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L.IXCOL.X, NEBRASKA, JUNE 6, 190S
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Here in Lincoln
Last Sunday wis observed as
-Printer" Memorial Day" by Typo
graphical Union No. 2. The Incle
ment weather forced a postponement
cf the decoration services in tae af
ternoon, bat despite the rain some
fcfty members ot the anion and of
Capital Auxiliary No. 11 assembled at
the First Baptist church and listened
to a splendid sermon oa "Brother
hood" by Rev. Dr. Batten. The ne
cessity ot organization was empha
sized by the speaker, and he pointed
oat the splendid results that were
accruing by reason of the spirit ot
brotherhood that was. being fostered
by the trades unions. That anions
niake mistakes was admitted, but it
was pointed out that these mistakes
were not the. mistakes of unionism
but the mistakes ot a fallible human
ity. The idea of brotherhood pre
supposes the Idea of fatherhood, and
upon this point Rev. Dr. Batten dwelt
with convincing eloquence. His ar
raignment of the greed and avarice
with is murdering, physically and
morally, its thousands in. the sweat
shops, and slaughtering the innocents
by the scores and hundreds in the
mills and mines, was terrific. He
insisted that the true remedy for
these evils lay in arousing in all men
the knowledge of their brotherly
uty the fostering of that spirit of
universal brotherhood that can come
cnly from a knowledge and practical
application of the Fatherhood of God.
The golden rule Is the foundation npon
which men should build in their deal
ings with their brothers.
The sermon was listened to with
deep Interest, and it made a profound
impression upon the hearers.
In the afternoon a committee pro
ceeded to Wyuka and decorated the
Typographical Union's burial lot.
Sunday afternoon. June 14, t2 serv
ices as planned for Wyuka last Sun
day will be carried out. The union
and auxiliary will meet at the Fra
ternity building at 3 o'clock and at
2.15 will take special cars on the
Citizens line for the cemetery. L. D.
Woodruff win deliver the decoration
day address, followed by President
Bain of the union. A quartette will
s.ng and the assembly will also sing
one or two familiar hymns. Rev. J.
ickel will invoke the divine bless
ing. Then the roster ot the union's
dead will be called and the choicest
flowers laid upon their graves.
The old-time printers in Lincoln were
grieved early this week by the news
from Sioux City that George C Mc
Caslin was dead. Mr. McCaslin
worked in Lincoln some eighteen or
twenty years ago, and was at one time
president ot No. 209. For the last
three years he had been a hopeless
paralytic, bat daring these years he
was always cheerful. His comrades
cneerei him as only true blue union
ibis can under such trying circum
stances. For ten years he was em
ployed upon the Sioux City Journal,
aud his employers speak of him in the
highest terms. He was buried from
the Whitfield Methodist church in
Sioux City, and the funeral was un
der the auspices of Sioux City Typo
graphical Union.
- The first month's assessment of the
International Typographical Union
for the old age pension fad amounted
U 910.296.13.
Sr. PauL Minn, Typographical Un
k.a has decided to take a hand in
the political game, and a special com
mittee has been authorized to arrange
the preliminaries.
Lincoln onion meets tomorrow, and
the Important matter ot deciding the
Ingraham-Ford vote for president will
come up. The meeting promises to
be a lively one. and the way parlia
mentary law will be sprung is calcu
lated to be worth going miles to see.
THE CIGARMAKERS.
Brief Note About the Boys Who Roll
the Smokes.
The strike of the cigarmakers at
w Haven. Coojl, which has bee?
brought to a conclusion, has cost
ihe International onion f L500 per
week for seven weeks, the do
tation ot the trouble, and the men
SiO.000 in wages.
The amount of benefits paid by the
Cigarmakers International Union
since the payment ot benefits was
inaugurated, November. 1ST9. or a
period ot IS years and two months
np to December 31, 1907, was: Loaned
to members, $1,01.492-05; strike bene
fits. J 1.159.4546; sick benefits. Jl.-
?7.599.03; out-of-work benefits (IS
years). $LGSS T4.1; grand total o"
aU benefits paid in that time, $7,756,-
527.S7- The highest paid per capita
in any one year by members to meet
cl? benefits was 15.74 1-10 in 1SS4.
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THE
The above is a picture of the pro
posed Labor Temple. Whether it ever
gets beyond the picture stage depends
wholly upon the union men of Lincoln
and vicinity. They can have a real
Labor Temple it they really want it.
If every man in Lincoln and suburbs
who carries a union card will invest
$5 to $10 in the stock of the Labor
Temple Association, and do it within
the next two months, the corner stone
will be laid on Labor Day. But it will
be a long time before the corner stone
is laid unless the union men take a
more active interest in the project.
