty of work. .
In spite of the mistakes of leaders
and business agents in the past, the
Ietroit carpenters are in excellent con
dition today. In that city, just a week
before May 1, when the new schedule
is expected to go into effect, the total
membership of carpenters in the five
unions of the city amounts to the hand
Bome figure of 1,750. At the recent
mass meeting held in Arbeiter hall,
278 new members were taken in.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
1. 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 anil-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 inltiatve 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
Will Hold Regular Meeting in New
Hall on North Tenth.
Lincoln Typographical Union No. 209
will hold its regular monthly meeting
next Sunday afternoon. The meeting
will be held in the new hall of the
Carpenters' Union, 130 North Tenth
street, upstairs. Do not forget the
change in meeting place.
The meeting will be a lively one. On
iat date officers for the ensuing year
will be nominated, together with dele
gates to the Hot Springs convention.
Up to date there has been very little
political maneuvering. But several men
are out for the various offices, and as
soon as the nominations are made
there will be something doing.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Turner expect
to leave next week for Iowa, where
I hey will visit several weeks.
Charley Barngrover quit the Freie
Presse last week, and after a short
visit in Omaha return to Lincoln and
is now subbing on the Star. Henry
Itingaman is temporarily on the Freie
Presse job.
James Kinkead returned from Coun
cil Bluffs the first of the week.
HENRY M. LEAVITT.
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RE BATE
For many years it has been the practice of railroads to favor certain shippers by
giving rebates, but "IT DON'T GO NOW." The road caught doing it is fined
heavily by the courts because it has not given all its patrons a "Square Deal."
1 Shouldn't the same treatment be accorded the clothing merchant who sells John
Smith a suit for $20 and, a little later, at a "cut price" sale, sells Jim Jones a suit just
like it for $16? Isn't John Smith "buncoed" out of just $4?
This gives us the opportunity to say that we are the only clothing house in Lincoln
that has just one price on its stock. We ask your patronage because we deserve it.
We give you a "Square Deal."
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TlfS FOR TONSORIALISTS.
Candidate for City Clerk Who is Al
ways on the Square.
Henry JI. Leavitt, democratic can
didate for city clerk, is an expert ac
countant, a good busines sman, an j a
man who may be depended upon to
k 'tis duty if elected to the oif'Ce of
city clerk. Leavitt has made not! in
every lob he has had. Two yynr; ago
I.e was appointed deputy she-it com
mfosloner by Mayor Brown, and in
that position he has rendered the ciiy
good service. Xot being a mechanic h
U not a member of any trades union,
but those who know him know that he
Is in hearty sympathy with the trades
union movement and that he is Teady
at all times to lend his aid to any
cause calculated to benefit those who
toil.
Before becoming deputy street com
missioner Mr. Leavitt was connected
with the office of clerk of the supreme
court, and for four years in that po
sition gave the utmost satisfaction.
As city clerk he would give that office
good care, aud his ability, his courtesy
Brief Bits of News for Barbers to Re
flect Over.
Nothing that all the union shops but
Green's in Lincoln closed to let the
boys attend the opening ball game, the
Washington Trades Unionist says:
"Lincoln barbers must be a happy fam-
ly." Correct! they are.
The Pittsburg Barbers' Union haa
employed counsel to represent it in a
case to test the Sunday closing law.
"Anyone," says The Journeyman
Barber, "can be a. good barber. It
should be our aim to be just a little
better than the other fellow."
The master and journeyman barbers
of Duluth, Minn., have agreed upon a
scale of wages. Until May 1st all
journeymen barbers shall receive $15
per week and up to $24 and in excess
ol $24 one-half. After May 1st the
scale shall be $16 and up to $26 and in
excess one-half. The arrangement
places in the union ranks every barber
shop in Duluth with one exception.
The case of Secretary Hauck of the
Barbers' Union against Alford was de
cided in the common pleas court by
Judge Jones. This case has been
looked forward to with considerable
interest and the decision will probably
settle the matter for all time. The
suit is in replevin to recover a union
card, which, according to the rules of
the organization, is loaned to its member.-
or to barbers. Further, it seems
by the laws of the organization "the
corresponding financial secretary is
made the custodian of the card, and if
the barber to whom the card is loaned
violates certain obligations, the card is
forfeited. Judge Jones said that in
this case the only question was wheth
er or not the secretary is the proper
pet son to bring suit. By the rules of
the union it appears that Hauck has
the right to institute legal action for
the recovery and judgment was given
the plaintiff. The card, which, for
some time, has been in the hands of
the constable, will now be turned over
t. the Barbers' Union and the costs of
the case will be upon the defendant.
Marietta (O.) Journal.
FULL- CREW LAW.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men have succeeded in having the In
diana legislature pass the "full-crew"
law, to which the governor the other
day affixed his signature. It provides
that freight trains of more than fifty
cars must have a crew of five. Efforts
are being made by the brotherhood to
procure similiar legislation in other
slates. Buffalo Progress.
WHAT WOULD HE DO?
What would Roosevelt do with the
thousands upon thousands of presi
dents, secretaries and treasurers of la
bor organizations in this country, who,
according to the first czar of the Unit
ed States, are "undesirable citizens?"
Atide from the crime for which they
have now been held in jail for fifteen
months without trial there have been
no charges against Moyer and ' Hay
wood except that they were the offic
ials of the Western Federation of Min
ers, doing their utmost to improve the
condition of the down-trodden miners
throughout the west. Buffalo Pro
gress. .
important ' point. Nobody denies him
the right to criticise, even tolerating
his habit of calling honest men. liars;
but what all fair-minded men do object
to is that he went out of his way to
attack a couple of poor fellows who
are languishing in jail, thu prejudic
ing their case, before the jury has had
a chance to decide as to their guilt or
innocence. Michigan Union.
A HANDSOME EDITION.
The Potters Herald, East Liverpool,
Ohio, official organ of the Potters' Un
ion, celebrated its fifth anniversary by
issuing one of the handsomest souve
nir editions that ever came to The
Wageworker's desk. It was well filled
with articles of interest to the craft
in particular and to unionists in gen-'
eial, and it was accorded a splendid ad
vertising patronage. The Herald is do
ing a splendid work for unionism,' and
it is a pleasure to note that its labors
are not going without reward.
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OUT OF HIS WAY.
President Roosevelt, in his answer
to the labor organizations that had the
temerity to criticise him for calling
Moyer and Hayward, now under indict
ment for a murder which nearly every
body believes they did not commit,
"undesirable citizens,' 'does not ini
prove his case any. He overlooks an
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