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This is a purely Nebraska Company.
Liberal policies.
Prompt settlement of losses. Cash paym't without discount.
Mvsic in the Home!
II S more important to the man who toils than to the
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man or . leisure. - music loosens tne ser
pent which care has bound upon the heart to
stifle it," says Shelly. Home should be to every
man the most delightful spot on earth. A piano helps
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It is very easy to pay for a piano if you
buy from us. All you need to do is to save
every day the price of three five-cent cigars.
That is not a great self denial. Just a little self
sacrifice makes the whole family happier; lays
the foundations for musical culture for the
children. Come in and talk it over with us. .
Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co.
, , ... : ,135 South 1 1th Street. . . ' ,
New York city pays in salaries to
Its more than 50,000 servants $132
each minute in the day.
Nantes, France. M. Yvteet, a dele
gate to the General Federation of La
bor, was arrested on a charge of in
viting law breaking when addressing
strikers. ' He is alleged to have in
vited the men to "cut buttonholes" in
their opponents.
Chicago. A demand for ah increase
of 12 cents an hour has been made
by the Freight Handlers' union to 23
railroads entering the city. All of
the roads are not affected, as in some
freighthouses the laborers are not or
ganized. In addition to the increase
asked the men demand time and a
half for overtime put in and double
time for Sunday work.
Coatesville, Pa. Over $50,000 in
coin, or as much as one horse could
haul, was paid out by the Lukens
Steel and Iron- company here by a
new system. A machine to make up
the pay roll has been installed. 1 Only
specie can be arranged in the new
process of making up the envelopes,
and, as a result, -the employes were
paid off in gold and silver.
Toledo, O. One of the most impor
tant matters considered by the Amal
gamated convention was a resolution
to change the due system from a
grade to a percentage basis. At pres
ent the .members pay into the national
lodge as follows: On a $2.50 wage per
day or under, 60 cents per month;
$2.50 to $5, 80 cents per month,-and on
everything over $5, an assessment of $1
per month.
A strike of quarrymen In Lemont,
111., who demand two and one-half
cents an hour increase, forced six
quarries to practically cease opera
tions. Nearly 1,000 laborers were af
fected by the walkout and the tieup
may affect the building of the drain
age canal at. Lockport Twenty-five
employes of the Lincoln park board
quit work In sympathy when they
heard of the strike. The men were
engaged in loading wagons with stone;
to be used for filling-in purposes.
Jeffersonville, Ind. Following an
advance in the wages of laborers at
the local supply depot of the quarter
master's department to $50 a month
from a former $40 and $45, there
comes a demand from the women who
are employed to sew at the depot for
a like increase. At the present time
bundles of blouses are being given
out, each bundle containing eight gar
ments, for which the sum of $2.80 is
paid, while the work has to be perfect
in every detail. Formerly the same
work brought three dollars, and other
articles have also been reduced re
cently, canvas overalls from $3.60 to
$2.80 and flannel shirts from four dol
lars a bundle to $2.80.
Milwaukee. What is declared by
the foundrymen of this city to be the
end" of the molders' strike, which
originated last May, came when
Judge Sanborn in the United States
court declared that a permanent in
junction should issue against the
striking molders of the Allis-Chalmers
company. This injunction restrains
them from disturbing the corporation,
forbids picketing absolutely, forbids
visits of strikers to houses of non
union men for purposes of persuasion
and stops all interference with the
rights of the Allis-Chalmers company.
Picketing of any nature is held by
the court to be in the nature of a con
spiracy to injure the plaintiff's busi
ness. Chicago. The 150 steam pipe and
boiler coverers .who struck May 1 for
an increase in wages have been noti
fied that the will never be reem
ployed. "You are discharged for
ever," was the notice sent the strik
ers. , The latter' are affiliated with the
Associated ' Building Trades. A com
mittee has been appointed by the
board of business agents of the build
ing trades to investigate the failure
of fire proofing companies to properly
safeguard employes by installing tem
porary floors.
The Wakamatsu iron and steel
works, under Japanese imperial con
trol, are nearing completion at a total
cost of $20,000,000. As an evidence of
Japanese economy the official salaries
are noticeable. The president gets
$2,000 a year, the chief expert $1,500,
the two managers $1,000 each, eight
experts averaging $600 each and 30
clerks and 40 assistants have an aver
age monthly wage of $15. All the
principal machinery appears to be
English and German makes, except
the electric cranes, which are Ameri
can made, as also is a fair share of
the minor machinery. The works and
the workers houses cover 350 acres.
San Francisco. A fearful labor war
nearly was precipitated when the
declartlon of the- open shop, a
lockout and a fight to the death
with unions was considered by
builders and contractors at a con
ference. Conservatism finally won
out and It was agreed to appoint a
committee to treat with the unions
with a view of insuring peace for at
least a year, that the work of recon?
structing the destroyed' portions of
the city could proceed. ' Several speakf
ers had urged immediate ' war and
cessation of operations until the open
shop was established.
