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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1908)
1 m I 2?rSrb PRlifrT. i trades ligl council. .U' ti l FOL.3 LIXCOLJN XEBRASKA, ARil, IS, NO . 3 3 0) HYj pJ K. Central Labor Union Getting Very Busy Tbe Central Labor Cuion met last Tuesday Bight, and while the attend ance was, as usual, discouragingly small. 1 lot of very important business vw transacted. The Bartenders and the Ggarmaker were represented by full detegattooa, asd the rypographi eal Vnioa t aot represented at alL Other unions represented had oa or two delegates present, bat a amber Ob of tbe most Important matters yet brought before the Central Labor Vaioa oT Lincoln came la the shape of a. letter from the secretary of the Boot aad Shoe W orkers" Unto, and was to the effect that the Boot aad Shoe Worker have pat oat a pictare show, together with a lector oa the maioa label movement, which betas given ia different cities throughout tbe coun try. The pictures show labor condi tions in various braaches of industry, sad also show the labels of the differ ent crafts. An Interesting and instruc Ut lectare is delivered while the pic tares are being skon. These enter tainments are offered to tbe public tree of any charge whatever, the Boot aad Shoe Workers furnishing the enter tainment features and tbe local unions furnishing the hall and the necessary advertising. Lincoln was asked to get Into immediate communication with the secretary it n date was wanted, aad Secretary Kates was instructed to Immediately notify the Boot and Shoe Workers that Lincoln did waat the en tertainment and as soon as possible. A committee composed of Weckes ser. Kates and Maupin was appointed to secure information concerning halL advertising, etc It was decided to ask each affiliated union for ten cents per capita to defray the expenses of the entertainment. If there is a sur plus it will either be prorated back totbe unions or used in the futherance be label campaign in Lincoln, wfnatter of proper observance of "Labor Sunday" was brought ap and it was unanimously agreed to duly ob serve tbe day Sunday. May 3. A committee consisting of Kelsey. Kates and WoelhaS was appointed to make tbe necessary arrangements. Some one of the ministers of Lincoln will be invited to deliver tbe annual ser mon, and the services will be held in the church presided over by the min ister selected. The committee will make a full report at the next meeting. but It is hoped to have every arrange- meat made in time to announce the complete program . in next week's Wage worker. A report of tbe label conference re cently held in Washington was read, coming from President Gompers. It was referred to President Rudy with Instructions to act thereon. Another communication was read warning building tradesmen to stay- away from tbe state of Minnesota, ow ing to strikes and lock-outs ia all of tbe larger cities. Some very interesting Information was given concerning the Regent shoe factory in this city. This was a union factory while it was in Omaha, but when it was removed to Lincoln the manager selected by tbe local stock holders elected to make it a no union concern. Tbe manager is bitter ly opposed to trades unionism, and has so stated on several occasions, two or three within ths bearing of the editor of Th Wageworker. An effort was made by Oollis Lovely, of the Boot ' and Shoe Workers Vaioa to '"square" the factory, but it was a de rided failure. The attitude of the maaager towards unioa labor may have had some bearing on tbe fact that the factory is not now employing nay shoe workers either union or non-union, aad is offering what stock It has oa hand at wholesale and retail ia order to get rid of It. A communication was read from tbe Model Shirt Co, of Indianapolis, lad, and discussed at length. This company makes labeled shirts and is anxious to secure an agent in Lincoln. It sas re ported that n local clothing firm would soon have in n full line of Model shirrs and the aaaouncemeut was gieetd with applause. With tbe exception of the building trades work was reported good in all lines, and tbe building trades dele- , gates took an optimistic view of th fu ture. Work In the buiMieg lines !s n little slow ia opening up. but is get ting better every day. A communication from tbe Tip Print era was read, and tbe result was a Musing. Tbe tip printers print tbe sweathands aad dealer's labels in hats, and they asked that their label be called for. This led to a search for the label with the astonishing result that several non-union hats showed up in th possession of delegates. One delegate stated after the meeting that at the next meeting be would offer an amendment to tbe by-laws requiring every delegate to show labels oa hat. clothing, shirts, and shoes before be ing allowed n seat in the body. This rule is in force in a majority of cen tral labor unions, and its enforcement In Lincoln might boost the label move ment n little bit. T. C. Kelsey aad W. M. Maupin were re-elected fraternal delegates to tbe Ministerial Unioa. aad they win en deavor to attend more regularly in tbe future than in tbe past. They will also, cordially invite the Ministerial Union to send fraternal deelgates regularly. Labor Tempi Benefit. Auditorium. April 23, 24. 