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Clarkson's
Restaurant
(Suivessor's to Sam's Cafe)
Best of Everything
In Season. Prices
Right. NORTH 13 St.
JP DRESHER
Jjp TAILOR
143 SOUTH TWELFTH STREET
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HATS MADE TO ORDER AT FACTORY
PRICES. CLEANING. RETRIMMING, RE
BLOCKING AND REFINISHING :
UNION MADE
BY UNION HAT MAKERS
Bullus & Moore
Lincoln Hat Store
Renovating a Specialty
Work called for and delivered
120 No. I2lh St., Lincoln, Neb.
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HERMINGHAUS & HELWIG
GUIDE
For Saturday Only
$1 Worth of Goods
20 Lbs. Sugar j
JRIN TEA & COFFEE CO.
Auto Phone 2158 Bell 2IS7 206 So. I It In
NEBRASKA'S SELECT HARD WHEAT FLOUR
WILBUR & De VITT MILLS
THE CELEBRATED
LITTLE HATCHET FLOUR
RYE FLOUR A SPECIALTY. TELEPHONE US
Lincoln, Nb., 145 So. 9th St. Bell Phone 200; Auto 1459
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FOR UNION MEN
Union-Made Clothing
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We are better prepared to meet the wants; of Union Men
in the Clothing Line than ever before. We can furnish you
with anything you may desire from a hat to a pair of shoes.
We call your particular attention to our line of $ 1 5 Suits.
We believe they are far and away the best values for the
money that are being offered in Lincoln will be pleased
to show them to you.
The new spring styles and patterns
are very beautiful this year
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SPBIER & S
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North East Cor. 10th & 0 Sts.
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We Save You Honey
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Just Out of the High Rent District
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LABOR SERMONS
III. "THE RIGHT TO WORK."
"To every man his work."
Yes, to EVERY man his work.
Shirkers are not wanted in this busy
world, and drones have no place here
No parasites producers every onr.
Nit all cultivating cabbage heads, nor
yi'-t all building great machines. But
t..sks there are which call us all, to
llll the passing days. The world does
r.ot owe a living to every idle tramp,
but it at least should give every man
a chance to make one.
Then, to every MAN his work. For
to.lay, as never before, the call is for
men real men men with blood and
iron in their veins. Problems are big
ger, but opportunities are greater.
No cowards, please, nor men who wil1
retreat when danger faces us. Lead
ers strong and true, who dare to do
the right, though all the world pro
tests. These are the men we need.
But, to every man HIS work. Not
trying to do another's task, nor fret
ting in his own, but planning always,
to t-o crowd full the place which he
now occupies, that room must be
made for him elsewhere, if he is
worthy of a better job. But we need
them all the men who do the hum
bler tasks, even though they may not
bring to prominence the faithful
worker. After all, it is required of
men to be faithful not lamous.
Finally, to every man his WORK. It
isn't a curse. Those who insist, that
Eden was a workless place, are Ig
norant of the greatest fact in human
history. Work is God's greatest bless
ing. Cursed is the man who cannot
exercise the brain and brawn which
are his heritage. To b'aze the way.
to win the fight, to bring good cheer,
to make the world a fit abiding place
not only for himself, but for all
mankind these are the tasks which
pre laid upon every man "to every
man his work." Rev. Charles Stelzle.
ANOTHER PLUTOCRATIC MOVE.
Aims a Blow at the Liberty of the
Press of the Country.
Not content with having the su
preme court nullify every law enacted
in the Interest of labor and upholding
every law tightening the clutefces of
capital, the plutocrats are now aiming
to silence protests against this species
of injustice. Under the guise of
strengthening the laws against th
circulation through .the mail of ob
scene matter, it is now proposed fo
establish a censorship of the press,
tnd put the censor's powers in th
hand of the postmaster general. Wirti
this law in force, and with an abject
tool of tha union haters in the offico
of postmaster general, it will be pos
sible to effectually squelch any protest
against injustice. The proposed
amendment was introduced by Sen- j
aior Penrose of Pennsylvania, who
may always be depended upon to clo
the bidding of his capitalistic masters
This proposed amendment is the t.s
p'us ultra of plutocratic scheming
The amendment provides:
"That section 3893 of the Revised
Statutes be, and the same is hereby,
amended by adding:
"And when any issue of any peri
odical has been declared non-mai!-oble
by the postoffice department, the
periodical may be excluded from sec
ond class mail privileges at the dis
cretion of the postmaster general."
The bill is so daring that even lis?
staid old Philadelphia North Amer
ican recently said:
"The section of the revised stat
utes amended by the bill rebates to
oLscene books, pamphlets, papers ei
other matter. But the amendment i
not confined to such publications; it
covers all publications, without refer
ence to whether they contain obscene
or indecent matter. lit gives the post
master general arbitrary power over
the public press of the United States.
