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LABOR UNION DIRECTORY.
Follow in is a directory of the Trades
ad Labor Unions of Lincoln and vicinitr.
Lccal secretaries are resp-ctful"y asked
to import ar changes or eorrectJea
herein, to the end that aa accurate and
nmminit directory b maintained.
CENTRAL LABOR UNION-I
ond and fourth Tuesday evenings.
Rruse s nalL President. O. XL Rudv.
it - S--Ttjrr F A- Kates. 12 K
TrNurcr T. W. Evans, l- SoutH
Elevento.
LABOR T:MPLE DIRECTORY Meets
e-er-e llntov evvnine. 1-T Xorta
TwirrH trM Ire!dent- J. XT. IIOfc
on. I.niversitv-Pfcce. -?-eeretary. Fred
Ihringer. Sixteenta and D streets. Lin
coln.
MUSICIANS PROTECTIVE UNION. No.
443 Meets first ,1-nl third Sunday nwrn-
Incs. Bruse s MaiL r-resiueui. " m
iini i?s Smith Si-tteenin. Recotd
in Secretary. W. C Norton. North
Twty-nrth. Financial secretary. Si.
A. Otis. S4 Q.
JOURNEYMEN BARBERS. No.
Mwts tlrst and third Wednesday wn
ng. -Ftahansa 's hall. President. R. I
SloEs-ide. 1 i- Recording Secretary.
Ror Ward, til . F-.naacvU
tary. Roy m inker. lls O.
MBTfKDERS' LEAGUE. No.
Uls third Suitdav. 1 a. TO-. Carpet'
ters" halL President. William Brandt,
liii R. RNrd:ns Secretary. Henry
Ktiiers. Financial SecrelAry. H. I
Sundeao. 14 P.
LEATHERWORKERS ON HORSE
GOODS. No. 29 M first and third
TwsJavs. Brose's ball. President.
retarv-Treasurer. IVler Smitn, i?S
South Eleventh.
CIGARMAKERS. No. MJ-UwW every
Mondiy evening. iv .. nrsaon.
T W. Evan, lis Soul"! Eleventh.
Secretary. John Sleiner. Lti South
Tenth.
WAGEWORKER
WILL M. MAUPIN, EDITOR
Published Weeklv at 137 Xo. J4th
SL. Lincoln. Neb. One Dollar a Tear.
Entered as second-class matter April
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Seb, under the Act of Congress oi
March 3rd. 1ST3.
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nized authority on advertis
ing, after a thorough investi
gation on this subject, says:
-A tabor paper is a far bet
ter advertising medium than
an ordinary newspaper in
comparison with circulation.
A labor paper, for example,
having 2J00O subscribers is of
mora value to the business
man who advertises in it
th an ordinary paper with
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to, tie common, ordinary workingman I forty-eight hours a week and draws
would be baled into court and threat-1 an average of flS. The non-union
ened with fine or imprisonment, or I tnotonnan or conductor works from
both in the discretion of the court. I seventy-seven to eighty-four hours a
it would depend somewhat on whether I week and draws an average of about
the judge's dinner rested comfortably I $15. "There's a reason'
upon his well-fed stomach.
Yes. there are boycotts and boy-1 Speaker Cannon and Senator Ald-
CM Is. In the one case it rests upon I rich adjourned last Saturday, if Jo-
humanity, and that is the illegal kind, sepi G. Cannon ever again represents
In tie other case it rests npon dollars, the Danville district in congress it will
and that's the kind that seems pet- be because the people of the Danville
iectly proper.
There may be a moral concealed
somewhere in these facts.
district are a lot of premium Jerusa
lem nnnipft
RAILWAY EMPLOYES PROTEST.
The union plumber in Lincoln works
forty-eight hours a week and draws an
Ob Soli I
HARDWARE, STOVES, SP03T-
G00DS, RAZORS, RAZOR
STROPS AND CUTLEBY
At Low Prices
Hoppc's Hardware, 103 C:rib Ea
BOILERMAKERS' BROTHERHOOD. No.
a97 Meets muo1 and fourth Wednes
lae eveninps. CaiTenters" halL Presi
dent. J. C. virgin l Kinth and l" street.
Reeordinic Secretary. P. S. Sherman.
iii P street. Financial Secretary. J-eocaovea.
BLACKSMITHS AND HELPERS. No.
163 Meets first and third Tuesday
evenincs. Canreil s hall. Haveiock.
