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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1907)
GENERAL MENTION. remand the label. The union label that's all. Look for the union label. If it is not labeled, refuse it. Union made shoes are sold by Rog ers & Perkins. Hoston harnessmakers have been granted an increase of 10 cents in vages. ' The brewers in Utica, N. Y., have received an advance of from $1 to $2 a week. "Blue Ribbon" cigars are union made, Lincoln made and well made. Sold by all dealers. An eight-hour workday and a wage increase of 15 per cent are ,the de mands of the 1.000 bollermakers in It.lStOIl . The strike of giassworkers in Chi caso has been declared oft after eight een months. There are 200 union men working. ' The moulders employed at the American Lawn Mower company iu M uncle, lnd., have secured an advance of .6 per cent. Dlacksmlths are enjoying an era of l.iosperlty in Fort Wayne, lnd. Thirty one new members were added to the roll at the last meeting. . The Sackett & Wllhelius Lithograph ing Co., of New York, has capitulated and signed a five-year agreement with the L. A. E. & D. League. The closed Bliop' prevails. The Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, Mich..- Electric Light & Railway Co. has twice within the past year volun tarily granted an increase in wages to the motormen and conductors on its lines. Out of the 100 applicants for mem buship on the St. Louis police force received in the last few weeks, 200 of the men gave their occunation as either motormen or conductors foi st reet car companies. lTuiess demands for an eight-hour day and a minimum wage scale of $.'..75 n day are granted by the first of May a strike of all iron moulders along the Pacific coast is expected. About 200 men are affected. That the work of the child labor refoimers is proving effective is shown in that only Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont of the northern states permit children at the age of twelve years to work in factories. livery section man in the Buffalo district is now a member of a union and have secured an advance of 5 cents per day. Heretofore Hie men on none of the lines except the Lake Shore have been organizd. The Iowa State Federation of Labor bus Just entered upon a most interest ing and glRantlc work, that of compil ing a directory giving the name, occu pation and residence of every laboring man in the state. The plan will be watched with interest by workingmen throughout the United States. THE POOL EXPERT. day :o get a meat He nvdn't been home nights since the last "big" exhi bition game. Most of his meals he got at the free lunch counter, and there seemed always somebody who was willing to stand treat. He had lost his job, but he could play pool. The doctor told me that both his children were now sick. "Lack of proper nourishment," was the doctor's biief comment, when I asked him for the cause of their illness. His wife had become the breadwinner for the family. Soon afterward I was sent for. The children were better,- but she was now in bed. They had found her early that morning in an alley on the way to the back door of a saloon, where she was to have done a day's washing. But, as she told me, she was compelled to go without breakfast, or the children would have had none. She wasn't equal to it, however, and had collapsed even before she'began her day's work, But he could play pool. A .month later I met him on the street. He was wonderfully braced up. His clothes were fresh looking. The flush had left his face. There was a steadiness in his gaze which pleased me. I stopped him with a cheery salute. "Oh, I've got a job," he said, with a little confusion, but as though that were the most important event of his life. "I've cut out the exhibition pool, too. I'll no longer be any man's fool." He put it stronger than that, but it wouldn't look well in print. DESPAIN LANDS Rev. Charles Stelzle Writes of a Who Reformed. Man He could play pool. He was the champion pool player of the ward. In deed, his reputation had extended to nearly every saloon in town. The saloonkeepers sometimes arranged ex hibition games for him, advertising them on big posters. He enjoyed see ing his name in display letters over the saloon windows. He was pleased with the complimentary remarks of the audience. He didn't get very much else out of it, excepting a few drinks and some indifferent cigars, but he COULD play pool. I saw his two little girls one morning.' One of them as pretty a little thing as I had ever seen was sick. She was burning up with a fever. He hadn't come home the previous night. He had given an exhi bition game away off in another sec tion of the city, and well, for several rensons, he didn't get back. The little c.te needed a doctor. One was quickly lo.ind. Yes, he could pla;- pool. A tew days later I called again. He had bt-eu in two or three times during the Appointed Deputy Labor Commissioner by Governor Sheldon. Don Despain, for the past