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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1908)
PRINTER "DOPE SHEET" ECONOMY AUTONOMY EFFICI ENCY EQU ITY kdsp3th-Rc:d-Grotthy Campaign Club OF NEW YORK AND VICINITY F. He-daer. Pres. Ia F. AngeL Treas. V. J. Cawley. Sec. Ixiixatpolis-Philadelphia-Lts Aagelss With exceptional opportunities to observe present methods, nominated our candidates. PLATFORM 1. We favor a more eoaotuical administration af I. T. I', funds and tie curt-siliueut of coareaiisa expenses by the eHniiaa:ka of the persona acteedaace of Baacs sary or .inirer. committers and so-called employes. hose duties at roownt. s inf principally pciiiicai and social. NOTE 1. The CJ:nmiigs Memorial committee was increased at te St. Louts cenvention from fiwe to eleven members, since wnich time, though never previously, a rr.e.-reer nas been paid for at tending each convention "to present the report.'" The last report shsvrs the collections in 19CS-07. $102.10: expenses of collecting and "reporting' same. $37a.&5. frsm which it appears that had no o-r.mittee existed this fund would hsve been ?-L5o richer. NOTE 2. -- appeals committee of five. ap pointed by the president before elections for deie oates are held, and vrhch will attend conventions and have the privileges ef the fSoor. is the Irtest addition to our laws. This committee usurps the tame-honored prerogative and powers of the dele gates and provides a pleasure trip, at great ex pense to the I. T. U-. for five political favorites, and with no advantage to the union. 2. We eeode-cn th pieseoj "ORGANIZER" system as wasteful of aioaey .and barren of results. Th.re must be smet3ins radicaliy rant with a system which cost $ I in li7 and resumed in a LOSS of CIS members. Xor can we conceive of any legilinate reason for sending an organizer from Vancouver. B. C lo Chicago and Cin cinnati, or for one from Toledo to Texas, aad oa similar junketing trips, $. We favor a deeiiied change in the policies pursued in Los Angeles. PhUaii hia. Butts and osher cities, where the minimum of results has been oinained at a maximum of expense, which policies have besn forced upon a pr tesuas membership. 4. We demand for kcal unions the right conceded in Article I. Secttaa 1. L T. U. Constitution. io make ail necessary laws for lcal government which da not conflict with the laws of the L T. IV and hold that this includes the right to make local scales without coercion by the L T. U. officials or organizers. 5. We favo.- increasing the executive council to five members and making it more representative by the addi tion of the first vice-president and two non-salaried mem bers, to be ejected. The German member of the council as at present coustuutei being elected solely by th Ger man locals, his vste in the council should be confined to the affairs of the body that he represents. S. We condemn that policy which cioses the Typo graphical Journ.-tl to hoaest criticism. Its columns should be a J open for the eX!r?ssion of opinions as the floor of a local union. Every candidate should be accorded equal limited space therein for his announcements and ail boost ins of candidates by "correspondents"' eliminated. T. We demand' a change in the method of canvassing he I. T .1. election returns, believing a disinterested board shjuld handle the same not MScials seeking re election. Firm in the belief that a change of officers at this time is for the best interests of the Internationa; Typo graphical Union, and that the arrogation of power, cen tralization of authority, and unlimited funds uncomplain ingly furnished by a local membership to the incumbents have borne inadequate trust, we ask your support of these candidates: For President HENRY STREET HUDSPETH of Xew' Orleans. For First Vic President V. X. P. REED of Xew York. For Secretary-Treasurer THOMAS F. CROWLEY of Cincinnati. They are pledged to do all In their power to carry out the platform as abeve. and we believe vast sums of money can be saved and good accomplished by a change of men and methods in the conduct of L T. U. affairs. These are the issues; keep them in mind when voting, and do not be diverted by a discussion of personalities. jFiS J iy ill : $ f i 1 f 18 are the Clothes that Union : : Men Should Purchase : : Clothing merchants aim to keep the goods that the general pub lic wants and is satisfied with after buying. If the supply of nnian made clothing is limited, it may be owing to the fact that the demand for the label is limited. Did yon union men ever think of that? The blame may be on the shoul3ers of union men, not the shoulders of the dealer. But you have no excuse now, for we carry a splendid line of Union-Made Clothing. Made by Brock of Buffalo Nothing finer in the line of Union-Made