The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, August 23, 1907, Image 4
i THE PIONEER BARBER SHOP UNION shop CH9oPSEy Shave, 10c; Hair Cut, 25c; Neck Shave, 5c. 101 Sovth Uth Street, Lincoln i PREWITT'Sf 1 PHOTO Q ALL ERY I IS 1314 O STREET When yon want a O ood photograph call and mo my Trk. Satisfaction guaranteed ..... We arc eipert cleaners, dyers aai lalshera of LaJlea' and Oea tlamsn's Clothing of all kUda, The Baaat dresas s specialty. THB NEW FlAil r J. C. WOOD & CO. FOR PRICELI8T. PHONES: Ball, 147. Auto, 1291. ISM N St. - - Lincoln, Neb. Yageworkers, Attention We have Money to Loan on Chattels. Plenty of it, too. Utmost secrecy. KELLY & NORRIS 7O-7I BROWNELL BLK. 50oeoooffioooooooooa Union Harness & Repair Shop GEORGE H. BUSH Harness repairing, Harness washed and oiled. I use the Union Btamp and solicit Union Trad. All kinds of work fur nished on call. 145 So. 9th. JOOi HAYDEH'S ART STUPID New Location, 1127 O Fin wfk a Specialty. Auto 333 Lincoln Dental College CLINIC Open for Patients Every Afternoon ISth mmd O at. V. M. SalMla Henry Pfcifl DEALER IN Fresh and Salt Meats Sausage, Povltry, Etc 5taple and Fancy Groceries. Telephones 888-477. . S14 So. Uth Street OFFICE OF Dr. R. L. BENTLEY SPECIALIST CHILDREN Office Hours 1 to 4 p. m. Office 2118 O St. Both Phones LINCOLN. NEBRASKA WAGEWORKER WILL M. MAUPIN, EDITOR Published Weekly at 137 No. 14th St., Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar a Tear. Entered as second-class matter April 21, 1904, at the postofflce at Lincoln, Neb., under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1S79. Jl J j$ "Printers' Ink," the re cog- j jl nhted authority on advertie- Jt jl Ing, after a thorough Invest!- jt jt gation on this subject, says: J 4t "A labor paper la a far bet- jt jf ter advertising medium than J jl an ordinary newspaper In jl jl comparison with circulation. Jl jl A labor paper, for example, jl jl having 2,000 subscribers is of Jl jl more value to the business jl jl man who advertises In it jl jl thn an ordinary paper with jl jl 12,000 subscribers." Jl Jl J Jl JtJl JtjtJtJtJlJlJtJtJl. ANNOUNCEMENTS. . I desire to announce my candidacy for the office of county judge at the primaries September 3, subject to the wilt of the republican voters. P. JAMES COSGRAVE. I hereby announce that I am a can didate, subject to the will of the re publican voters at the primaries Sep tember 3, for the office of judge of the district court. FRANK R. WATERS. I am a candidate for the office of clerk of the district court for Lancas ter county, subject to the approval of the republican voters at the primary election, to be held September 3. WALLACE L. CRANDALL. I desire to announce myself as a candidate for the republican nomina tion for county coroner. My opponent is asking for the fifth term, I am ask ing for my first. V. A. MATTHEWS. Better known as "Jack" Matthews of Castle, Roper & Matthews. I hereby announce myself as a -candidate for county assessor subject to the decision of the republican voters at the primary election to be held Sep tember 3. THOMAS CARR. I hereby announce myself a candi date' for the office of clerk of the dis trict court for Lancaster county, Ne braska, subject to the decision of re publican voters at the primary, Sep tember 3, 1907. J. S. BAER. I am a candidate for the office of county sheriff, subject to the approval of the republican voters at the primary election to be held September 3. ERNEST HUNGER. THE HURT PIG IS SQUEALING. The State Journal, pinched in the purse, is beginning to squeal, 'it is now 'putting up an awful holler be cause the city council, obeying the mandates of the people, is making the Lincoln Distraction Co. feel the weight of public displeasure. The men who control the destinies of the Lincoln State Journal are heavy stockholders in the Lincoln Distraction Co. They bought their stock at 10 and 12 cents on the dollar, and by reason of the company's policy of squeezing the public to the limit without giving any adequate return that stock is now worth considerably more than par. Now that another company comes in and by square dealing and justice to the public is given what favors the municipality has to bestow, the Jour nal puts up a pitiful howl and de clares that the Citizens Street Rail way Co. controls the council. When the Journal . made the state ment it knew full well it