Prescient. R. O. Wpi. H-4W-lck.
Secretary. E. B. Bilson. HaveJock.
BUILDING TRADES SECTION.
BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL
WORKERS. No. 265 Meets every
Thursiiav evenimc ! O street.
President. C M. Anderson. Q.
RKoratng Secretary. O. E. en num.
141 P. Financial Secretary. .
PLUMBERS AND GASFITTERS. No.
88 Mets every Monday eveninft. Car-r-enters
halL President. Ensiish.
lsSl V. Ronlint Secretary. Oeorse
Chipman. S North Eleventh. Finan
cial Secretary. Charles Burns. &4
- North Twenty-sixth.
PAINTERS AND DECORATORS. No.
18 Meets every Thursday evening.
Carpenters" halL President Charles
Jenninjrs. 1S S. Recording e-ecreiary.
Wm. Wilkinann. Ilv X. Financial
Secretary. Perry Jenninss. b.
CARPENTERS AND JOINERS. No.
1QS6 Meets every Tuesday evening.
Carpenters haU. I'M North Tenth.
President. F. B. Naraconi:. IS South
Twenty-eighth street. Recording Sec
retary. C. H. Chase. : North Thir
tieth. Financial Secretary. J. V, Ticc
son. SIT West St. Paul street. Voiveraaty
Place.
BRICKLAYERS AND MASONS No. 2
Meets everr Fndav evetucjr. Carpen
ters halL President. E. L. Simon. 4S
E. RecordinfT Secretary. P. W. Smith.
R. F. D. 14. Financial Secretary, C H.
Meyers, l North Eleventh.
RAILROAD BROTHERHOODS.
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE EN
GINEERS. Division No. 98 Meets sec
ond and fourth Sunday. Chief En
gineer. J. S. McCoy. 12S U street.
First Assistant Engineer. F. D. Palmer.
T2S South Tenth street. Second Assist
ant Engineer, U. Wiggenjost. Court
House.
BOILERMAKERS' BROTHERHOOD. No.
11 Meets second and fourth Friday
eventnits. A. O. C W. hall. 1T O.
President. Charles Peterson. 14 Jack
son. Havetock. Secretary. Tom Duffy,
Indiana, and Touxalin avenues. Have-lock.
MACHINISTS' ASSOCIATION. Ns.
Meets nrst Friday in Havelock. hird
Friday at A. O. U. W. haU. Lincoln.
President. J. A. Malstead. Havetock.
Secretary. C H. Lingie, North Sev
enteenth. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY CAR
MEN Meets first and third Saturday
evenings. A. O. C W. hall. President
H. T. Sexson. 1C North Twenrv
fourth. Recording Secretarr. C. E
Cos. I7 W. Financial Secretary. G-
P. Ludwig. 1137 South Seventh.
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE
FIREMEN AND ENGINEERS, No. 179
Meets second and fourth Sunday
aitemoons, a. .. i . w. nail. Master,
H. Kurtz. S?l North Twelfth. Secre
tary, j. Kobtnson. VI
BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY TRAIN
MEN. No. 170 Meets second and fourth
Sunday afternoons. Bohanan'a halL
Master. J. IX Andrews. 1T3 O. Secre
tary, u. j. t-ooper. rir South Ninth.
BROTHERHOOD OF SWITCH MEN, No.
120 Meets first Sunday at 8 n. m. sec
ond Sunday at 2 p. m Carpenters
. halL President. C S. Swisher. -747
Sumner. Recordimr Secretary. George
tuiy. i-k ano-L Financtal Secretary,
- J. Johnson. 311 IX
PRINTING TRADES SECTION.
ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUN
CIL Meets third Wednesday evening.
Carpenters' had. Presadent. ti K.
Uorker. ire South street. Secreta
Treasurer. J. U. Brooks. M North
tnut street.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. No.
Meets first Sunday. 2 p. m Fraternity
hall. President. J. R. Bain. 12 South
Thirtieth. Recording Secretary. H. w.
Bingaman. 1 Holdrege. Financial
Secretary. F. H. Heboard. I'd Wash-
BOOKBINDERS BROTH ERHOOO.
MO Meets third Monday evening. Car
penters" halL Prestdeat. C C Jerosm.
isis cioutn ZAXteeatn.
nr, Fred Reas, 121 B.
