GENERAL MENTION. :
Bits of Labor News Gathered Chiefly
With the Scissors.
Iju& for the union label.
I'D union label that's alL
it It is not labeled, refuse tL
"."nion made shoes sre sold ST Rog
t Perkins.
Kail River Spinners anion .reeeat
"v celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
-f its birthday.
An increase of $150 per -week has
lx-en granted the electrical workers
m Halifax. X. S.
The New South WaJes registrar's re
putt for IM7 shows that at the end
of the rear there were 156 anions.
i:i a registered membership of
NM7S.
A workaien's compensation bill that
apply all OTer the continent is
jnomUed by the Australian federal
Anotaer check on sweating children
has been Introduced in the New Sonth
Wales assembly, in the shape of a
minimum wace bill.
A trade anion composed of clerks
c: various classes (clerks la banks.
urpi, government departments, etc).
! : not legal in FVance and cannot sne
-i be sued at law.
The Washington state federation or
labor has declared the Alaska-Yukon
exposuioa unfair, owing to the em
Poment of non-onion mem in the
t rection of the buildings.
Laundry workers in San Francisca
have appointed a oommittee of twenty
lu conJoct aa agitation to differ pa
tronage from Japanese and Chinese
lanadries to the anion laundries.
At a conference of - utoa repre-x-ataare
in Melboarne. Australia, a
resolution was carried in favor of all
iruusirtal legislation being enacted
Jsd administered by commonwealth
pi.rUasient.
A Japanese imperial ordinance for
bids the employment of foreign labor
it Japaa except under limited condi
lions. which restrict such employment
only to the old treaty ports where
s-.-reigaers congregate.
. Two. iunired school teachers in
UaHatin county. Illinois, hare signed
a strike order to become effective
i xl fall. They demand higher sal
a ries and state that if these are not
icrthcotning. they will not teach.
In New South Wales the spirit or
labor organizations Is lively and en
ergetic; so much so that clerks bar?
determined to better this condition.
They hare formed a anion and regis
tered under the industrial arbitration
act- ,
The bouse committee on labor has
agreed to report favorably the bill in
ttoduced by Representative Barthoidt
of Missouri, prohibiting enlisted men
c the army, navy and marine corps
lor competition with civilian artisans
r draftsmen.
The International Association of
Machinists was organized nineteen
years ago at Atlanta. Ga. The I. A. J
raited States. Canada. Newfoundland
jsnd Mexico, and has working agree
ments with M per cent of the leading
railways In America.
Indictments were returned at Park
er&barg. W". Ya by the federal grand
j'try against the Colonial Trust com
pany, the Baker Contract company
and the Sheridan Kirk Contract com
pany ror alleged violation of the eight
hour law la employing men, in the
construction of locks and dams for
tire government on the Ohio river.
The officials of the Tobacco Work
ers anion are striking at the trust
front a new position. They hare or
gaaixed the Union Label Tobacco Co,
with aa authorized capital of 150.
Oea. The stock of the company is be
imr o4 at 91 a share to trade anioa
Hts la small blocks of ooe share or
have decided to place- members of-,
labor orgaaixations ia nomination for!
several' offices in the coming election."
especially the legislative offices, j
Charles Danner. a member of the. O. '
R. C, will be a candidate for state (
senator; Andy Edmond. a member of
the machinists, will be a candidate
for the legislature. Great interest
is being sa own by the union mea
o Bourbon county in the candidacy
ef these two men.' -
NEVER HEARD OF BIBLE.
Vet We Spend Millions On Mission
aries in Foreign Lands.
Chicago. IIL. April 5. "Did you ever
read the Bible T asked Judge Tuthill
of Lottie Cizek. No. 1013 Fairfield
avenue, when she. with her two sisters
and two brothers was brought before
him in the Juvenile Court.
-Never heard of iC "answered the
child. "But we got an almanac
"How do you expect to go to heaven
if you never read the Bible T" queried
the court.
"Don't know anything about heav
en. answered Lottie, "but pa promised
to take us to Lincoln Park when he
gets to work and gets car fare."
Mrs. Cox. probation officer, explained
to the court that the girl's father was
out of work. The children will be sent
to a charitable institution.
WHAT HOME IS.
Seven Definitions Which Express Its
Best Meaning.
