LABOR UNION DIRECTORY.
Following Is a directory of the Trades
and Labor Unions of Lincoln and vicinity.
Lceal secretaries are respectfully asked
to report any changes or corrections
herein, to the end thnt an accurate and
convenient directory b maintained.
CENTRAL LABOR UNION Meets sec
ond and fourth Tuesday evenings,
Hrusr's hall. President, O. M. Rudy,
lrtas O. Secretary. F. A. Katrs. 1020 K.
Treasurer T. W. Evans, 128 South
Eleventh.
LABOR TtfMPLE Dl RECTORY Meets
everv Monday evening, 127 North
Twelfth Btreet. President, J. W. Dick
son. University Place. Secretary, Fred
lluingcr. Sixteenth and D streets, Lin
coln. MUSICIANS PROTECTIVE UNION, No.
463 Aloets first and third Sunday morn
ings. Druse's Hall. President. Wm.
Plnney. 125 South Sixteenth. Record
ing Secretary, W. C. Norton, 1533 North
Twentv-nrth. Financial Secretary, N.
A. Otis, 2234 Q.
JOURNEYMEN BARBERS, No. 164
Meets first anfl third Wednesday even
ing. Rohnna"s hall. President, R. L.
MoBrlde. 164) Q. Recording Secretary.
Itov Ward. 1210 O. Financial Secre
tary, Roy Swlnker, 1010 O.
BARTENDERS' LEAGUE, No. 399
Meets hlrd Sunday. 10 a. m.. C.arpen-ti-r?-'
lmll. President. William Brandt.
1225 R. Recording Secretary, Henry
Hhlers. Financial Secretary, H. a,.
bundean, 1844 P.
LEATHERWORKERS ON HORSE
GOODS, No. 29 Meets first and third
TuesJnvs. Bmse's hall. president,
Vred Lewis. 216 South Sixteenth. Sec-
retiiry-Treasurer, Peter Smith, 226
South Eleventh.
CIGARM AKERS, No. 143 Meets every
Monday evening, 1036 O. President.
T W. Ev:ins. 12S South Eleventh.
Secretary. John Stelner, 122 South
Tenth.
BOILERMAKERS' BROTHERHOOD, No.
497 Meets second and fourth Wednes
tnv evenings. Carpenters' hall. Presi
dent. J. C. Orant, Ninth and U streets.
Recnrdinar Secretary. P. S. Sherman,
422 P Btreet. Financial Secretary, J.
Bockoven.
1LACKSMITHS AND HELPERS. No
163 Meets first and third Tuesday
evenings. Campbell s hall, HaveiocK.
President, R. O. Wagner, Havelock.
Secretary, E. B. Bilson, Havelock.
BUILDING TRADES SECTION.
BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL
WORKERS, No. 265 Meets every
Thursday evening, 1036 O street.
President, C. M. Anderson, 2028 Q.
Recording Secretary, O. B. Vennum,
1410 P. Financial Secretary, W. L.
Mayer. 2225 Q.
PLUMBERS AND GASFITTERS, No.
88 Meets every Monday evening. Car
renters' hall. President, Ed English,
1933 U. Recording Secretary, George
Chipman. 329 North Eleventh. Finan
cial Secretary, Charles Burns, 846
North Twenty-sixth.
PAINTERS AND DECORATORS, No.
18 Meets every Thursday evening.
Carpenters' hall. President, Charles
Jennings. 1938 S. Recording Secretary,
Wm. Wilkinson, 2100 N. Financial
Secretary, Perry Jennings, 1936 S.
CARPENTERS AND JOINERS, No.
1065 Meets every Tuesday evening,
Carpenters' hall, 130 North Tenth.
President. F. B. Naracong, 130 South
Twenty-eighth streeL Recording Sec
retary, C. H. Chase, 2005 North Thir
tieth. Financial Secretary. J. W. Dick
son, 817 West St. Paul street. University
Place.
BRICKLAYERS AND MASONS No. 2
Meets every Friday evening. Carpen
ters' hall. President, E. L. Simon, 2245
E. Recording Secretary. P. W. Smith,
R. F. D. 14. Financial Secretary, C. H.
Meyers, 320 North Eleventh.