three or four years chief clerk in the office of deputy labor commissioner, has been appointed deputy to succeed Bur ritt Bush, resigned. Governor Sheldon may have had his reasons for this ap pointment, .but if he has he has care lu'ly concealed them. The labor bur eau for the last four years has been a farce. Despain has given a great deal more attention to playing peanut politics than he has to gathering sta tistics, and Bush has spent most of his time in Omaha. The bulk of the work was performed by Miss Minnie lkion, stenographer in the office.' If Governor Sheldon had desired to show appreciation of work, Miss Dojon would have been the proper party to appoint if some one In the office was absolutely necessary. If any laboring men in the state recommended Despain it must have been under misapprehension. He in nowise represents labor, and the bur eau was established for the express purpose of benefitting laboring men. But having been the plaything of poli ticians most of the time it has served only to afford fat jobs for political machinists. It has confined its efforts to getting out statistics of crops that were always far behind the statistics issued by the Union Pacific railroad, both in time and in point or reliabil ity. After signing the garnishee law and appointing Despain Governor Sheldon has given pretty good evidence of the fact that he does not care a snap for the welfare or the support of uui'on men. Despain's appointment is consid erably more than a disappointment. veterans and feel the great responsi bility resting upon each. There were twenty-one new men present wishing to become members. The vote being in their favor, the of ficers adopted the twenty-one new members. We, as members of Lincoln Lodge No. 435 Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America, feel proud of what has been accomplished and are de termined to push the good work farther. Our chief carman, C. H. Henricks, has the good will, of all the men and with his twenty-two years' experience we believe we have selected the best man available to lead us on to success. This new railway brotherhood look3 like a winner. It started off with over forty members and here it comes with twenty-ofle new members at its first meeting. That looks good, and is a promise of what alt old hands at the labor game call "a 100 per cent un ion" every man working at the craft inside the union fold. The Wage worker will rejoice when it can call the local carmen "a 100 per cent uni ion." Secretary Cox fs taking hold of his duties like a veteran, and is hustling in great shape. If he will only send The Wageworker all the news he'll be listed among the) "crackerjacks." A SUCCESSFUL BANQUET. Gas Company Tenders Spread to Ex hibitors at Exposition.' Last Tuesday night Manager Honey well of the Lincoln Gas and Electric Light Co., tendered to .the exhibitors, on behalf of the company, a banquet at the Lindell hotel. Every detail was arranged to perfection and the affair was one of the most successful ever en joyed in Lincoln. The tables were handsomely decorated and the menu all that could be desired. Mrs. Hiller officiated as toastmis tress, and while there were no set toasts a number of witty and enter taining responses were made to toasts suggested by her. Every speaker spoke in the highest terms of Lincoln, the success of the exposition and the pub lic spirit' of the gentlemen responsible for the exposition. Manager Honey well paid a compliment which was de served to the gentlemen in charge of the exhibits, and Mr. Mitchell frankly declared that a large measure of the exposition's success was due to the electrical workers and gasfitters who had worked so hard and faithfully to make the exposition attractive to the public. Mr. Mitchell evidenced great feeiing when he paid this tribute to the "boys in the overalls." The exposition closed Saturday after noon, and was easily the finest thing of the kind ever undertaken. Visiting exhibitors were a unit in declaring that eclipsed any former efforts in that line. That the public appreciated it was evidenced by the crowds that filled the auditorium to suffocation ev ery afternoon and evening. 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). 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 shalt not live in a hovel, nor feed on the husk that the swine doth eat. Take thou not alms trom 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. X. 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. AMUSEMEMTS AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS FAIR CONTRACTORS. PAINTERS GETTING THE MONEY. 