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1 3 H O IP IP JB R ' S 1 Claiitson's Restaurant (Successor s to Stat Cafe) Best of Everything In Season. Prices Right. NORTH 13 St. (1 DRESHER TAILOR 143 SOUTH TWELFTH STREET Jp " ATS BASE TO ORDER AT FACTORY PBICES. CLEANING, RETRIMMING. RE BLOCXIHG AND RE FINISHING . : by- UNION MADE UNION HAT MAKERS C!!3 & Cc:ro Lincoln Hat Store Renovating a Specialty Work called for' and delivered 120 Ni. 12lb St, UkoIi, Neb. HERMINGHAUS & HELWIG G U I D E Only fif DlUSitVS SELECT HARD WHEAT FLOUR I SI Worth of Goods ! 20 Lbs. Sugar I JAPAM ,TEA Auto FMcre 2158 & COFFEE CO. 1I 2157 206 So. 11th v;iLDun c ce v;in cills THE CELEBRATED LITTLE HATCHET FLOUR RYE FLOUR A SPECIALTY. TELEPHONE US LiscolB, Ek, 145 So, St. SL BJ1 PfcoM 2C3; fata 1459 FOR UNION 7VYEN J . . . gsaa mr CONVENTIONS IN 1908. Where and When Trades Union Gath erings Will Be Held. May 11. New York City. Actors Na tional Protective Union of America May 11. St. Louis. Ma, American Federation of Musicians. May 11. . United Brotherhood ot Papermakers of America. May , Detroit. Mich.. Intern c Tin Plate Workers' Protective Associa tion ot America. SUy v Tort. Pa, National Print Cutters' Association of America. Jane 1. St- Paul, Minn.. Brother hood of Boilermakers and Iron Ship builders of America. Jane 1. Detroit. Mich-. International Association ot Steam and Hot Water F tiers and Helpers ot America. Jane Washington. D. C, Inter national Union ot Journeymen Horse- Jane. Mobile. Ala, International Printing Pressmen's Union. Jane 1. Coin-nous, Ohio, Oainmak ers National Union of the United States ef America. June 1. St. Louis. Mo, international Association ot Marble Workers. - Jane 8. International Ceramic Mosaic and Eencaustic Tile Layers and Helpers Union. June S. Cincinnati, Ohio, Interna tional Brotherhood ot Bookbinders, June S. International Brother hood ot Tip Printers, June S, Milwaukee. Wis, The Com mercial Telegraphers' Union of April 6, Toronto, Canada, Interna teonal Association ot Fur Workers ot the United States and Canada. May 3. Brockton. Mass, Internu txtcuU Union ot Cutting Die and Cutter Makers. May 5. Yoangstown, Ohio. Amalga- America. July 4. Amalgamated Leather Workers Union ot America. July . Atlantic City. N. J. National Brotherhood ot Opera tiTe Longshor- men's Association. July 6. Buffalo. N. Y, International Jewelry Workers Union. Jufcr 6. Cincinnati. Ohio. Brush- n-akers International Ulnoa. July 7. Baltimore. Md, Glass Bottle Blowers' Association ot the Unite.! ' States and Canada. July 13. Toronto, Canada, Interna tiona Piano and Organ Workers. lou ot America. July 13. -Indianapolis, Ind Lithe graphers International Protective A fociatioa. July 13, Minneapolis. Minn, Theat- j rical Stage Employes International Alliance. j Jnly 1$. Holyoke, Mass, American Wire Weavers Protective Association, j Jnly 20, New York City, Interna- tional Steel aad Copper Plate Printers ; Union, i August 3, Buffalo. N. Y, National Association of Heat, Frost, General In sulators and Asbestos Workers. August 4. Detroit, Mich, Interna tional Glove Workers Union ft America. August 19, Detroit. Mich, Interna tional Brotherhood of Stationary Fire men. August 6, Detroit, Mich, Interna tional Brotherhood of Teamsters. August IS. Boston, Mass, Interna tional Typographical Union. August In. Boston, Mass, Interna tional Stereotypers and Electrotypers Union. August 11. Indianapolis. Ind, Shirt Waist aad Laundry Workers Interna tional Union. August St. Milwaukee, Wis, United orment Workers of America. September 1. . Table Knife Grinders National Union. September X Milwaukee, Wis, American Brotherhood of Cement Workers. September 7. Denver, Coin, Inter national Association of Machinists. September 8. New York City. Inter- national Photo Engravers Union ct North America. September In. Boston. Mass, Spin ners International Union. September It, Montreal, Canals, Journeymen Stonecutters Association of North' America. September It, Philadelphia, Pa, In ternational Union of Steam Engineers. September 14, Philadelphia. Pa, In ternational Brick. Tile and Terra Cotta Workers Alliance. September 13. Salt Lake City. Utah. