GENERAL MENTION.
Labor Locals Picked Up in Lincoln
and Elsewhere.
Demand the label.
The union laiel that's alL
Look for the union label.
If it Is not labeled, refuse it.
Union made shoes are sold by Rog
ers & Perkins.
Unions In Switzerland have a total
membership of 41,852.
Grocery' clerks have organized a
union in San Francisco.
A call has been Issued for the for
mation of a state federation in Kan
sas. ' ,
There is a movement on foot to or
ganize the salesmen in cigar stores in
San Francisco.
"Blue ' Ribbon" cigars are union
made, Lincoln made and well made,
Sold by all dealers. .
Montreal (Canada) telephone girls
have organized In affiliation with the
Electric Workers' Union.
Telephone operators In San Fran
cisco have formed a union, chartered
by the American Federation of Labor.
. Stogie makers will make another ef
fort to secure a charter from the
American Federation of Labor.
The ninth annual convention of the
Georgia State Federation of Labor
will meet in Savannah June 19.
As a result of the longshoremen's
strike at New York the exports from
that port dropped $6,944,890 in one
week.
During the last twelve months there
was an Increase of 555,718 members
added to the rolls of trade unions in
Germany. '
According to a report Issued by the
Census Bureau, the number of women
workers in the United States in 1900
was 13,993,419.
. The' labor movement has taken hold
In Egypt. The printers employed on
a Cairo newspaper, Les Pyramids, are
out for better conditions.
One of the best features of British
unjonism is that upward of 130,000
women and girls are now members of
-the Woman's Trade Union League.
The Hapgood child-labor bill was
defeated in the Pennsylvania house
recently on the ground that, as amend
ed, the bill was unconstitutional.
1 Is warning all laborers to keep away
from Alaska on account of the strikes,
actual and prospective, in that section.
The iron molders of St. Louis have
accepted a 15 cents per day increase
In wages offered by the employers in
place of 25 cents demanded. There
will be no strike.
The "Patriotic Association of Labor
Unions" has been formed at Ham
burg, Germany, as a means of oppos
ing socialists in' the labor movement
of that country.
The policemen of Tours, Franco, re
cently formed a union and placarded
the town with printed stateemnts of
their grievances. Soldiers ejected
them from their barracks.
Members of the San Francisco
Teachers' Federation have addressed
a letter to the board of supervisors
asking for an increase In pay and sug
gesting a minimum scalo of $1,200 a
year.
Alter a struggle of some years' du
ration, the printers of Norway have
established a minimum wage
schedule and secured the eight-hour
day. Practically all employes of the
printing houses in Norway are organ
ized.
Twenty-one new locals were char
tered by the Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electric Railway Em
ployes In 1906, and the six that had
lapsed were revived, making a total
gain In membership of 6,701.
The meeting to form a purely Can
dlan Typographical Union, held re
cently In Montreal, by Alderman Pep
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per of Ottawa, a former International
Union printer, ended in a fizzle. There
were not enough present to discuss
the matter.
Belgium is a land of low wages. In
Ghent the minimum pay an hour for
printers, roofers, glaziers, painters
and boiler makers is 7 cents 70 cents
for ten hours' work and of black
smiths, locksmiths, carpenters, ma
sons, plumbers and electricians, 80
cents.
Typographical Union 10, Typothetae
0. The score tells the story of how
the battle is going In Louisville. Last
week the union .added ten more non
union printers to its ranks. The Ty
pothetae was the loser. This makes a
total of 120 non-unionists who , have
been taken from the struck shops in
Louisville in the past four weeks.
The competent printers in' the coun
try, union or non-union, don't want
any of the treatment handed out by
tho Teapotters in Louisville at any
price. It 4s about time the masters
learned that.
THE LEGAL PHASE.
Legislature and Legal Matters That
- Affect Trades Unions.
Union men of Newark, N. J., - suc
ceeded in defeating a non-union cloth
ing manufacturer for a place on the
city police board.
The British government has appoint
ed Mr. Ernest Aves as commissioner
to investigate, on the spot, the work
ings of the various labor laws in Aus
tralia. Judge Cochrane, in the federal court
at Covington, Ky., recently upheld the
law prohibiting common carriers from
discrimination against labor organiza
tions. An immigration bill now pending in
the British Columbia legislature im
poses an educational qualification,
which It is believed, will result in bar
ring Chinese, Japs and Hindoos.
Secretary of War Taft has given
orders to the engineer officers of the
war department to enforce to the letter
the eight-hour law as applied to public
works under their direction.
Governor Folk, of Missouri, has
signed the bill passed by the recent
legislature,, prohibiting railway tele
graph operators handling train orders.
from working more than eight hours in
one day. At day stations where but
one operator is employed, an operator
may work twelve hours.
Something new in labor injunctions
was Issued by Judge Loring of the su
preme court recently in Boston, when
he restrained Teamsters' Union No.
25 from paying the carfare out of the
city of non-union men brought there
t'i break the teamsters' strike.
