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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1908)
LABOR UNION DIRECTORY. FoOowinc la a directory tho Trades and Labor Cnieaaot Uncota and vicinity. Lceal secretaries arc reope-ctfulty ukvl a ndM any changes or correction hevrhv to the end that aa ooewreto ceaveoJoat directory nsatntston -mi-rmt Ltaa UNION Meets and tVMMt TVly evening. TrMWHTt T. Kvan. li Sow Kieveath. LABOR TtMM Twoiftl air. vno. i: i.4r.i Nu SNnaiT. Fred Ihriagor. Sixteenth and l tuc La- MUSICIANS WOTCTIV UNION. Nt. OU Mta Srs and Uuri Sunday nra- ptnaev. li Sth Sixteen. Rewrd rcWary. W. C. NVcfeHV ISM North Twenty-afto. Flnnaoa sweerotary, .A. MM. ttS Q- JOUKNtVMtN SARStW. 4S vj. Kecwnn Secretary. 1 Financial Swcre- Ta ani llii CV hary, Roy Swinkee. 11 X tecs' na. PrMt. Wun l Recording; Secretary, rfcenry Svadeaa. P. a-vjBBwAaMB ON MORSB GOODS, H. Meots rot oad third Twead,v. Brs oaH. rresfMeot. I 1 suutfc Skxfeentsi. SVC- South Eleventh. Monday t 1S .V jv Acrerv. aa Swtaec, UX Sooth Tenth. OIIC AKES- BATHBKNOOOjJNo. as? Meet seewnd and roar5! li)M e-eninra. Cumi naji. dent. X C Ornnt. NS1 V street. Recording Secretary. P. SR. Sherman, .ri t nnt. rauuKul Secretary, 4. Bockevea. ml irKKUITMt AND ' HILMM, I Meets urst and third TV- UlUDINa TRADES SECTION. WA6EW0RKER WILL M. MAUPCl EEUCa A EatM4 mcoa4a iMtttr Ajwil a4r th Act ot CoasrcM ot Varck Srd. 1ST. - Jl j J Jl J j J jd Jl Ji Ji Ji Ing. altar a tfcaraaah Ia n tail tia a aia aaBjac aaya: A labor aaaar la a ar baV tar advartfaiaa adHani ha an arataary at'iiapaair la naiarlaoa rtta fcti ualatioa. A labor aaaarv (or MiBla aawa m aabaf.mra la at inaa wa aUKitfaas la It ta aa ardiaary ib U.000 JI JI JI JI JI JI JI JI JI JI JI JI JI JI JI JI JS JIJI JIJIJIJIJIJIJIJIJIJI CLECTttlCAl vwrr u street. UMtenm. i O. . K. Vfntam. Scretmrr. W. A ROTHERHOOD OT WOKKERS, NO. Thumly Twine. 141 P. FlnucUl. BLUH1IM AND OASFITTERS. No. Mitra' ball. Prsxifnt. K1 Knsiisa. 1SJ IT. R-oor.1tnn SeotwtAry. Ckw rhmau. North Klmnth. Ftiuua- riai cretarr. Cterteo Burns. North Twoaty-otetb. RA INTERS ANO DECORATORS. No. 1A l -t mrr Ttilirxkur vmtnit. CArptrs IulSL PtwWwt ChArteo JnBlor 1S$ s. Rcordinc SoerMAry. Win VrUkinaan. tl X. riiHUtctal Secretary. Perry Jenntns. 19W S. CARRBNTERS AND JOINERS. No. tOSo Mteti every Tvoeday ovenln. CaTpenters ball. 1J North TVolh. PreaMeat. P. & Xaracon. IS South Twwty-elchth atreec Recordins See rerary. C H. Cltaae. Si North Thir tieth. Flnanrtal Secretary. J. W. rMck m. 117 W eat Sc. Paul street. Catrerairy Places - BRICKLAYERS AND MASONS No. S Meeta every Friday eveniair. CSarpea tera' halL freshteot. K. U. Simon. 2145 K. Recording Secretary. P. W. Smith. R. P. IX 14. Financial Secretary, C H. Meyera, M North Elerenta. RAILROAD BROTHERHOODS. THE INSOLENT ARMY. Sooa of tbese days, perhaps, the men Ybo create tb realtb ot this coaatrr Ut mea. vso toil ta mill. mine, shop and factory will awaken to tb military menace that threatens this coon try. It is common to de nounce as aa "'alarmist" any on who calls attention to public evils, and when a labor paper or a workingman protests against " -militarism" he Is asusliy denounced as an -anarchist" by thoso who pat mora reliance ta military strength than they do in jus tice. The regular army has oa more than one occasion been used to break strikes that were being waged for jus tice, to the workers. The Goldfteld strike was a case la point. The Amer ican Railway Union strike,' some twelte years ago, was anothercase. The man who still persists that Presi dent Cleveland seat the regular troops to Chicago in order to more the United States mails, sad for no other purpose, merely convicts himself of utter idiocy or gross ignorance ot the