RAILROAD BROTHERHOODS.
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE EN
GINEERS, Division No. 98 Meets sec
ond and fourth Sunday. Chief En
gineer, J. 8. McCoy. 1203 U street.
First Assistant Engineer, F. D. Palmer,
725 South Tenth street. Second Assist
ant Engineer, H. Wlggenjost, Court
House.
BOILERMAKERS' BROTHERHOOD, No.
119 Meets second and fourth Friday
evenings, A. O. U. W. hall, 1007 O.
President. Charles Peterson, 1402 Jack
son, Havelock. Secretary, Tom Duffy,
Indiana and Touzalln avenues, Have
lock. MACHINISTS' ASSOCIATION, No. 698
jneeis nrsi roaay in Havelock, third
Friday at A. O. U. W. hall, Lincoln.
President. J. A. Malstead, Havelock.
Secretary, C. H. Llngle, 829 North Sev
enteenth. BROTHERHOOD Or RAILWAY CAP
MEN Meets first and third Saturday
evenings, js.. u. u. w. nau. president,
H. T. Sexson, 1631 North Twenty
fourth. Recording Secretary, C. E.
Cox, 2729 W. Financial Secretary, O.
. i.uuwi, aiai swum nevemn.
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE
FIREMEN AND ENGINEER8, No. 179
Meets second and fourth Sunday
niwmooni, a. kj. v. w. nan. Master.
H. Kurts. 821 North Twelfth. Secre
tary, J. H KODMSOn, 2971 y.
BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY TRAIN
MEN, No. 170 Meets second and fourth
Sunday afternoons, Bohanan's hall.
Master. J. D. Andrews. 1736 O. Secre
tary, u. j. cooper, 2126 south Ninth,
BROTHERHOOD OF SWITCHMEN, No.
120 Meets first Sunday at 8 P. m., sec
ond Sunday at 2 p. m.. Carpenters'
hall. President. TJ. S. Swisher. 2747
Sumner. Recording Secretary. George
iuy. mivs nnra, financial secretary,
UUIIIIBUII, U.
PRINTING TRADES SECTION.
ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUN
CIL. Meets tnira Wednesday evening,
Carpenters' hall. President. G. E.
IxM-ker. 1209 South street. Secretary
Treasurer. J. H. Brooks, 700 North
fHimn sireei.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 209
Meets rst Similar, 2 p. m.. Fraternity
iihii. s-reaiuem, J n. fsain, HOUtn
Thirtieth. Recording Secretary. H. W.
Rlngamnn, 2201 Holdrege. Financial
secretary, tt. HeDDard, 1527 Wash-
BOOKBINDERS' BROTHERHOOD, No
ij Meets tnira Monday evening. Car
penters' hall. President. C. C. Jerome.
1610 South Sixteenth. Secretary-Treas
urer, r reu xiess, izux a.
STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTRO
TYPERS, No. 62 Meets third Wednes
day evening. Carpenters' hall. Presi
dent. A. JS. small, 2(144 South Nine
leenth. Secretary-Treasurer, Sam
ABKen, zzo Luaiey.
CAPITAL AUXILIARY, No. 11 Meets
second and fourth Friday afternoons at
homes of members. President. Mrs,
F. H. Hehbard, 1527 Washington
Secretary. Mrs. C. B. Righter. 2308
Dudley. Treasurer, Mrs. Charles Barn
graver, 1421 North Twenty-sixth.
PRESSMEN AND ASSISTANTS, No,
106 Meets first Wednesday. Carpenters
hall. President, J. H. Brooks, 728
North Eleventh. Recording Secretary,
B. c werger. ioz is. f inancial secre
tary, W. U. King, 2030 M.
WAGEW0RKER
WILL M. MAUPIN, EDITOR
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Published Weekly at 137 No. 14th
St., Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar a Year.
Entered as second-class matter April
21, 1904, at the postofflce at Lincoln,
Neb., under the Act of Congress of
March 3rd, 1879.
"Printers Ink," the recog
nized authority on advertis
ing, after a thorough Investi
gation on this subject, says:
"A labor paper Is a far bet
ter advertising medium than
an ordinary newspaper In
comparison with circulation.
