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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1907)
NEW Philadelphia. United Mine Work ers organized 38 new local unions in June. Victoria, 13. C. There were 15 fatal accidents during the past year In the mines of Nanaimo, B. C. Boston. The International Union of Ladies' Garment Workers will hold a convention here next year. London. More than 100,000 railway servants fn England are required to work from 12 to 15 hours per day. Ottawa, Canada. Average wages in Canada have increased 27 per cent, in five years, according to the census re port. Minneapolis. Minn. A new union, the Twin City Mattressmakers, was organized in St. Paul and Minne apolis. Nancy, France. Eight hundred car penters and pointers are out on strike for a ten:hour day and increase of wages. Burlington, Vt. Vermont state branch, A. F. of L., was in convention recently. Great gains in membership were reported. Charleston, S. C The 60-hour-a-week schedule will be put in force in the cotton mills of South Carolina January 1, 1908. New York. The secretary-treasurer of the retail clerks' international re ceives on an average from 3,000 to 3, 500 pieces of letter mail a month. Limoges, France. Owing to labor troubles the two big Haviland porce lain factories here have been closed, and 15,000 workmen are locked out. Beverly, N. J. The Turner Birk head hosiery mills have closed down, throwing 200 employes out of work, due to the difficulty of getting yarn. Canton, O. The annual session of the National Association of Letter Carriers was held in this city. This was the sixteenth annual conven tion. New York. A National. Association of Carpet Workers' of America has been organized. This will have juris diction of about 20,000 persons em ployed in carpet mills. Copenhagen. The shipwrights have struck, an increase of wages having been refused by the employers. The answer of the employers' association was to lock out the organized men. Evansvllle, Ind. Over 175 iron molders went on. strike here because of an order lBsued at the five stove foundries preventing the drinking of beer on the premises during the noon hour. London, Eng. The establishment of a minimum wage in New Zealand doesn't prevent the best workers from getting a higher rate, according to a member of the Employers' association there. Seattle, Wash. The wages or me chanics in Yukon territory, per day of ten hours, is $10; common labor era, with board, M to 5; without board, $6; draft teams, per day (two horses), $25; clerks, per month, $150 to $300. Denver. At a session of the joint conference of representatives of the 12 principal western railroads and representatives of their employes it was practically agreed that a two-cent an hour advance in the wages of yard men will be conceded by the railroads, providing the railroad unions agree to certain conditions regarding overtime and the right of the roads to employ and discharge men for what they con sider good cause. New York. The girl members of the Shlrtmakers' union, in session at Grand Lyceum hall, Manhattan, car ried away by enthusiasm for their cause and having no other available means to float their strike, divested themselves of brooches, breastpins, bracelets, watches, lockets, chains, rings, etc., and authorized the strike leaders to sell them and add the sum to their strike fund. The strike is for recognition of the union by the Contractors' association and is under consideration by the state board of arbitration. London. The Evening News an nounces that the anarchist congress at Amsterdam was completely mas tered by the violent American school led by Emma Goldman and Boglnsky The congress resulted in the founda tion of a "Red International," which is to be a federation of the anarchists of the whole world for a more effee ' tlve struggle against governments and capital. The new society, accord ing to the programme, recognizes ter rorlsm as the only means of emanci pating the producing classes. Every workman's duty is to destroy those tyrants who immediately oppress him Brussels. The Belgian labor depart ment publishes statistics relating to strikes that have taken place in Bel glum from 1901 to 1905. There were altogether 474 strikes, in which 147, S87 workers (with 9,276 women) were concerned. Indianapolis. Carriage manufactur ers of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and II llnols have formed an organization to be called the National Association of Carriage Manufacturers, the purpose of which, as stated, is to control the price of their product. An advance of ten per cent, to the trade has already ben declared. J San Francisco. It Is believed that if all the labor unions of this city were join in a common cause a great hospital could be erected and main tained at a comparatively small