Clothing can be found anywhere. We simply kept looking for the best until we found it and Brock of Buffalo supplied it. We are awfully proud of this T and we bought largely of it just for union men, although plenty of men who are not unionists take advantage of the exceptional bar, gains. In style, make, finish and durability, this line measures up with the best. The label is in every garment pants, vest and coai and the clothing honors the label as much as the label honors the union workmgman who buys it. We also carry a fine line of labeled Hats and Caps, labeled Shuts, labeled Work Clothes, etc Well carry what you want but you 11 have to make your wants known. Honestly, we like to have a union man demand labeled clothing far we carry it. And when he makes the demand we know he is play ing the union game square. Armstrong (SloEng Go, GOOD CLOTHES MERCHANTS of the international, petitioned to sub mit to a refc; v'auum vote a proposition bearing on she disbursement of the funds of the organiaation. Lynch de nied the petition on the ground that the executive council was the only body authorised to disburse the funds. See All you can do is to put up the s money in the shape of dues and as-: sessments. s la the LaCrosse. Wis Labor Jour nal of May 9. we run across this hi il ly interesting and edifying editorial paragraph: "James XI. Lynch has accomplished as much - for the union printers as John MitrCell has for the nnkm miners, vet you will find members of slble and the dangerous in check, led them from abject industrial slavery in to comparative industrial freedom. Lynch took hold after the Typograph ical Union had been organized for fifty years. Mitchell worked his organiaa tion from practically nothing to what it is today. Lynch headed a fight for the International Typographical Union a shorter work day. and he asked for who are working overtime to accom-iand received nearly $4.MM from ulisa his defeat. Mr. Lynch's eight-1 men, many of whom suffered hour victory Is the greatest in the his-1 privation and saw their families suffer while Lynch was enjoying a fat ex pense account and asking for a still higher salary. And now comes a labor paper, edited by a man who is sup posed to possess average intelligence. d says "Lynch has done as much for the uaSoa printers as Mitchell has for the union miners.' and talks about Lynch s eight-hour victory." . It's enough to make a man go home and kick the dog off the back porch. Mr. Lincoln Union Printer, did you know that the executive council, made up of President James M. Lynch and John W. Bra o wood Hugo Milter does not count daims the right to step in and make a scale for yoa despite your protest or the protest of your employ- majority of them of j crs? To that very state has the inter national come under the autocratic and bureaucratic Lyuch-Braniwood ad miaist ration. uaorgaaiaed and undisciplined until I You think you possess the initiative they came into contact with American j and referendum, dont you? We1!, you ideas. And John Mitchell organised ; do not. More than 13 anions, repre them. held the ignorant, the irrespon- seating a majority of the membership tory of the Americaa labor move meat." Now wouldat that stop your distri butor? -Mr. Lyaca's eight-hour victory.- Pray, what did Lynch have to d with it save to spend the money that was gladly poured into the cam paign fund by the 3.e loyal union printers of the country? "Has accom plished as much for the anion printers as John Mitchell has for the anion miners!' Lynch doubtless believes it- Lynch was president of aa organiza tion made 'ap of about 3.M of the most Intelligent craftsmea in the world; craftsmen who had the oldest, strongest and best disciplined organi sation ia the world's history. Mitchell mas president of aa orgaaisatioB of StNkfeM men. a foreign birth, a large percentage il literate, a larger per cent unable to read or speak the English language. Thomas H. Marlowe. Ora H. Smith. Ed- P. Barry, William A. Greene and 199 other members of Indianapolis union So. 1 back up the following statement with their signatures: "In answer to numerous inquiries as to the truthfulness of the stories concerning Mr. Bramwood's excessive use of intoxicants, which finally cul minated in his being relieved of his duties for a time last fall, we desire to state, most emphatically, that the stories are true. At intervals for sev eral years Mr. Bra ni wood s conduct in this respect Taas been such as to cast discredit upon himself and the or ganization he represents." Have you read the protest from Phil adelphia Typographical Union No. 3? It not you ought to. It will give you some idea of how your good money has been used ia the game of "union politics." Tom Fennessey of Los Angeles is ia full accord with