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'APRIL. 25, l$K)J
NO. 4
Temple Diretors Have
Amended Articles
The Board of Directors ot the Labor!
Temple Building Association held the
regular meeting at the usual place
Maaday evening. Two Important
tMtiBwa to the article of incor
poration were adopted. The first one
sets forth mot dearly the purposes
ot the corporation and care a defect
la the original articles. The second
amendment providea that absence of
a director from three consecutive meet
iaga unseats the absentee, provided
no valid excuse is presented. This
was adopted for the purpose of keep
Ins the board fall of active members.
The attendance has been splendid so
tar. everything considered. The ma
jority of members have attended prac
tically every weekly meeting since last
September.
Fairly satisfactory reports of pro
trees in the Temple beneBt were sub
mitted. The time given for boosting
this benefit was too short to insure
the beet results, bat several ot the
directors have shown commendable
neat and a goodly number ot tickets
were sold.
Aa unusually fine offer of a site was
reported by a committee selected for
the purpose ot looking ap the matter.
This site ts centrally located, and is
In uacsualty fine shape for a Temple
building, being almost square, with
two good fronts and an alley la the
rear. It Is far and away the best ot- i
tec yet submitted, price and location'
considered. The board will investi
gate further.
It Is the firm intention of the board
to purchase a site before June 1, pay
ing down all the money realized by
that time. It will then be up to the
unionist to get busy and either make
good or lose what has been Invested.
It the union men as a whole would
show one-half the seal that the direc
tors ot the association have shown.
It wouldn't be six months before there
would be a buiMiag weU under way.
But try aa they may. fourteen direc
tors can do nothing by themselves.
The proposed "labor revival.' dated
for May !th. was discussed, and
It was agreed ed that if would
be a splendid boost for the Tem
ple - project. The directors indi
vidually pledged themselves to do all
they could to make the affair a rous
ing success. If possible to arrange it
this "revival" will be held two nights,
bat at any rate there will be one night
Mar 50, Complete explanation will
be found elsewhere.
XI ay 1 the secretary and treasurer
will begin collecting in the pledges,
and It ts hoped that by June 1, it not
sooner, sufficient funds will be In hand
to make possible the purchase ot a
site without loading the association
down with debt.
The following directors were pres
ent: Dickson. I h ringer, Chaplin. Weckes
ser, Man pin. Mayer. Kelsey. Evans.
Ftckard. Walker excused.
Secretary Ihringer reported that by
the next meeting the specially pre
pared books for the secretary and
treasurer would be ready for use. By
June 1 the first annual statement ot
I Grand exhibition of Union Labels, together with an
exhibition of Moving Pictures, with Illustrated Songs
and an interesting address on Union Labels.
nuzrrcrarjD, uecesday EVEKir.3
AY 20, IC33
Under the auspices of the Lincoln Central Labor Union
and Affiliated Bodies, and presented by the Interna
tional Boot and Shoe Workers Union. Four thousand
feet of Moving lectures. Forty Union Labels. Four
Illustrated Songs. Special Music. Numerous interest
ing views taken iu this and other countries. An eve
ning of pleasure and profit.
ttZlSSiCH ABSOLUTELY FREE
3 Children under 15 years of age not admitted unless
accompanied by parents. The women of Lincoln are
especially invited. Everybody iuvited to attend.
I C. J. Morrow, lecturer; Arthur Elphinstone, singer:
Charles Hudson, pianist; Harry Berry, electrician.
receipts and expenses will be ready
for publication.
Secretary Kates of the Central La
bor Union appeared and asked the
members present to report back to
their unions and have a resolution
adopted and seat immediately to the
senators and representatives in con
gress, demanding immediate action
on a matter of vital interest to work
ingmen. Pledges amounting to about $10
were received.
THE ELECTRICAL WORKERS.
A Bunch of Live Ones Always Playing
Messrs, Mayer and Beta, who repre
sented Lincoln at the third annual dis
trict council of the Electrical Workers
at Sioux City, are back, home, and
they are enthusiastic over the work
accomplished. This district, council,
composed of delgates from the locals
of Iowa and Nebraska. heT its first
annual meeting in Omaha two years
ago. At that time there were seven
locals in the district. The second an
nual meeting was held in Iowa last
year and fifteen locals were represent
ed. This year twenty-one locals were
represented.
Mr," Beta was honored by being
elected vice president of the district.
and Lincoln was put in tine for the
I council. This will be left to a
referendum vote, but it was generally
agreed that Lincoln would be the place.
Iowa had the last two and Nebraska
the first one. so it looks like Lincoln
this time. The members of the local
will see to it that it Lincoln loses It
will be through no fault of their own.
