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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1908)
GENERAL MENTION. '.. Ceneral Labor Union meets next Tuesday evening. .. The trades unions of Spokane are preparing to start a "union , labor bank." . 1 Washington, D. C, trades unions are agitating for a $500,000, labor t mple. .. , t ' . Miss Marguerite "Barngrover has,re turne:l from an extended visit with relatives at Aurora, Nebr. Six of the .employes in the Lincoln federal building have asked for a 20 per, cent increase In wages. The city council of Burlington, la., it considering the proposition of a p'umbing ordinance and an inspector. , Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen ball Monday evening,, March 16 Saint Patrick's Day in the morning!" Schenectady, N. Y., trades unions ure planning to build a labor tem ple, and they are copying the plan adopted in Lincoln. , Union teamsters in Chicago com Plata that their bosses .compel cruel treatment of their horses, xand have abked the city council to take action. H. V. Smith, foreman of the West ern Newspaper Union, was in Omaha Thursday, attending the democratic mate convention as a delegate from Lancaster county. The granite industry of New Eng land is threatened with a tie-up. The old wage schedule lapsed on March 2, and the adoption of a new scale is ptnding, with trouble in sight- A. H. Armstrong, of the Armstrong Clothing Co., left last Tuesday for a pix weeks' vacation. He will visit Cuba for two or three weeks, accom panied by Mrs. Armstrong. The copper mines of the Amalga mated company of Butte have re sumed with full forces. This will start the smelters also. Ten thousand men were given employment. ;The interstate commerce commis sion has refused to extend the time lor the nine-hour railroad law to go into effect, and ' the railroads are hustling for more operators and clos ing every possible station. The' time of the section men on the Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania roaj has bren cut to thirty-five hours a week. It is easier to let the roadbed deteriorate than it is to cut the sal aries of the brass-collared magnates. The president has denied petition for pardon in the case of (slx Butte, At r i ii t momhora nf a lalmr nnlnn ftnn. victed of violating an injunction en joining them and others from Inter fering with the operation and business of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company. .' . , , ' A called meeting of the United Mine Workers met in Indianapolis, lud., Wednesday on call of President Mitchell. The convention will con nldcr the situation brought about by the failure to reach an agreement on the wage scale. The present scale ex pires on March 31. Through the death : of Henry Fischer, president of the Tobacco Workers' International , Union,. An thony McAndrews, of Cincinnati, who It. vice president of the organization, becomes president. Mr. McAndrews is well known as an active worker in the field of labor. It is understood that he will move to Louisville. Ky., which has, been the headquarters o'f the organization- since 1S99. assessed at $175,000, the citizens save t:"eir pennies for porcelain baths, and banks gladly lend them money, j "You are law-abiding, self-respect itig American citizens; build com fort able, substantial American homes fir for American citizens." 1 As they could hardly do this on wages of eighty cents a day, the priest urged them to strike he him self bearing the brunt yot the fight. Kfi says: .A . ' ' "I borrowed $300, planted myself s.iiy in the road leading to the works, with my. pockets "bulged with three hundred one-dollar bills. I stopped every, strikebreaker, saying: Where are you going?' Oh, father please I cannot be die. Please I have got so many, lit tle ' children, and nothing- to eat in the house,' answered the first man. 'How much did you get?" . 'Sixty cents." 