Joliet, 111 Employes of the Elgin,
Joliet & Eastern and the Chicago,
Lake Shore . & Eastern railroads,
which are owned by the United
States Steel Corporation, were sur
prised to receive notice that their
wages, dating from May 1, had been
raised. The skilled employes get an
increase of 30 cents a day, and the
common laborers 15 cents a day. This
applies to employes in the yards and
shops, as well as on the roads. About
1,000 men are affected. The action of
the companies means an addition of
$55,000 a year to the pay roll.
Omaha, Neb. E. F. Ptacek, a clerk
in the Railway Mail Service, has
worked , steadily during the. last 18
months, with an average of but two
hours' sleep a day. His home is at
Kearney, and his run is on a mixed
train , between that town and Callo
way, a distance of 67 miles. Owing to
heavy traffic this train is usually late.
The postal clerk leaves Kearney at
three o'clock In the morning, and it
is rare that he gets back till late in
the night. It frequently happens that
he is in his home but a single hour,
when he is called out again to take
his run. Once in a while he gets from
three to four hours' rest in his bed.
It is a matter of record that for the
last year and a half he has not had
an average of more than two hours'
sleep a day. As a result ofthe strain
to which this loss of sleep has sub
jected him, he has grown very thin
and exceedingly nervous, and physi
cians tell him that unless he takes a
thorough rest he will within a few
weeks be a complete mental and phys
ical wreck. Not only has Ptacek got
along for a year and a half on two
hours' sleep a day, but he has gone
without his breakfast and supper, and
frequently, has eaten only a sandwich
and a piece of pie and drank a cup
of coffee at dinner time. The train
ran so he could not get breakfast, and
he got home so late he cared not for
supper. '
Pittsburg. Pittsburg is to have a Un
ion Labor Temple, erected at a cost
approximating $250,000, if the present
plans of the incorporators of the
Union Labor Temple company are
carried out. A charter was granted
to the company on Monday. Its
object is to erect a labor union build
ing in a central part of the city. The
company was incorporated through its
attorney, James Byron Drew, - with a
capital of $50,000. The officers are:
James L. Quigg, president; Simon
Burns, formerly of the Window Glass
workers, vice president; Thomas L.
Slater treasurer, and James Galbraith,
secretary. Other labor leaders whose
names appeared in the application for
the charter are: John Ferneau, Frank
E. Smith and Henry Legleightner. As
soon as the present capital stock is
sold it is intended to increase the cap
italization to $100,000 and from this
gradually to about $250,000. Attorney
Drew stated that the building, if erect
ed, would be patterned after the La
bor Union Temple at Montreal, Cana
da. The first floor would be occupied
by a number of store rooms. Above
will be offices, while the two top floors
will be set apart for lodge rooms and
a large auditorium. There is a whis
per in labor ch'cles that the incorpora
tors would endeavor to get the gov
ernment to grant them a portion of
the wharf property immediately ad
joining the Smithfleld street bridge,
on the west side of the structure.
What argument . they would advance
to secure such a site is not stated, ;
Paterson, N. J. Because they have
been denied the privilege of bringing
beer- into the shops during working
hours, and also because the company
refused to discharge an unpopular
foreman, 250 men employed in the
blacksmith shop of the Rogers Loco
motive works walked out. One of .the
first acts of the new foreman, George
Browne, was to post notice that, no
beer be brought into the works and
that the men were 1 not to leave the
shops during the work hours to visit
saloons.
Chicago. P. J. Dolan, general sec
retary and treasurer of the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Steamshovelers
and Dredgemen, in an interview de
nied recent published reports that a
strike of shovel men and dredgemen
working on the Panama canal had
been called officially. "Some shovel
men have quit because they were dis
satisfied," said Mr. Dolan, "but ' no
strike has been called. You may say
no strike will be called at present.
We realize that while we must uphold
the rights of labor, we must remem
ber that we are a factor in something
of patriotic concern, and will do our
full duty As citizens,"
San Francisco. All the electricians
in the employ of the United Railroads
struck in sympathy with 'the striking
car men. There is direct ' authority
for the statement that the electricians
employed by the San Francisco Gas
& Electric company will not strike, as
to do so would be breaking the union's
contract with the corporation.
Detroit, Mich.- By a small majority
the striking shipbuilders of ,. the
Ecorie plant of the Great Lakes En
gineering works voted at a meeting
to return to work under the old con-;
ditions which prevailed before the
strike.
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which will do ALL the cooking for a large family'
and do it quickly and economically it will also ,
make tea or coffee or do any other little thing by
the use of one burner and just as cheaply as it
can be done with a small gas stove or hot plate.
The great point in using gas is that you don't have !
to use any more fuel than you need for cooking -it
is, applied just Avh ere you need the heat and v
when your cooking is done you can stop expense.
,You can use one burner or all of them as you'
need them. Then your fuel is clean and is all '
going into heat immediately when you light the '
burners. Gas is a great time saver all the day
through breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper. Put
. in a water heater with this range and you have a" '
model kitchen. Call and sec us about this, day '
or evening. Telephone Bell 75 or Auto 2575 and
a representative will see you.
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