Work was reported good all over the
district, -and getting better all the
time. The building of toll lines is be
ing pushed everywhere, and this Is
furnishing a lot of work.
The Lincoln Telephone company has
installed exchangee in Davey and Wa
verly. and these will be in complete
service in a week or two.
Locally work is fairly good, enough
to take care of the -permaneuts'" and
give the "Boaters 'enough to make
the next point in good style.
THE BRICKLAYERS.
They Felt the Heavy Hand of Taft in
Injunction Matters.
Members ot the International Brick-
layers' and Masons Union bare no
particular reason to love William How
ard Taft. One of his first injunctions
and he became a past master In the
art ot issuing injunctions was aimed
at the union bricklayers. The case
happened in Cincinnati in 1SS1 or
1S92.
The union bricklayers of Cincinnati
became involved in a contest with n
contractor named Parker, ' and listed
him as unfair to organised labor.
Parker secured an injunction against
the bricklayers, enjoining them from
posting him as unfair to their union.
This injunction was upheld by Judge
Taft on appeal and made permanent
by him. Further, he mulcted the
union bricklayers in the sum of
asserting that Parker's business had
been damaged that much.
The concrete foundation for the
main part of the new Christian Sci
ence church at Twelfth and L streets
is being put in. This means a big job
of brick work this summer, as this
church will be one of the largest and
finest in Nebraska,
Work on the new T. W. C. A- build
ing is underway, furnishing several
jobs. Work is also in progress on sev
eral other buildings, and the indica
tions are good for a rushing season.
Ilc atnaojEOchers
Hall, May &
Union Ball, Pitts
A LABEL BOOSTER.
Visits
Lincoln
Arrange for
9
Union
Exhibit.
H. S, Baxter, advance representative
of the Union Label Advertising Show,
given under the direction of the In
ternational Boot and Shoe Workers'
Union, was in Lincoln. Monday. He
came to complete arrangements for an
exhibition in Lincoln.
In company with the committee ap
pointed by the Central Labor Union
he closed a date9 with the auditorium
management tor May 2vV
This show will appear in Fremont
on May IS, and in Beatrice on May 2L
It promises to be the biggest and best
"union label boost" ever given in Lin
coln and heaven knows it is needed
in Lincoln.
Mr. Baxter left Monday evening tor
Beatrice to complete arrangements for
an exhibit in that city. He stated that
it was the hope of the promoters of
his enterprise to have at least four
companies on the road next year.
Leather-workers'
Halt, May 5. ,
Union Ball, Pitt's
JUDGE ESTELLETS LECTURE.
Practical
Talk an How to
Save the
Boys and Girls.
Judge Lee Bstelle of Omaha, judge
of the Juvenile court of that city, lec
tured at the Auditorium last Thursday
afternoon on how to save the boys
and girls. Less than one hundred peo
ple heard him. although one would
have been pardoned for believing that
after such a big parade of "boy
savers'" about a week before, the big
auditorium would have been crowded.
But there is a difference between pay
ing a quarter to learn something prac
tical about boys, and riding a pranc
ing horse in a parade or breaking in
to public print as a philanthropise The
Civic League was conspicuous by he
absence ot its members.
Judge Estelle's lecture was splendid.
No summary could do it justice. He
knows children, and they are instinc
tively drawn to him. He gains their
confidence and treats them as boys
and girls, not as embryo criminals.
"And not one of them has ever thrown
me down. said Judge Estelle. His de
fense of the child labor law -was worth
worth going miles to hear. Men and
women who are really interested in
the work of saving boys and girls
enough so that they will not stop at
parades and banner carrying will re
joice to know that Judge Bstelle will
lecture at some fifty Chautauquas this
season, taking the work of the juven
ile courts as his subject. One man
like Lee Estelle can save more boys
and girls than all the grand-standers
that ever paraded with flying banners
and braxen instruments. He goes at
it in a practical, not a hysterical way.
Here's to Lee Bstelle, and men like
him who are doing things.
Leatherworkers Union Ball, Pitt's
Hall, May 5. .
TO ALL UNIONS.
Expected to Help Defray Expenses of
the "Label Exhibit."
All unions affiliated with the Amer
ican Federation of I-abor. and there
fore with the Lincoln Central Labor
Union, are requested to take notice
that they have been asked to levy an
assessment of ten cents per member
for the purpose of defraying the ex
penses of the "Label Exhibit." and en
tertainment at the Auditorium on
May 20th.
This entertainment is to be abso
lutely free to the public, and this will
i necessitate the levying of an assess-
i mnt to pay for the use of the Aud:
i torium and for the necessary advertis
ing. Incidentally it may be stated
right here that The Wage worker will
not charge nor accept a penny for
boosting the "show" nil within its
power. It is estimated that $75 w:ll
cover every expense; if the show is
held only one night and tyx to ex
ceed 5125 if two nights are filled.