'There is a dollar for you and get back home as fast as your legs can carry you. : Day after day he stood there in the road their priest and their union's r esident and sent liis men back to the ranks till the bosses gave in. The union won. The men went back to the qyarrles to work nine hours for a living wage a dollar and a half a day. And that dollar and a half a day was the beginning of Roseto's prosperity, the foundation of Roseto's wealth. The times need more men of this stamp. It is a story every good citizen, should read. . ? each year in extending aid to suffering humanity' than the Organized Charity Society does and the unions do not pay secretaries comfortable salaries tu attend to the work, either. , r PRIEST URGES A STRIKE. Provides Intended Strikebreakers With ' Money to Leave Town. MoClure's Magazine for January contains what U reported as a . true story of a Catholic priest who, with po fear In his heart' but' the fear of Ck d, transformed a lawless band of , Sicilian quarrymen in a home-owning ' t wn of American citizens. Father d? N.'sco gave his first demonstration aa BnAlBi 1... Vfmoaf AlAnln tut the uAderbrush from the cemetery ; rnd making a park of.it. Before this time Rosetq was notorious for pov city, dirt and the stiletto. It is now SPECIAL PRICE ON Chase's Remedies Blood and Norve Food 4.5 o Livor Food ..... 22o Kidney Food . . . 45c Our Patent Medicines are all old at Cat Rat Prices. We think you will lie , well pleased with any buying yon do in onr store. Special Sales every day. Call or write for onr price aheet on Cat-Rate Rubber Goods and Cut-Rate Medicines. Rector's 12th and 0 Just "Sitting Tight" and Waiting for Future Developments. The Bartenders of Lincoln are not saying a word, and to all appearances are not worrying themselves over the future. They are a philosophical lot: A ' state convention of Bartenders Unions was held at Springfield, Ill last week,, with some fifty delegates l'i attendance. Alton was selected as the place for the next meeting, which will convene on December 2. The effort to make it appear that the, saloon men and the bartenders are organizing to make a fight against prohibition is a dismas failure. They are doing nothing of the kind. 'We are perfectly willing to let the voters decide the question," said a member of the Lincoln local the other day. "I guess the bartenders will manage to live if the town goes 'dry.' " WAITING FOR A MOSES. But Is It Not Time Labor Quit the Losing Game of Wait? Say, Mi. Unionist, how do you like the numerous' knockdowns labor has received of late? Judge Dayton has forbidden the Mine Workers from organizing West Virginia miners. Judge Gould has forbidden Presi dent Gompers and the A. F. of L. ex ecutive council from even mentioning Labor's side of the Buck's stove con troversy. , The United States supreme court has legalized the blacklist by annul ling the law which prohibits railroads from dismissing men because they belong to labor unions. i The United States supreme court has declared the boycott illegal be cause of the Sherman anti-trust law. thus putting labor unions, in the same class as trusts and monopolies. The United States supreme court has declared illegal the employers' liability act. These decisions have been handed out with the rapidity of a gatling gun, Every prop excepting the label has been knocked from under the work ers. A - ' What are you going to do about It? Do you still believe in the "friend of labor" game? Do you hear any one outside your ranks protesting? Why don't those "election time friends speak out? What are you going to do about it? Are you going to continue playing the "safe and sane" game? Are you to continue currying favor with those who have "framed up" the deal? Are you afraid to be classed as "radical?1 Are you waiting for somebody to tell you what to do? Toledo Union Leader. ORGANIZED CHARITY." 