tacts. Cleveland sent the regular troops to Chicago to break the strike and give aid to the corporations. When the recent street to his product, that patriotism consists more in living tor one's country than in dying tor it. that peace is better than war, that love's rule is better than the rule of force. And because Private Buwalda went to hear this woman teach peace, love and the rights ot haniaaity, he is seat to prison for three years. m sending a private soldier to prison tor dartng to nsten to thing that is offensive to the se&aa- aointed kings ot America, to sending common prumoer or carpenter or printer or machinist to prison for the heinous crime Is but a short step. When Miss Goidmana rents a hall and tries to preach the doctrine ot universal brotherhood she is thrown into Jail and the people who try to hear her are clubbed by policemen. -0. she is aa anarchist!" shouts the daily newspapers. And Steea millions ot workingmea who ought to be study ing and thinking, but are not. smile sad say. "Good enough for her!" And not oae in ten thousand ot them has the faintest idea ot what -anarchy What doea Miss Goidmana teach? She teaches that no man is -bora boot ed and sparred to ride other men sad dled and bridled." Abraham Uacola taught, the same thing. She teaches that war- is Inhuman. Jesus Christ taaght the same thing. She teaches that the earth Is the common heritage ot all men, and that a tew men have no right to arrogate to themselves the position of "trustees ot divine provi dence' to administer the coal and the iron and the fertility of the soil. Henry George and a thousand patriots have taught the same thing. She teaches that the law ot love is better than the law of force, and she thrown into jail and scourged. as toe ivpeater ot Aasareta was scourged and crucified for teaching that Identical doctrine. And the pow ers that reiga in this country the power ot the almighty dollar tip the wink to the daily newspapers, the daily newspapers denounce her. the police persecute her. and a million workiagmen who ought to know bet ter applaud the persecution. Tour trade anarchist does not advo cate bomb throwing any mora your true trades unionist does. ' Be cause hare-brained fanatics. claiiaiBK to be anarchists, throw aa occasional bomb is no more reason why genuine anarchists should be denounced and persecuted than that trades aniau should be declared illegal and unpat riotic because an occasional member forgets his duty as a unionist and al lows his human nature to control bis actions. V: This state ot affairs should reove the attention ot the toilers. It cents more than. ?m Goidmana and Private Buwalda. It concerns every man and woman in America. . Free America! . , ' Yes, free to the exploiters of human flesh and blood, and tree hoard behind provements in order that employment be furnished men. they are laughed at and ignored. When speculators ask tor the privilege of issuing $500,000,000 of currency on gamblers chips they get what they ask tor. That's because the men who ask for work do not vote in their own interests. . The money gamblers do. See? After denouncing organized labor for going ito politics, "American In dustries, organ of the union busters. advises members of the association to vote solidly tor the men who are op posed by organised labor. The jewel ot Inconsistency looms up on the shirt bosom ot "American Industries" like a goose-egg oa a score board. r-T 0H nARDWARE, STOVES, SPC2T- Pi -yvP C"3 CCC2S, RAZC3S, RAZC3 A. J U ULaJ STROPS CUTLERY - At Low Prices Too many Christians worry them-) selves over the benighted condition ot the happy heathen in foreign lands and never think ot the miserable con dition ot women and children, in the sweat