25. "In th Land of Gold." lames Fnrten and His Mm y Company. Tickets, SO cents. WITH THE BARBERS. Shops Chano Locations and a New On Will Open Up. There was a decided movement in barber shop circles last week. The Knight 4k Telour shop moved from 118 South Twelfth to O street between Fourteenth and Fifteenth, anl the room vacated by them was immediately oc cupied by tbe Barthelmaa shop, which moved from a simitar location on South Eleventh street. The change was speedily effected and both shops are now running as if nothing hud hap pened. Jack Scott Is about to engage in business for himself again. He will open a shop on N street just east of Tenth, in tbe rear of BeJelifeldt's sa loon. Jack is an old-timer who has many friends in Lincoln, and he will start off with n goodly bunch of pat rons. IT ALL DEPENDS. Grand Chief Stone of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers also comes out with a declaration that the railroaders "will not stand for a wage reduction.' With equal propriety ite LABOR Auditorium. Thursday Friday, Saturday, April 23 - 25. Oa the above dates benefit performances will be given for the Labor Temple Building Pund by James F'ulton - and His Merry Company A new company of players, tatnler competent nuuMtcoienL One hundred people in the cast. Special fat Lobar Temple "BeentcrV will sell tickets ejcciutngenbie for reserved seat tickets ap tbe Auditorium expenses are paid win be donated to the baUding fund of the Labor Temple Association. Bay : to veur friends. Admission 50 night declare that hereafter they will rot stand for the law of gravitation. Apparently Grand Chief Stone believes that wages are governed by favor or ty the ability to pay or by the choice of labor instead of the immutable nat ural law of supply and demand. The railroaders may- think: they "will not stand for n reduction, but they will just the same if economic conditions Uo not improve. The attitude of the railway managers themselves will hive little to do with the matter. The natural law Is stronger even than ag gregated monopoly. Johnstown Dem ocrat. Labor Temple Benefit. Auditorium, April 23, 24, 25. In th Land of Gold." James Fulton and His Merry Company. Tickets, 50 cents. ONE EDITOR'S OPINION. Labor Paper Says Bryan is th Man vor VJfage Earners. Bryan is the ideal man for ths trades unionist to support. He favors unionism at aU times, was the first man who dared to stand for anti-in-jr action by legislation, and with that grand old man from Illinois. Altgelt. went down to defeat on a strong anti ucunction plank in his 189 and 1903 platform. Let organised labor leaders render ever these facts and Bryan's clean, labor record during the past yiars, not in a manby-panby way. bat open and above board, - not crying "open shop" in one breath and "closed shop" with the other. Come out of the woods Messrs. Leaders and sup port the man who is ready to help fight your battles at all times Sioux City Vnkm Advocate. SPARE OUR BLUSHES. Lincoln has the very best labor pa per that we know off called the Wage Morker. It is edited by Will M. Mau pin, is reasonable in its demands, broad in its teachings and aggressive in its caul. Th papir should have a large circulation among all class of Under th leadership of this it is proposed to build a Labor Temple in Lincoln. This enterprise deserves the enthusiastic support of capital city people. Hastings, (Neb.) LABOR CONTRACTOR SENTENCED. Michael Tsokas. a laborer contractor of New York, was sentenced last Tues day to serve eight months in Sing Sing prison for importing contract laborers TEMPLE Presenting: TOE LA (TOD) and i2S cents. from Macedonia and Bulgaria. This is the first sentence in New York under the conspiracy clause of the immigra tion law. LAND'S FINES A MAN 1 CENT. Judge WD Mad ft $29.000.000 For Oil Trust Easy on Laborer. United States Judge Kenesaw Moun tain Landiis. who startled the financial world by imposing a fine of 329,000. 000 upon the Standard Oil company for rebating, went to the other extreme last Saturday by fining an offender one cent, i . The culprit was George S. Miller, a working man. who had tried in vain to collect a debt of S3 from Dr. IX & Wilkins. Chicago. Finally Miller wrote the doctor a dun on n postal card and was not choice in the words he used. Wilkins had him arrested, but the doctor himself had an unpleas ant quarter of an hour before Judge land is - The mnvimnm penalty in this case." said Judge I-andis. "is five years im prison meat." Then as Miller trembled, the Judge added, "bat I will fine you one cent and you need not pay the costs.; Miller paid the fine and walked out of court.. - . Labor Temple Benefit. Auditorium April 23. 24, 25. In the Land of Gold." Jam Fulton and Hia Merry Company. Tickets, 50 cents. LABEL BOOSTER HERE. Steams cf the Garment Workers Does Some Missionary Work. f S. J-. Stearns, label booster for the United, Garment Workers of America, was in Lincoln last Saturday. Sunday and Monday, and put in - good time boosting the label movement. He was a caller at The Wageworker office and discovered the editor visiting friends and relatives . out of the city. Mr. Stearns while in Lincoln made ar rangements to make it easier to get union made shirts and collars, and also boostodPVar varan, made clothing.'- Stearns is kept out on the road by his union, and his duty is to arouse a greater interest in the label. Doesn't it seem funny that it is though necessary to be continually reminding union men that they ought to demand the label? Labor Temple Benefit. Auditorium. April 23. 