A labor paper, for example,
having 2,000 subscribers Is of
more value to the business
man who advertises In It
thxt an ordinary paper with
12,000 subscribers."
MR. GOMPERS IS NOT WORRYING,
The desperate efforts of the enemies
of organized labor and some of Its
pretended friends to misrepresent
Samuel Gomprs, is not worrying the
'old man" to any appreciable extent.
Having been engaged in the labot
game for more than a quarter of a
century, Mr. Gompers no longer
wastes time on the pismires who seek
to annoy him.
The only effect these efforts to mis
represent may have will be to con
vince the earnest seekers after truth
that there may be, after all, some
reason why workingmen should listen
to the advice of a leader who has
never yet misled them. Mr. Gompers
is not doing these things on his own
niotion. He is merely carrying out a
policy that was outlined and adopted
by the executive council of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor and en
dorsed by the rank and file. That
policy was to go Into politics, not as
partisans but as wage-earners, and to
stand by the candidates and the plat
forms that promised to give the best
lesults to labor. It so happens that
President Gompers, Secretary Morri
son, Vice-President Duncan, Executive
Committeeman Mitchell and others
Oecided that in the present campaign
the democratic platform and the demo
cratic candidates held out the best
promises of remedial legislation in the
interests of the workers. That this
decision was not influenced by par
tis lan bias 'is evidenced by the fact
that President Gompers, Secretary
Morrison and Vice-President Duncan
ore republicans, and John Mitchell a
democrat who prefers Roosevelt to
any other man. Acting under orders
these men announced that It was to
labor's interest to support the Denver
platform and ticket.
And now comes. Trey, Blanche and
Sweetheart of the partisan press to
begin charging that Gompers has
agreed to "deliver the labor vote,"
and that he has "sold out" to de
mocracy.
The wage-earner who is deceived
fcy this sort of partisan demagogery
ought to have his head bored for
the simples.
The editor of this humble little
labor paper affiliates with the demo
cratic party for the simple reason that
under the primary law he must ex
press a party preference in order to
have a voice in the nomination of
candidates. Just at present the demo
cratic party comes nearest to voicing
his political views. It was not always
thus, and it may not so continue
long. The editor's first vote was cast
for James G. Blaine and the memory
vi mat aci sua continues to De a
source of pride. Indeed, the editor's
first born was named after the dis
tinguished Maine statesman. He
voted for Harrison in 1888, but bolted
in 1892 because as a union printer he
could not bring himself to vote for
Whitelaw Reid. He voted for Bryan
in 1896 and 1900, but in 1904 he bolted
again and voted for Eugene Debs
and he is proud of that vote. In
state, county and city elections he
has voted for more republicans and
socialists than he haB democrats,
This personal reference is made
merely to show that it is not partisan
ship which impels the editor of The
Wageworker to support Mr. Bryan,
The Wageworker is supporting Bryan
because it knows the man better,
perhaps, than any other union man
knows him. It has been this editor's
good fortune to be In Mr. Bryan's
employ for the past eight years. A
better employer never had a payroll.
I.'i season and out of season Mr.
Bryan has evidenced his belief in the
principles of trades unionism, and
has lived up to that belief like the
honest and conscientious Christian
gentleman that he is.
THE WAGEWORKER IS NOT PIN
NING ITS FAITH SO MUCH ON THE
DENVER PLATFORM AS IT IS ON
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR
THE PRESIDENCY WILLIAM 3.
BRYAN.
Our faith in the democratic party
has often been weak and wavering
our faith in William J. Bryan has
never wavered nor grown less. We
are supporting the man, not the party,
and we support the man because we
know him and can trust him to do
what he believes to be the right tains
to do.
The union man who can support
Taft and the republican party in this
crisis must pursue a devious course
of logic, but we have the utmost re
spect for the union man who is do
ing it, provided he has reasoned the
matter out and has not been blinded
by prejudice or misled by partisan
fervency. But the union man who
denounces Samuel Gompers is not
hurting the "old man" a little bit He
is merely belittling the cause of union
ism and retarding the work which ha
is in duty bound to further.