shops ot Christian America. Mr. Littlefield resigned from con gress and will represent the govern ment in a little legal case that will give him a tee equal to what the aver age mechanic earns in forty-five years ot active work. The Dred Scott decision was meant to perpetuate slavery it simply doomed it. The Danbury decision was meant to perpetuate industrial slav eryit merely pronounced its doom. G 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. True, William H. Taft sent some railroad men to Jail for daring to ex ercise the right ot tree speech, but it was so long ago that Mr. Taft expects the railroad men to forget it. Labor papers can not live on "hot air" and moral support. But a lot ot Lincoln unionists seem to think The Wage worker ought to be fighting their battles with that sort ot support. It the responsible officers do not put the convicts to making good roads the wage earners should get busy making some mighty bad roads tor thoso offi cials to travel upon. ' Just notice how some of the organs of the corporations are warning John Mitchell not to risk his reputation by accepting the democratic nomination tor vice president. Mr. Little field felt compelled to score the American. Federation of La bor's opposition as "too hot to handle." That's why he resigned. A law to protect dollars is easy to get. A law to protect mot and women has to fight its way past every con ceivable obstacle. . - : . Ton can't talk' straight unionism through the smoke ot "scab" tobacco. ndlray I Prison bars for men who dare to pro-1 nor walk straight anion lines in BROTHERHOOD Or LOCOMOTIVE EN GINEERS. Division No. e Meets sec ond and fourth Sunday. Chief Kn- rineer. J. S. McCoy. 123 V street. First Assistant Ensiaeer. F. TX Palmer. TJS South Tenth street. Second Assist ant Knsinoar, B. Wiggeojoot. Court House. BOILERMAKERS BROTHERHOOD, No. US Meets second and fourth Friday evening. A. O. V. W. hall. 10T O. President. Charles Peterson. 140! Jack- son. Havelock. Secretarr. Tom fHiffr. Indiana, and Tousalin avenues. Ua ve toes. . MACHINISTS ASSOCIATION. No. Meets nrst Frhlay In Have Iocs, Ultra A. a. U. Friday at A. W. hail. Lincoln. President, J. A. Mateteod, Havelock. Secretary, C H. XJngie, S29 North Sev enteenth. BROTHERHOOD Of RAILWAY CAR MEN Meets first .sad third Saturday evenings, a. u. u. w. nau. n. i . season. iai rortn fourth. Recordins- Secretary. C Cos. J79 W. Financial Secretary. O. P. Mdwis; I1X. South Seventh. BROTHERHOOD OP LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN ANO ENGINEERS, No. ITS . Meets second and fourth Sunday afternoons. A. O. V. W. halL Master. n Kurts. S3i Korta -rweirta. aocra tary, J. K. Robinson. T1 Q. BROTHERHOOD OT RAILWAY TRAIN MEN. No. 170 Meets second and fourth sundsy artersoono. Bohanaa a h Master. J. IX Andrews. 1TM O. Secre tary. IX J. Cooper. UM South Ninth. BROTHERHOOD Of SWITCHMEN. No. ISO Meets first Sunday at jp. m sec ond Sunday at 2 p. m Carpenters halL PresidenL 17. 8. Swisher. 274 Sumner. Recordina Secretary. George Ray. I2z Knox. Financial secretary. j. Johnson, an u. PRINTING TRADES SECTION. ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUN CI I. Meets third Wednesday evenimc. liters' ban. President. O. E. 1309 South street. Secretarr- . Treasurer, J. U. Brooks, TO North Kinth street. - Carpenti Locker. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. Meets flrst Sunday. 1 p. m.. Fraternity halL President. J. R. Bain, lis South Thirtieth. Recording- Secretary. H W Blnranun. 11 Holdmre. Financial Secretary. F. B. Hobbsrd. 