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners ot America. September 17. New York City. Pock et Knife Blade Grinders and Finish ers National Union. September 11. Indianapolis. Ind United Association of Plumbers, Gas- filters. Steamfitters and Steamfitters' Helpers of United States and Canada. September 31. Indianapolis. Ind International Association of ' Bridgc and Structural Iron Workers. October 5. Washington, D. C, Bak ery and Confectionery Workers In ternational Union. October 3. St. Louis. Mo, Interna tional Union of Wood. Wire and Metal Lathers. October 20. Coaoes, N. Y, United Textile Workers of America. November 3, Denver, Colo, Ameri can Federation of Labor. November 19, Bangor, Pa, Interna tional Union of Slate Workers. November 12. YinaJhaven. Me, Lob ster Fisherf men's International Protec tive Association. December 7, New Orleans, La, In ternational Brotherhood of Mainten-ance-of-Way Employes. December 7, Brooklyn. N. Y, Na tional Alliance of Bill Posters and Fillers of America. . AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. A Few of Its Declarations Upon Which It Appeals to All Working People To Organize, Unite, Federate, ai Cement the Bonds of Fraternity. 1- The Abolition of all Forms of In voluntary Servitude, except, as a pun ishment for crime. Free School i. Free Text Books. snd Compulsory education. 3. Unrelenting Proves. Against the Issuance and Abuse of Injunction Pro cess in Labor Disputes. 4. A workday of not more than Eight Hours in the twenty-four hour day. 5. A strict recognition of not over Eight Hours per day on all Federal State or Municipal Work and at not less than the prevailing Per Diem Wage Rate of the class ot employ ment in the vicinity where, the work Is performed. 6. Release from employment One Day in Seven. 7. The Abolition of the Contract System on Public Work. S. The Municipal Ownership of Pub lic Utilities. 9. The Abolition of the Sweat Shop System. 16- Sanitary Inspection of Factory, Workshop, Mine, and Home. 11- Liability of Employers, for in jury to body or loss of life. Tl- The Nationalization of Tele graph and Telephone. 13. The passage of Anti-Child Labor Laws in States where they do not ex 1st and rigid defense of them where L'fcey have been enacted into law. It. Woman Suffrage coequal with Man Suffrage. 15, The Initiative and Referendum and the Imperative Mandate and Right of Rl. lb- Suitable and Plentiful Play grounds for Children in all cities. 17. Continued agitation for the Pub lic BarS System In all cities. IS- Qualifications in permits to build of all cities and towns that there shall be BaihrooE's and Bathroom Attach ments in all houses or compartments used for habitation. 19. V. e favor a system of. finance whereby money shall be issued exclu sively by the Government, with such regulations and restrictions as will protect it from manipulation by the banking interests for their own pri vate gains. Tha above is a partial statement of he demands which - organised labor, in the interest of the workers aye, of an the people of our country makes vpon modern society. Higher wages, shorter- workday. t tier labor conditions, better oomes. better rod safer' workshops, factories, mills, a&d mines. In a word, a better. higher, and nobler life. Conscious f the justice, wisdom sn 1 ncbliity of our cause, the American Federation of Labor appeals to all nen and women of labor to join with us in the great movement for its tchierenient. More than two million wage-earners who have reaped the advantages of organisation and federation appeal to their brothers and sisters of toil to participate ia the glorious movement with its attendant benefits. There are nifiliated to the Ameri can Federation of Labor 11S Interna tional Trades Unions with their 27. GOO Local Unions; 36 State Federa tions; 537 City Central Bodies aai 630 Local Trade and Federal Labor Unions having so Internationals. We ttsvo nearly 1,000 volunteer and special organisers as well as the offi cers of the nsf ons and of the Amer ican Feceratioi of Labor itself always willing and anxious to aid their fellow workmen to organize and In every other way better their conditions. For information all are invited to write to the American Federation of Labor headquarters at Washington, IXC Labor Temple Benefit. Auditorium, April 23, 24, 25. -In the Land of Gold. James Fulton and His Merry Company. Tickets, SO cents. Washington. Resolutions calling upon congress to enact legislation in which organized labor is interested were adopted at a mass meeting at the Columbia theater. The resolutions de clare that those in congress who vote against the measures demanded by labor will be placed on the "blacklist" and every effort be made to prevent their success in the political field. Senator Dick of Ohio, one of the speakers, indorsed the proposition to blacklist members of congress and po litical aspirants who are