BTEREOTYPCRS AND ELECTRO
TV PC RS, No. Meets third Wvdaes
dour o-rcamc Carpenters halL Presi
dent. A. E. Small. 244 South Nine
teenth. Secretary-Treasurer. Sua
Aakea. UTS Ptadiey.
CAPITAL AUXILIARY. Mo. 11 Meats
. sti tons and fourth Friday afternoons at
tinms of Bsembers. PrestdenL Mrs.
TMa W. MickeL 145 South Sixteenth-
Secretary. Mrs. C. B. Riguter. 2St
Iiudley. Treasurer, atrs. lautt tan-
grovor. u tstarr.
MEtaMEN AND ASSISTANTS.
MS Meets first Wednesday. Carpenters
halL President. J. H. Brooks. TTiJ
Notk TFtleventh. Recording Secretary.
K. c. Wnrger. 1S2C N. Financial Secre
BOYCOTTS AND BOYCOTTS.
When a body of workingmen insti
tute a boycott for tie purpose of pro
tecting themselves they are haled be
fore a federal julge and fined and
imprisoned.
When a body of merchants institute
a boycott for the purpose of protect
ing their dollars they are hailed as
men of independence and dtermina-ticn.
The United Hatters of Xorih Amer
ica instituted a boycott against an
u-ifair manufacturer at Danbury, and
ine supreme court declared them
guilty of aa infraction of the law for
t'dding interference with interstate
commerce. The fact that it was no
where in the trial shown that the
boycott reduced the number of hata
worn by American men was over
looked by the wise and revered su
preme judges. The fact that if the
number of unfair hats sold was re
duced the number of fair hats sold
was increased, th'Js proving that in
no wise was interstate traEc re
strained or disturbed, was a fact
that seemed unable to penetrate the
stupendous intellects that make up the
greatest tribunal of justice in the
world. Having been thus declared
guilty the United Hatters of North
America stand to lose all their union
funds as well as their individual
liberty.
When the American Federation ot
Labor boycotted the Buck Stove Co.
because of its unfairness and its vio
lation of a contract, the supreme court
issued an injunction forbidding the
Federation to publish the fact that
the Buck Co. is unfair. The Amer
ican Federation of Labor is made up
of men and women who are seeking
c benefit common humanity, and nu-
man flesh and blood lacks the stand
ing in court possessed by American
dollars. This fact reminds us of a
point made by Raymond Robins re
cently. Noting that "No. 63."" a work
man in a Chicago mill had died, and
that neither the coroner nor the un
dertaker could ascertain who "No. 63"
was, Mr. Robins tersely remarked:
Ton couldnt lose a dollar like that
in this Christian country.
But when business men institute a
boycott it is different. You haven't
heard of the Board of Trade mem
bers of Omaha being haled before a
court and threatened with fine and
imprisonment, have you? Ton haven't
noted that they were enjoined by some
federal judge, have you?
Tet the Omaha Board of Tiade is
prosecuting a boycott against the
Rock Island Railway Ox, and pushing
it with a vigor that would make Uncle
Sam Gompers go some to keep step
with.
The Omaha Board of Trade insists
that the Rock Island road has dis
criminated against Omaha in the mat
ter of grain rates, giving Kansas City
the best of it, and for that reason
he organization is issuing boycott cir
culars and Omaha business men are
boycotting the Rock Island in great
shape. But this particular boycott is
a matter of dollars, not a matter ot
human flesh and blood. It is prose
tuted for the purpose of putting more
dollars into the til, not more food
into the mouths of hungry humanity.
It is prosecuted for the purpose of
putting more champagne in the cel
lar, not more cJothing upon shivering
children.
No, the Rock Island isnt talking
about resorting to the courts. Presi
dent Biddle is pleading for "arbitra-tto-B."
If he were dealing with a lot
lot of common, ordinary worltingmen
he would not waste bis time talking
about -fair play- and "-arbitration.'
He would send one of bis trusty legal
henchmen to the nearest and most
complaisant federal judge and, pres-
Representatives of the Railroad I average of 524. The unorganized
Brotherhoods recently appeared be- J clerks work about fifty-four hours a
fore the state railway commission and I "oeek, and draw an average of less
protested against any further redue-1 tdan $12 a week. "There's a reason!