was giving utterance to a deliberate falsehood. The city needs better street railway facilities, and because the Citizens Street Railway Co. is giving It what the Lincoln Distraction Co. so long re fused to give, the Citizens Street Rail way Co. is being shown the favors that the Lincoln Distraction Co. could have had had it not been for Its in solent, impudent, dog-in-the-manger, Scudderized policy. As long as the Lincoln Distraction Co. had a monop oly and could squeeze the public to the benefit of the stockholders of the Journal force, the Journal never made a sound save now and then when it made a pretense of demanding a six- for-a-quarter fare. But with dividends decreasing and with a prospect of now valuable stock being sadly depreciated, the Journal is suddenly awakened to a realization of the fact that the pub lic is determined to get what it de serves adequate street railway facili ties and fair treatment. The Wageworker has but one criti cism to make of the city council, and that is that it has given the Lincoln Distraction Co. the privilege of con necting up its fair grounds line. The Lincoln Distraction Co. should not be given permission to lay another foot of track inside the city limits. It has sinned away its day of grace, and from this time henceforth and forever it should feel the weight of the pub lic's displeasure. The Lincoln 'State Journal, pretend ed organ of purity and civic righteous ness, with its strong box bulging with Lincoln Distraction Co. stock, is sim ply making Itself ridiculous. It is now openly and above board what it has all along been under cover the organ of the Scuddeiized Lincoln Distraction Co. LET THE WAR GO ON. James' W. VanCleave, president of the National Association of Manufac turers, has thrown down the gauntlet to union labor. Now let the war go on. Mr. Van Cleave has begun as: ion in the federal courts of the District of Columbia against Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and other oRciaia of or ganized bodies, praying that they be restrained from using the boycott and 'we do not patronize lists." Mr. Van Cleave says he brings this action in his Individual capacity and not as an official of the National Association of Manufacturers. The only reply we have to make to that assertion is that Mr. VanCleave has not told the truth. The papers were filed in the District of Columbia in order that ser vice might be obtained on the officials. VanCleave will get the order he wants, for the simple reason that the federal judges know what they owe to men of the VanCleave stripe. "O, that is anarchy, and teaches dis respect for the courts." It is neither. It is a clear state ment of a solemn truth that has been demonstrated time and again. The courts today are framed up against labor organizations, and are controlled in all wage disputes by the corpora tions and magnates. The man who does not comprehend this fact has cobwebs in his intellect. The Wageworker is glad to see Van Cleave take this step. It hopes that he will get the order he asks for, and that it will be drastic to the last de gree. It will take something drastic to arouse the workingmen of America from their sleep of contentment. Well employed, well paid, eat'ng three square meals a day the workingmen of this country seem satisfied and utterly earless of what the future may bring forth. One by one their rights are being taken away from them, and some of these days they will either have to arouse and make a desperate fight for their forfeited rights, or meekly submit to practical enslave ment. When a man who studies conditions sounds the alarm, a lot of men who ought to be respondent to the call, roll over, rub their eyes and exclaim, 'O, he's trying to work a graft" Then they roll over and go to sleep again. When some man. Alive to the dangers that threatens, calls attention to the enroachments of the judiciary, the vic tim of these enroachments open their eyes, yawn a few times, mutter, "O, he's got something in view for him self," and then they sleep again. But some of these days these sleep ing men will be kicked in the ribs by men who have stolen their rights, and when aroused will be politely informed that they will have to take just what is given them and be content. That is, this will come about unless workingmen arouse themselves before it is too late. Perhaps VanCleave's move will