The shares are $1 each, non-asses-sible.
and every stockholder has a
and the lowest was in 1SSL $1-11 4-10.
Cigar manufacturers in Joliet, 111,
are being organized to fight the
American Tobacco Company. The or
ganization will become a part of a
general combine that will extend over
the country. The idea is to protect
independent dealers.
The horrible discovery has been
made that the prison contractor at
the Ohio penitentiary is working in
sane men in the cigar department of
the big prison.
THE MUSICIANS.
Absence from Memorial Day Parade is
Easily Explained.
The Nebraska State Band was ad
vertised to head the Memorial Day
parade last Saturday, and the ab
sence ot the band led to many in
quiries. The explanation is very
easily made. The band tendered its
services free to the committee, ant
the tender was accepted with manv
expressions of gratitude. The band
was told that it would be given the
tight of the line, and that the parade
would move promptly at 9:30. The
parade moved on time, bat the "boys"
land" was at the head.
The Nebraska State Band, owing to
the fact that this was its first appear
ance, was naturally a little dilatory,
but at the most it would not have
been more than two or three minutes
behind time. As most of its members
are wage-earners, and as those who
offered to play lost a half-day's work
by turning out, they feel that under
the circumstances they might have
been allowed a little leeway. After
the parade had started with the "boys
band" at the head the Nebraska State
Band did not feel like batting in. The
members deeply regret the incident.
PROPOSED
voice in the affairs of the association.
The association is incorporated under
the laws of - the state of Nebraska.
Every union affiliated with the Ameri
can Federation of Labor and owning
100 or more shares of stock in the as
sociation is entitled to one director
on the board. Following are the offi
cers of the association: .
President; J. W.
ters' Union.
Vice-president. S.
bers Union.
Secretary. Fred Ih
ical Union.
Treasurer. Beman
J Central National
as they were eager to do all possible
honor to the veterans.
Secretary Miller of the International
Federation of Musicians has taken
cognizance of the fact that the
Bryan Traveling Men's club and the
Lincoln Bryan club have engaged a
non-union band to . accompany the
Denver excursion, and will try to ad
Inst matters satisfactorily.
Memorial Day the Nebraska State
Band serenaded the city newspaper
offices. Right now Lincoln has the
best band in its history, and civic
pride ought to be an inducement to
the citizens to give this splendid or
ganization every possible support.
Negotiations have been concluded
between, the officials of the Musical
Mutual Protective Union and the
Theatrical Managers Association of
Greater New York, over the .making
of a new contract for the next theat
iical year, with the result of a com
promise. The onion contended for a
wage increase, but it was finally
agreed that the old scale should re
main in effect, while the managers
consented to certain minor conces
sions.
Quick's orchestra has been engaged
for the Auditorium summer garden.
That means union music for this re
sort." which is rapidly growing in
popular favor.
THE PRESSMEN.
International Convention Meets
n
Mobile Next Week.
The annual convention of the In
ternational Printing Pressmen and
Assistants Union will convene at Mo
bile, Ala., next Saturday. The regular
business sessions, however, will ni .
begin until the following Monday.
Presidert Berry announces from heat
quarters that the indications point to
the largest convention in the history
LABOR TEMPLE I
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The following unions are entitled to
representation on the board of direc
tors by reason of owning 100 or more
shares of stock: Carpenters, Bartend
ers. Printers. Leather-workers, Electri
cal workers. Painters, Plumbers. Six
directors elected at large represent
three other unions as follows: Cigar
makers. Pressmen. Bookbinders, the
individual members of which unions
own enough stock to secure representa
tion under the heading ot "directors
at large."
The board of directors meets every
Monday evening.
Dickson, Carpen
L, Chaplin. Bar
ringer. Typograph
C Fox.' Cashier
Bank.
cf the organization. -The Lincoln local
will not be represented this year.
The New Tork branch of tlfc
Printers' League of America has en
tered into an agreement with the
Pressmen's and Press Feeders Union
by which there will be no strikes or
lockouts in future, as all differences
win be adjusted by arbitration. The
matter will be brought before the In
ternational Typographical Union con
vention with a view of having a sim
ilar agreement entered into with
union printers.
I wonder what causes electricity
-ii the paper?" queried Billy King at
a recent unofficial gathering of press
men. 0, I guess it's because of so much
current literature going round the
cylinders," remarked "Heine" Cam
eron. That's not it," insisted Walter
Frown. "It's the shocking bad gram
mar that has to be run through the
press."
"Well, the printing press is a great
transformer, anyhow. mused Presi
dent Brooks, and at that the discus
sion ended.