unfriendly to labor. Other speakers were Repre sentatives Lloyd. Missouri; Hughes, New Jersey; Savage. Illinois; Wilson and Nichols. Pennsylvania, and Green. Massachusetts, all of whom announced their approval of President Gompers attitude. Philadelphia. The old Philadelphia Typographical society (of which the present is the direct successor) was organized November 6, 1802. Docu ments in the possession of the society give reason to believe that the parent society was preceded by a similar or ganization called the Asylum com pany. It is an interesting fact that this old society was the. first formed by printers in America and was the forerunner of all our labor unions. It was. and still Is, a beneficial as well as fraternal order, and even to-day its financial standing is unimpaired. New York. Army officials at Fort Totten, N. Y, have received instruc tions from Secretary of War Taft that hereafter 'carpenters employed at work about the post shall be paid four dollars instead of three dollars each for a day's work, four dollars being recognized by him as the "prevailing rate of wages" here. .The action was taken in response to a complaint from the carpenters and joiners organiza tion in Corona that less than the pre vailing rate was being paid for work at the fort. Toledo, O. The trouble which was threatened in marine circles over the adoption of an open-shop policy by the Lake Carriers' association is not likely to materialize. While the opening of navigation is likely to be later than last season, the seamen say they win not object to the open-shop rule of the el owners so long as the latter pay the union scale and do not dis criminate against union men. South Bethlehem. Pa. The Bethle hem Steel works, running full time in nearly aU departments, paid out S1S9. 000 In semi-monthly wages to the workmen. This exceeds by $30,000 the previous half month's pay, and ap proaches within a few thousand dol lars of the average amount paid twice each month to its employes prior to the beginning of the industrial depres sion. '- Paris. France. The building indus try throughout Paris and the depart ment of the Seine came to an indefi nite stop when nearly 230.000 work men, including masons. stonecutters and carpenters, were forced to lay down their tools by the employers" or ganization, which has just decreed one of the biggest lockouts in the history of Europe. Cardiff. Wales. Criticism of the miners' eight-hour measure is given freely at all meetings in Wales, and even among the workingmen there are few who give a favorable opinion. The utmost said in its favor is that the young and able colliers may find some advantage, but not so those who have passed middle life or are getting on in years. " Washington. In response to a let ter of protest against the Beveridge child labor bill. President Roosevelt has addressed a letter to the Indiana Manufacturers association in which he places himself in favor of the enactment by congress of a bill regu lating child labor in the District of Columbia and territories. Atlanta, Ga. The Georgia Industrial association, representing the cotton mills of the state, has decided to make a reduction of ten per cent, in wages of operatives. It was also decided that a curtailment of two days a week or more, where necessary, shall be put into effect. Trenton, N. J. Gov. Fort was re cently interviewed by n delegation of anion labor leaders, who entered a protest against the employment of paroled convicts on construction work at the Rahway reformatory for less wages than the union scale demands East St. Louis, 111- More than 150 workmen fought at the works of the American Aluminum works, when Ar menian. Greek and Turkish laborers became angry because the company In taking back its employes gave prefer ence to Americans and negroes. " London. Eng. The secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Great Britain has been in the pot teries district to try to smooth the way for conciliation and arbitration. The 'men. it appears, favor it; but the employes are averse to include the wage question at the present time. Pittsburg. Pa. T. L. Lewis, succes sor of John Mitchell as president of the United Mine Workers of America, was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, In 1363. and began his mtwtng career at the age of seven years as a slate picker on the break i era at Newport- Indianapolis. Ind. A bulletin ha been published calling the attention of trainmen and other employes of the Wabash railroad to the fact that the company will not