cost per capita. Wellington, N. Z. The court of ap peals here has finally declared the striko of the slaughter-house men and their sympathizers illegal. The men who participated in it are, the court holds, violating the award of the court of arbitration, and may be fined or im prisoned. St. Paul, Minn. Articles of incorpo ration of the National Cooperative mercantile company have been filed with the secretary of state. The com pany has an authorized capital Btock of $100,000 and its headquarters are to be in Duluth. One of the incorpora tors is Morris Kapten, of Duluth, who has been prominently identified with the striking miners of the iron range. The new company is to be operated in behalf of the miners, it is said. St. Louis, Mo. Because of the de lay of a telegram due to strike condi tions, Lawrence P. Daley is loser of 0,000. A colt which was named after him ran at Sheepshead bay. The price was 40 to 1. The trainer had $500 of Daley's money with instruc tions to play it when the time was right, the only proviso being that he should receive Daley's consent. The trainer wired Daley advising the bet. The message was delayed until after the race the colt won. Chicago. An appeal was . sent to President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor to end the dispute between the United Broth erhood of Carpenters and the Amalga mated Woodworkers' union, which re sulted in the strike of 700 carpanters at the plant of the Brunswick-Balke-Collendar company. The company took no sides in the conflict, but suf fered great loss on account of the fight within the 'unions themselves, and this led to the appeal by Superin tendent John C. Shank. Boston. Boston Cigarmakers' union's financial report for the first six months of this year shows that in that time it paid for the advertising of the blue label of the organization $6,687.59 During the strike of the cigar factory strippers nearly the entire member ship of the union was idle, and $8, 925.50 was paid for out-of-work bene fits. The donations voted to organiza tions amounted to $2,232.50. Of that sum $475 was given to the Moyer-Hay- wood defense fund, $400 to the cigar- makers of York, Pa., who were out on strike, $450 to striking team drivers of Boston, $400 to Belgium's cigarmakers and $200 to Boston Ladies' Garment Workers on strike. Louisville, Ky. President Henry Fischer of the Tobacco Workers' union, who makes his headquarters here, has secured the adoption of a resolution by the central labor body of this city which, if it becomes ef fective generally, will render strikes upon public utilities impossible. The resolution provides for arbitration of all disputes between public utilities companies and employes, and makes it compulsory when not voluntarily agreed upon by the parties in the con troversy by making it a part of all ordinances conveying rights and priv ileges to individuals or corporations wishing to operate public utilities, President Fischer believes that the plan if adopted will work no hardship to the unions involved and will pro tect the conveniences of the public. New York. The success of the Mis souri State Federation of Labor in the matter of obtaining the enactment of a number of laws for the protection of the interests of labor has attracted a great deal of attention in the east. New York. To take effect October 1, it was announced an increase in wages for Long island railroad tele graph operators, of about five dollars a month has been granted. Both tow- ermen and station agents are gainers, and many of the men who had been promised an increase of five dollars will now receive an increase of ten dollars. The Increase is the result of a recent conference between the rail road- officials and a committee of the telegraphers. The company also will in future employ three men at each tower, instead of two as at present, and there will be three shifts of eight hours each. A new block signal sys tem, said to be the invention of Pittsburg man, is being tested, on the road. By this system a cartridge will be exploded if an engineer fails to see a danger signal and attempts to run past it. The explosion also will record on an indicator when an engineer has neglected to observe a danger signal Jersey City, N. J. Women have started a novel organization. To es tablish a school to instruct women how and where to spend their money most beneficially for union labor will be one of the features of the body, be sides boosting union labels and en couraging men to organize. El Paso, Tex. All firemen on the Chilhuahua division of the Mexican Central railroad went on strike, and train service In the division was tied up. As the malls are held up in con sequence of the strike, the gov ernment is expected to take a hand la settling the controversy. Federal Labor ,7 I 'lll' mtgag Dr. Charles