Nothing is gained by denunciation
Let us reason together as befits in
tfclligent union men who are honestly
seeking the solution of the problems
that confront us.
The republican organs that chlded
Mr. Bryan for talking into a phono-
graph are now engaged in proving
that Mr. Taft seized a great oppor
tunity when he followed Mr. Bryan's
example. Your average partisan or
gan can throw more curves than a
gartersnake.
Mr. Taft says union men have a
right to "withdraw their support."
The courts cite union men for con
tempt of court who violate a court
order against withdrawing their sup
port. What's the use of having a
right If you are sent to jail for ex
ercising it?
A child born without a brain lived
for forty hours, according to a press
dispatch from New York. Had it lived
forty years it might have become man
ager of a union-busting organization
or the founder of a breakfast food
dope factory.
Mr. Taft is now a member of the
Team Shovellers' Union. The honor
should have been conferred upon Mr.
Sheldon, treasurer of the republican
national committee. He is the man
who will make the trusts "dig up."
If organized labor gives Bryan a
solid vote it will elect him. And once
organized labor casts a solid vote it
will be able to demand its rights
and have the demand heeded by all
political parties.
The average banker knows no more
about economics than the average
blacksmith does about geology. The
banker can work in money and the
blacksmith can work in iron and
that's all.
The gentlemen who are going to
open their mills "after Taft's election'
ought to tell us why they closed them
before Roosevelt's term expired. Do
they think they can fool us all the
time?
The Wageworker does not believe
that the fate of the nation is depend
ent upon whether the Taft banner
across O street stays up or comes
down on "notification day."
VanCleave, Post, Parry these men
are supporting Taft. Gompers, Mor
rison, Duncan, Mitchell these men
are supporting Bryan. Under which
flag, Mr. Union Man?
Mr. Taft says unions have a right
to accumulate strike benefit funds.
But federal judges have enjoined us
from paying strike benefits so what's
the use?
The St. Louis "Sunshine Club" over
looks the fact that thousands of
wage-earners have to work in filthy
tenement rooms that the sun never
shines in.
Look here, Mr. Lincoln Union Man
If you don't like Lincoln, just quit
your kicking and move out.
If the mills are closed now, who is
responsible.
Get ready for Labor Day and do
it now!
i"PHEN0MS" FAIL
TO STAND PACE
FEW OF RECRUITS TRIED OUT BY
MAJOR LEAGUES LA8T
SPRING MADE GOOD.
GOOD YOUNGSTERS SCARCE
Time Has Shown That the Veteran
Player Is the Most Valuable Asset
of a Ball Team Heady Pitchers
Are More in Demand To-Day Than
Ever Before.
Where, oh, where have the phe-
pomenons flown to? During March
iind early April the two big leagues
were crowded full of wonderful young
ball players. The reliable old play
ers were booked for the brush. "We
piust have fast men," was the cry of
:he fan. Time has shown the veter
tn to be the most valuable asset a ball
club can control. Speed doesn't,
amount to much unless the player nasi
ill of the other essentials that go to.
make up the winning combination. .1
Looking over the two major leagues,
pne is actually surprised at the failure
of the young recruits to make good.'
About the only ones showing good;
form are those who have been in the
big leagues before and went back to
the minors for more experience. '
Tom O'Brien, the clever Cleveland
scout, returned to Cleveland a few
Jays ago after touring the country,
and said that he saw less than six
men whom he considered worth a trial.
And this is true of all scouts. Gath
ering a small army of half-baked
youngsters is a losing game, and will
be cut out hereafter by most of the
clubs; and this will prove a blessing
for the smaller leagues, as it will help
to keep salaries down to a point that
clubs can live on the gate money.
There hasn't been a time in ten
years when heady pitching told as it is
telling to-day. The batsmen have
found a way to meet the spit ball In
fact, they step in and cut off most of
the breaks a ball can be made to take
by a pitcher, with the exception of the
out curve, and in this way they have
put the box men on the defensive. The
writer saw the first man strike out in
a game at Boston recently be
tween Philadelphia and Boston with
McQuillen and Tom McCarthy pitch
ing, and that closed the strike-out
business for the day. As the score
was close both men worked hard
right through the game, but the ball
was met and sent to the field, show
ing that the day for strike-outs was
on the decline.