tolerate the drinking of whisky or any other intoxicants by men in the company's service- The order is signed by the division super intendents and with the result ia the showing made in the March bulletin of merits and demerits i jmimil against employes which show that 39 -per cent, of the black marks were given because of the use of intoxi cants. There has been a rule on the Wabash that employes shall abstain from intoxicating liquors and it is the , opinion that men under them needed a reminder. Chicago. Organized labor of the nation raised its voice in protest against what it terms the mt-. at titude of the United States supreme court and. in resolutions threatening political retaliation, demanded of con gress that various pending biBs be enacted into law. The meeting of pro test in Chicago was part of a program outlined by the American Federation of Labor, following the decision of the supreme court which held that labor unions were amenable to the provi sions of the Sherman antf-tmst law. Similar meetings were held in all the large cities throughout the country. Samuel Gompers was the principal speaker at the New York meeting. Albany, N. Y- Practically one out. of every three union men fa this state was idle at the close of 1907. accordiaa to a bulletin of the state labor department- In New York city the percent age was 34.2, as compared wtta 32.7 for the rest of the state. On this question the bulletin says: -The worst conditions at the close of the year ap pear in the building; clothing, metal and tobacco trades, with percentage of idleness of 43.1, 43.C, 30.9 and 53.0 respectively. One exception to pre vailing conditions appears in the print ing trades, with a percentage of Idle ness (11 1) which compares not un favorably with previous years.' Birmingham, Eng. Greatly disap pointed with the recent award, which failed to give them the advance tn wages for which they asked, the Na tional Society of Amalgamated Brass workers and Metal Mechanics, at a meeting instructed its general secre tary to give notice to terminate the existing arbitration arrangement be tween that society, the Employers as sociation and the board of trade, ft was stated that there were ia Bfrntias ham 6.000 or 7.6-3 brasswarkers, ex clusive of women. Cumberland, Md. The street rail way strike inaugurated upon the re fusal of the company to reinstate tv of the men discharged on account of gambling in the company's ear office, was settled. The agreed to reinstate the men upon con dition that there would not be a repe tition of the abuses complained of. and that there would hereafter be a strict enforcement of the rules of the com pany against drinking, gambling, etc. Chicago. Representatives of the employes of 43 western railroads a committee of general who have been trying to settle their differences over the 16-boor law have succeeded in coming to final agreement. The principal tention of the railroads that they had to pay two days wages ia nonss cases to obey the law was settled sat isfactorily, both sides making cones sions. Madisoa, Wis. The Wisconsin Fed eration of Labor has decided to take no part in the fight which waged between the Prohibition anti-Prohibition forces. This is reached in response to a mttuwat' that in some localities the wage work ers are being asked to join the Wis consin Liberty league and contribute to its support. The executive tee at its meeting indorsed the ; of the Federated Trades council I adopting an an ti-Prohibition renointfon. Washington. That Italians, espe cially northern Italians, are mock in demand on the farms of the ntwithwin states is the claim made by T. V. Pow der! jr. chief of the division of infor mation of the bureau of Immigration. Pittsburg. Pa. The paddling fur naces of the Spang J pany's mills at Etna tions on three eight -boar shifts, will give employment to 209 met have been idle two months London, Eng. In 2CS trade in England, with a aiamlw fillip of 639.000, there are 4LS90 inline was of employment, equal to 6.4 per esat A year ago the percentage of nnnu. ployed was 3.9 per cent. Superior. Wis. The laying down of tools and the stopping of work by every one of the 3,000 wni hsi of lav bor anions affiliated with the tural trades affiance of thin city threatened. The walk-owl Is as the result of tha builders exchange for the i Winnipeg. Manitoba. Ja vllle. general organizer of the chlnists brotherhood. left to advise on the meal labor in the Canadian Pacific railroad i Two thousand machinist a hnHave they are to be at reduced pay. Toronto