result in their being aroused. The working men of this country the men who work for wage have everything in their own hands if they only knew it. They have the power to jerk from the federal bench the judges who fawn at the feet of cor porations. They have the power to make laws that will give them an equal show In the world. They have the power to enforce their rights a3 men and as citizens. How much long er will they allow themselves to be the playthings of designing politi cians? The Bar Association is feeling the effects of the public's displeasure. The eminent lawyers who engineered that bar nomination deal ought to be com pelled to retire to the rear and be seated Indefinitely. It's a mighty greasy, dirty mechanic who can not find an ofllce-seeker to shake him by the hand these halcyon days. Dr. Graham has been coroner four terms, and during all that time he has been a railroad physician at this point. Wouldn't it be just as well to elect a coroner who is not on the salary roll of a railroad company? A large per centage of fatalities in Lancaster county are due to railroad accidents, but when did ' a coroner's jury in the last eight years fix the blame upon a railroad? Union men need not lack for an op portunity to parade. The Tuesday after the first Monday in November is the best day for the parade, and the line of march should be from the breakfast table to the polling place to vote in the interests of labor regard less of party affiliations. Try it once or twice and see how you like it. O, yes; the Western Union Tele- grahp Co. has all the telegraphers they want, and the strike Is broken just like the old woman kept tavern in Texas. The Western Union is strain ing every nerve to keep its press wires open long enough each day to send out the "bull con" to the eftect that the strike Is broken. It pays to be fair. The Hearst wires are working full time, and the papers served "by the Hearst syndi cate are receiving their full quota of telegraph news. This is because Hearst has recognized the Commrcial Telegraphers Union and Is paying top wages. ' ' Doubtless Governor Sheldon had good reasons for his action, but when he removed Superintendent Haywood from the management of the Kear ney Industrial School, he removed a successful man to make a place for an experiment. Nine-tenths of the labor troubles and riots in this country are precipitated by European laborers imported by em ployers in violation of the immigra tion laws for the purpose of breaking down the American standard of wages and living. The Wageworker ventures the asser tion that Judge Waters will cover those marriage fees into the county treasury on the same day that the State Journal covers that $85,000 into the state treasury. ' O, if the officeseekers would only love the workingmen as much after election ' as they love them now! Wouldn't this be a little Industrial heaven on earth? Melville E. Stone, manager of the Associated Press, doubtless owes his name to the hardness of his heart to wards the men who man the press wires. Every time you vote for a man sim ply because he is a "good' fellow,' you add one more stick 'to 'the load that the wage earner must carry. One of the contentions of the strik ing telegraph operators is "equal pay for .equal work" by men and women. Isn't that anarchy for you? If Mr. Van Cleave gets what he wants' he would better prepare for re ceiving a jolt that will jar his back teeth loose. Now let's all join in and make La bor Day a real holiday. Everybody join in for an old-fashioned good time. If you have to send a telegram, mail it. It will get there much sooner. WITH THE BARBERS. Forced to Postpone Their Annual Pic nic by Business Reasons. The union barbers : of Lincoln in tended to enjoy -their . annual picnic on August 15, but owing to circum stances were forced to postpone it "in definitely. When the committee se lected the date It was unaware of the fact that it was set for the week when two or three thousand militia men and as many visitors would be in Lincoln. When this fact was called to their attention by the employers the union men gracefully agreed to- a postponement. They felt that it would be unjust to close up 'during such a busy and profitable season. It is possible: that the picnic may be held immediately after the state fair, but the chances ,-are that it will be omitted. If . it is, it