'J -'. How the System Works, and How th; People Suffer. Another sample of "organized char ily" was furnished Lincoln people the first of the week: Some time ago the liradshaw family, living at 409 North Tenth street, was quarantined for smallpox. The family was not In the bf st of circumstances when the quar antine was invoked, and when the family breadwinner could not work the family -was dependent on charity The organized charity bureau was no tified A couple of days later th Salvation Army was asked" to provide the family with food and fuel, the charity society having failed to do anything. Secretary Prevy, who draws a com fcrtable salary for attending to the charity work, explained that he had ordered the supplies and supposed they had been delivered. But he failed to make sure of it. As a re sult the family suffered intensely for two or three days. Mention is made of .this incident, not because it is an exceptional case on the contrary but because lt'serve Ui show the difference between the "Organized charity, skimped and iced, Ir the name of a cautious, statistical Christ," " and the benevolent work of the ttades unions. It is very seldom that any organized charity is asked to ex tend help to the family of a trades unionist. And when a trades union ist's family is reported to ibe in want, the union extends help first and in vestigates afterwards. , The Wag worker ventures the assertion that the unions of Lincoln spend more money THE BARTENDERS. ( Those who advocate the formation of a 'labor party" are talking through their hats. The only thing to do is to throw our votes to the party that does the right thing by labor. You can not make men moral by law. ( The best you can do is to pre vent them from doing wrong. And merely refraining from doing wrong is a negative virtue that counts for but little. , , , ' For daring to state his position on the prohibition - question. Judge Holmes was intern perately abused by several clerical - gentlemen who are vociferous advocates of temperance. CONVENTIONS IN 1908. ' . Where and When Trades Union Gath erings Will Be Held. ' mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. ' , . ' May 11, New York City, Actors',Na- tional Protective Union of America. May 11, St. Louis, Mo., American Federation of Musicians. May 11, , United Brotherhood or Papermakers of America. May , Detroit, Mich., Interna l.w. Tin Plate Workers' Protective Associa tion of America. ' May , York, Pa., National f Print Cutters' Association of America. June 1, St. Paul, Minn., Brother hood, of Boilermakers and Iron Ship builders of America. June 1. Detroit. Mich., International Association of Steam and Hot Water F'tters and Helpers of America. ' . June Washington,. D. C-, Inter national Union of Journeymen Horse- shoers. June, Mobile, Ala., International Printing Pressmen's Union. June 1, Columbus, Ohio, Chainmak- crs' National Union of the X'nited States of America. ... June 1, St. Louis, Mo., international Association of Marble Worker.. June 8, International Ceramic Mosaic and Eencaustic Tile Layers and Helpers' Union. - " T ' June 8, " Cincinnati, Ohio, Interna tional Brotherhood of Bookbinders. June 8, International Brother- i hood of Tip Printers. June 8, Milwaukee, Wis., The, Com mercial Telegraphers' , ..Union of April 6, Toronto, Canada, Interna tional Association of Fur Workers of the United -States and Clnada. May 3, Brockton, Mass., Interna tional Union of Cutting Die and .Cutter Makers. ' May 5, Youngstowa, Ohio, Amalga- America. July 4, r Amalgamated Leather Workers' Union of America, ' July , Atlantic City, ;N. J., National Brotherhood of Operative" 'Longshore men's' Association. ' ' i 4 July 6, Buffalo, N. Y.,' International Jewelry. Workers Union. July 6, Cincinnati, Ohio,' Brush- makers' International Uinon July 7, Baltimore, Md., Glass' Bottle Blowers' Association of the Unite.! States And Canada. " , July 7, Buffalo, N. Y., Amalgamated Window Glass Workers of America. July 13, Toronto, Canada. Interna tional Piano and Organ Workers Union of America. - ' July 13, Indianapolis, Ind., Litho graphers' International Protective As sociation. July 13, Minneapolis, Minn.," Theat rical Stage Employes' International Alliance. July 18, Holyoke, Mass.,; Americac. Wire Weavers" Protective Association. July 20, New York City, Interna tional Steel and Copper Plate Printers' Union. . August 3, Buffalo, N. Y., National Association of Heat, Frost, General In ulators and