P. Neill has been a close years and has taken a conspicious part between employers and employes.' He ment of the telegraph operators' atriKe, less. HOME FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH OF ROUMANIA FOUNDS BLIND COLONY. "Carmen Sylva" Invites Samuel Bow man, the Blind Pianist of Eldora, la., to Institution Estab lished in Roumania. Eldora, la. Queen Elizabeth, who reigns over 5,000,000 loyal subjects in far away Roumania, and who does much literary work under the nom de plume of "Carmen Sylva," has recent ly established a cosmopolitan blind colony known as the City of Light in Bucharest, Roumania. She has writ ten to a banker in Eldora about her plans, and has invited Samuel Bow man, a blind pianist of Eldora, to come to Bucharest and become a member of her colony. She has taken a great liking to Mr. Bowman, and he is con sidering seriously the advisability of becoming one of the first American wards at the City of Light. Horace G. Knowles, the American minister of Bucharest, the capital, has taken a deep interest in the work of her majesty, and writes to the Eldora banker with the queen's letter. He says in part: 'The fundamental principle of her majesty's noble work is to make the blind feel that they are not merely dependents and objects of charity. They are to have their own world. where they will be not only happy, but useful and self-sustaining. Already I have seen enough to enable me to testify that what seems to the unac quainted merely a dream, can, by pa tience, generosity, intelligence and Christian charity, be made a reality. All of these qualities and mores are possessed by the good and gifted wo man who needs no crown to make her a queen." Queen Elizabeth in her own writing says the City of Light is called Vatra Luminosa, at Bucharest. Already there are 80 members of the colony, with ten languages, seven confessions of faith and 13 trades. She says that one man, although blind, has invented a new printing machine, and an English woman, blind seven years, attends to the correspondence. Queen 'Elizabeth in part says in her letter to her Eldora backer friend: "I know your friend will be happy. AN OLD CONTROVERSY SETTLED Letter of Cotton Mather Ordering Kid naping of Penn Found. Hartford, Conn. The controversy over the question whether Cotton Mather, of Boston, entered into a plot to capture William Penn and the first colony of Quakers and sell them as slaves in the Barbadoes has been set tled, it is said, by the finding of the letter from Mather to John Higginson, of Newport. The document in the possession of George A. Reynolds, clerk of the fire board of this city, shows that the let ter of Cotton Mather was as follows: "Boston, Sept. ye 15th, 1682. To ye aged and beloved John Higginson: There be at sea a shippe called 'Yelytlng him drop 27 feet to the paved Welcome,' R. Greenaway master. which has aboard an hundred or more of ye heretics and malignants called Quakers, with W. Penne, who Is ye chief scampe, at the head of them. "Ye General court has accordingly given secret orders to Master Malachi Huxett, of ye Brig Propasse to way laye sed 'Welcome' as near ye coast of Codde as may be and make captive ye sed Penne and his ungodly crewe so that ye Lord may be glorified and not mocked on ye soil of this new countre with ye heathen worships of these people. "Much spoyle may be made by sell ing ye whole lot to Barbadoes, where Commissioner student of labor problems for many in the settlement of many a conflict recently attempted to effect a settle out nis labors were apparently fruit SIGHTLESS. They all laugh and sing, so that per sons in the street stop to listen to the songs and sounds of real joy. They are like one family. It is so nice and so sweet and I am so happy among them. I took supper there the other night, and they all sang most beauti fully the thanksgiving instead of only saying a prayer. The words have been arranged so that they may suffice for any creed without giving offense to any. "The 'other day a Macedonian ar rived after a six-days' journey, and he was so happy. He had undertaken the journey alone. The American minis ter takes a deep interest in the City of Light." DEER FLEE FROM HER MOP. Mrs. Murphy Protects Her Cabbages from Buck and Does. Port Jervis, N. Y. "Take that, and that, and that!" cried Mrs. Murphy, wielding a mop with vigor over a big' buck deer which, with two does, had entered her garden and was making a meal on her cabbages. "You will eat my cabbages, will you!" and she chased the deer to the fence, which it leaped at a bound and stood outside contemplating the woman with the mop. "Get out of here!" she shouted, run ning out of the gate toward the deer. The animal ran to the woods, follow ed by the does, and disappeared. Mrs. John Murphy lives near Rio, Sullivan county, and