5 OKyy 1 BRIGHTEN I 1 UP THE HOI71E It is cheering to know how easily and cheaply old things may be made to look like new witluonr 2 STAINS, 2 POLISHES. ENAMELS, g , W'Mt the Agency for o JAPALAQ RECTOR'S 12th and O Streets A Good Healthy List of Towns That Get Increase in Wages. " The Painters and Decorators for April gives the following towns that got increases in wages during the last month : Allentown, Pa., 10 per cent increase. Brazil, lnd., from' S2c to 35c per hour . Binghampton, N. Y., from $2.40 to $2.80. Cincinnati secured increase of 12 per cent. Eureka, Cal., from $3.50 to $4.00. Greenwich, Conn., $3.50 to $3.75. Kansas City from 40c to 45c per hour. LaFayette, lnd., increase of 30 cents per day. Moline, 111., increase from 32 c to 37V4c. Norfolk, Va., from $4.00 to $4.50. Tampa, Fla., increase of 50c per day. Webster, Mass., increase of 29c per day. Scranton, Pa., St. Louis, Summit, N. J., Webster, Mass., and Wheeling, Va , get increases, but the amount is not stated. RAILWAY CARMEN. Takes in a Big Bunch of Members at Second Meeting. Lincoln Lodge No. 435, Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America, held a meeting in A. O. U. W. hall last Satur day night, April 27. A goodly number of charter members were present and all were full of enthusiasm and good will. There is a brotherly feeling ex iEting among all the boys. Although the officers have served but two weeks they take hold Ilk BOOSTERS ARE BUSY BOYS. "Little Joker" Committee of Printers' Union Hard at Work. The committee of fourteen recently appointed by the local typographical union to boost the printers' label is certainly carrying on the campaign in a thorough and systematic manner. Various schemes have been suggested, all having more or less merit and de serving of a corresponding degree of attention. A large box has been placed in the main hajlway at v Alexander's hall and another at Union Temple. Above each box is a large poster bearing the fol lowing: SCAB PRINTING Please put all printing which does not bear the union label IN THIS BOX. It is likely that these receptacles for non-union work will be placed in Rich niond, Holcomb, A. O. U. W. and other hails where organized labor is wont to hold forth.-r-Memphis Union. 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. Economy. Home Pattern Company.-" All the Butterick patterns and pub lications are way up on the list of scabs, and should not be allowed in any workingman's home, especially if he is a union man. L ABOR DECALOGUE. I. Thou shalt join a union of thy craft, and have no other unions before it. II. The meetings thereof shalt thou at- "THE THEATRE BEAUTIFUL" THE NEW LYRIC HIGH -CLASS VAUDVILLE PROGRAM CHANGED WEEKLY THE P EST ATTRACTIONS OBTAINABLE MATINBB AT 3:00 BVENINU AT 7:30 AND 9 O'CLOCK ADMISSION 10 AND if CTS GOOD GOODS The proper time to buy summer clothing is now. By so doing you have five months of solid wear. We Can Fix Yov Out at any price, if you do not care to go too high. Lincoln Clothing Co. Tenth and P Streets 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. Atterbury, H. B., 1901 S St. 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 3S61, 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 499 3135 Dudley St. Hart, E. M., Auto 1326, 123 So. 16th St. Hutton, Alex, Auto 2565, 1436 N Ft. Jewell, J. W., Auto 1608, 1026 Q St. Jensen, L., Auto 3458, 2509 N St. Kiewit, A., Bell A-1601, 1620 N St. Krough & Beck, P. O. box 737. Lindell, C. A., Auto 637S, 2739 Sum ner St. , Myers, A. L., Auto 4260, 223 No. 28th St. Mltchner, E., Auto 6345, 92S 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 loth St. Vanderveer, O. W.. Bell B-1245, 1780 No. 29th St. -" Webb & McDougal. Watson, Joe; Auto 3189, 405 So. 26th St. , 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 by phone Auto 3824. Bell L 1154. OOffiO0C0OSW0OffiOffiO000C000eOO0ffiO001 Your Cigars Should Bear This Label.. 7 . by Auiiodty ai the Cigar Mafctrv ImeinAtiwJl Wiin f Am.rlc. Uninn-martfl Clears. Uhif (Sfrtifirt, wceamt of tfte IMtoMK&t1AMMMawttatfr)JXm. Tftft4MttomM tftiM Cnj'l to M wnaMft tfwtua'KMl tS wortt. i toifliUio.Oui LibH mil ftt kwM liP0fijH. hp I It is insurance against sweat shop and r tenement goods, and against disease V . . O0ffiOO0O0OQOOOOO0OOO0ffiOOCS0fflOffi0afl S. L. McCOY "THE RAGTIME MILLIONAIRE" Rubber Heels ........... . . 35c Best Kalf-Soles. . . . 60c to 75c Hand-Sewed . . , . . . $1.00 Repairing neatly done. I Sell Union-Made Shoes 1529 0 Street Koe The Lincoln Wallpaper Paint Co. K Strictly Urfrn BBS Modern Decorators Wall Temple 11th St. At Netse W5 Columbia National Bank esitrtl Banking Business. Intirsst ta tba tispsslts UNCOkN, NEBRASKA Service Guaranteed GREEN GABLES The Dr. Benj. F. Bally Sanatorium Lincoln, Nebraska For non-contagious chronic - diseases. Largest, best equipped, most beautifully furnished. 000IK I Single-Comb White Leghorns My hens lay as hiph as 900 eggs a year. I hare a few fine cockreUa left. They are beauties. EGGS $1, S2 and S3, SETTING OF 15. Won more first prizes at Nebraska Stat Poultry Show last February than all competitors combined. Also at Omaha, winning two sweep stakes and a loving cup for best display. Eggs are union laid, and sold " by a man who believes in trades unionism. , . ( phone f 0290, Sand tor Catalogue' It H. HALL, 515 W. Greenwood St, University Place, Neb. O 0KK3)KiiKKOOilKKiKM