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The Workers. .
We are the first-born of peoples, we are
the vanguard of toil,
Levelers of forests primeval, tillers and
husbands of soil;
Builders of nations and empires, blazers
and burners of way,
We are the hosts who accomplish, we are
the men of to-day.
Worlds have we opened and conquered,
mountain and valley and shore;
Distance has fled from our footsteps,
borders repulse us no more;
Ours the empyrean ether, pierced by our
flying machines,
Ruling: the depths of the ocean, lords of
the deep-sea marines.
Into the bowels of earthland pressing for
treasures they hold.
Wresting and wrestling to surface wealth
of the ages untold;
Taking the forces of nature, elements
leashing in chain.
We are the legions of progress, we are
the powers who reign.
We are the men who are hewing for the
yet unborn to read
Into the pillars of ages, imprint of action
and deed;
Marching resistlessly onward, blazing
and burning the way.
We are the hosts who accomplish we are
the men of to-day.
New York. Italian cigarmakers re
cently organized in this city.
Boston. Union labor is renewing
Interest in a proposition to establish a
labor temple here.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. The lace mills
have advanced the wages or 1,100 m
ployes ten per cent.
Newark, N. J. One of the pioneer
labor unions of this country Is the
journeymen stone cutters of this city,
organized May 10, 1834.
Boston. Owing to Chinese competi
tion an anti-Asiatic league has been
formed In New England to advocate
i Chinese poll tax of $5,000.
New York. International Photo En
gravers' union has signed a five-year
irbltratlon agreement with the Na
tional Publishers' association.
Washington. The headquarters of
the International Union of Carriage
and Wagon Workers of America will
shortly be established in this city.
London. The British government
has appointed Mr. Ernest Aves as com
missioner to investigate on the spot
the workings of the various labor laws
of Australia.
London. The iron puddlers wages
in the midlands of England were in
creased recently. At the same time
other mill forge wages were increased
2 per cent.
Swansea, England. A recent con
ference between the unions engaged
in the steel trade and the employers
resulted in an eight-hour working day
being conceded.
South Omaha, Neb. The entire
working force of all the packing
houses, comprising about 6,000 men,
were recently notified that an advance
in wages of from S to 15 per cent, bas
been granted them.
Washington. No sign of a trade
union label has been found earlier
than 1874. It appears to be wholly of
American origin, nor is any evidence
it hand that unions elsewhere, except
in Canada, show special interest in it.
San Sebastian, Spain. The entire
northwest of Spain may be tied up
by a gigantic strike, the beginning of
which was the declaration of a gen
eral strike at the meeting of several
thousand miners at Bilbao. It is be
lieved that the movement will spread
rapidly to the mine districts of San
tander and Asturias. The labor unions
of the whole of Catelonia are prepar
ing for a general strike.
Washington. The most potent and
far-reaching Influence at work in the
labor world are the labor journals, of
which 185 monthly and 79 weekly
publications are issued in the United
States and Canada.
Washington. The payment of
money by the Erie Railroad company
to secure immunity from strikes will
be investigated by those in this city
belonging to the International Associa
tion of Machinists. A meeting of
Washington lodge of machinists was
held to have a committee appointed
and sent to New York to investigate
the allegations and secure further in
formation. Minneapolis. The Minneapolis con
vention of the A. F. of L. directed that
in order to extend the propaganda
work of the federation organizers,
and also to furnish a theoretical as
well as a ready reference guide to
speakers and writers on labor topics,
that there should be compiled, under
the supervision of the executive board,
a textbook containing the essential
principles of unionism and such other
information as may be deemed neces
sary. The compilation of the data is
being speedily completed.
Paris, France. The authorities
have discovered an emigration agency
which is shipping Roubaix weavers to
Paterson, N. J., and Lawrence, Mass.,
thus enabling those cities to compete
with the products of French . cities
producing similar manufactures.
Seattle, Wash. Speaking to a large
gathering of the Christian Endeavor
delegates here, the Rev. Edwin Heyl
Delk, pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran'
church, Philadelphia, denounced the
action of the governor of Idaho in the
alleged kidnaping of Moyer and Hay
wood. He also asserted that the
Judiciary of Idaho was corrupt.
Washington. More attention is now
given southern states by the American
Federation of Labor, which is plan
ning to build up a , stronger labor
movement in that section.
Portland, Ore. Union labor of this
city has decided to enter the coming
municipal campaign- with a full ticket
of its own. Because of the attitude of
the present municipal administration
labor has decided to alter its former
policy, which was to indorse candi
dates of other parties.