Uon of freight rates, predicating their
protest on the ground that a further i The traveling men are asking Labor
t eduction in rates would result in a I Commissioner Ryder to force hotels
reduction of wages. There are sct- I to put up fire escapes. Did it ever
j eral reasons for believing the protest I cccur to the traveling men that they
well founded. That the railroads I r.nght help some by refusing to stop
could maintain the present rate of I &t hotels not properly equipped?
wages and pay dividends on a fat
valuation, even if rates were material-1 Things have come to such ja pass
ly reduced, is undoubtedly true, but in this country" that if a silver dollar
experience has taught that they would w placed on one side of the scale and
not. It may be possible under the a human life in the other, the dollar
law to force equitable freight rates, side will fall so hard it will make a
but it is not possible under the law I dent in the ground.
to enforce an adequate wage sched
ule. And experience proves that the I Hell is full of men and women who,
en. & n wnm
are truely wonderful stones nothing at all like the
ordinary immitation diamonds as brilliant as the real
diamonds. See them, you'll be surprised and delighted.
Henderson & Halci,
lOth Street, OcpxX3site Post Office
trage-earne-rs are the first to feel the while on earth, protested that they
effects of a decrease in dividends and loved their fellows and then persisted
the last to feel the effects of an in- in perpetuating a sweat shop system
crease in receipts. A reduction in the that murdered women morally and
freight rates now means that either I physically.
the dividends must be decreased if
the wage scale is to be maintained, I Does anybody imagine for a minute
or the wage -scale must be decreased I that a currency law enacted in the in
if the dividends are to be maintained. 1 1 resist of men of dollars will be de-
And when it comes to a question be-c-ared unconatitntioual?
tween wages and dividends only a
fool would guess wrong. I A Labor Temple properly equipped
Clearly, if business men have a I would pay dividends in money, health,
right to protest against an increase I morality and citizenship. Boost the
in freight rates that would result in I Labor Temple project!
a decrease in their net receipts, the
railroad employes have a right to I Mr. Taft is not the first man to
protest against a reduction in freight I see a great light on the union question
rates that would result in a decrease I immediately after getting his -lamps"
in their wages. True the railroads I en a fat political job.
might squeeze some of the water from
taeir stocks, but it might also be pos-1 It is yet possible to lay the eorner-
sible for some merchants to sell on a I scone of a Labor Temple in Lincoln i
smaller margin of profit- If the mer-1 on next Labor Day. But if we do
chants and producers who would be I you'll have to help.
benefited by a reduction in the freight
rates would consent to reimburse the The only way a workingman can
railroad employes for any consequent get any of this new-fangled "asset
reduction in wages, perhaps this mat- currency is to work like thunder
ter could be amicably adjusted. But! for it.
as long as the farmers and merchants I
are protesting that the rates are too I And just to think that we pay each
high and that they ought to be re-1 congressman and senator a
duced in order to afford them a wider! year for that sort of thing!
margin of profit, surely no fair-minded I
man will undertake to criticise the I By the way, twelve weeks is none
railroad employes who want no fur-1 too long a time in which to prepare
ther reduction in rates for fear it will I for "Labor Day."
decrease their already meagre wages. I
Pehaps the shippers woo are com-1 Men who work for wages are not I
plaining of extort inoate rates could I asking for "sympathy. They are de-1
find relief more speedily if they quit I manding justice.
asking the legislature to help them
cut and proceed to organize among 1 The railroad commissioners might
themselves. A little investigation will I kelp some by reducing their own
show them that the Railroad Brother-1 wages a bit.
hoods do not ask the legislature for
wage scale. They have organized I We haven't been enjoined from de-1
among themselves, and by concerted I manding the label not yet.
action have managed to at least main
tain a fair average of wages during
the last ten or fifteen years. It is
cot difficult to imagine what the wages
would be today If the engineers, fire
men, brakemen, conductors and
switchmen were unorganized. -A
glance at the wage list of the section
men, who are unorganized, and the
salary list of the clerks who are
apt to feel above organizing just like
common workingmen, would doubt
less be instructive.
The Wageworker believes the Rail
road Brotherhoods were clearly within
Burlington Routa Gigcr Fccicry
N. H. CiNBERG. Prop.
MA NtJFACTl.lt EKS OF
HIGH GRADE CIGARS OKLY
Trans Mark Registered.
LEADING BRANDS, lO-CENT:
Senator Burkett, Burlington Rocrte
LEADING BRANDS, 5-CENT:
Havana Fives, Bariing-ton Rotate
OCcnr. -Size)
One thing that distinguishes our Cigars is the superior fViiiaitihfp
and the uniform high quality of stock nsed in their manwfactnre.
