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 . ' .