15M Wash ington. BOOKBINDERS' BROTHERHOOD. tao Meets third Monday evening. Car penters halL President. C C J 1C1S South Sixteenth. Secretary-Tross- rrea ness, xzwi u. STEREOTYPE RS AND ELECTRO- TYPKRa. No. as Meets- third W dav e renins. Carnenters halL dent. A. . SmsU. 044 South Nl teenth. Secretary-Treasurer. . Z27S .Dudley. CAPITAL AUXILIARY. second and fourth Friday afternoons at homos of members. PresidenL Mrs. Fred W. Mlcket. IMS South Sixteenth. Secretary. Mrs. C B. Riahtsr. Dudley. Treasurer. Mrs. Our ha Barn grover. TSli Starr. MlilHIN AND ASSISTANTS. MS Meets Srst Wednesdar. CarDenters halL President. J. H. Brooks. T3S Xorth Eleventh. Recordina Secretary. K. C WTarser. 15M N financial Seera- strike was on in San Francisco, Gen eral Funston, whose military glory was won at the muzzle ot a typewriter by the bravery ot newspaper war cor respondents, swelled up until his brigadier general s uniform was as tight aa the head ot a snare drum, and said something about "the inso lent mob." Now this same whipper- snapper soldier has decided that a private soldier shall suffer three years imprisonment because he "had the audacity to go- anS hear Emma Goldmann lecture, and was so lacking in patriotism as to shake hands with her after she concluded her address. Private Buwalda has been a member of the regular army for fifteen years, sad his record is as clean as a hounds tooth. A few months ago he took up the study of shorthand, and for prac tice tried reporting various addresses. Recently Emma Goldmann lectured on "Patriotism" in San Francisco, and Buwalda went to hear her and prac tice his shorthand. He happened to wear his uniform, private soldiers not being in the habit ot donning di suits for evening wear. He heard the lecture,, he shook hands with the lec turer. Secret service men were on hand and noted these things and Bu walda was reported. General Funston called a court martial and Buwalda was tried under article 62 of the code. He was found "guilty" and sentenced to five years' imprisonment on AJca trax Island. Funston reduced the term to three years. Article 62 is a "blanket article." In tended to cover everything not other wise covered. Buwalda's offense con sisted in wearing his uniform to a pub lic meeting, listening to an address on Patriotism" and shaking hnads with the lecturer afterwards. Horrible! The lecturer waa Km ma Goidmana. a woman who has been lied about. traduced. libeled and persecuted world without end simply because the doc trine she teaches is obnoxious to those who profit from special privilege and who are protected in their legalised graft. Emma Goldmann is an arcbist," to be sure, but her anarchy consists, not In teaching that proptaty rights are superior to human rights as her opponents do, but ta teaching that humanity is more than, dollars. She teaches that the producer is superior test against injustice and demand the rights guaranteed by the constitution. Private Buwalda goes to jail "tor shaking hands with a lecturer whose teachings are offensive to the over lords of America. Preacher .Halt da me ot Pennsylvania goes to Jail tor pray ing with striking miners after being ordered by a federal Judge not to do- so. Organizers of the American Fed eration of Labor and the Mine Work ers of America are threatened with Jail sentences if they enter West Vir ginia and teach the doctrine of organi sation tor mutual benefit and protec tion. A machinist In Indianapolis loses his home because he and his fel lows continue to protest against in justice after a federal Judge has or dered them to cease exercising the privilege ot tree speech. Organisa tions based on immortal souls are by federal decree declared to be as il legal as corporations based upon dirty dollars and human blood and tears. And the thoughtless victims at- this sort ot thing aplaud when Km ma Gold- is thrown into Jail, and continue to scatter their votes