Queensland labor members have
called the attention of the Australian
federal government to the influx of
Chinamen, who are alleged to be avoid
ing the immigration restriction laws
by landing at some 'port in Australia
where there are no government restric
tions. At the recent Political Labor Confer
ence, in, Sydney, Australia, the follow
ing resolutions brought forward by the
Trades and Labor Council were car
ried: "That this conference protests
against the introduction of 1, alien Im
migrants; and 2, the Introduction of
white immigrants until better facilities
for their employment are offered."
There is a feature of the British
workmen's compensation act, which
will be in force from July 1, 1907, that
shows the thoroughness of the legis
lation secured through the efforts of
the labor members of the recent parlia
ment. Not only does the act provide
for the payment of indemnity to me
chanics and laborers in cases of dam
age by accident, but domestic servants
are also included in the protected
classes.
The Trades Union Congress of
France, at its annual session, held re
cently, defeated by 830 to 8 votes a
motion to enter into permanent rela
tions with the Socialists, and adopted
a resolution to hold aloof from poli
tics and devote the energies of the
trade unions for the present to amelio
ration of the condition of the work
ing men of France, advocated a reduc
tion of the hours of labor, the increase
of wages, etc., but declared the ad
herence of the congress to the prin
ciples of a general strike.
Union labor in Portland, Ore., has
decided to enter the coming municipal
campaign with a full ticket of its own,
Because of the attitude of the pres
ent municipal administration, labor
has decided to alter its former policy,
which was to Indorse candidates of
other parties. The promoters of the
new party believe that they can get
the support of all the organized work
ers of the city and the support of a
majority of the unorganized workers,
as well as that of a considerable per
centage of the business men.
Involving only a small amount of
money, but what is considered a large
principle, the Atlantic Mills carried the
case brought against them by Frank
Gigllo, a minor, to the superior court
la Providence, and a few , days ago
the jury in Judge Brown's court re
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turned a verdict for the plaintiff, Glglio,
and against the Atlantic ' Mills, with
damages assessed in favor of the boy
for $3.31, the full amount claimed.
By a rule enforced at the Atlantic
Mills, the operatives were required to
give ten days' notice if they wished
ta leave work. Failing to do this, the
penalty was a deduction of three days'
wages on the return of the employe.
Giglio said that he was out sick for a
week, and when he went back to work
the sum of $3.31 was deducted from
his pay the next time he received his
money.
Counsel was employed to recover the
$3.31, and suit was brought in the
Sixth district court. The defendant
is not satisfied with the decision
there, for it upset the workings of the
rule, and an appeal was taken. Under
the charge of Judge Brown, the plain
tiff was entitled to all the wages he
had earned, and the jury gave ver
dict for $3.31 for Giglio'. Piano Work
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THE BARBERS' UNION.
One of the Strongest Financially in
the UnitedStatea.
The Journeymen Barbers Interna
tional Union has a membership of less
than 40,000, - but it has upwards of
$250,000 In its treasury, and is there
fore, numbers considered, one of the
strongest unions,, financially speaking,
in the country. This union is less
than twenty years old. Just twenty
years ago W. B. Kapetzky, a journey
man barber in Syracuse, N. Y., con
ceived the plan whereby an organiza
tion was perfected. To him, more
than to any other one man, the union
owes its present prosperous condition.
The following from the Colorado
Springs Labor News will be interest
ing to the union barbers of Lincoln :
"The first ten years of the history
of this organization was one of con
stant struggle, and during all that
time Klapetzky was the -guiding spirit.
At the convention of 1898, held in
Memphis, Tenn., 200 delegates were
present, representing a membership of
10,000, and from that time until the
present the growth of that organiza
tion has been steady and rapid. The
next convention was held at Syracuse,
N. Y., and 300 delegates were present,
representing a membership of 15,004.
The convention of 1904, held at Louis
ville, Ky., was attended by 618 dele
gates, who represented a membership
of 30,000. , '
"At this convention Mr. Klapetzky
tendered his resignation as secretary-
treasurer, owing to the fact that his
health was failing, due largely to the
strenuous efforts put forth by him to
build up the organization, and that
his efforts had met with success was
evident to the delegates, and their
appreciation of his good work was
shown by the fact that while accept
ing his resignation as secretary-treasurer,
they declined to allow him to
sever his connection with the. organi
sation, and he was made editor of the
Journeyman Barber, the official jour
nal of the organization, and legal ad
viser to the ' executive .board, which
position he has since held. Being a
graduate in law and an expert finan
cier, Mr. Klapetzky was eminently
fitted for this position and the fact
that the barbers' organization has in
its treasury a quarter of a million dol
lars, and Is probably the richest labor
organization, membership considered,
in the United States, amply demon
strates his ability as a financier.
"The barbers' union pays a sick
and death benefit, but no strike bene-
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"Mr. Klapetzky claims for the bar
bers' union the unique distinction of
being the only labor union that has
never had a strike, yet in spite of this
fact the conditions of the journeymen
barbers has been constantly improved.
Shorter hours, better wages and Sun
day closing are some of the results
of organization in the craft.
"The standing of '' Mr. Klapetzky
among other labor organizations is
demonstrated by the fact that at the
last convention' i the American Fed
eration he was elected by acclamation
as one of the two representatives of
that body to the British trades con
gress, which meets in England in Sep
tember of the present year.