Each affiliated anion is urgently re
quested to take action on this matter
at its next meeting and report to W.
M. Maupin. Auto 2SS or Bell A 312.
Leathenworicers
Hall. May 5,
Union Balk Pitt's
THE POOR THINGS.
Hslptosa Clerks in a Country Town
Piaad tor Assistance.
Cok "Jack" Ryder, deputy labor
comirtssioner, has received a plaintive
plea -r help from clerks in Greeley
Center. Axtel and other places in
Nebraska. These clerks complain that
they are being worked too long hours,
and ihey beg. beseech, implore and
plead that Mr. Ryder come to their
rescue and do something to help them
out. One of these letters is a pretty
fair sample of all of them, and the
one here given is a classic worthy of
preservation on the records of every
trades union:
"Clerks are worked to death, from
7 e'cLick la the morning until 9
o'clock and after every day, besides
keeping open a few hours on Sunday
to accommodate the dear people. It
is rea ly more than the poor clerks
can stutd for. It gives us no chance
for re. no chance for enjoyment, no
chancy to spend any time with' our
families, no chance tn attend riiairk
or indulge in any other kind of outside
pleasujfe. Therefore we appeal to you
to aei us u it can oe aooe.
tte giving due consideration to
severs? ot these plaintive appeals, Mr.
Ryder said:
This bureau has been instrumental
in nriaging about a better condition
in this, matter of closing stores in two
or three towns, but only because the
merchacts were willing generally.
One or two storekeepers in any town
can block the effort, and so all we can
do is to appeal to their sense ot fair
play, ail to ask the men and women
of the towns to aid the clerks by do-
ins '. heir trading in the daytime.
If women clerks are worked over ten
hours in any one day, the deputy com
missioner can have the employer
prosecuted, if the clerk will make
complaint. This they are afraid to
d-J. and so the violators of the la
go unpunished.'
Mr. Ryder did not say so. but as a
good union man himself be knows full
well thai the little words, "This they
are afraid to do, explains the whole
trouble. The clerks in Greeley, Ax-
tell and Lincoln haven't sot sand
enough in their craws to organise and
make a concerted fight for decent
hours and wages. What they are
afraid to do for themselves they ask
some one else to do for them. One
shudders to think what hours the
skilled trades would be working, and
the wages received, if the tradesmen
had beeb afraid to organise and had
depended upon a labor commissioner
to help them out. Why dont the
clerks in every fair sized town get
busy and organise? They ought to be
ashamed to ask Ryder or anybody else
to get - for them what they can and
should get for themselves. "Jack'
Ryder is a worker, bat it is too much
to expect him to shorten the hours of
a lot of Jelly-spined clerks who haven't
got courage enough to make even a
show of demanding decent treatment
Leatherworkers
Hall, May 5.
Union Ball, Pitt's
WE FAILED DISMALLY. ,
The other day the daily papers told
of how John A. Drake of Des Moines.
Iowa, son ot ex-Governor F. XI. Drake,
found $2,000,000 in the pocket of an
old coat. The "find" consisted of stock
certificates in a gold mine worth the
above stated amount. As soon as we
read it we hunted up our old coats
and searched the 'pockets. This is all
we found: A piece of tobacco about as
big as a hazel nut, a stub of a lead
pencil, five newspaper clippings, no
tice ot payment doe in a fraternal or
der, two old letters, one given by wife
to mail and forgotten; a piece of
string, a penny, a badly soiled two-cent
stamp, a pants button, an old street
car transfer and a few matches and
toothpicks. Xo gold mining stock or
other colIateraL
ORGANIZATION REQUIRED.
Is mere beggarly existence to be the
reward of wage-earning labor? That:
is the natural economic policy of the
profit-making employing concern. The
individual wagearner cannot obstruct
that Dolicv. It renuires organization
I to have effect upon it. Railroad Tele-
J grapher.
Free Moving
Union
On Wednesday evening. May 34. at
the Auditorium, the trades unions of
the city, acting in concert through the
Central Labor Union, will g!ve a free
moving picture show. In addition to
the moving pictures there will be
views of many interesting places, por
traits of prominent citizens, including
public officials ot the international
unions, and songs by a noted singer.
accompanied by illustrations. All in
all it will be one of the most interest
ing exhibitions ever offered in Lincoln
and it will be absolutely free to the
general public: Children under - fif
teen years of age will not be admitted
unless accompanied by parents.
During the evening the labels of
the various skilled trades wili be
shown upon the screen, and a capable
lecturer will explain them, tell where
they may be found, on the articles
purchased, and give the general pub
lic the reasons why union made goods
should be called for. This feature of
the entertainment should prove im
mensely popular with both unionists
and non-unionists to the former be
cause it will help the label move
ment and to the latter because it will
gratify a curiosity and disabuse many
of the idea that trades unionists are
anarchists.