at the behest of party bosses who are the servile tools ot corporate power. Perhaps some time in the dim ssd distant future, the men who produce the wealth ot this country wiU inrist upon having some voice in ita disposi tion. And. perhaps, about the same time, the men who make this couniry will insist upon running it m tneir own interests. Perhaps! pair of "scab" shoes. Every time one of our ten-inch naval guns is ored on tne expense- repre sents 23.000 loaves of bread. And what's the use? A solid labor vote would do damage to "vested rights" than all the boycotts that could be framed up in a million years. Gee, if Mr. Bryan had talked about General Grant like Taft did, wouldn't the g. o. p. press be throwing fits these days? - When men who profit by war have to fight the battles, there will be uni versal and perpetual peace. As long as men "belong to party" they are political slaves. Parties should belong to men. William H. Taft has held tat public office tor twenty years. He wss never elected to an office. Every Interest save that of labor Is well represented in the congress of the United States. Will the workingruen of this country accept a dinner pail full of hot air this year? On the square, now, Mr. Politician, Is the country really and truiy pros perous? A Lincoln newspaper that advocates a high tariff because it makes wages better, denounces railroad employes who advocate high freight rates in or der that wages be maintained. See the inconsistency ? When a man says he- has the labor vote in his vest pocket he merely lies. Henderson . lOtts Streot, Oppoa & Hald, Ie at om D-iribsfca Db 0:3a Fcciy N. H. CINBERG, Pra. MANUFACTURERS OF chad-i cizzzzi c::ly lilifitiip-t Tied ark BsiirtMS. ixad:3 cakss, io-cst. Senator Barkett, Barliaxtoa Rnsrte LCAc:a K2iK3, G-crrrr: Havana Fives, Bui liuglosi Raarte , One thimr that distuuruiahes our CSzars is the sonenor 'and the uniform high Quality of stock used in their mannfatUue. . We invite you to patronias this home concern, and guarantee yon CSrars as finely made and of as roid quality aa any goods turned out at a similar price by an Eastern ctnesra. Wo sell to retailers and jobbers only. If you are not now handling our goods, sand as a trial order. Dci&skp V.ztlo G3CJ FpC:o 205 North Ninth Strsat, LINCOLN, NEB. . A S A The ideal fuel. Heat right where you want it Expense ceases when need ceases. ' ' - -V No smoke, no dirt, no ashes. Makes kitchen work a; pleasure and cooking 3 a recreation. Cheaper than coal, and the handiest fuel known. Four thousand satisfied custom ers for reference. A GAS RANGE IS A PLEASURE Let us show you our line. Best makes. Cash or payments. We carry in your fuel notliing to, carry out. . - j OPEN EVENINGS Vote your own vote hut vote it In telligently. DEMAND The UNION LAEZL There is something wrong with an industrial system that calls little chil dren from the playgrounds to the mills. By the way, why not an ordinance I to "regulate the rents?" Put a brick in the Labor Temple. A lot ot factories are resuming oper ations in the press dispatches and for political purposes only. The "hole in the doughnut" is grow ing a little larger. When workmen ask tor public im- JUSTICE IS BLIND. "Justfc" is certainly blind in New I Orleans. Last week in Federal Judge Saunders court, she declared that the American Tobacco company was not a trust, and the suit started by sev eral small dealers tor $70,000 damages was thrown out of court, and the trust O. KVd. . We have Money to Loan on Chattels. Plenty of it, too.' Utmost secrecy. KELLY & NORRIS fcao So. Ilth St. u::in C3C7 cd. ETHHL g. AWPgHaCM. P ill aUtiusiie stdarWa, Maasfnctnxsrs CJaC.l ta"t3nZean.e !! J -Id" 1233 N Street.' - - Lincoln, J"ehr. W. XX