24, 2S. "In the Land of Gold." James Fulton and His Merry Company. Tickets, 50 cents. FUND BENEFIT the comedy drama S)F S2)LB3" Your Choice of Figuring Now For the The board of directors of tbe La-1 bor Temple Building Association met in regular session last Monday night. Present Dickson. Ihringer, Weckes ser, Chaplin. Ress, Pickard, Kelsey, Maupin. Rudy. Tbe directors have come to the con clusion that it will be necessary to im mediately make a choice of site and buy it. ' Contributions are lagging, and the chief excuse is that "we dont want to subscribe until we know where it is going to be located.' The associa tion now has 33,000 in cash and pledges on hand, and in the next tvo or three weeks the subscribers will be asked to select the site. Immediately thereafter the money on hand will be paid down, and it will, then be up to the union men of the community to get busy or lose what has already been paid in. The directors have been faith ful in their duties, but there is a dis couraging lack of enthusiasm on the part of men who ought to be deeply in terested in the movement Every week for eight months the directors have met and planned and schemed to forward the work. And for eight long months the majority ot union men in the city have done little or nothing as individuals, and a majority cf the la bor organizations have done nothing as organizations. The tickets for the Temple benefit at tbe Auditorium on April 23, 24, and 25 were given out by "S. L. Chaplin, who will have them in charge. This benefit will be given at the Auditorium on the dates named, by James Fulton and His Merry Company, the play be ing "In the Land of Gold." One hun dred people, will appear in the cast. and a splendid entertainment is guar anteed. Every union man in the city ought to get busy and buy a couple of tickets for himself and sell a dozen ot more to his friends. The show will be worth be worth the price of admis sion and more and the Tompln .fund will profit handsomely if every man does his duty. Arrangements are being made for several "soda fountain" benefits during the coining summer, and these win give a handsome boost to the fund. . It was derided to lay the plans of the association before the Civic League, ami offer the Labor Temple project as something right in line with the poli cies so warmly advocated by that or- box office- Proceeds after tickets for yourself and sell Performances. on Site Kg Temple Sanitation- if the Civic League can-' find a better counter attraction for the saloon than a commodious aad , well appointed Labor Temple it will be requested to do so. and given every opportunity to "make good.-' The committees appointed to visit the various organizations that nave not yet subscribed for stock were Instruct ed to keep busy. The committees have been warmly welcomed where er they have appeared and have aroused con-. siderable interest which promises to bear fruit Notice was given of an intent to of fer an amendment to the articles of In corporation providing that the linn in of a director from three iiamei iillie meetings would create a vacancy un less the absentee could show a certifi cate of illness or evidence that he was outside the corporate limits of the city. Several of the unions have been un represented for several weeks, and this has operated to the disadvantage of the plans under way. Labor Temple Benefit. April 23, 24, 25. "In the I James Fulton and His Merry Company. Tickets, 50 cents. LABOR TEMPLE BENEFIT. "In the Land of Gold at the Auditor , iunt Next Week. Kext Thursday. Friday and Saturday -James Fulton and His Merry Csanpnny will present the clever comedy-drama, "In the Land of Gold." at tb Auditor ium, the three perforssances being for the benefit of the Labor Temple Build ing fund. Mr. Fulton, the munuger of the company is too well and favorably known to need any mtrodnctioa to Lin coln people. . He has recruited n strong and wen balanced company, and win tour, the country during the lumint r after playing in Lincoln. "In the Land or Gold, is fuU of clever slrnatJonsT' thrilling incidents and witty dialogue, and will be sure to please aU who at tend. - One hundred people win appear in the cast. THe price of admission is fifty cents, and purchasers of tickets from repre sentatives of the Labor Temple may have their choice of nights. The tickets must be exchanged at the Auditorium box office for reserved seat tickets. The' auditorium should be clouded ; at all three of these pi i fm iinm i for the object is a worthy one and the attraction offered well worth the small price charged. Every ticket purchased means a few more bricks in the walls of the Labor Temple, and certainly every friend of organized labor in this vicinity ought to be willing to buy a few bricks is by. so doing he can get a first-class show thrown in. Tickets may be had of Samuel Chaplin far dis tribution and sale. Tbe tickets are on sale in a' score of places. Now lee' every good unionist boost and boost hard. PRESSMEN ON STRIKE. Big Force Out for Eight-Hour Day ha Louisville, Ky. Vnion pressmen in Louisville, Ky have been on strike now about three weeks. The old contracts with the union had expired and the men now want the eight-hour day. which sever al of the shops have refused, and as a couseaneuce about 110 men and help ers are out. Several of the office are entirely crippled and their Thfnev are idle, and if it were a busy m w ia printing the enforced shut-down would be felt more than ever by the b!g "rat" offices. There seems to be good chances of winning the eight-hour day. as the priaters are out oa strike in these same offices, which seemingly have about reached the end of their re- THE STEREOTYPERS. Little Notes of the Bey Who Wield th Matrix Brashes. A- E. Small, for many years fore man of the stereotyping department at the North printery, is now located fat Seattle. His family is still in Lincoln but expect to join him in a few weeks. Mr. Small has purchased a little farm near Seattle, and while he works in tbe. city the family, will enjoy rural life. He has a host of friends in Lincoln who will "pull" for his success in his new home, a. Ned Dougherty is holding down the North job at the present writing.