Asbestos Workers, August 4, Detroit, Mich., Interna tional Glove Workers' Union Of America. . Spring Furnishing Time is Here THIS IS THE TIME WE CAN MUTUALLY ASSIST EACH OTHER We Need Your Help -You Need Ovrs The problem of furnishing homes tastily and economically is one which concerns both of us, and we have giVen our end of it especial attention. New and attractive designs in bedroom suites, dining room sets, parlor suites and kitchenware are now on our floors and our salesmen are always glad to show them. , ' Go-Carts Many new and pleasing styles in do-carts are being sold - ev ery day now. Neat reed fold ing Go-carts at $1.75 Perfect, Stylish Coiapsible ' Go-Carts at $7.50 : Hooded, Uphol stered -folding Buggies at ; $13.50. .... f fCPBmQA Always . Fireless Cook Stoves ';..'' ' '' ' J '" ' ' '.'' ''' ;;V . v 1 ". j 7 ", i . Save the price of fuel and do perfect cooking. You can't fail to like them. Thef amous Columbia Self Generating - : Gasoline Stoves are growing in popularity. If you have never seen one dem onstrated come now and let us expl a i n why they are , Superior to Others Prices from I $12.50 to $30 THE A. D. BEN WAY CO. I U J2--U 14 O Street A FEW CLOTHES OFFERS YOU CANT AFFORD TO MISS $9.75 3 9. .7: For all Winter Suits that sold tor $15, $18 and $25 $9,75 MEN'S ODD PANTS That Sold for. . .... $7.50 $5.00 $4.00 $3.00 $230 $2.00 Arc Now L -.43.75 $2.50 $2.00 $1.50 $1.25 $L00 MEN'S ODD COATS; AND VESTS that Sold for . . $25 ; $20 $18 $10 a Suit Arc Noww.$9.25 $7.50 45.50 $3.75 for Coat and Vest YOUNG MEN'S AND BOYS' SUITS & O'COATS $20.00 $10-00 Sl&SO $15.00 $10.00 $7.50 $5.00 4.00 $2.00 ones ' ones . ones ones ones ones ones ones ons $10X3 $0.00 S0.25 $7.50 $5X3 $3.70 $2.00 $2 01.13 EVERY GARMENT A GRAND BARGAIN Vjj , lJjZvQL NEB. A Buy Good Clothes , , jjnsJJf N2ZO. -l, August 10, Detroit, Mich., Interna tional Brotherhood of Stationary Fire men.' .. " . ' ; '. August 6, Detroit, Mich., Interna tional Brotherhood of Teamsters. August 10, . Boston, Mass., Interna tional Typographical Union. August 10, Boston, Mass., ' Interna tional Stereotypers and Electrotypers' Union. . ; ' -. ; . ' . '. August 11, Indianapolis, Ind. Shirt Waist and Laundry 'Workers' interna tional Union.. , .-'' ''' , August 24, Milwaukee. Wis., United Garment Workers of America. ' September 1 , Table Knife Grinders' National Union. - September 2,. Milwaukee, Wis., American Brotherhood of . Cement Worker 8. .. , September 7, Denver, Colo., Inter national Association of Machinists. September 8, New York City; Inter- ! . 1 national Photo Engravers' Union ct North America. September 10, Boston. Mass., Spin ners' international Union. September 14, 1 Montreal, Canals, journeymen Stonecutters' Association oi North America. ,, September 14, Philadelphia, Pa., In ternational Union of Steam Engineers. . September 14,- Philadelphia, Pa., In ternational Brick, Tile and Terra Cotta Workers' Alliance. ? , ; -'':.. ' ' September 15, Salt Lake City, Utah. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. September 17, New York City, Pock et Knife Blade Grinders and Finish ers' National Union. " . September 21, Indianapolis, . Ind., United Association of Plumbers. Gas fitters, f Steamfittera and Steamfitters' Helpers of United States and Canad.u September 21, Indianapolis, In, International Associaaon of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. October 5, Washington, D. C, Bak ery .atfd .Confectionery .Workers' In teraa tional Unioh. ' ' October 5, St. Louis, Mo., Interna tfonal Union of Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers. ; , :i , , October 20, Cohoes, N. Y., United Textile Workers of America. " ' November 9, Denver, Colo.,' Ameri can Federation of Labor. November. 10. Bangor, Pa., Interna tional Union of Slate Workers. November 12, VimUhaven, Mej, Lob ster Fisherfmen's International Protec tive Association. ' , , ' December 7, New Orleans, La., In ternational Brotherhood of Mainten-ance-of-Way Employes. . December 7, Brooklyn,, N. . Y., N tional Alliance of Bill Posters and Billers of America. , i . ' .