This exhibition is given by and un
der the direction of the International
Boot and Shoe Workers' Union, and is
intended as an educator of the general
public The lecturer will give a con
cise history of trades unionism, tell
what its objects and aims are. and
summarize what unionism has accom
plished in. behalf of the toiler during
the last, twenty years.
Remember, the date is May 20, the
place the Auditorium, and the admis
sion free. Invite your friends. The
women of Lincoln are especially in
vited.' If the union' men can only get
the earnest attention of the women of
Lincoln for a little while, until trades
unionism is fully, explained, there will
be a sudden slump in the demand for
goods made at the expense of human
flesh and blood.'
There are four in the party com
prising the "Union Label Show. C
J. Morrow, lecturer;' Arthur Elphin
stone, singer: Charles. Hudson., pi
anist; Harry Berry machine operator
and electrician.
The following moving pictures will
be shown: Hearts Bidding. Her First
Bike Ride. The Plank. A Case ot
Arson. The Pearl Fisher. The Quiet
Hotel.
The following illustrated songs will
be sung: "Yesterday. "Captain Baby
Bunting." "When the Moon Plays
Peek-a-boo.
Forty-eight jtictures of labels will
be shown, together with numerous
scenes in this and other countries.
This exhibition is paid for by the
unionists "of Lincoln, and every union
ist should proceed to boost it. Invite
your non-union neighbor and his wife.
Invite the professional men and their
I wives.. Invite the business men and
their wives. Invite the members of
the Woman's Club, your lodge friends
Union LAQEL ElMODQTCS
J Grand exhibition of Union Labels, together with an
exhibition of Moving Pictures, with Illustrated Songs
and an interesting address on Union Labels.
AUDiToniu, v;ec::esday EVEr.:"3
AY 20, fC33
Under the auspices of the Lincoln Central Labor Union
and Affiliated Bodies, and presented by the Interna
tional Boot and Shoe Workers Union! Four thousand
feet of Moving Pictures. Forty Union Labels. Four
Illustrated Songs. Special Music. Numerous interest
ing views taken in this and other countries. An eve
ning of pleasure and profit.
CDHISSIC: ABSOLUTELY FHEE
tj Children under 15 years of age not admitted unless
accompanied by parents. The women of Lincoln are
especially invited. Everybody invited to attend.
C. J. Morrow, lecturer; Arthur FJphinstone. singer:
Charles Hudson, pianist; Harry Berry, electrician.
Picture
Label Shov
and your church friends.
of this exhibition deoends not thn
number of people you can prevail up
on to attend.
At the Auditorium May 2.
Admission absolutely free.
THE PRESSMEN.
Special Meeting to Take Actios mm
Question of Delegate.
The Pressmen's Union win meet ia
special session this (Saturday) even
ing for the purpose of transacting
some special business that was put
over from the last regular meeting.
One item is a decision on the ma iter
of sending a delegate to the interna
tional convention this year. It is like
ly that the local win decide not to
send a delegate this time, owing to
the heavy expense incurred by the re
cent strike for the eight-honr day.
, Graves A Mulligan is the name of a
new job printing firm, with a shop ia
the Windsor Hotel bunding. Mr.
Graves is a member oT the Pressmen's
union.
Work is reported good and getting
better. This is "campaign year," and
already political work is beginning to
show up in the different shops. And
oT course it is going to the anion
shops, for in campaign year all the
politicians dearly love the union
CONSCIENCELESS CORPORATIONS
Missouri Pacific
Violates Contract.
Because the Missouri Pacific rail
road discharged him from a position
which it had promised him would be
for life. James Semple. of South
Fourth street, yesterday filed suit in
the district court for $15,09 damages.
Semple was formerly a brakemad Mr
the employ ot the road and March 27.
1897. both his legs were cut off below
the knees by the cars. . He states
in his petition that the road offered
him J730 and a clerical position for
life if he would waive all claims upon
them for damages. He says he ac
cepted the proposition and was paid
the money and was given a Job as bin
clerk in the freight office. He begun
work in December of that year at $5
a month, and later the company, of
its own accord, raised his salary to
$61.50. On March IS of the present
year he was discharged from the com
pany's employ, he says, without any
excuse except that the company found
it necessary to reduce expenses.
Leavenworth Times.
MUST 'NOT FORGET
Members of organized labor must
not forget that the supreme court has
handed down a decision which de
clares it unlawful to boycott. They
should also remember that It is not
only lawful, but eminently proper for
them to ignore their enemies and bay
the product of their friends the em
ployers who treat them square and
pay living wages.