the administration. He gets $140 a month for disbursing a month in fighting the Los Ange les Times. Talk about "sinecures."" Tom's "official war cry" and his politi cal support come high. sued by the Business Men's Associa tion of Omaha and containing a list of twelve "open shop" printing firms em ploying seventy-two vrat" printers. Eleven of these shops were union be fore the eight-hour struggle began. One was not. The one shop that was not employed four men.' Result No. L sixty-eight "rats" working where union men should be working, and the Business Men s Association proud ly advertising the fact. There are three shops outside the "one man shop" list known to have contracts with the Omaha union. They employ sixteen men. Sixteen to sixty eight and Omaha union holding the little end of it- Now about the finances involved. The Omaha union had $5,000 in its strong box when the fight started. How much has it now? Omaha re ceived $2,792.75 from the internation al, not counting the ten per cent re tained the first year of the strike. That must have 'amounted to about twice as much as Lincoln's assesment. which amounted in round figures to about $5,000 the first year. So Oma ha has. spent $34,000 and sent in $S.- lST.ii. Results sixty-eight "rats" working in shops that were union be fore the strike began, twelve big shops "rat" and three known to hare con tracts. That's just one instance of how Lynch won the eight-hour struggle. gize for offending his dignity? James M. Lynch. Ask Butte. Who alienated the support of our natural allies, the pressmen and stereotypers. thus forc ing us to fight a divided battle at our 'own -expense in order that he might have the glory of leading the fighting forces? James M. Lynch. What does it cost us? Four million dollars and the loss of 10.000 members. "Don't wash the union's linen and then hang it in full view of the public-Well, who soiled the linen? And if it isn't washed just that way how shall it be cleaned? Ever get any of the facts in the Typographical Journal? Ask Butte. Ask Philadelphia. WILL THEY BE WORKED AGAIN. The thousands of workingmen who iMioura uie Mrcvis jusi a lew snorx years ago. proudly wearing yeuow rib- oons ana Hoarsely shouting for the mil O'nner pan, prosperity and the gold standard, must have some car ious thoughts permeating through their craniums as they tramp the thoroughfares in a vain search for em ployment. Can it be possible that some sort of a scheme is being hatched up now to hoodwink them agaaa this year? The manipulators of the aa I tional political machinery, probabir hold views that coincide with those of Barnum regarding the people. Kansas City Labor Herald. "Lynch won the eight-hour strike." Well, let's see how well he won it pretty close to Lincoln. Every Lincoln printer knows how much help the exe cutive council was to Lincoln ia win ning the eight-hour struggle. Lincoln sent something like $10,000 to Indian apolis and didnt get enough back to pay the exchange on the checks for warded to headquarters. But up in Omaha where T. W. McCullough has charge of the fight and asks for elec tion as delegate to the American Fed eration of Labor as a reward for his brilliant generalship what about it? Before the writer lies a blotter is- How has the fight been won in Los Angeles after an expenditure of thousands of dollars under the supervi sion of an administration favorite? How has the fight been won in Phila delphia after an expenditure of a half million under, the direction of an ad ministration favorite? How has the fight been won in Minneapolis and St. Paul after the self sacrificing work of the devoted mem bers of the Twin Cities? What rights does your local union possess that the executive council feels bound to respect? Ask Butte and Philadelphia. Ask "Big Six. Who is so unfair as to prefer charges against a member and then the "nerve" to appoint the jury to try the case? James M. Lynch. Who had the nerve to threaten a union with for feiture of its charter if it did not apolo- Morrisey, Kennedy, DeXedry and Pear. That's a quartet of hustlers who will make their presence felt if elected delegates to the American Federation of Labor. Washington. (D. C.) Central Labor Union has given its unqualified en dorsement of the Kimball bin ia the house prohibiting the United States from contracting for any manufactur ed article made by convict labor- T1IM CALIFOnniA Reached by a short side trip tip the picturesque canyon of the Trnekee River from Truekee on the main line of "toe GVEnuo r.:jTE" Is one of the largest and most beautiful mountain lakes in the world and an ideal plaee to rest Stop-overs ran be arranged on Railroad and Pullman Tickets reading direct to San Francisco . Via UNOOH PACDFDC For leaflet inquire of KB.SLOSSON 1200 O St.