is a safe bat that the picnic next year will he just like those you read about in the fairy books. By. a comfortable majority the un ion has voted to make all union shops 15 cent 'shops on and after Septem ber 1. This has been bitterly op posed hy the so-called "small shops," who claim that It will simply put them out of business. The matter has called out a lot of argument, and the indications are that the ' end is not yet. It is going to require a lot of diplomacy, and a lot of "give and take" to prevent the matter from causing a lot of trouble that will be a long time in subsiding. But The Wageworker has confidence in the in telligence of the union barbers of Lincoln and predicts that everything will come out all right in the end. The New York Sun is authority for the statement that barbers are averse fro working in a high shop. In other words, they object to work ing higher than the first or second story of a building. This may explain why you never see a barber shop at the top of a "sky scraper." Surely it is not because of inconvenience, because the lavaratorles of most of the big "sky scrapers" are usually lo cated right under the roof, and men go to the lavaTatory oftener than they do to a-barber shop. Now why is it that a harber objects to working "high up" " in a building? Perhaps some Lincoln barber will explain it. GOLF CADDIES STRIKE The bong tong, the eleet, or the whatever-you-may-call-'ems of, Omaha are in dire . trouble. , The horrible, nawsty little caddies employed at the golf, grounds have actually had the nerve to strike for better pay and decent treatment. Now wouldn't that jar you! The idea of hoys being de serving of any consideration what ever. Ridiculous. The poor parents of the caddies" really ought to feel honored that their nawsty little brats are allowed inside the same fence with the dudes and dudesses .who LYRIC THEATRE POLITE VAUDEVILLE Lincoln's Popular Playhouse. Prices Always the Same 10, IS cts. O000000000000 Uhon You You Consider Three Things: (ESdU A1L0YV STYLE WE WISH TO PROVE WE ARE "RIGHT" AS REGARDS THESE THREE AND THEN SOME, AND INVITE YOU TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY. : : :::::: Lincoln Slothing So. Comer 10th and P Streets. ED SEAL and UNICORN Brands cover the largest and most varied line of Union ' Made shirts in the World. ff Not only do they present the widest range of choice for any and all kinds of service but they likewise offer the most comprehensive variety of sizes and proportions. U No man is so tall or so short, so slim or so stout as not to be able to secure a perfectly satisfactory fit in RED SEALS and UNICORNS. H And once a fit is secured you can always du plicate it. You can obtain the same identical set of proportions in a practically unlimited range of fabrics. ' . Flcewherai In thli Issue vou wHl find the names nf the enterorisinc dealers In vour cltv who carry the JKtf Smat and Unlcmrm products. Attractive iiiusiraica oooiueiStWiin sutxesuoru, ( RED SEAL I r or v-i-i-uty ocrvicc Manufactured by R.. L. Tour Union SKirt Factories. REMEMBER swat the hard rubber balls all over the hillsides and say such cute things police should be called in, or a fed eral injunction secured ' preventing the horrid kids from demanding jus tice, i INVITED TO OMAHA. Delegate From That City.Wants Lin coln to Visit Labor Day. C. E. Woodward of Omaha, former; ly of Lincoln, came down last Tues day to invite the union men of Lin coln to spend Labor Day in Omaha, the invitation coming from the Cen tral Labor Union of the city on the Big Muddy The Omaha unionists' labored - under the impression that there would- be nothing doing in Lin- ' coin on Labor Day, so they extended ' a cordial invitation to visit them. Mr. Woodward circulated rapidly smong his former Lincoln comrades ard make the invitation as strong as he could. He said tbat Omaha was:' going to make its celebration of the : holiday a little the biggest thing ever : i'ulle.l oft in that city. He expressed regret that the Invitation came so -late that it could not be accepted ready made to celebrate at home. Carriage painters have organized in Kalamazoo, Mich. ' .- Matinee 3:00 P. M. Evening 7:45 & 9:00 Buy Cloflho G o o If you cannot find what you want, write us iot me asiung. UNICORN ror iicss auu vsuung pgnrnm ran McDonald SL CO. St. Joiephf Missouri THE LABEL 0000000000OfflO