Recently a London magazine sent
oat l.(KW inquiries on the question:
-What is. hotueT In selecting the
classes to respond to this question it
was particular to see that every one
was represented- The poorest and
richest were given an equal oppor
tunity to express their sentiments.
Out of the $00 replies received seven
gents were selected as follows:
1. Home A world of strife shut out.
a world of love shut in.
S. Home The place where the
small are great and the great, are
smalL
3. Home The father's kingdom, the
mother's world and the child's para-
dise.
4. Home The place where we
grumble the most and are trusted best.
3. Home The center of our affec
tions round which our hearts' best
wishes twine.
C Home The place where our
stomach gets three square meals daily
and our hearts a thousand.
T. Home The only place on earth
where the faults and failings of hu
manity are hidden under the sweet
mantle of charity.
LICENSES REVOKED.
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Following the visit to Washington
of the delegation of customs i-i
mho are interested ia the bills now
pending before congress tor increases
in the salaries of deputy collectors.
a-xaminers and depaty appraisers. It
was made known that the laborers
connected with the local customs serv
ice are likely to demand additiona
compensation.
Called States Senator Gore intro
duced a bill prohibiting the granting
of restraining orders by federal courts
in cases between employer and em
pSoya, unless it is necessary to pre
vent irreparable Injury to the property
rights of the party making tile ap
plication. ' The bill also provides that
ao agreement between employes can
be heL. by a court as a conspiracy
! property rights ar eadaagered
At the. annual meeting of the New
Zealand federation of employers, a
paper was read on the "Arbitration
aM CetK illation Act by the nresl-
deut, Mr. Scott. He raid that the lat-
eat statistics showed tie increase of
wages had been t4 per eeat to 1
per cent, ahOe the itt.Tvased cost of
living had gone up to 20 to 3 per
ex aL The only good the act had done
la J beca to protect good employers
a rail's anscrapulous competition.
The union men of Fort Scott, Kas,
July T. Buffalo. N. T Amalgamated
Two Saloon Proprietors Pay Penalty
of Law Violation.
For the first time in many years of
Lincoln history the excise board has
revoked liquor licenses granted to
sr. toons. The board met last Wednes-
Mint ana u. J. ywa, caaigeu wiu
having sold liquor to minors. They
were notified that they would haro
ti quit business on April 13.
The excise board has also given
notice that from this time forwari
the statutes and the rules of the
Loard will be enforced to the letter
Beginning with May 11 the T to 7
rule of the board will go into effect.
and there is not the least doubt that
the rule will be rigidly enforced. The
Civic League officials announce that
the League will not disband but will
Cuutiuae, and that it wUl make every
effort to enforce the laws. In this
effort it should have the eo-oper-Uoa
of all good citizens regardless
cf religious or partisan beliefs. There
U a lot of work ia this tine that needs
to be done. The enforcement of ex
isting law will furnish plenty of work
for a year or two without enacting
THE FIRST -SCAB."
Colonel Satan Insisted on Open Snop
and Waa Fired,
radoubtedly the devil was the first
" 5-cab.- There is ao disputing the fact
that heaven has always been run ac
cording to union principles and as &
closed shop. Satan rebelled against
ttfese conditions and started to agitate
for an open institution, m hereupon ie
as expelled from membership in tBe
Asgels' Union and fired to perdition.
Ever since then harmony has pre
vailed in Paradise and the closed shop
prevails. No "scabs' are tolerated in
the kingdom of heaven, and there
ao room for Professor Eliots hero
strike-breakers there. Our advice to
the tuan who is so low as to act the
"s-cab" Is to go to his father. Prog
ress. Buffalo, N. T.
THE OPEN SHOP.
A majority opinion of the sapreme
court of Massachusetts handed down
recently establishes mojtp definitely
than before the rights -of employer?
a ho ran "open shops, and curbs the
efforts of trades unions to determin-
tie terms on which labor shall be per
formed, .the weapon of adjndicatioa
Fit Well and
Wear Wei 1
That's a pretty good combination
to tie to, especially in the clothing
line. The clothing that fits well
and wears well, and is sold at- a
price within reach of the man who
wants new clothing, is the kind of.
clothing to buy, and the kind, of
clothing sold by this store. If you
are vnot already numbered among;
our regular customers, you owe it
to yourself to make r--personal in
vestigation of our claims. ' We
especially invite Union Men to in
spect our fine line of.