The splendid showing that Bill Don
ovan, Jack Powell, Cy Young and oth
er clever box men are making . this
season simply goes to show that head
work and command in the box are go
ing to count, as it did in the days
of Radbourne, Clarkson and other
heady pitchers. The death knell of
the player who broke into the game
as a thrower of the spit ball has sound
ed, and ball clubs must look about for
pitchers with command of a variety of
curves and the head work to carry
them through. There were several
men of this stamp three years ago, but
they lost faith in their ability to keep
up with the moist ball pitcher, and
taking up the new fad later were soon
out of the running with lame arms. I
wouldn't be surprised in the near fu
ture to see the spit ball legislated
against and the box men forced to
pitch a clean, dry ball. In time this
would bring about a more interesting
game, and the pitchers would be rated
according to their real ability.
For the last two years the two major
leagues have worked out no less than
600 pitchers, less than one-quarter of
whom were first-class men, or, say,
100. Now, of that number how many
will be remembered by the fans ten
years hence?
Brown Have Experience.
If experience counts for anything in
baseball, and it Is generally conceded
that it does, the St. Louis Browns have
the advantage of every other team In
the American league. When the aver
age of number of years' experience
the players have had in big league
company is figured out it is found to
be 6 years, which is going some.
The number of years in the hig
leagues of the Browns follow: Bobby
Wallace, 15 years; Jimmy Williams,
11; Jack O'Connor, 20; Hobe Ferris, 7;
Tom Jones, 5; George Stone, 4; Dan
ny Hoffman, 7; Roy Hartzell, 3; Char
lie Jones, 6; Al Sweitzer, 1; Jack Pow
ell, 11; Bill DIneen, 11; Barney Pelty,
5; -Rube Waddell, 11; Harry Howell,
11; Graham, 1; Bailey, 2; Spencer, 3;
Stephens, 2; Blue, 1; Joe Yeager, 12;
Criss, 1. Average years' service in big
leagues, 6 years.
Giants Are Superstitious.
The Giants are superstitious. That
is, their talk sounds like it. One day
two weeks ago the flag pole on the
polo grounds broke and the yellow
pennant that the Giants won in the
championship series three years ago
came tumbling to the ground. This
did not stop the game, and a moment
later Arthur Devlin cracked out a
home run. The Giants have been win
ning ever since and they believe that
the omen is a good one and that an
other world's pennant Is due to fly
where the old one was.
A Change Helps.
Sometimes a change from one city
to another does a ball player a world
of good. Take Jimmy Williams. The
latter did not like to leave New York,.
but he is given credit now for keep
ing the Browns up at the top of the
race in the American league.
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An Open Letter
Lincoln, Nebr., August 5, 1908.
Lincoln Gas & Electric Light Co.,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Gentlemen A number of my friends have been surprised
when I told them that I found gas much cheaper fuel than
coal. They could hardly believe it, being victims of a prejudice
that seems to be of as long standing as it is without foundation."
Perhaps my own experience may be of serive to them.
There are seven of us in my family. We use gas for fuel,
for lights and heating the bathwater. During the month of
June our gas bill was $3.72 net. All the family cooking, wash
ing and ironing is done at home, save only the shirts and col
lars of my husband and son. Our house is reasonably large and
we burn more than the average amount of gas for lighting. I
believe I am safe in saying that our average monthly gas bill
is not to exceed $4 and this is cheaper and safer and cleaner
than coal and kerosene. In the matter of comfort and saving
of work there is no comparison between gas and coal. Every
housewife in town, and specially the wives of union men,
should insist upon having a gas range. My husband insists on
short hours and labor saving machinery in his work, and he
cheerfully concedes to me the same benefits. I have found them
in a gas range.
Mrs.
The above letter was written without solicitation by the
wife of a Lincoln union man. It is worth your consideration.
Lincoln Gas and
Electric Light Co.
DEMAND The
Vageworkers, Attention
"We have Money to Loan
on Chattels. Plenty of it,
too. Utmost secrecy.
KELLY & NORRIS
lao So. Ilth St.
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