recently discov ered the deer in. her garden. "These deer are getting to be too fresh," said Mrs. Murphy. "The law may protect them, but I'm going to protect my cabbage." Oyster Famine a Base Rumor. Washington. There is no occasion for those of the delicate palate to grow apprehensive over reports now in cir culation of an oyster famine. At the bureau of fisheries the officials do not credit the rumors. While they have at present no means to measure defi nitely the oyster crop that will be har vested during the next six months, they do not look for a famine or a greater shortage than has marked re cent years. The commission is work ing hard to prevent the extinction of the oyster. slaves fetch good prices in rumme and sugar, and shall not only do ye Lord great service in punishing ye wicked, but we shall make great goode for his ministers and people. Master Huxett feels hopeful, and I will set down ye news when his shippe comes back. Yours in ye bowels of Christ. "COTTON MATHER." Stomach Acts as a Buffer. Wooster, Pa. John Swallen, 50 years old, a man weighing fully 225 pounds, probably owes his life to the fact that he has a large stomach. While Swallen was making repairs on an iron bridge over the Pennsylvania lines' tracks a scaffold gave way, let- street below. Swallen landed on his stomach, which upholstered the fall. He was uninjured beyond spraining his wrist, although unconscious from the shock for several hours. White Huckleberries Now. . Schuylkill Haven, Pa. White huck leberries, in sharp contrast to the usual deep blue color of the berries, are being found on the mountains in this vicinity. It is believed that the change in color was caused by the cool weather of the spring. The white berries are declared to be as sweet as sugar and more luscious than the ordinary kind. NEW "BOSS" BARBERS. S. Li. Chaplin and Frank Ryan bave purchased the barber shop at 127 North Twelfth street, formerly owned by Mr. Hubert. They will re arrange the interior and add more chairs, and prepare to make it one of the finest barber shops In the west. Chaplin and Ryan have been working for Green at the "Grand Mogul," but decided to go into business for them selves. Both of them are square-toed uiiion men and deserve a full share of the patronage of union men. THE FREMONT PRINTERS. The strike situation among the Fre mont printers remains about the same. The job department of the Hammond Printing Co. still remains tied up. As fast as the management gets a printer the pickets get him out by locating him in a better job at the union scale of wages and hours. The management of the company de votes its energies to keeping enough men on hand to get out the daily, but even this is a hard struggle. The Bookbinders employed by Ham mond are all union men and they have served notice that they must have the eight-hour day on October 1. "Rat" Wilson, so well known to! Lincoln printers, continues to be the Henderson & Hald New Jewelry Store Opposite P.IO. 132 No. 10th Complete line Cut Glass, Hand Painted China -and Silverware All Kinds Best Watch Makers in the City Above All Special Griffin Loan Company Phones: Bell 313; Automatic 2438. Booms 1, 2 and 3. 1136 0 Street We loan on furniture, pianos organs, wagons, buggies, warehouse receipts, live stock and other personal property. We offer you Best Terms, Prompt Service, Unequaled rates, absolute privacy, any amount on any payments, any time LYRIC THEATRE POLITE VAUDEVILLE Lincoln's Popular Playhouse. Prices Always the Same 10, 15 cts. main stand-by of the Hammond com pany, and as long as that state of affairs prevails the strikers will not worry a whole lot. - ORGANIZE AGAINST UNION. Five Railroads Continue to Fight the Boilermakers' Union. Operating officials of the five rail ways involved in the strike of boiler makers the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, the Chicago Great Western, the Chicago, St. Paul, Min neapolis, and Omaha, and the Minne apolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie on last Monday formed an organiza tion to meet strike conditions. The organization will at once proceed to fill places vacated by strikers. Re ports indicate that the strike is gen eral, though railway officials say there is some wavering in the ranks of the strikers at Council Bluffs, la. ' The railway managers say that a total of 1,192 men are out. . At Oelwin, la., the Machinists Id tho Great Western shops, numbering 150, walked out with the Boilermakers. Machinists in other places are on the verge of striking. The " usual claim of "plenty of men" is being made by the managers, but the claim is false. Just as soon as the engines begin pil ing up in the "scrap heap," the man agers will sing another tune. Watches Clocks Jewelry of Repairing Sale on Watches Matinee 3:00 P. M. Evening 7:45 & 9:00