UMIOM-MAIE
We again bought largely , of the
handsome spring styles and fabrics
mrnufactured by Henry J. Brock
C& Co., of Buffalo, the makers of
the finest union label clothing in
America. c4n inspection is con
Armstroimg Clotlhtag Compsmny
Good Clothes Merchants
being the strike. In this particular
case the court holds the occasion of
the strike which, was ordered was the
posting of an open shop rnl and
that the strike was an interference
with the business for which there was
no jurisditcion. Exchange.
WAGE CUT IS ENFORCED.
A wage reduction averaging 10 per
cent became effective April S in cot
ton mills in New England, employing
operatives. Last week the
wages of 0,080 were reduced and on
Monday . next the pay of about 35.000
additional mill hands, including thos?
in New Bedford, will be cat, bring-
ii'g the total affected by the present
movement to 12S.0OA. The mill
which lowered wages on April C
are largely located ia the Blackstone
valley, the Berkshire region and In
Maine. '
OFF TO SIOUX CITY.
W. L. Mayer went to Sioux City
last Monday to attend the district
council of the Brotherhood of ESectri
cay Workers. The council is made up
of representatives from the locals in
Iowa. Nebraska and South - Dakota.
Cader this district organization a
splendid lot of organizing work has
been done. Lincoln's local has obli
gated upwards of thirty members in
the last thirty days, and there are a
lot more to follow.
Sympathetic Strike lllegaL -In
a decision handed down recent
ly the Massaschuetts supreme court
declares that sympathetic strikes for
;ae purpose of preventing aa employer
rtom conducting an "open shop" are
illegaL
a - receiver be selected. There is a
judgment of $16,000,000 against the
ctmpany.
BOAT IS CUT IN TWO.
Collision of British Naval Craft Off
Isle of Wight Fatal.
Thirty-six men. Including Lieut.
MiddletoD, the commander of the
torpedo boat destroyer Tiger, lost
their Urns in the collision off! the
Isle of Wight. England, between that
vessel and the British cruiser Berwick.
The vessels belong to the Ports
mouth division of the British home
fleet, and were engaged in night ma
neuvers in the channel while on their
way to Portland. . The night was very
was to Portsmouth.- The night was
very dark and the Berwick was team
ing slowly. When the destroyer at
tempted to cross the big cruiser's bow
she was caught midships and cut in
half with knife-like precision, sinking
almost immediately. The deck crew,
aho were dressed in heavy oilskins
and boots, went down with the ves
sel, not having time to free themselves
from their heavy encumbrances. Of
tho 2 men. who were rescued . most
of them were- engineers and stokers
who. having light clothing, were able
to keep themselves afloat until boats
from other ships which were imme
diately lowered picked them up.
Company is Insolvent. "
Vice-Chancellor Howell decided that
he United States Independent Tele
phone Company, capitalised at' $53.
tHte.QOO, is insolvent and advised that
Money tor a Drydock.
The house naval committee has re
ported favorably a substituted bill for
the establishment of a naval base and
the building -of a drydock at Pearl
Harbor. Hawaiian islands. The bill
authorizes the expenditure in these
projects of approximately $4,506,000.
'f which $630.0t0 is appropriated, and
it recommends the limit of cost of the
drydock to ki.000.eoe. .
dreds of thousands of toiling children
throughout the United States. The
occasion is the fourth annual meeting
of the national child labor committee,
an organization which has already
accomplished much in the direction
of solving the problem of child labor
in factories, mines and other iu-
destries.
- Robbers Terrorize a Town.
Robbers blew open tho safe of the
Bank of Mounds, at Mounds. Okbx. SO
miles west of Muskogee, obtained $5.
400 in currency and silver and es
caped. When the charge which
opened the safe was act a
tcaarJoa awakened half the
the robbers-kept wp
lade from behind
barbed wire, barrets
they had erected in the
then retreated to their
safety. -
a 'harrtTaaaof
aad hoses which
street ' saw
horses is
Will Ta
Justice John P. Lambert
York stat
pointed a trial
dtnee in the aao warranto
brcnght to teat Mayor
ClfcHaa's right to the
Mm tan rat-
To Regulate Child Labor.
Several hundred men and women,
including religious workers, educators,
philanthropists' and others of wido
prominence, assembled In Atlanta,
Ga, to discuss the question of secur
ing adequate protection for the han-
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