Columbus, O. The Wertz law was
declared unconstitutional by Common
Plaas Judge Bigger , on the ground
that it is not of universal operation
and that it is retroactive. It will be
appealed. The law provides that not
more than 10 per cent, of the number
of men employed in any trade in the
state can be used in the penitentiary
for like labor.
New York. A very remarkable la
bor organization is the United Hat
ters' Union of America. It dates its
permanency from the time of adopting
the three per cent, dues of each mem
ber's earnings. Two per cent, goes
to the international union and one
per cent, is retained in the local treas
ury. There are 9,000 members, and
each member must make at least
three dollars per day, while some
make as high as seven and eight dol
lars, which is on piecework. . ,
Toronto, Ont. All fear of a possible
strike of the Toronto street railway
employes has been removed by the
adoption by the company and the men
of an agreement under which the lat
ter receive an advance of two cents
per hour In their wages, to date from
June 16, while other conditions are
satisfactorily adjusted. The agree
ment is binding for three years. One
hundred men are affected and the
wages bill of the company- is Increased
to the extent of $84,000 a year.
Berlin. Count von Posadowsky
Wehner, the vice chancellor and min
ister of the interior of Germany, has
undertaken the preparation of a
scheme for the maintenance of per
sons out of work while they are seek
ing employment. The state is already
carrying out old age, sick and disa
bility pension systems. The official
bureaus operating these systems are
further charged with bringing persons
seeking work in contact with employ
ers wanting labor, and also with forc
ing vagrants to labor.
.. London. The British board of trade
returns furnish an interesting com
parison of the amount of weekly
wages paid to agricultural laborers in
England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
It appears that in England the high
est average wage is $5.32, and the low
est $3.48. In Wales the highest is
$5.10 and the lowest $3.76, in Scotland
the highest is $5.32 and the lowest
$3.26, while in Ireland the highest is
$3.12 and the lowest $2.10. The high
est wage in Ireland is 14 cents lower
than the lowest in Scotland.
Pittsburg, Pa. Advanced wages and
shorter hours, in the large majority
of cases without resort to strikes, is
the report that organizers are sending
in to the American Federation of La
bor from several of the towns and
cities in the vicinity of Pittsburg. The
result of the continued prosperity of
the country has been felt among the
workingmen. There is hardly a trade
that has not received an increase, at
least somewhere in the district. In
some places it is the carpenters, in
others the bricklayers, and - so on
down the line.
Detroit, Mich. The .biennial con
vention of the International Long
shoremen Marine and Transport Work
ers' association, in session in this city,
adopted resolutions of sympathy with
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone, and
voted $200 toward their defense. Ac
companying the report of the execu
tive council were letters from Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell and other
labor leaders, strongly recommending
the creaticA of a reserve fund by the
longshoremen. The matter was re
ferred to a special committee.
New York. Anthracite coal opera
tors say the miners at last seem satis
fied with the way they are being
treated, as after four years of activity
the board of conciliation, created to
settle disputes between men and em
ployers in 1902, have a clean docket
During the four years 159 differences
have been settled, the board itself dis
posing of 132 of the cases, and an even
division reference of the other 27
cases to an umpire. Of the grievances
considered only one was presented
by the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica as a body. Thirteen were presented
by the operators and 146 by the
miners.
Indianapolis, Ind. At a recent meet
ing of Bookbinders' union 103 female
bindery workers were admitted. The
extra effort for the organization of the
bindery women is to strengthen the
position of the bookbinders in their
demand for an eight-hour day on Oc
tober 1.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. According to the
annual report of President Nlcholls,
of District No. 1, United Mine Work
ers, read at the session of the union,
21,000 mine workers have been
dropped from the rolls of the organiza
tion because they failed to pay their
national assessment.
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The water heater is a
most important thing at
any season of the 'year.
You can use our Gas Wa
ter Heater independently,
and have hot water in
stantaneously, or you can
attach it to a tank and
heat a supply sufficient
for a week's washing:.
You can heat '
8 Gallons for I Cent
which means a bath for
about 4 cents. Besides,
you don't have to wait
for the water to get hot
It is on Deck in Thirty Seconds.
If you have not a Gas
Range you . need one for
the hot days. The kitch
en is almost the living
room to many a house
wife, and if she can elim
inate two hours of time,
the labor of carrying coal,
building fires, carrying
ashes and cleaning up the
litter, it goes far to
make life worth living-
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. or Auto 2575
Lincoln Gas and Electric
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antee of good wage oondltioiia and wall treated t
shoe worken. No higher in eoat than ahaaa with
out the Union stamp, '
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My hens lay as high, as 800 eggs a year. I have a few fine cockrells
left. They are beauties.
EGGS SI, S2 and S3, SETTING OF IS.
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 cup for best display. Eggs are union laid, and sold
by a man who believes in trades unionism.
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