Business Men Give
Some Practical Advice
Through the courtesy of Governor
Sheldon the directors of the Lincoln
Labor Temple Building association
w ere permitted to meet with a -number
of Lincoln's leading business men
at the executive mansion Monday
evening. The directors asked that the
meeting be arranged in order that
they might submit their plans to
business men who understood how
such things were pushed to a success-
ful conclusion. If any business man
honored with an invitation from the
governor hesitated to accept through
fear that he was going to be asked
to donate something, the hesitancy
vai unwarranted. Asking for dona
tions is the last thing the projectors
cf the Temple movement contemplate.
It is to be regretted that more of
tie business men did not respond to
the invitation, but it is admitted that
the notice was short and that many
of those who failed to respond were
tied up by previous engagements.
Three or four sent responses evidenc
ing interest in the movement and
pledging their co-operation, but asking
to be excused on account of prior
engagements.
The meeting was held in the hand
some parlors of the executive man
sion,, and the visitors were warmly
welcomed by Governor and Mrs.
Sheldon and at once made to feel
perfectly at home. Then, amidst the
Mnoke of fragrant cigars the. wage
earners interested in this vital move
ment explained their hopes and as
pirations. President Dickson of the
board of directors stated tersely and
fully just what the association aimed
to accomplish, and also explained why
the business men had been called in.
"We want the benefit of your busi
ness experience. We want to know
bow best to proceed with what we
admit is a pretty heavy undertaking.
But we feel that what we are trying
'o accomplish win not only be profit
able from a standpoint pf dollars and
cents, but will be profitable from the
standpoint of better citizenship in th
future. -V e are not seeking donations
to help os along. We want to make
this an investment propositioa that
will appeal to men of good business
judgment, and at the same time con
vince them that aside from its profit
ableness In dollars and cents it win
be a splendid thing for the com
munity." President Dickson then explained
briefly the kind of a building it is
piopose-i to erect, the uses to which
it is to be put. and the probable
amount that will hare to be raised.
An estimate of the probable receipts
from such a building was then sub
mitted to the business men present
together with a "guess" at the prob
able cost of maintenance. The direc- .
tors who prepared the figures admit
ted that the estimate of expense was -
largely guess work on their part, bat
they insisted that the estimated re
ceipts were wen within the limits of
conservatism. This, too, was the opin
ion of Dr. P. L. Han, who gave the
figures a close study.
Dr. Hall expressed his deep inter
est in the project and assured the di
rectors that he would give It support.
He then proceeded, in reply to in-
qui ries, to advise the directors how
to proceed with the campaign and
that was just what the directors had -secured
the meeting for advice. He
told how the Elks' Building commit
tee had. proceeded, and how the splen
did clnb building had been financed
In brief, succinct sentences he gave
that little bunch of wage-earners
more helpful advice along practical
lines than they had been able to ac
qcire in seven months of devotion to
the duty of boosting the Temple project-Mr.
A. D. Benway also favored the
directors with some counsel that can
not be otherwise than profitable. His
interest in the project was manifested "
from the very moment the meeting
bega, and his methods of direct, ques
tioning aided much in getting the full
facts brought out. Rev. Dr. Batten
and Rev. Dr. Orr were present and -pledged
their heart support in every
way possible.
"I am afraid," remarked Governor
Sheldon, "that my letters went pot a
little too late, but I want you gentle
men to understand that I am at your
service any time, and whenever yoa
want another meeting of this kind,
you will do me a favor by letting
me know. I am in hearty sympathy
with this movement. The working
men of every city ought to nave a -central
meeting place of their own
a home of tehir own, where they can
feel that they are owners and pro
prietors. And Lincoln is just the
piace in an this great west for such
& movement to show the first great
success."
"Do not think," said Dr. HalL "that
because only a few buwfness men are
here this evening that they are not
interested. They have talked this
matter over among themselves at va
rious times for the past six month.
Ycu an know that Lincoln merchants
are approached every day and asked
to aid this or that project. Bat X
want to say to yon gentlemen that
in an experience that is pretty wide
I never saw a more public-spirited let
of men in my life than the business
men of Lincoln. Tour plans are
splendid, and all yoa need to do to
achieve success isto chrystaiize them,
get them into workable shape, and
then present them to the merchants
and other business men of the dry.
But yon must have a tangible, work
ing proposition. And as a freinj I
want to warn you that you've got a.
mighty big job ahead of yon, and It
will require a vast amount of work
and of self-sacrifice to win out."
CAPITAL AUXILIARY.
Capital Auxiliary meets Friday,
Jane 12. with Mrs. W. M. Maapin, 7
South Twenty-seventh street.