The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, August 09, 1907, Image 3

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AND CARPETS
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THE
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SUIT OR
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$15
It ORE- IO Lilt
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tt to
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o
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Box Office Open at 10 a. m. Every Day
Evening Prices, 8:30 15c, 25e. Mats. 2:30 Tues.. Thurs., Sat. all Seats 15c
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Lincoln, Nebraska
T For non-contagious chronic diseases. Largest,
best equipped, most beautifully furnished.
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Here's One of a Hundred Varieties!
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bray fine enough for dress, strong enough for work. Roomy
in cut beautifully made with double stitching washes per
fectly, an exceedingly handsome, serviceable and comfortable
shirt at a popular price.
Mad to at all ahape-CJntoi La6'Illuetrtd boohlata.
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Vienna. Austria has 2,404 local J
unions, with a total membership of
23,099.
St. Louis, Mo. International Ma
chinists' Union convention will be in
this city.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. The United Mine
Workers organized 38 new local
unions in June.
Ottawa, Canada. During May 287
employes were injured In Canadian In
dustrial accidents.
Cincinnati, O. After nine years of
litigation, the constiutlonality law has
been affirmed by the United States
circuit court of appeals.
Paris, France. The bill fixing the
maximum time for labor in the mines
at eight hours per day was passed by
the chamber of deputies.
London, Eng. The Amalgamated
Society of Engineers commenced the
present year with 105,000 members,
and a credit balance in its funds of a
25,000 pounds.
Pittsburg. Twenty-six hundred and
sixty deaths were reported to the
coroner In the year 1906, 919 of which
was the result of accidents in mills,
mines and on railroads. ,
Brussels. The government of Bel
gium having refused to pass a meas
ure reducing the hours of labor In
mines, was defeated on a vote taken
In the chamber of deputies.
London. British boilermakers and
Iron shipbuilders, according to the an
nual report, had a total membership
at the close of 1906 of 52,056, an in
crease of 2,426 in the year.
London. The British Postmen's
Federation held its sixteenth annual
conference recently in Leeds. The
membership was stated to be 15,388,
an increase of 446 in the year.
San Francisco. The Broommakers'
Union is making a fight against con
vict-made brooms. It has asked or
ganized -labor not to purchase any
broom that does not bear the union
stamp.
St Paul, Minn. St Paul Carpen
ters' Union, which withdrew from the
Structural Building Trades Alliance
some time ago, will reaffiliate, it is
said, in accordance with action taken
at the recent general convention.
Belfast Ireland. That the Irish la
bor element is not in favor of social
ism as one of the objects of the labor
movement was manifested by the
vote taken at the labor conference
held here.. It was 835,000 against,
90,000 for.
Pittsburg. The Machinists' Union
Is devoting some time to the better
ment of conditions in the city. Re
cently it appointed a committee to
see that a better car service was es
tablished. It proposes to interest all
other organizations in the matter.
Melbourne, Australia. Fifty-one
years ago the first Eight-Hour League
In Australia was established here, and
parliament has not yet made eight
hours a legal day's work. In this di
rection the unions have done more
than parliament for wage earners.
Washington. Advanced wages and
shorter hours, in the large majority
of cases without resort to strikes, is
the report that organizers are send
ing in to the American Federation of
Labor. The result of the continued
prosperity of the country1 has been
felt among the workingmen. There
is hardly a trade that has not received
an increase. In some places it is the
carpenters, in others the bricklayers,
and so on down the line.
Racine, Wis. A fight against the
use of convict labor in the state of
Wisconsin has been taken up by the
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor.
A resolution was passed concerning
the employment of convict labor, and
advising that the federation use every
honorable means in fighting them. It
also demands that all steps be taken
to prevent the manufacture of brooms
by convicts.
Minneapolis. A gigantic movement
to establish a nine-hour weekly for
union machinists employed by rail
roads throughout the ' northwest
which is expected to include black
smiths and boiler-makers and em
brace a total of 30,000 men, has been
launched. '' The plan is being backed
principally by the Northwest Consoli
dated District of the Machinists'
Union, although the blacksmiths antf
boiler-makers, who also have powerful
organizations, are looked to for active
cooperation on behalf of their respec
tive crafts. The Northwest Consoli
dated District embraces all railroads
north of the Union Pacific lines and
west of Chicago. A demand will be
made upon them to make the nine-
hour day effective September 1.
Hamburg, Germany. The "Patriot
ic Association of Labor Unions" has
been formed here as a means of op
posing socialists in the labor move
ment of that country.
Minneapolis. Encouraged by the
success of the operations of the loan
fund plan which was established six
months ago, the local Cigar Makers'
union has decided to go a step fur
ther in the way of looking after its
membership in a pecuniary way. A
plan is to be considered to establish
a banking system on a small scale, to
be operated under the direction of
the anion.
Philadelphia. State Factory In
spector Delaney, in his annual report
for 1906, transmitted to Gov. Stuart,
says that Pennsylvania can show a
less percentage of employed children
tinder 16 than any state in the union.
Indianapolis. Shying at the $500,-
000 fund which the Manufacturers' as
sociation is alleged to have set aside
for the purpose of combating the
trades union movement members of
the International Typographical union
propose that their organization vote
a like amount as a defense fund.