"Penrose will say that his purpose
was merely to give the postmaster
general power to exclude from the
mails vicious publications. Thib
power, however, the postmaster gen
et al already has, so that the Penrose
proposition must have a deeper pur
pose. "It can be seen that with such a
postmaster general as would bo "se
lected by the corporations and their
senators, if they obtained control of
'.he government, a law of this char
acter could be used to suppress or
harass newspapers which opposed
tl'e-ir schemes."
Now wouldn't the law be "pie" for
those who hatch up schemes against
the rights of the tollers? The sen
ator or representative who votes for
this villainous amendment ought to
be cremated by organized labor.
Western Kansas Fair Cicuit.
At a meeting held recently at Ness
City, the Western Kansas Fair circuit
was organized
Victoria, N. S. W. Through the in
tervention of the premier of New
South Wales, a settlement has been
happily effected with regard to the
coal strike which took place in the
Newcastle, district (N. S. W.) The
miners have now returned to work
under the agreement. It has been de
cided that a court is to be appointed
by the government to deal with any,
matters in dispute with the colliers,
and to consist of a judge as president,
and two experts, one of whom may be
nominated by each party. The court
is to have power to compel the attendr
ance of witnesses and the giving of
evidence. The parties are to agree:
(1) That no legal points shall be
raised; (2) that procedure is to be
on the lines of equity, and good con
science; (3) that the decision of the
court is to be final, and (4) that the
parties are not to appeal or to ask for
prohibition against any award of the
court in respect of wages or hours
of employment, or any other matter
permitted by the industrial arbitration
act, 1901.
Butte, Mont. Scenes unparalleled In
the history of Butte and Anaconda fol
lowed the announcement by Managing
Director John D. Ryan that orders had
been issued for the resumption at run
capacity of all the mines and smelters
of the Amalgamated Copper Company,
together with the various sawmills,
mat mines and auarries throughout
the northwest, employing an aggregate
of 20,000 persons.
Columbus. O. John I. Girard, sec
retary of the local organization of
United Brewery Workers ot America.
has received word that the charter of
the National association has been re
stored without restriction under the
terms which it was granted in 1887
by the American Federation of Labor.
This ends a jurisdictional hght ove
the firemen and engineers in the
breweries.
Florence, Col. A pitched battle be
t.ween 25 structural iron workers, em
ployed at the United States Portland
cement works, and as many men who
attempted to take their places oc
curred following a walk-out of the
union men. Bricks, -clubs and fists
were used, and the fight waged fierce
ly for several minutes, until the strike
breakers finally took flight over the
hills.
Muncie, Ind. The strike of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employes against
the Indiana Union Traction Company,
which began January 1, was called off
after a vote had been taken by the
Muncie, Marion and Anderson locals
Twelve companies of militia called out
for the strike were kept on duty for
several weeks.
London, Eng. In England the ma
jor portion of the disputes in 1907,
as in 1906, were in the metal, engineer
ing and shipbuilding groups of trades.
In the transport group they exceeded
1906 in number and in the total per
sons affected. Considering the state
of the building trades, the disputes
were few, and the number 1,001.
Bloomington, 111. The Bloomington
Pressed Brick Company and the Co
operative Stove Works, located here,
which closed down some time ago on
account of the business depression,
reopened with full forces.
Berlin, Germany. On January 1,
1907, there were 25,714 cooperative so
cieties in existence in Germany, with
a total membership of 3,860,143, the
corresponding totals for a year being
24,562 and 3,658,537.
. Helena, Mont. The Montana 16
hour law for railway employes in the
train service was declared by the
state supreme court to be valid and
constitutional, and the Northern Pa
cific must pay a $100 fine for viola.
tion. The law provides that em
ployes must not be worked for more
than 16 hours without eight consecu
tive hours for rest.
Cleveland, O. The adjustment of
the wages of ironstone miners for the
ensuing quarter has been carried out
The mine owners asked for 3 per
cent, reduction, and the men offered
to agree to three-per cent. The em
ployers were content with that offer,
and the reduced rates have' taken ef
feet.
Dunkirk, N. Y. The Brooks loco
motive plant of the American Locomo
tive Company will close the first week
in April and remain closed for an in
definite period. The plant formerly
employed 5,000 men.
Bloomington, 111. The . Chicago &
Alton railway dispensed with passen
ger train ticket collectors. In the
interest of economy, conductors will
hereafter take charge of the duties of
ticket collecting.