We invite yon to patronize this home concern, and guarantee too
Cigars as finely made and of as good quality as any goods mined oat at
a similar price by an Eastern concern. We sell to retailers and jobbers
only. If you are not now handling our goods, send ns a trial order.
Burlington Routo Gigcr Fcctcry
205 North Ninth Street, LINCOLN, NEB.
Reduce the rents, not the wages.
WE
DO NOT
PATRONIZE
BUCK STOVES
AND RANGES!
COMMONER PICNIC
Employes Enjoying Annual Outing at
Crete Today.
The sixty employes of the Com-
taeir rights when they protested I oner, together with members oi
tgainst any move that threatened a famiUes- are enjoying their an-
reduction in their wages. If they fail ru&1 outlnS today. This year ine mo
te took out for then own interests I Lc n1" " Crete, Uusiness Alanager
it is a sure thin that their interests! C W. Bryan furnishing transportation
mill not be looked after by the farm- fcr tne entire party. Next to the big
ers. the merchants and the gram I tanner the chief leature or tne tray
buyers. And in this coneetion The 11111 be the bau game between me
Wageworker hopes that the present "business office nine" under the cap.
situation confronting the Railroad taincy of Charles W. Bryan and the
Brotherhoods will convince the gentle-1 editorial office nine under tne cap
men, entrusted with their affairs that taincy of William J. Bryan. The edt-
they would be better off today bad torial team win have to call on some
tier been bound by ties of affiliation I ct the mailing room force for recruits.
with, some three million other work-1 William J. Bryan win pitch for his
ingmen. Through their -refusal to af- s-d. and it is hinted that Guy Green
filiate with the American Federation I -H have a "scout" hidden In the
I high grass with a view of getting a
have put themselves in a position I line on a new pitching "phenom.
-fchere they cannot hope for any par-1 The Commoner s annual picnics are
tic-alar sympathy from the millions J always looked forward to with in
eegaged in other Industrial pursuit, j terest and back, npon with pteesnre.
Having elected to stand atone the. I " be crowd is made up of as Jolly a
brotherhoods cannot complain if they I bunch of "good Injuns" as one could
are left to fight this battle atone. iope to find.
Some of these days, perhaps, men I
who work for wage win realize the I THIS SOUNDS GOOD,
necessity of stsnding together regard-1 The Oklahoma legislature has passed
less of trade, politics or religion. I a bill which provides for a penltenti
When that day comes the producers ary term for any employer who re
nt wealth will enjoy the product in-1 feses work to an employe on account
stead of roa-ning over the bulk thereof of the latter belonging to a labor
to those who produce nothing. union. The bill also prohibits Pinker-1
, ton detectives from working in the
The anion printer In Lincoln works ' Mate.
A PREVAILING
MSCONCEPTIOW
A lot of people cling to the old-fashioned cook stove
because they labor under the mistaken notion that gas Is
an expensive fuel. Doubtless many people dug for years
to the old-fashioned fireplace and crane because they
thought the once modern cook stove was too expensive.
The old-fashioned cook stove is as much behind the
times as the old-fashioned cradle our grandfathers used
to cut their grain. It costs less to barret with a self
binder than it did to harvest with a cradle and a gas range
is cheaper to operate than a coal stove. A month's supply
of fuel gas costs less than a month's supply of coal for that
range of yours. We can prove it by the experience of four
thousand satisfied customers in Lincoln. Ask any one of"
them if they would willingly discard fuel gas and return
to the coal stove in the kitchen. Well abide by the verdiet.
And isn't your wife just as much entitled to labor saving
kitchen "machinery" as you are to labor saving tols, Mr..
Workingman? One-half your coal is wasted in getting the
stove hot and in letting it cool off after you have used iL
Not an atom of fuel gas is wasted. It's as "hot as" the
instant you start the fire, and the expense ceases when the
need for the heat is over. Ifs a mere matter of commoB
sense: Just think it over. Then come in and well show
you the facts that are unanswerable. We sen gas -ranges-cash
or payments. Open evenings for your convenience.
. Lincoln fos 6
Electric Lit Co.
7c2Crt:rs,Att:i:n
We have Money to. Loan
on Chattels. Plenty of it,
too. Utmost secrecy.
KELLY & NORRIS
t9 So. Ilth St.
1235 N Street. -
IJ-itcotn. Near.
tary. W. IX King, SM M.