. "Mr. Klapetzky has had flattering
offers from financial concerns, but has
steadily refused all positions or offices
that would in any way interfere with
his work in behalf of the organization
which is in reality a monument to his
ability as an organizer and financier."
In view of the facts herein set forth
the union barbers of America have
every reason to be proud of their
union. Union men should make it .a
point to look for the shop card when
they enter a barber shop. If there is
none there it is not a union shop.
Lincoln union has a membership of
over Blxty, and is getting along in
good shape. Work Is rushing, and
the boys find it difficult to get away
to see an occasional ball game. This
is mighty hard on the "fans."-
OPEN SHOP OPEN CAR.
"Rat" Printer Gets Hot Shot From
Quick Witted Passenger,
Last week during one of the rainy
days a scab printer, who works in
one of Jacksonville's ratterles, boarded
a car and, after looking everywhere
for a dry seat, commenced to complain
to his fellow-sufferers about the open
car.
"The company should be compelled
by law to run respectable, closed cars
where there is need of 'em. This car
is a disgrace to the city every seat
wet, curtains worn out, and those not
worn out won't work. All winter they
run summer cars, and then winter cars
are run all summer. I'm going to
complain to the1 " -
Here the "rat" printer was Inter
rupted by a plain but honest-looking
old gentleman who occupied a seat on
the back row with:
"Young fellow, I don't see as you
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want the best and most for your
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have any right to company to anyone.
Men of your stripe make these condi
tions for all. You least of all should
beef about so trivial a matter as an
open car when you are not only not a
citizen of the city, but are here for the
sole purpose of keeping a home printer
out; of a job and working in one of the
so-called open shops. If you can stom
ach the open shop you can put up with
the open car. Sit down."
And the passengers all agreed. The
young fellow lost the power of speech,
or at least he had no argument with
which to come back. Baltimore Labor
Leader. , ?
THE MAN HIGHER UP.
He would scorn to be only a soldier
And dare the advance on the guns
Where the game is enough to make.
pallid . " -
The hardiest, gamiest ones ':.
For he is a structural steel man
Whose daily and perilous feat "'-'
Is to swing from a crane on the end
of a chain ;
A hundred feet over the street. v
He would laugh to be only a sailor
And clamber aloft in the gale
Perhaps to fall off a la Jonah
Right into the mouth of a whale
For he is a structural steel man
Whose daily and perilous feat
Is to put all his hope in a slim-looking
rope ' ';, :
Two hundred feet over the street.
He would look with contempt on bal
looning V
As tame for a daily pursuit,
Albeit one took in descending
The risk of the dread parachute
For he is a structural steel man '
Whose daily and perilous 'feat
Is to dally with death while we all
hold our breath
Three hundred feet down in the
street. '-' 1 .
. St. Louis Post Dispatch.
CAPITOL BEACH OPENING.
Great Outdoor Pleasure Resort For
mally Opened Next Sunday.
Manager Gorman announces that
Capitol Beach will be formally opened
for the season next Sunday, and every
arrangement has been made for a gala
time. The lake is at its prettiest and
the grounds are a perfect "bower of
beauty.
The outdoor attractions that will be
offered by 'Manager Gorman eclipse
anything ever offered to the patrons
of outdoor resorts' in the history of
the west. Three thousand dollars will
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sort In the west. ' The transportation
facilities will be equal to every test.'
The . boating will be the finest ever
enjoyed in the' west. A visit to Capi
tol Beach will be something to remem
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THE BRICKLAYERS.
Will Vote Again on Affiliation with
American Federation of Labor.
Subordinate unions under the juris- '
diction of the International Masons
and Bricklayers' Union have been no
tifled to take a vote in June on the
question of affiliation With the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, This is not'
the first time that the masons and
bricklayers have voted upon this prop
osition. At the last balloting affilia
tion was defeated by a small margin.
It is thought by those high up In the
international that the vote this time
will' be favorable to amalgamation. .
The . Bricklayers', Union in Boston -reports
1,400 members in good stand
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Lincoln bricklayers fairly have to
dodge work these days in order to get
time to sleep and eat Work is "bully.
; "What keeps those bricks together?"'
asked a fellow of Gus Swanson the
other day. 7
"Why, the mortar, of course," said
Swanson. , . - ?
"O, go on!" retorted his questioner.
"That's what keeps 'em apart." i
Work on the . Christian Science
church Is progressing rapidly. Plenty
of material is on hand, Including the
white brick for the finishing.
FULTON 8TOCK COMPANY.
"Sweet Clover" has been the Fulton
Stock company's offering at the Oliver
this week, and the pretty little drama
has been given a presentation that de
lighted the large audiences. Despite
the hot weather the attendance has
been greater than ever.
Leg Nearly Cut OfT.
While polishing dies on an emery
wheel at Ordi Joseph Warwick, a
blacksmith allowed the sharpened
implement to slip, striking him in the
leg and very nearly severed the leg
from the body. It was feared that
the man would bleed to death before
a physician could be summoned. He
will recover form the injury but It
will be several months before he caa
resume his labors. '