Duluth, Minn. The ore dock labor
ers at Two Harbors, Minn., went out
on strike.. Unless a settlement is'
reached with the striking oremen very
soon the iron ore traffic on the great
lakes' will probably be tied up, half of
the mines on the Mesaba range closed
down and thousands of train and ves
sel men and mine workers thrown out
of employment. The men ask an in
crease in wages of 25 cents a day,
pleading the increased cost of living.
Pittsburg. The bottle blowers are
well satisfied with the policy that
has been pursued since machines were
introduced into the industry. According
to President D. A. Hayes this policy
has reduced the hold which non-unionism
had on this method of production
and resulted in the employment of
union men on the machines at good
wages. During last fire there ' were
186 machines in operation, on which
there were 710 men employed, an in
crease of 80 over the previous fire.
St. Joseph, Mo. Election of officers
was announced at the thirteenth an
nual convention of the Retail Clerks'
International union. The officers in
clude: President H. J. Conway, Chi
cago; secretary and treasurer, -Max
Morris, Denver. The delegates are
formulating a minimum wage sched
ule, which each local union will be
required to enforce. Resolutions
were adopted declaring that women
clerks should be paid the same
wages as male clerks where they do
the same work. The convention also
declared for an .eight-hour day.
Louisville, Ky. J. D. Buckalew of
Washington, D. C, ex-vice president of
the International Association of Ma
chinists, created a -sensation during
a meeting of machinists here by de
claring that he had been approached
by an alleged representative of the
Louisville Se Nashville railroad -who
offered him $10,000 to call oft the
strike now on In the local shops o
LthoHWHBpany. J. A. McDowell, busi
ness agent of the local union, was
concealed when the offer was made,
and has sworn to an affidavit contain
ing the charges. B. M. Starks, gen
eral manager of the road, denies the
charges.
Indianapolis. The report of Secretary-Treasurer
J. W. Bramwood . of
'Ae International Typographical union
shows that there was received during
th year ending May 31, 1907, $1,804,
950.67, and that there was expended
$1,642,441.94. The assets , of the or
ganization May 31, 1907, are given at
$283,952.53, an Increase during the
year of $162,480.72. The report shows
that the average paying membership
for the last year was 42,357, a de
crease of 2,023 members. It is re
lated, however, that "in this connec
tion it is well to remember that for
20 months the organization has been
battling for a universal eight hour
work day in all branches of the print
ing trade." The report shows that
there were 637 local unions May 31,
a decrease of 66.
New York. At the first Interstate
conference of women workers ever
held in America, which were assem
bled simultaneously in New York,
Boston and Chicago, the delegates
representing various trade unions
were present and voiced their views
on the subject of "How May Wom
en's Union Be Best Strengthened?"
At the conclusion of the discussion
resolutions were introduced and a defi
nite scheme for assisting women
workers to obtain better pay and
shorter hours was decided upon. '
Boston. Representatives of various
lodges of the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks employed on the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad sys
tem voted ' that the Increase of five
and ten cents a day which the com
pany has offered its clerks is not a
satisfactory reply to the recent com
plaint of the clerks that the pay had
not been advanced proportionately
with that of other departments. Some
time ago a request for an increase of
15 per cent in wages was made by
the clerks. A committee was elected
to wait upon the railroad management
and ask that the request be further
considered.
Glasgow The Scottish miners have
decided to renew their demand for
12 per cent, advance in wages to
the conciliation board. The men's
representatives declare that the de
mand must be enforced.
Chicago. Chicago has seen the last
of its Labor day parades, at least for
several years to come. The annual
long march through the streets by
thonsands of unionists, wearing the
picturesque uniforms of their trades,
was abandoned by the federation of
labor as being an "antiquated and
luxurious" method of displaying la
bor's strength before the public.
i 1 "LET WATER -JtEGULATWG
VALVE
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hot-water? )fttmF&&M
OUTLET. T JT- Mm. - Qx-J7
The water heater is a
most important thing at
any season of the lyear.
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 fori II 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 Hving
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-
TRY IT-
Call Day or Evening, Phone Bell 75
or Auto 2575
Lincoln Gas and Heebie
Light Company.
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BOSTON, MASS.
Reciprocity!
Dvy Union Stamp Shoes
The Best Made
Buy ahoat mwda with the Union Stamp. A guar
antee o good wag oondttioiia and wan treated
hoe workers. Ha higher la ooet than anoea with
oat the Union stamp,
aheea. If year eaalarcaaaotaapfljr yea,' write
BOOT AND SHO WORKERS1 UNION
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Your Cigars Should Bear This Label..
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It is insurance against sweat shop and
tenement goods, and against disease.. ...
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Single-Comb White Lhorns
left
My baas lay aa high aa 800
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a year. J. have a few fine oockreU
are beauties.
EGGS $1, S2 and S3, SETTCMS OF IS.
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won more niat prizes tn flgonan ohm ruujwj guuw iafwua7
than all competitors combined. Also at Omaha, wanning two aweep-
l a loving cup for best dlaplar. 88 are union boa, ana sold
oving cap (or best display. Eggs ars moon
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