Grand Forks, N. D. The Great
Northern railway is making wholesale
reductions in the telegraph force. Sta
iions are being closed and the tele
graph Is being done away with as
much as possible. Between Grand
Forks and Devil's Lake the block" sys
tem has been put out of commission
Atlanta, Ga. The Georgia Indus
trial association, representing the cot
ton mills of the state, has decided to
make a reduction of ten per cent, in
wages of operatives. It was also de
cided that a curtailment of two days
a week or more, where necessary,
shall be put into effect."
Vallejo, Cal. When it was decided v
that the California State Federation of t
Labor was to hold Its annual session.
in this city, the board of city trustees
donated $250 to the union's fund to
entertain officers and delegates. Since
the adjournment and the settling up
of the bills and accounts the Vallejo
Trades and Labor Council discovered
that out of the money contributed toy
the unions there was still a balance, -consequently
there was no occasion to
use the money contributed by the
city, so the money was returned to the?
city treasury with a note of thanks ;
to the city trustees.
London, Eng. A strike of composi
tors and others engaged in the print
ing trade took place in an establish
ment in this city, in consequence of
the employment of women by the firm
in question at their works in the
provinces. ' Not only the compositors,
who were chiefly aggrieved, but other
sections employed by the firm in ques-
tion gave in their notices, so that
when those expire no unionist will re- ;
main In the employment of the firm.
Hornell, N. Y. A general reduction
in the wage scale for engine and train
crews on the Erie railroad was " an
nounced. The cut will affect engineers,
firemen, trainmen, clerks, shopmen
and station agents. In most instances
the cut is 10 per cent. The engineers'
cut will be effective March 22 and on
the others at once. A meeting of the
wage committees of all . brother
hoods has been called for March 26,
In New . York. '
New Haven, Conn. Officers and
subordinates of the New York, New''
Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
having salaries of $2,000 and upward ".
are to suffer a reduction of ten per
cent in pay. Of those that receive '
salaries between $1,200 and $2,000,
there will be a reduction of five per
cent. The total savings on all the re
ductions will be about $125,000 a year.
Louisville,' Ky. Temporary advan
tage for the locomotive engineers and
the conductors employed by the Louis-
ville & Nashville Railroad Company
was obtained when through the inter
vention , of the interstate commerce
commission the company agreed to
rescind the recent order for a reduc
tion of 10 per cent. in. the pay of
these classes of employes. . i
Denver, Col. After ' a conference
with General Manager Ridgway of the
Denver, & Rio Grande system, a com--,
mi t tee of the machinists employed 'on
the system was informed the company
would abrogate its contracts on March '
4 and after that date would not recog
nize the machinists', "' blacksmiths',
car repairers', or boilermakers' unions.1
Philadelphia, Starting a ' local se
cret society in this city in 1869, and
holding its first general assembly in
187S, the Knights of Labor was the
earliest society which aimed to gather
all the workers of trades into a single
organization. It had 600,000 members
in 1886, with Terence V. Powderly as
the ,head. -
Louisville, Ky. After ' conference
between the officials of, the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad and a general
committee of adjustment,' headed by
J. D. Keene, general chairman of the
Order of Railway , Conductors, it was
announced that the conductors have
agreed to a reduction in wages.
Butte, Mont The Northern Pa
cific Railroad announced a reduction
in pay of all telegraphers, to take ef
fect when the new nine-hour law be
comes operative. The reduction is
from five to ten dollars a month.
Omaha, Neb. It was announced by
the Union Pacific, Northwestern and
Burlington ailroads that they would
observe literally the nine-hour law.
These three roads will employ about
200 additional telegraphers on lines
west of the Missouri river.
St. Paul. Minn. By an overwhelm
ing majority telegraph operators on
the Northern Pacific rejected the prop
osition made by the road in regard to
new schedule of hours vand wages to
become effective when the nine-hour
law went Into effect.
Binghamton, N. ,Y. The freight han
dlers employed at the Erie freight
depot in this city went on strike as a
protest against the 10 per cent, re
duction in wages announced. Forty
men left their trucks.
St. Louis. According to a recapitu
lation of statements of Missouri rail
road officials about 10,000 employes
have been dismissed recently to offset
heavy revenue losses suffered by the
roads. .
St. Paul, Minn. The Great Northern
Railway Company decided not to re
duce the salaries of its operators when
the federal "hours .of service" law
goes into effect. '
Lowell, Mass. The strike of weav
ers at the navy yard mill of the Merri
mack Woolen Company, which was
called 11 weeks ago as a result of
the introduction of a two-lbom system"
and an altered price list, has been
declared off.
Philadelphia.-r-Seven mills -in Mana
jtunk, a suburb, were compelled to
shut down temporarily on account of
the flood from the Schuylkill river,
throwing 5,000 men put of work.
Reading, Pa. The local plant of the
American Iron and Steel Company re
sumed after a two months' idleness.
It employs nearly 1,000 hands.